The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-19

sLd I'm gong bOHe 10 iay ".
"But YOU can lie down here II yo'
are sick" -,
well ma'am, / amt to say SICK
exactly, but I'm fixing for z turn
"A turn 2"
yes. have neuralgia in spells
and | always feel 'em coming"
Words were vain. Go she would
and 20 she did. | went into ID
kitchen to explain to the cock tha
she must do double duty Tor 3 time
She was a perfect termagsnt, aud I
my utter amazement che "heele'
around with the cry
Gone Jane gone Will you &c
another girlY"
Certainly"
To-day Z"
How can | get a girl on Sun
day 2"
And tomorrow Is wash DAY
Well, I'm not going 10 stay to do al
the work. You'll either get anothe
girl early tomorrow or I1l leay'
you"
You'll leave now, in the shOrtes
space IF time it takes to go fron her
10 the door" cried Harry from th,
sitting-room. where he had overheard
us.
With many insolent speeches sh'
departed, and -inconvenien: as 1T was
] was glad TO see her go.
OF course there was no church
and | began to get dinner. Harry
like a masculine angel as be was
took of his coat and came down t
help me, with az assurance that h'
actually could not sit still aud heaI
the cook use the one she did one IN
slant longer. 1t was a merry day
Harry raked the fire till his gloss,
brown curls were powdered witt
gray, which premature sign of ag'
was produced, be assured me, b,
"care, and not the weight of years.
He peeled potatoes so beautifully
that they were about as big as bul
lets, after be bad taken of the ski
an inch thick all round. Pies wer'
the only article OF cookery wit
which | was particularly acquainted
so | made a meat pie, two apple pies
and short cake for supper, which W.
ate with the dinner At six O'Clock
IL was late enough when We cleared
Nd. but at last all was done but on,
thing. Harry was in the bathroom
refreshing himself, when | discover
ed that the coal was all gone.
hated to call him down, for be haC
worked hard all day, so | look the
scuttle and went down to the cellar
myself, laughing to think how b,
would scold when be knew it. | an
q weak woman, aud not very strong
bnt | filed the big scuttie, and tug
ging away with both hands, started
up stairs.
/ was at the top, my labor nearly
over, when somehow, | can not tel
how. | lost my balance. | reeleC
over. aud the heavy thing come with
ne down to the bottom of the stairs
| felt it crushing my foot. | hear'
Harry's call, aud then tainted.
know now, though | did not then
how be lifted noe in his strong arms
and carried me up stairs, and th'
touch of the cold water which b,
poured over me is the next thing
remember. As soon as | vas con
scious and able to speak, | let him q,
for the doctor, lamenting that mother
and Lou were both out of town fo'
the summer.
Well, well it was g weary night
no time to scold, Harry said, so h'
petted. nursed, aud tended me, I'll
my heart ached with its fulness o
love aud gratitude. Morning found
me. nv fractured ankle IN a box, lyin!
helpless 10 bed, and Harry promiseC
to send me a girl Immediately. So
after this long prelude, | come Il
''our gal" Obi | must tell YOU how
Harry made me a slice of buttereC
toast for breakfast by b%uttering tbs
bread on both sides aud then toasting
it.
Ii was about nine O'Clock when my
new girl came. Harry had giveI
Der a desd-latch KEY. so she entered
and came up to nv door. Her knocl
was the frst popularity that startled
me, n rap, loud as a pisto! shot, auC
as abrupt.
Come in J"
With a sweep tie door few back
and in the space stood my new scqui
sition. Stop a moment! must de.
scribe her. She was very tall, very
robust. and very ugly. Her ihicl
hair grew low on her forehead, anC
her complexion was uniformly red
Her features were very large, and
her mouth of (her only beauty.
white, even teeth. Still, the face wa
far from stupid. The mouth, though
large, was flexible aud expressive
and the big black eyes promised 10
telligence. But oh how can | de
scribe her WAYS" as Harry call.
them? She stood for an instant per
fectly motionless, then she ssep
down in a low and really not un
graceful courtesy.
Madam" she said in a deep voice
''your most obedient."
you are" | SAID, questionably
Your humble servant"
This was not getting on" q bit
so ! said
you are the girl Mr.. Harvey sent
from the Intelligence Office p
Il am that woman" she said with
q flourish Of her shawl; "and here
is my certificate of merit !" and she
took a paper from her pocket Ad-
vancing with q long step, a stop.
another step and stop, until she
reached my bedside, she handed me
the paper with a low bow, and then
stepping back three steps she stood
waiting for me to read it, with hands
clasped and dropping, and her head
bent as If it were her desth-warrant
1t was a well-written, properly
worded note from her former mistress
certifying that she was honest ard
capable, and | really bad no choice
bnt to keep her so | told her to find
her room, lay of her bonnet, and
then come to me again. l was half
afraid of her. She was not drunk,