The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-17
village postofiee that very evening nv out
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M, iittIa aa,yat,t mnja, is a prettp little
maid with large, honest gray eyes d small
s,,iin ~ q naat t,Iufpp ila,,sa and 4 rerlankablv
,n,fl " an,,aitn, K,,tl A. rleve, little maid
i T. s,t ,,a yneh at1d i,, and npnlf d nal dt,
! ,'it nd,rl other things h,tf shn possesses one
at ,,Iah ntn,fnras sarllk with tha re,fot,n-
! ,,ns "A inr dt,t,,patin duties the most nsati~
~ hnn,r,,, rr literature which she prattes
s,hsnaye, shp finds au ppportnniav, IL season
~ ,n,t III season, morn. noon on uinht.
rntat,es and afnws a,a burned bread, cakes
md pies baked to tind4ns, doors left open alb
minht mih hts,kfasts dalaved lunches f,yaut,en.
tdit1 dinners served ty,u eatly or late Ill On a,s.
colnt or this love ot reading which clara ,tes-
zts n,,y ittie servant -r,lsiI
| E,a nearly drowned halav once. wblIasgiyitsn
bar Ia, i,ail III lettinst tha datiitps hesi
elin ,,nder the watnr. willis shp desouted d
siia,v il 4 Ha.ne,ia iToekiv she had taken
! frnn fahln npai hv Ghn Inf my canary ga
nann lid while SHE renewed his empty seed eHp
with one hatd aid held Helens Babies III tl,e
! either her evna bninp tiyf4l Oh the book She
, snilla,i tba anip nur s,ir,nn, tinn f,vet papa
otmmaculatn white vest. whiee trying to peep
al al tha msnpznn ha was ua,oinu over sl,a get
the hot Ilat iron ,,n nr best table cloth. aud
laft ii there to in5eliblv imprint ite triangular
putt,at. while allie hastily read All interesting
murder ease in d morning paper,
She could scarcely be got out pf bed morn
| ings, bueause ahe was tired and sleepy from
| ty1afinu thn hook sha had al,atrarttd flvun the
| book -,ss,, Tic night before, ard when she lid
| uei M she ACTUALLY sat before the dlparv- look
fnu atDve t, half an hour ot sn, intentlv perus
lid the varir,ls scraps Of newspaper with
wEjeh she should have been lighting the fire.
II short i she had tot heen the nt,st ,Ie.
creature, il would have been utterly ilnpnsa-
lie for ,,s to have stood The many niahaps
and dsasters that arrnna from our servant
mails s devotion toliteratule. As IL was. papa
said to her When SHE drenched him with soup,
tx ntthpr occurrence III this nature aud you
| ~ Hal hat cltG
drowned the baby "NeHlly. Eleanor, II any
thing as dreadful as this happens again, we
tuuaI t,a,t" And said To her when she freed
nv song bird, "lhe very next wrong thing
YOU 10 while reading and made eignii-
cant ra,,se and tpohed
"yts miss. sai,I Nellie meeylv, with The
tears III her gray eyea. which didn't prevent
her, az soon as she reached tho Kitchen. burst
inu NIT with fsWhv, why why ditlat thou leave
| mop i'd a tune made III Of d strange cnnb,,a-
I.tin,, nf tld Dap fucker and tslhe Rassian
flynn" .m
i,nt with the exception of IL turkey nicely
and one or two other supertluous appendages
tua turkey whri1 roasted OIL ACCOUNT uf ited
aa a Roae', II she. and forgetting to put The
Yeast ia Tie bread one night beratlse Euat
. Lu,,e lay beside the bread bowl, Nellie had
n,9t irtt, 10 trouble for several months. and
had gladly said fl me- tile norhing 1T thavery
oay / sent that ho,lid letter. $50. uss, |
shall bn with you another birthday. aftar all /,
and isn't that Atvuqrth Of Afttt,nG Laee love-
the rarlut, miss
Well tn 20 back to naughty barbara
standing by the window and gazing cut into
ths, l, street, , 1, ~, i .,,.,,, ,, .,,,, ,,ns
fei u,aarasllitla With ,ny dear. good. splendid
Anthunyo The first thing this ne,ning my
birthday morning --last year was scarcely
e.Ga4 s s e ny o2sest ,ass 81 tsep 4 pes ' he will @ vt
| nr,i.i t,,i fnr and then f,af,fp I
another to boy him tn forgive me. hn will have
started for That dreadful place, away Oh.
goodness knows where,
wfinging my hands iii dispair, 'sflly, wicked
little thR,g Chat am, to break my. own heart
aud wound him 20 deeply He loves me, ]
know he loyes mo dearly, and he never never,
teeef would haye tlittel had ] not set him ttle
example," and heavesi deep sigh, which
was Immediately echoed behind ne, and turn
Ing, ! SAW Nellie LAYING the table for dinner
with d most wo-begene expression on her
round rosy facea: and as | turned to her. two
frightened imYlnling gray eyes tnet mine
For d moment forgot my own tfnuhlnn. !,
why, Nellie, what ia tile matter with your
asked.
"uh dear oh dear how can toll you
you know. And / love your md. and af,noa'
love y,pnr pa and ! adore all the test ot YOU
Oh OH oh bursting Into soils and tears
Take downoyouit, apron this minute. said
/ hrmly, and tell me what YOU have beet
doing fhta tlne.,
Well, MISS, said Nellie, giving great
g',lt.8 hnd coming anu standing before ne nc
! YOU know, miss, last evening ! went tn tl1,
village, and 1t was an elegant moonlight
tdsht, miss; anu, otv miss oWlnlflE an.
untwinlt'g her t'ngefa 'lcfyoualy y can
boar to out into u cold AND heattless world
What shall dn2 what shall do T.
An on. said l. % o
And got my PAPER The Weekly Rudre'
Atta you know. whetn they're printing The
Vow OF the Glass Fiend. or. tho Glittrfing
,leaming d'irandole.s And. OH miss. what
u,na ~ ',nn,nd ] hn ,.n, i, th, :. ,,,, ,,,a, !,
@ st,,,a,t,, R,, 81 ~ eo,u AZ l"rt ~ 49,, ~
e,r,. md ra,t , mi ,nt ~ tha \, ,na ,,,a
>. rsaIins il iii MAS ia r,na, L awf,n ,nta,.
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