Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-02

The UsFoRTUNATE AFFAIR OF Mrs Din
GLE's HIRED GIRL.-Full details OF the IN
fortunate affair OF Mrs. Dingle's hired girl
have not vet come 10 light, but enough Is
known to warrant the statement that =
more lameutable accident has rarely occur
red in St. Louis Mrs. Dingle lives IN
nice house on Benton street, goes into So
ciety good deal and dresses well, and, as
a matter Of course, the hired girl initiates
her mistress as far as possible IN the atten-
tion she pays to personal adornment. Mrs
Dingle appeared in pull-back the other
morning, with hustle. which attracted
the hired girls admiration, and as 1t was
Thursday, and she would have the afternoon
to 20 out IN, she resolved to appear IN 3
hustle like that of her mistress at all haz-
ards. She went at once to constructing the
attachment to her dress, but found great
difficulty in making the hustle In It's cut
lines follow the depressions and convoln-
tions of the one she was Initiating until
the happy thought occurred to her to utll-
ize the clothes line in giving form to the OBJ
stinate protuberance. She went out and
took the clothes line down and ascertained
subsequently by winding the coil OF rope
up loosely that it made the perfection OF
stuftng for the hustle, springy. unduiating
and pliable. She used sIIty-three fest and
a halt of rope in all. and was perfectly sat
isfed with her work. At O'Clock IN the
afternoon she started out for promenade
and to keep an engagement with her young
man. a street car driver, at present out "a
business. The hired girl didn't take
treet car, but walked down town, feeiIng
that after taking so much pains. she was
too fine figure of a woman not to snow
herself. She enjoyed the walk immensely
until she had nearly reached Franklin ave-
nue. when she felt slight twitch IN the
rear. She turned but didn't notice any
thing. Around the corner, though, she
heard boy calling out " sasslngers an1
another one across the street yelled 'snai1
She went on her way with scorn. when she
felt the twitch again, and LOOKING arounu
this time she saw something. one say"
small rope reaching bac Z around the corn,
er. and from the manner IN when u mover
she knew that a boy must have hold OF the
other end of ii. The dreadful clothes-line
in her bustle had become loosened at one
end and the boys bad got hold OF it she
knew they hadn't got it all yet, for sne
could feel it paying out like hose from
reel At first she nearly tainted away, and
then she started to run. but then II was Oh
no use. The boys played her as nsnef.
man would q trout, and showed grea.
deal of science, keeping moderately taut
line but running along near enoug b to the
hired girl to prevent too great strain ON
the tackle. They would have landed nei
somewhere, probably, but that she naa
presence of mind to snatch up hay-knl
on exhibition in frcnt OF hardware s.olo
and emit the rome with it. No sooner was
aha sst free than she darted for q street-caI
and went home again. She wouldn me- e.
ioss s of 6er clothes-line had left her s6so-
Iu,ely without any style whatever. when
.he rot nome shs had high fever, ana u u
- n bsr dsliriun that she gave TO mrs.
D;nels III he dsIaila Of the distressing oe-
! onrrsnee.-N. Louis Republican.