The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-12-26
MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LEO
TIRES.
NrS. Candle DiSeOHrSeS on Maids Of
all Work in GenPral. Mr.. Candles
.'InfamOuS Behavior" Zen Year
Ago.

"InfamouS Behavior' Ten YPao
Ago.
There. now, Il isn't NY intention Il
So q word Tonight. Mr.. Caudle. No.
want 10 % 10 sleep. if / can: for af.
Ter what I've gone through Io-,laN. and
WilH The heJdarhe I've .ut-and il
hJ,nt lrfJ ms smelling N;tlj~ un the
mantle piece. On the right hand cor
ner just ~ You 90 into the rO0nl-n0-
bOdN could miss it-I SAY nobody could
miss it-in little green bottle, and
well. there you lie like Il stone, and
! might perish and yOu wouldn't move.
oh, my poor head, But il NAV open
and shut, and what do y0u care,
~Ne-. that's like your feeling-iust.
/ want my salts, and yOu tell me there's
nothing like being still for the head
ache. lndeedI But / ala not going
to be- still; 80 don't you think ii.
That's Just the way a wOman's put up
0n. But | know NOIr aggraSatinn-l
know Nuu. HOu think to keep me
quiet about that mink kitty-y0ur IA
y1rite sir, pom my life, | am not
Ia discharge my own servant without
hut she shall go. II had To do all
the work myself she should not stop
under NY roof. can see how she
looks down upon Inc. | can SEE a great
deal, Mr. Caudlr, that / never choose
tO open lHy lips Ib0ut-but | cant shut
my eyes. Perhaps it would have been
better for uN peace of mind if | al
WAYS could. Don't say that. | am not
a foolish woman. and | know very
we'll What I'm saving. | suppose You
think forgot Rebeccd: | know its
ten Years ago that she lived with lis
but what : that 10 do with il? Things
arnt the less true for being old, / sup
pose. No: and Your conduct. Mr..
Caudlr, III that time-if il was a hun
dred years ago. should never forget.
What: ! shall always he the silly NO
man: | hope ! SHALL trust 1 shall
always have my ewes about me in my
Own house. Now. don't think OF go
ing Ia sleep. Caudle: because as
you've brought this about that liehecca
Nnu shall hear me oft. Well, do Won
der that yOu can name her, Eh, GUu
didn't name her: That's nothing at all
ID do with il; for know just as well
what YOU think, as if yOn did. suppose
You'll say that Won didn't drink 4 glass
of wine 10 iIer: Never: ~ yOu said at
the time. hut I've thought of il for ten
long years and the more I've thought
the Surer | am Of ii. And at the very
Time-if NOu please t0 recollect-at the
very time little Jack was 4 baby. |
shouldn't ~ much have cared but
for that: but he was hardly rum
ming alone. when Sou nodded and
drank Il glass of wine Ia that creature.
No; I'm not mad, and I'm not dream
ing. saw how NOu did it-and the
hypocrisy made IL worse and worse. ]
saw YOU when the creature WAS just
behind my chair, YOU took up glass
of wine. and saying IO me, Margaret,
and then lifting up your eyes To that
Hold mink, and saving. my dear, as
if YOU wanted me To believe that yOu
only spoke To me, when | could see
vOa laugh at her behind me. And at
that time little Jack w;lSnS ON his feet.
What do you SAY? ? Heaven forgive
me: la, Mr.. CJudle, its yOu that
ought To ask that; I'm safe enough, |
am. It's You who should ask To be
forgiven.
"NO, | wOaldn't Slander 4 saint-dnd
didn't take away the girls character
for nothing. | know she brought an
action for what | said; and | know
YOU had To paw damages for what you
called INV tOngue-I will remember all
that. And serve you right; if you
hadn't laughed at her, it wouldn't have
happened. But if YOU will make free
with such people, of course you're
sure to suffer for il. 'TwOuld have
served YOU right if the lawyers bill
had been double. Damages, indeed!
Not that anybOdy'S tongue could have
damaged her!
And now, Mr.. Caudle, you're the
same man You were ten years ago
What, You hope so: The more
shame for YOU. At YOUR time of life,
with all your children growing up
about Won tO-What am | talking
about? l know very well, and so
would YOU If yOu had any conscience,
which YOU haven't. When say | shall
discharge Kitty, you say shes 4 very
good servant, and can't get a better.
But | know why YOU think her good;
YOU think her pretty, and that's enough
for YOU; as if girls who work for their
bread have anY business to be pretty
which she isn't. Pretty servants, in
deed going about with fallal faces, as
if even the flies would spoil EN-. But
know what a bad man YOU arP-nOW. its
no us- your denying il: for didn't |
uverhear YOU talking to Mr. Pretty
man, and didn't You SAY that You
r0uldn't bear tn have ugly servants
about YOU? | asked y0u-didnt You
SAY that: Perhaps you did. You
don't blush To confess IL? III yOuT
Mr. Caudlr. ar'nt enough
Ia make Il wOman'S blood run cold,
Oh yes, you've talked that stuff
again and again: and once | might
have believed il; hat know a little
more of YOU now. You like 10 see
pretty servants. Just - you like Ia see
pretty statues, and pretty pictures. and
pretty flowers, and anything ia nature
that's pretty. Just, as ynu say, for the
eve To feed upOn-Nes, | know your
eyes very well. ] know what they
were ten years ago; for | never shall
forget that glass of wine when little
Jack WAS in arms; ! don't care if II
W:Is a Thousand years ago. its as fresh
as yesterday, and | will never cease 10
talk of il, When yOu know me, how
can you ask it?
And now you insist upon keeping
Kitty. when there's no having bit of
crOckery for her? That girl would
break the Bank Of England know
she wOuld-if she was To put her hand
upon il. But what's whole set nf
blue china to her beautiful blue eyes :
! know that's what You mean; though
you don't say il.
"Oh, You needn't lie grOining there.
for VOu don't think | shall ever forget
Rebecca. Nes-it'S very well for YOU
to swear at Rehecra nOw--but you
didn't swear at her then. Mr.. Caudle,
| know. Margaret, my dear? Well.
how ynu can have the face look nj me
You don't look at me- The more
shame for YOU.
Il can only SAY that either Kitty
leaves the house or do. Which is il
t0 be. Mr.. Caudle? You don't care?
Both? But you're not going 10 get
rid of me in that manner, can tell
YOU. But for that trOllOpe-nOw Won
MAY swear and rave aS YOU like. You
don't intend 10 say word more ?
Very well, its no matter what You
Say-hrT quarter, up on TUESDAY. and
go she shall. A soup plate and a hI-
sin went yesterday.
y soup plate and basin. and when
I've the headache, as have, Mr.. Can
die, tearing me to pieces, But ! shall
never he we'll I'm this world d-neNer. \