Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-08-09
&isfellaneous.
Hotel Experience.
BY AUNT RUTH.

That summer | was at Lucy James, we
took our meals al the hotel: you see that's
the way good many folks dew in Crab
town-ruther do so through July and Au-
gust than 20 to the beech or mountains.
think myself its most comfortable stay
ing to home the wust o. the hot weather, and
dom your travellin' when its cooler.
But there's lots O. folks that would 20
suffered etarnal torments.
It's astonishin' what folks will go through
with for the sake O. bein fashionable.
Lucy Jane was tell.n' me herself how she
went to the beech the summer before and
took little Emmy and she said how't she
never suffered so much nor worked so hard
in her life Ye see Emmy had ter be kept
dressed up in clean white clo'es. and she
couldn't play nor take no comfort; and the
conseQuents was that she got SO cross and
fretty that her mother couldn't dew nothin'
with her. And what time she did not spend
on Emmy was occupied in dressin' and on
dressin' herself, and sweatin' and fussn'
ter look as we'll as the rest on 'em. So
when she got home she was all run dewn,
and the first thing Jake-that's her husband
said TO her was that she looked as if she d
had q fit O. sickness.
"And told him." said Lucy Jane. "howt
il was the last time l should 90 away
from home in hot weather, If know my
self"
So, the next summer she thought she'd
try new plan.
You see she didn't never keep no help
lucy Jane is frst-rate ehousekeeper-smart
as a trapj, and there's only three O 'em, and
] made four, SO she says to me,
well take our meals down to the hotel |;
/ shall git rid o the cooking, and that's all
the rest want"
She asked me what thought ont, and l
told her I'm Of notion should like it so
We began the very next day.
But there's some things | didn't like, and
couldn't never git used to, know. When
We undertook to sit down to tine table. half
a dozen walters sprung forred, and one on
em grabbed my cheer in both hands and
held it way back. What to dew didn't
know, till l see how Lucy Jane managed.
then tried ter back inter the cheer jest as
she did. with the man . hoidin' on to it.
Fust knew nv limbs was knocked out
from under me, and | was sot down in the
cheer all Of suddin. thought for min
ute my knees was broke. ! didn't like it
any way, and ] says to Lucy Jane, says i;
"When git so can't set down to the ta-
ble alone, Ill 60 without eatin'."
She laughed and said Id git used to it +;
but ! never did, and if l could sly in and git
nv seat without that waiter seein' me. al
ways enioyed my dinner good deal better.
But he was generally right OH hand-he was
an awful wide-awake fellar! When was
eating, of course l had to look up some
where's, and if my eye happened to lite on
him he'd spring on at me in minute, as il
his life depended on sarvin' me. Once he
grabbed my plate and was goin' of with it.
"See here" says |, "won't you let my plate
alone? haln't done with it yet
"Oh." says be terrible cut up. II beg your
pardon"
"All right" says l.
Ididn'i want ter hurt his feelins' you know
he meant we'll. And after that be was
little more moderate.
1t was good place ter study human M
tur. found that . lady to home Vas . 10
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