The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-05

be iutgusicd to her she faslly framed
her wish iu direct petition, aud las'
evening she entered upon TIC aetye dutie,
Of Der new ofhse
when Miss DanoyAn took TOE uogLle
from lhc hands u her master 4 wA'
pointed almost directly At lhe middle 81
the street, and Miss Donovan eonscieu.
tiously retained q iu ibis position, while
her whole ffsmc was oonyulsea with ae'
light Presently, there came dashing
down The street, in ighl open phstiou
two happy yonng people N vain thc
male Young person shouted, lii, there,
say turn her OF aud 10 vain che icmalC
young person shyicked aud esssyed e
hide behind a psrssol no large than =
wafer lily,
Miss Donovan only stared At them, and
wondered II peradyenlare, they might bC
crazy, aud WHOM they passed through thC
torrent, they came out on the other eide
very sad, very silent and very damp, not
10 say limp Then the gentleman who
/ lives next door came out aud called tc
her as be approached intending 70 in'
slruct her how TO shut on the delugiDs
stream or tarn il aside when anyone APP
preached but Miss Donovan bearing hin
call her name, said Sorr, aud turned
about aud faced him, with The nozzel do
ing It's level best, wide open and iiG
pressure on. lie turned with the first
shot aud fled for his own door, the cool
ing stream following him every inch oi
the way like an angel Of mercy In disguise
But by the time he reached his own door
be was so thoroughly drenehed that hi'
suspenders mildewed.
Then Fort Hill street car came rat
Ting down, an open summer car, just
crowded with people coming home FROM
a picnic At Sunuysde, and when they
heard the driver shout and then dodge
and then swear, they saw their fate aud
Miss Donovan, aud just howled and
walled and screamed, and tried TO get be-
hind each other, aud crept under the
seats, and some OF them jumped off the
car, and all of them by their frantic ges'
lures, wild shrieks aud singular behav'
ior impressed Miss Donovan with the idea
that they were dreadfnlly drunk. The
street car passed on, and when IL was be
yond the line Of Mr., Trevelyan's garden
stream, the dryest man In the car could
have put out condagration by simply
leaning back against the house that was
burning, aud before the car reached The
next corner there were four well defined
suits of damages fixed up against Mr.
Trevelyan.
BY this time Miss Donovan was pretty
thoroughly convinced that the manipula-
ton OF garden hose required that broad
Judgment aud liberal education and
shfewd insight into men and motives that
belong only to the aristocratic classes
aud she determined to resign herpositior
forthwith. She went into the hall, carry.
ing the nozzei with ber, aud spreading
desolation wherever she went. Whist
she shouted, as the torrent drenched the
hat rack. Murtherl she howled, when II
knocked the globe of the hall lamp. Mis-
ter Trcveleyan she shrieked, where in
the wide world is the sthopperS And
then she bent over the irrepressble nozzle
and essayed TO stop it with her finger
The howl of dsmay that followed this at.
tempt brought the startled family up into
the hall, and in less than three minutes
every seat in the house was taken, stand
ing room all gone, and the play declared
success.