The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-07-12
The Doctors Experience
LITF you please, uncle" said
Nanny Juniper, 81 would
~ like to speak to you
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Nanny Juniper, 81 would
az like to speak to you
80 Old Doctor Juniper dropped
his newspaper in dismay; the spec
tacles fell Imply off his nose.
"You don't mean to tell me-" said
he, that them cider-ba Is sprung a
leak ag'inr'
''No, uncle" said Mamie, nervous
ly, pleating the frill of her apron,
and changing color as she spoke.
''Then the red cow is got astray," /"
groaned the doctor. 1T does beat
all how careless the neighbors are
about their bars"
"The red cow is all right, uncle" 2"
said Mamie. ''It's about myself
that | wanted to speak,
Doctor Juniper drew a long breath
of relief.
"Oh~ said he, "about yourself?
Well, if it is a new dress, you We
had two already since thanksgiving
day; and if you want to take lessons
of the wax-fower woman, l think
it's all stuff and nonsense. So there !
just hand me up the paper, Mamie,
there's good girl, and see what a
nice blueberry dumpling you'll make
me for dinner"
Uncle" persisted Nannie. II
don't think you understand. II
am not satisfiedr'
'Not satisfied?" repeated the doc
tor, opening his small, blue eyes to
their utmost capacity. .
81 should like you to pay me
wages" went on Mamie: because,
nncle,-don't you see?-Fm doing
all the work of the house, and saw
ing you the expense of a hired girl,
and 1 haven't a penny that l can
call my own, and if it's ever so small
an allowance, uncle, don't you see
that it would save me the mortifca-
ton Of coming to you for every yard
of tape and paper of needles that l
want?"
''Nonsense!' roared the doctor.
Il shouldn't ask for it, uncle, if
didn't feel 1 deserved it," pleaded
Mamie.
"RubbishP' said her uncle.
"Six dollars a month isn't such
great deal of money" urged Nan
ME. "And I have lived here eight
years already for nothing, you
know"
"For nothing, eh?' said Doctor
Juniper, severely. ~ s'pose your
board and lodging don't couut; nor
yet your clothes. All, the parson
was right when he preached, last
Sunday week, about the rank in
gratitude oft the human race. There
never was anything like it-neverw
"Of course I'm very much obliged
for all that you have done for me,
uncle" said Mamie, "But I'm two
and-twenty now, and I really feel
that can earn little money of my
own. eAnd if you think six dollars
is too much, 1 shall be very thank
full for FIVE"
"Ah, indeedp' said Doctor Juni-
per, satirically. "Quite moderate,
I'm sure! But, you see, our ideas
don't exactly agree. If you amt
satisfied with things as they be,
you're welcome to better yourself"
"Unclep' cried Mamie, her blue
eyes brimming over with tears.
"What say 1 mean," said Doc
tor Juniper, resuming the study of
his newspaper. "And now I'd like
the chance to read a spell afore 1
go out into the maple-pasture"
And, surreptitiously cycling her
departing figure over the rims of
his glasses, the old man chuckled
to himself:
81 calc'late I've settled that bust
ness. Wages, indeed! Times has
come to pretty pass, when my own
niece wants wages for doing my
house work"
AS for Nanny, she went quietly
into the kitchen, where she prepared
the fowl for roasting, made a little
bread-sauce for it, concocted her
uncle's favorite blueberry-pudding,
and then retreated up stairs, where
she packed the little trunk, which
had once belonged to her mother,
and whose surface was decorated
with ga. J."-for Antoinetta Juni-
perm brass nails.
Il can't live sop' said Nanny.
"My boots are all patches, and I'm
Gle Juniper thinks two pairs a year
are enough for anybody. My
dresses aren't fit to be seen, and
Uncle Juniper is always saying that
his mothers calico dresses lasted
year after year. 1 can't even put a
fiYe-cent-piece in the contribution
plate at church, without Uncle
jumpers accusing me of extrava-
gance. If he won't pay me the
wages which l am sure / earn,
will go down to the Lake View
House and help Mrs. Danesbury
make pies and puddings for her
boarders. She told me, long ago,
that she would give me ten dollars
a month, during the busy season, to
assist her."
Doctor Juniper relished his roast
chicken and blueberry-pudding as
only an elderly gourmand can relish
the appetizing edibles of this world.
Mamie sat opposite him, looking
rather distraite and thoughtful
And when he had sopped up the
last of his pudding sauce with a
piece of bread, wiped his mouth,
and folded up his napkin, she spoke
out:
"Uncle, I'm going away to-mor-
row."
BE your said Doctor Juniper.
"To earn my own living" said
Nanny.
s'Humphr' commented Doctor
Juniper. swell, suit yourself-suit
yourself!"
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