The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-07-12

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less coffee, in search of "help."
The Widow Keene was all smiles
when he stopped at her little rec
cottage.
$50 Nanny has gone, has she?'
said the widow. oval, there aim
no dependence to be put on gals
And you feel the need of a real help
full companion? I did say, when
buried Keene, that nothin' should
induce me to marry again, but
The doctor reined up Old Roar
so suddenly that that meditative
steed jumped off all four legs at once
"Hold onm said he. 81 wasn't
tall1in' of matrimony. L amt 9
marryin' man. All ! want Is hired
helpi'
sDo you mean to insult me?'i
said Widow Keene.
And she slammed the door in his
face, and Doctor Juniper rode on,
much marveling at the narrow es-
cape he had had.
"rll try Miss Mahala Dicker-
man." he concluded. "She amt a
widow. Widows are naturally sly
and tricky.
Miss Mahala Dickerman was more
reasonable. Yes, she would come.
But she required her Sundays to
herself, every Wednesday afternoon,
the use of a horse and wagon to take
her to church, and fourteen dollars
month.
"But what is to become of me on
Sunday?" Doctor Juniper ventured
to inquire.
Miss Mahala didn't know. She
had her soul to look after-that was
very certain. And she couldn' t
reconcile his Sunday business to her
conscience. So DIR. Juniper rode
away once more, solemnly shaking
his head.
whats come to all the women?'
said the doctor.
Betsey Grove was the next per-
son on whom he called-a sharp
nosed gossip, with a high, shrill
voice, and spectacled eyes.
81 think I kin suit ye, doctor, -
said Miss Grove. "Pve lived house
keeper to several families. My
terms is twelve dollars a month and
the privileges of a home, and a
young gal under me. Her wages
will be four dollars extra
"Dr. Juniper grew a tallowy
white.
"Do you s'pose Pm made of
money!" said he.
''Them's my TERMS" said Miss
Grove, "and 1 wouldn't vary from
'em, not for the president of the
United States!''
'There's an end of tho matter,
then,'' said DR.. Juniper.
''Just as you please" said Betsey
Grove, tartly.
Louisa Henley would not under
take the place unless her mother
and eleven-years-old brother could
come as company for her. Mrs.
Cackle expected the washing to be
put out, and cleaning woman en-
gagged for every Saturday. Maria
Michels limited at the privilege of
filling the vacant rooms of the house
with summer boarders. And the
upshot of it all was that DR.. Juni-
per came home in desperation, with
out any help whatsoever.
He telegraphed to his cousin an
ancient female, somewhere on the
edge of the Adirondacks, to come to
the rescue. She came. But she
was subject to the rheumatism, to
epileptic fits, and to an undue fond
ness for the brandy-bottle, and at
the end of a month, DR.. Juniper
was glad to ship her off to Home
for Aged Women in New York
And then, subdued by much dis
cipline, he walked down to Mrs.
Danesbury's and asked to sec Nanny.
Nanny came in, all smiles and
dimples.
Really" said the doctor, to him
self, 81 hadn't an idea the girl was
so prettyw
She welcomed her uncle with the
most affectionate Of kisses.
Nanny" said he, "you were
right, and 1 was wrong. I'm sorry
L ever let you go away. If you'll
come back to the old farm I'll pay
you ten dollars month and be
thankful TO YOU"
"Oh, uncle, 1 can'tr' said Nanny,
laughing and blushing. "Tve
promised to marry Hugh Danes
bury,
DR.. jumpers face fell.
"Hugh DanesburyP' said he
"That's the young fellow that works
at the mill, amt it?''
eyes, uncle" said Nanny.
"Then come, both of you," said
Doctor Juniper. 'Hugh shall run
the farm on shares, and I'll pay you
ten dollars, just the same. CAM
live as I've been livin'. I'd sooner
take laudanumw
I So the young people were married
and came to Juniper farm to live.
"And uncle's a deal easier to gel
along with than ever he was beforeY
said Nanny.
For Doctor Juniper had profited
from his experimentation Forrest
Graves.
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