The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-16

all we exactly knew was that if youns
DR.. Parnell had given us a good chance
we, at least, should have been equally
madly in love with him. But ther
Sarah wasn't like the rest of us, anC
had never said as much as this about
him before.
40 no." answered her on this oc
casion, she won't GO out of her way
to make herself disagreeable.
"She won't have to-" said EN-, com
ing in with Kate, and overhearing me.
"It is just going to destroy our home
having that woman here. She'll have
the best chair, the best corner, the best
morsel, the best room, and the best
manners all the time. There'n never
be bit of freedom; we must speak
with bated breath; we don't know how
she'll like this or take that; she's strict,
and we're liberal; she likes lot of
people we hate; Wen have to mince
our words and pare our speech; she'll
want haricot when we want roast; she
will want hot bread when we want cold;
we'll hate pies and she'll hate puddings;
she'll want breakfast at daybreak and
dinner at noon-and oh, dear! dear:"
And she did. All these things came
true. Miss Dehone naturally had the
best corner and the best chair in it; of
course she had the best room-there
wasn't any other for her; and of course
helped her to the best cuts-what
else could you do with an elderly
stranger at tableP and of course we
were on our best behavior, and took
care as to what we said in her presence.
She was dyspeptic, and had 10 have
little messes made for her; and she did
get up before dawn, and look very
thankful if anybody else crept out of
bed q couple of hours afterward, and
seem 10 be a reproach to lazy young
people; and she did look over the tops Of
her glasses at Arnold's goings and COM
ings in such way that it was quite
plain that if she said nothing, yet, like
the silent parrot, she kept up q great
But then,J as I'said to Sarah
once, she paid for it all. As yet we
hardly felt any additional expense; and
if things went on comfortably, we would
really think of buying the new carpet
that we had despaired of, and SO rid
of the disgusting task of COW
ering up holes and darns by means of
arranged shadows of chairs
and tables; and the next thing would
be the new dress for mamma-she
hadn't had a fresh black silk since
papa's death, and now silks were so
cheap. ui.l.g--a Egg BCtr. t..z
81 don't care if she does,'', said
Sarah. Money can't pay for every
thing; money won't pay for your health.
And here you are making yourself sick
waiting on her by inches; and If you
HnnSf nf II han II
never shall be able to have an hour for
myself for Arnold" She stopped,
for she hadn't meant to say that.
- Therel don't care If it tdoes burn my
lace and CRIME my hands," she said;
"a can't have you doing all the nurs-
ing. There'll be nothing left of you in
. year, with carrying up trays for
breakfast, and making beef tea, and
stirring a custard now and q panada
hen, and filling hot-water bottles, and
shaking up cushions, and running up
md down stairs, and being perfect
1rudge in general" .,
"Nonsenser' said I. when could
break in. "You know l like to do it.
It is always pleasant to me to"
"Then if it's so pleasant" said
Sarah, "rll have some of the pleas
IRE. If the little creatures going to
1 suppose she isl shall
AXE care of her for the future. I'm
'ure you've enough to do in waiting on
and seeing to the housekeep-
ng. Mammals enough to set one by
he head,n "a, -. ..t.gA
Mamma wasn't our own mother, BY
he-way; she was papa's great mistake.
But then we all got along nicely to-
,ether, and were, on the whole, very
ond of each other. for all Sarah's re-
mark; but you know the best of friends
ire sometimes exasperating. As man.
ma came of an old and stately but i'm
,ecunious family. she held herself of q
title more worth than we were-we
peak; and, to tell the truth, we did
lave to wait upon her-how we did
ave to wait upon her! But somehow |
We always liked it, till Miss Dehone |
anne; and then, I suppose, having the |
wo OF them made it too much of good |
hing. And 1 must say was surprised
o see Sarah taking the matter up so,
nd it did put me in mind of the Queen |
f Sheba waiting on the Witch of En-
lor. ssay-Sarah was so splendid and |
uperb, and then she usually did look |
Ike an Eastern princess in disguise,
Thether she was holding atoasting fork |
ver the blaze, or snuffing Miss De-
lone's wax candle for her; and Miss |
)ehone always would have q wax can
lie. As for EN- and Kate. they kept
chool, and were the chief of our sup
'ort, and could not, of course, do any
hing else.
Well, at the end of the second month
went to balancing our accounts, and |
eeing what there would be left over for |
he carpet and mammals silk; and. if
QUILL believe it, adding in all the board
honey, our accounts only came out just
ven. All the little messings had
ounted up, and instead of our board
r being a profit, that little item in
ur housekeeping was all the other
ray. Well," said /, "what shall we
o? Let her find another homer It's
pity-and she so well established"
1t would be shame" said Sarah,
esitatingly. "a shame. No, 1 couldn't
could youp-turn her out"
No profit, and no pleasure, and a
'orld of trouble" said 1.
don't know" said Sarah. "You
ant help growing fond of the little
hing. although she does ask such ques-
ons."
Questions! / should think so. Who
1as thatp And what did he come forP
What was his businessP Was he Sarah's
over or Em'sP She didn't think much of
is taste if he were Ems. Was he a
ood matcha Why hadn't we looked
ut for him, thenP Why were none of
s engagedp Did we mean to die old
laids like herP Did we think that so
heerful prospect, with nobody to care
farthingP Who was the DIR. Parnell
nat came round here so muchP Was
9 after SarahP Handsome is that
does, and Sarah wasn't to be
ad for the asking, she would have him
, know.
"Does Sarah like him, do you
now" she asked me one dav.
!" Indeed, Miss Dehone, how can 1