New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-11

Ithoh he nst have more opportunities of meet
ing Henrietta in London, set there every ,honene
was likely 70 bring itnstratoh oil c %' renne1t
visits to Sussex in the character OF ioWI h
must be the means through which 10 carry vi n''
sult 80, -, .or;o,oss
10 his friend at the house of the latter the postman
brought dainty note addressed in pretty hand-
Which Of us shall open it p said George. 1T is
addressed to you.
But 10 Is meant for ycn.' so.ioo
IL was opened and found to contain lniormation
of the fact that Miss Featherstonhaugh having
obtained the situation she sought assistant iowI.
cutivator with the ladies in Sussex. was TO start
for Daisy Farm on the following morning. ~
And i shall at once set to work she said, TO
fatten the best pair of chickens fol YOU.
".
The roads were covered with snow, the ponds
with ice, all the little paths leading through tue
Daisy Farm wers slippery and dangerous, anu 4, "a
bright glow Of freight shone through the VIDE
window of the quaint old parlor. Upstairs III
large old-tashoned room four tgures were sluacf
on the floor, beD2ng eagerly with races lui oi
Anxiety over a square box which STOOD IN tuo
centre of the apartment Was tuis some groteSlhe
wooden idol all the more sacred because so snapeee
less and were these the isolated worshippers vi
some secret paganismf Or was the ogect-yes u
was an incubator. 49, -, nj,
The three worshippers were Miss Priscilla. Miss
Anne and Miss Sophy Hyde with their Pew assist
ant. girl with the peculiar and appropriate hanio
OF Hen. -,
Miss Priscilla, tall thin, MISUNDERSTANDING lady,
with white cork-scIew curls and the narrowest OF
black gowns; but it IS interesting to think tnat
fast fortune is inclOsed for within these iour
little wooden walls. Ii is quite awful TO tax up
your pen and make a calculation OF the number ol
living creatures can conjure out OF this mani
mate thing in year. to enrich ourselves ana lh-
crease the supply OF food for mankind as,
1T makes my head go round;' murmured MISS
Sophy, who had rosy cheeks aud misty Dluc eyes
that pcered mildly through spectacles,
A large black kettle was now introduced, ana INC
four ladies developed in clouds of ste9m look
ing more than ever like priestesses OF sons fnys.e
rions rite looming through incense, while rue rrsc.,
vor of the incubator was solemnly aud cautiously
reiilied with boiling water.
'Abp said Miss Priscilla, retiring 10 her desk IN
the window. and laying the tip OF her penholleI
Sdgs Si aGr ng'f ve Sae %
low-workersl Fifty chicks of a costly breed NJ
present within the incubator yane, when lat
tened at least ten shillings apiece Total, twenty
five pounds. Each incubator will produce twenty
five pounds within twenty one days More thih
four hundred year out OF one incubator my neari
and is there any reason why we should not multiply
our incubatursi Suppose we have twenty lncnna-
tors / will just ask you. Anne, TO calculate the
amount of the riches that arc TO flow in upon u.s.
IL makes my head go round, repeated MISS
SOphy. -, ar.
Il am afraid to put name upon it, said Miss
Priscilla. never was Of a grasping nature Our
gains might be almost lmitless were we servers OF
MammOn: but l. for one. will be content to stop
short at ten thousand year.
Matched said Miss Anne with sardonle good hulnor
You were always doubter, said Miss lriscila
but | shall be glad If you can tell me where the
hitch can come from nowf l can Prove my case 10
yOu in black and white
In the first place how do you expect to afford to
buy twenty incubatorS = o.,
THAT. or Mt YOU is difficulty with our stl ait
ened means but time will arrange all Ont 9i the
produce of each draweriul of eggs we can take the
price of an incubator or perhaI Two
The price of twenty would be eighty pounds said
Exactly said Miss Priscilla
twenty incubatOrH, worth four hundred
pounds year each, would realize,
Hen took out her pocket-book and scribbled;
am delighted to find you accurate and bust
nessike my dear said Miss Priscilla, who thought
she saw her making calculations with her pencil;
buI what Hen wrote was as follows;
My DEAR GUARDIAN, Please send, by to-
morrows post bank bill for Que hundred pounds
addressed to Miss Hyde at this place, with line
stating that il is conscience-money, due to her
fathers daugh er, from one VINO wishes 10 remain
unknO wn.-Yours HIM
Next morning as the Miss Hydes sat at breakfast
in their pretty old paror while the robins led out
side the Wild, window on the crumbs spread for
them on The snow. the hund red-pound bill dropped
out Of a letter on Miss Priscillas plate.
More than the price OF twenty incubators she
cried in JOY and amalement. oh, how our dear
father must have been cheated by some one! Now,
indeed, sisters. our fortunes must be made.
France and then arose a question Of where to put
them, and by what continuance they were 10 be re-
plcnished twice day viii boiling water.
we must have largo Clubhouse built for the
purpose of their accommodation. said Miss Prs
ella, and furnished with copper to bold con-
slant supply OF water on the boil
Ard an unlimited amount Of coal said Miss
Anne. Meantime. | should be glad to see one OF
out eggshelis Clipped
i have Just been looking said Miss sophy. but
see no chip rs yet.
You must not look too frequently said Hiss
Priscilla. II Is highly dangerous 10 open the
drawer often
Would the eggs explode : asked Hen
NO, my, dear; but too many puis Of cool air
might blight the little lives within the shells
Then n drawerlul may be easily lost
Most easily.
Twenty-Five pounds gone said Miss Anne.
Anne said Miss Priscilla gently. do not look 50
unkindy on the gloomy side oil things. You damp
ones spirits