Daily Republican., 1881-10-28
HOW SHE MANAGED HIM.


Catskllls.
He had money 20 leave but his niece.
and nephows secretly believed that |
would be deal easier to go to Jalitor
MIA or Golconda or some OF those tabu
lous places, and dig fortunes ont mug
81, by nugget, than stay at home an,
earn them by making themselves ac
ceptable to an Old gentleman who hat
~ many angles as 1s-d:amond anC
as many prickly spikes Of temper ant
disposition rs Il porcupine.
Naomi was a sott.voical, slender girl
with a head which reluind, Il one of d
dropping lily.
"No one can help liking Naomi" said
Mrs. Darkridge, as she kissed Lel
daughter goodbye.
But in three weeks Naomi ca,ue l,ac
half frightened out Of her Wits.
''He scolds 70 dreadfully," said Naomi
and he looks at me a. the wolf mus,
have looked ut Little Red Riding Hood
On, mama, ccu.dn't stay th.r, not il
was to le made richer than Miss Bur.
dett.Coutts herself
Magdalen Darkvidge went next but
Magdalen, although a fine, tall girl,
with spirit Of her own, was cowed by
Uncle Backs savage eyes III less than
u week.
"l'i sooner sweep crossings lor 4 liv-
ing, said she, than " be Uncle Black :
helIess.
And 80 she came home without loss
Of time.
l:hota Darkridge, In no wise abash-
ri by the successive failures OF her
ii isters, was the third one to sry Black
Grang. and lts possibilities.
But she also succu,nbed before the
terrible scourge OF Uucle Blaca's un-
rnly tongue.
Its sco,d, snarl. snarl, scold, from
morning Till night said l.hoda, as III
tnree days tim. sh" tearIully related
her experience to her parents.
'Oh, you don't know, nobody can
know, what u dreadful mau Uncle
Black is"
''Oh, hang the old scami!" said Mr..
Durkridge, who was OF a free and easy
nature, aud tlolGht his girls a great
deai too sweet and nice 10 be snarl.,d at
by an Oil miser,
''Let iui alone. My daughters neel
not 20 bns.in. for aay persons misery
wealth
But here 'oAcelind, the youngest, tall
up
~ will GO" said she.
"lou do not know wha. you are un-
'lertaking, said Naomi With = shud-
ser.
"IIe would wear out stone" SAID
Maglalen.
"He = ghouI'" shuljered Rhola
81 can get along with him, am sure,
said JosceliAd.
And che packed her trunk and went
10 Black Grange.
1t Was sunstr--a red, flaming sunset,
ike one of Gitiord' = pictures- hen she
,ame up the terrared tiigLt Of btairs
hat led to the old house
Everything blu.hod blood red in the
leep light, aud Joscelind could see how
ovely waa the scenery, how subatan-
.ial this old gray house, with is square
lowers and soni.circu.ar, co.onuaued
porch.
Uncle Black stood on the steps in .
zig ami black silk stockings, ,4urmount-
al hy huge silver knee buckles.
$50 you ara .joSctltnd'' said Uncle
Rlack, surveying her with little Dead-
ike eyes.
ayes, am Jo8cetnd," said the
girl giving aim her face
% kiss.
"You are latei' said Uncle Black.
81 am la e." said Jo.ceIind.
"It's dreadfu,iy warm day, 'sro"l-
ID Unc Z Black.
"Tm almost roasted" sighed Josce-
ind.
Uncle Black gave her the keys that
light, lust as he had three times before
,.van them to her three sisters.
81 shall expect You TO take charge o:
ha whole establishment said he,
81 he servants are miserable
"No more than one might expect"
Josre!ind, with "a depreca.
ory motion of the hand. Servants are
mere fraud. nowadays
"And nothing goes right about the
,lace."
"Nothing ever does" said Josce
ind.
Uncle Black eyed her queerly. This
vas quite different from tho detarmin-
d cheerfulness and systematic good
pirits of her three sisters.
AT breakfast the next morning Uncle
Black hesan to scold, as usual.
"t'ish again" said he. "rhis makes
our mornings this week that view had
sh."
~ detest fish" said loscelini, push
~ away her plate with "a grimace.
"Anl TIE rolls heavy again." gIowl-
4 Uncle Black, breaking one open.
"please give me the plate, Urcle
lack,' int, rupted JDsceliDd, aud she
ang the able bel! sharply.
Betty, the cook, a stout good humor-
] Irish woman, made her appear
nee.
Betty, be so good az to throw these
D.ls out Of the window" said Josceind
'arkridge.
Betty started.
"Do you hear what tell you" said
fiss Darkridge with emphasis.
And Betty tiung the rolls among the
where they we're speedily |
eyoure1 by Cato the Newfoundland
og, and Rob and Roy, the two settlers.
"But whataiu TO eat for hreakfast?'
ewaied Uncle Black.
"Crackers, of course. Anything is
etter than importing ones digestion
it'll such stuff AZ this And Betty, if
Oh send up any more fish in n month,
Oh may consider yourself discGArged-
, you hear"
"But lay dear, am rather fond Of
sh, put in the old man.
" One can't eat fish the whole time
id Joscelnd, imperious(y. " Herr,
city, that coffee is not fl to drink! and
le toast burned ! and you mast Lave
IL the cooking butter on the table by
ia,ake! Lst these errors be recti fled at
lCe.7
Betty retired, with an on'inous rustic
her s,itily s1arched apron.
"My dear" said Uncle Black, rather
,prehensively, BETTY is a very old
rvart, aud She u
81 don't care if she is the age of {
ethuselah; nobody can be expected to
If mn with snch Wretcled cookery as | =