The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-08-29
WANTED, AT ONCE.

WANTED, AT ONCE.
uyes. I soill," said Amy Jennings.
This time I uiH. My brothers wife
!. 8 called me "a little vixen long
souch Now I'll be a little vixen. I'm
I ,sS of this persecution-I'm tired of
III ~ Amy spoke angrily; her eyes were
s1uipg; her cheeks were flushed: But
4 ne last sentence she faltered; re-
.s.s;nc Il. she fell upon her knees be-
KS her bed and buried her face in the
n;llow. "I'm tired of it," she cried,
in passionate sobs.
4 ran al the door aroused her. She
rose, .wiping her eyes ruefully, and
skxd. in q voice OF forced calm,
.Who's there"
aMe,'' answered rough but friendly
mice" Jack.
aHsve you brought me the Times 2'
.Yes.'
aWell, then, you can't see me just
,oW. dear Jack. Put the paper through
+ a. crack She opened the door for a
||reyice, received the newspaper which
clumsy brown hand thrust in, and
IN. with quick I. Thank you, dear
hanks, my dear good Jack,n reclosei
ia door, and turned the key in the lock
4 The boyish footsteps bounded down
lie stairs, and Amy, once more in soli-
Eude. fiew to the window. flung herself
no the arm chair that filed its embra-
ure, and opening the newspaper, spread
upon her writing table, and began
|aperly to search the Wants." Her
ges drifted over column after column
those marshaled appeals in print that
tand side by side as unrecognizable as
ices in crowd, but each one bearing
! own individual burden-Heaven
bows what heavy burdens for some,
bmeless and friendless in the great city.
br eyes drifted over these, and seized
k brief column devoted to I" Instruc-
fn.n
&TUANTED, AT ONCE-A governess for a
N girl II years old. Must be of an amia-
W disposition, ana mistress of the modern
ixomplishments. Call Immediately, etc., etc.
5 This advertisement, so peremptory IN
Ingard to time, struck the fancy of Amy
Jennings. It was urgent and impetu-
us, and she was in accord with impet-
losities and urgencies.
!" This is just the thing for me-" she
hought. "a grip Ike girls: boys
lreso sawfully : affectionate and rough.
J Eleven years DID, That's quite young !;
could manage that. Oh, / wish / were
N years old = wish / were back again
10 happy IL! l had my darling mother
hen and my kind father. Now they are
10Th gone--gone forever. It is terrible
y be an orphan, and terrible to think
low unkind people can be to orphans.
hope Heaven will keep me from ever
being unkind to unhappy people. ]
lAink it is the worst sin of the soul. -
She read the advertisement again,
Eannirg the requisitions-"o of an ami
/ able disposition" mistress of the
modern accomplishments s''-and sighed
: eeply. Then she laughed; laughed
one Of her own merry, musical, sun.
shiny laughs -Amy's laugh. It had
caHght zNne Of the sadness yet from hel
lies sorrow; it was one of the most
nfeignedly merry little laughs in the
world.
She bathed her eyelids, so red with
xeeping, and prepared herself for 8
saik; left the house without word te
ny one, and went directly to the place
described in the advertisement.
The location was remote from The
militant avenue where Amy lived in hel
efother's house; it had strange, un
samiliar, and rather dingy air. Th,
souse stood opposite small park, no
nequented throngingly or girt will
feams OF travel like the larger squares
= vas early winter, and the trees wer'
nare, but children played in the walks
.nd sparrows fitted tamely across tn
iaded sward.
Amy gazed at this wintry park Will
s1e stood in the doorway Of the strang
nOQse waiting for some one to answe
.ae nell. She waited long, and whel
lae door was opened, the face that re
sponded to her timid ssMiss Jennings
g answer to the advertisement for GOV
lness, was SO stern and repelling, he
seaft shrank with q sudden chill. Thi
Ipfesslng impression was not Iessene,
4 xnen she entered. The hall and stair
w were dark to gloominess the up
s1lrs parlors, into one of which sh
~ SHOWN, were still more studiousl
susaed; and Amy spent several minute
before her ewes. frpsh FROM tba ,,ox,r
= wy = Olaze, could distinguish the object
= sssIeiy furniture, the mirrors reflect
iag g ooscurity, the black pedestals wit
ms-slze busts Of bronze, and the dar
aclures that filed these cherries
4 lady entered, and Amy arose
asmo1ng The lady was in trayelin
os.ume and carried, as if in act of d.
galsure, q sachel and blanket-shaw