Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-11
Miss Willett.
BY LorrIE BROWN.


young girls as 'sold maid" !" ant
there Is no class SO thorough,
despised. Sarah Willett was Al
old maid. She had, in all proba
bility. been disappointed in lei
youth; hence her cognomen--'.A
disappointed old maid"
Among her many excsllencie-,
Miss Willett possessed a tongue
which had the faculty Of running
without cessation from morning
until night.
She loved to moralize, and she
knew how. She fairly hated the
men, and totally despised women.
It made her frantic to sec the
young ladies come into supper
With bright dresses, curls. crimps,
rats, rolls, and the thousand little
things which make up woman's
toilet; and whsn from the oppo-
site side the gentlemen threw ad-
miring glancss. she could have
annihilated the party. and looked
upon the wreck without pang OF
regret.
These feelings came up more
especially at the times when Mr..
Dickson, an old batchelor in the
&3olssale tea business, raised his
syes and looked sInilingly at
lhsm.
Weak minded, simple, fool
iah, disgracsful, bold, brazen
6f6aturesI she would say, show
do they expect to ever settle in
life, after such efforts to attract
We attention Of the opposite sex9
q woman, womanl When will you
etsr learn the way in which God
lesigned you to walk? Mrs. Berry.
y makes my heart bleed to see
such carvings on. The bold.
laced thiugsl'
Mrs. Berry pitied her case. and
Peshaps for that very reason and
y hope Of gaining the 8, mpathy
pf Mr. Dickson and other parties,
ietailed Miss Willett's suiieripgs
word for word.
But Mrs Berry's boarders were
l0t sympathetic. They laughed
eertIessly, and.a number OF the
esed young ladies' gathered in
~ parlor that worry night. and
nth their pretty heads close to-
ceher, laid the foundation OF
lainous plot, which, if we'll car
n out. was to seriously disturb
= peace Of mind OF Miss Sarah
eillett. OF course she was jsal.
uA the mean old naid--and
pey'd " fix matters"
Nellie Dobson, the belle OF the
hrty, was Miss WiIlett's especial
prror.
he had passed the parlor a
svenings before, and seen her
the piano. with Mr.. Dickson
aning over her, listening to her
usic, - il entranced, and she
d felt like doing something des-
rate ever since. She had heard
gey that be was passionately
ID Of music, and as she could
ther play nor sing. she natural
Nj like choking every one who
\ is Q disgrace to your house. |
Berry" she said, meeting
1 lady on the stairs |; ''and for
part / shall leave unless there
Iinerent work. 1t graies upon
sensitive nature, aud makes
feel as though / should faint
epever / see IT,"
1t shall be attended to, Miss
llstt. was just beginning to
~ myself that the young peo
ere getting a little caieiess
1feak to them"
IIng-s ing. ting a-ling. went
door- bell one day rs they all
= the table.
That's the postman, | knowP
IA half . dozen voices, and
~ eye turned toward the
For me? For me?' was tile
kairy, as Mrs. Bo,ry entered
lihg a letter in her hand.
No, it is not for you, Mis-
(,e. nor you, Miss Rose; IT is
Mss Sarah Willett.
Sl1ss Willett arose III her staie
nhnner and received the mis-
and to show the impulsive
nR girls how devoid the was
mpatience aud curiosity, Sal
"a without looking at it, and
her dinner as though nothing
happened, and took an uu-
onabIe long while in so do
But there is an end to all
ags, and to Miss Willett's 4 n
as well, and at length she
3ktd out in her usual dlgni6ed
1,ber, until she reached the up
hall. After that we are moi
titive as to her progress; bui
ldy. the chamber-girl, declared
/ something must have hap
bed, for the "onld maid ran at
ugh the ould feiler himself
D afther her"
n her own room she opened
letter, and read:
MISS WILLRTT: +" III ] dared
id call you Sarah. but as ye'
have given no signs to me
might warrant such familiar,
and SO / can only say, Mis-
iIett, although I am a plain
to be considered miserabl,
H OF wretch, ] have dared
had the audacity to raise m,
~ to you, and hope you will
n place in your woman
4rt for pity, il not for 1pve.