Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05

went 10 bed hin king OF the astonishment ~
Ton OF Ton, as HAD mentally christened my
swell Dung gentleman would feel the next
mon ing.
But my letter is already very long, even t.
a old frierd like you, and as have made ii
clear to you how ard why have turned my
back on he hay fever, | will close. Write
t. me, but be careful To- a dress Miss Betty
White, although shall sign myself, your,
az ever, BECKIE GRAY.
AUGUST 10
Dear GiLsiGTd:-I have not heart from You
Yet, but Shall commence this letter. because
! must talk to somebody. or course 1 have
written home, but am a little careful what
ay because my mother would pounce
with sIee on anything which indicated that
] was being fllej with the fruits OF my own
naughty devices. / told her that IL coult
'lude that evil hay fever ii would he enough
o. rainbow in my soul 10 carry me through
a. ihirg; but l know she did not lieve
Te. ste VIII welcome me home as If were
tHe ITOr igal daughter. and will act for "A
month IS If husks hal been my portion. She
never lad tie hay COLI. To day would be
the day when shOuli begin TO have IL, IL |
uaf not giDTiou>ly made this emp 4 e'G' aud
LETT IL III The lurch. Surely II is one step
b her ~ the scale OF creation, from a land
sTanpuS tG GiuiUg groom girl. SpaakinZ Of
iirlH Z rooms reminds me of Ton of Ton. NJ
Ou' man came Olt, ErNt mprui :, in tG-
',aVieSt Eind OF an English hunting ar n i
t"S su!t. Gray jacket. kuickerbOrK-rs IA;
Scotch cap-hc was evidently going TO deal
obstruction among the trout, aud PEI
haps Incidentally smite the heart OF
any SUScept, BILE being that night lie
arpul q. 1 had barely GOT either eye opened
Up {" that time, for Tay sever ST struggle,
20 far. : as been To get up AT the uneaFJIiy
hour of The morning which we are re-
quirtd tO 60 Tie earthly martyrs could not
have suffered more than 10 In THIS anOml-
liable early rising. / had been w1lti1g OF -
staid old gentleman with success, although
every time turned my back on him | shut
my eyes and had little maps, when Ton o.
TOn came along. He recognized me with "a
queer little look. and became i'm Perturbable,
walked up TO the table, sat down opposite
TIE old party, nodded to him, and com
UeHced giving orders 10 me-in French. /
became wide awake, yOu may believe.
Ono thought /, cit is To be war 10 the
knife; go on, sir, and see If DO not get q
scalp lock from you" SO / listened gravely.
said, 'Oui. monsieur tout de suite" as II /
were saying Amen IN family prayers, and
marched off to get the wretch's breakfast.
Cafe an lalti Hot milk in coffee! The thing
was unknown in the mountains. | knew be
said 1t to tease me. 1 got some real cream,
and had the pleasure OF stating to him with
my best accent, "Qu'n ny etait pas du l8it
chaud. maiS I'll y a la creme lie la creme, !" and
set the pitcher down before him. He dill
raise his eyes then, and gave him what you
wickedly call one of my Ion lashed gianceS,
AID had the pleasure of seeing him vince a
LILLE, and that is all the satisfaction he got
out oime. The staid Gentleman was para
lyZcd.
But it would make you laugh TO see the
side Of human nature which L have seen
sire put on disguise. Can this be the way
we appear TO our servants / asked myself
Why, IL is like seeing the wrong side OF your
wCIS!ed work, after having always seen the
right. / feel sometimes that hate the upper
Clas ses when have been kept on wild gal
lJp around and around the table and ont into
The kitchen 10 fetch yOung Master Wryfa -
every dish, one after the other, that there is
on The care, which he, having fl of the
SulkS, asd really needing a gOOi spankiug,
rejects when i arrives, and tries 10 put hts
f q in tine butter, having exhausted all his
resources. And his gracious mamma ele-
gait in purple and fine linen, wonders that
t-ey did not have hot aid cold wafer aud gas
L. IL the sleeping rooms, and looks at rae
vii great severity.
I remember | grOwled as I shfvpringly
rushed out o. the Top Of the Right TO see the
suu rise. and "a great cloud came and covered
him Just aS be was dong il beautifully, b 1t
did not treat the servants as il they were To
blame. On the other hand, when the head
walter bDlI!cS quiet, nice looking CID Cltr-
gyman and his wife, who have been sent
away By their congregation 10 get breath
iTg spell. for the frs. tine IL years, and gives
them the fag ends of the beefsteak, and toe
gIialle cakes cold and labOy, / want TO fly
al him and peck him. / give them at The
FIST chance at the freshest blueberries aui
the nicest milk, and feel that desp!se the
lower classes.
TOLD you that thought had male che
Eie, OF all lie servants when ! iTst got here.
That, Yen know. I never could stand. You
always laughed at me because never cOuiI
be o. any but good terms with everybody.
SO have been doing my best to win good
OEi1iOIs. Il was not very hard. Mynaturai
diplomacy caused me to cOnctliate the heal
waiter by handing him q dish of potatoes
when he was eating his breakfast, with such
an ali Of respect, as to superior being, that
he has looked upon me a. well-Ineaning
young person ever since. Then, among the
women there are Two or three really nice
persons. We all sleep in one end of great
garrett which is horrid, because, of course, |
like a room 10 myself but that is not SO bad
a. The hay fever. / would rather sleep peace
fully with dozen others in a hut than
Sneeze my head of in lonely grandeur on
glided pillow. L spoke of the rather nice
lO. king middle-aged woma an who showed me
the garnet dormitory on my arrival. she is
English, named Sarah, and has such sal
story. noticed her one day, when she hap
a a Photograph of bright little boy, which
she afterward laid down with a sigh and a
very sad face. took ii upRnd admired il,
which was sufficient 10 draw her out a little
and by degrees got ii all. So sad, my dear,
although she only limited at some of it.
al was SO bright and rosy ouce,' she said,
with an unconscious sigh; and Ben was so
But, in spite OF all, he took to drinking and
bad ways, and the privatiOns and poverty
brought on them killed the bright little boy
whose picture she had; he was a delicate
child, not easily raised. Ben went from b 4d
to worse, until, as / could just make out, he
did some dreadful thing and was trans
Iorted. Then she, unable To endure the
shame IN the village where she was known
and had been respected, came 10 America,
and was merely servant; an honest and
.
too. she was so simply full of grief. and had
accepted 1t all as her lot in life, th at it moved
me very much. never have seen any trouble,
living as do, such well-behaved orthodox
New England village, where there IS a poor
house, and / believe six people in il; and
whenever ] have been away from home il is
always 10 visit you or Fannie Cecil or Belle,
all gay rich girls, and we SKINNED the
cream, and my greatest grief was a little
sort of Nexedness sometimes that not so
much money nor so many fine clothes as you
milllOLaireS. This Is the firSt time ever sat
Ia an obscure garnet and listened To an hon
ct story of real heart-bre aking trou ble, where
the person who suffered most was least TO
blame. This woman would be a treasure 10
some careUOrn hOusekeeper, and / am going
10 interest myself in getting her good, per
IuaneEt place among some of YOU peOpie
with good hearts and full purses. She is a
contrast To some of the Otuer women here;
50 neat and orderly, and painStaking. When
/ see how the others bang the spoons, crack
the iumblers, leave thumb marks on the
l.dlts, empty boats down the backs of
guests. and ger eTally conduct themSeI YES ~
If they had Sowed the wind and were
now Te&piug tie whirlwind, / do NOT won
deT MIR. Seers occasionally acts as a hyena
a ne does. In fact. am behind the scenes
now, ard have learned To look at things in
such & way that when i get Off 10Y disguise
stall never bt so UnSOphis iCdtei as | was