The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-07-25
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habits, hunting, shooting, or such-like;
but chance might be good to her.
Then the making of all Jams and mar
malades, for which he did not care a
straw. and which he only ate to o5lige
her, was a comfort to her. She could
manage occasionally to be kept out OF
her bed over some boiling till one
o'clock and then the making of butter
in the summer would demand that she
should be up ut three. Thus she was
enabled to consider that her normal
hours of work were twenty out of the
twenty -four. She did not begrudge
them in the least, thinking that they
were all due to Mr.. Whittlestaf. Now
MIR. Whittlestaff wanted wife, and, of
| course, he ought to have her. But she
could not be expected to remain and
behold Mary Lawrie's triumph and
Mary Lawrie's power. That was out
of the question; and, as she was thus
driven out of the house, she was en-
titled to show little of her ill-humor
to the proud bride. She must go to
Portsmouth - which she knew was
tantamount to a living death. She
hated only one person in all the world.
and he, as she knew well, was living at
Portsmouth. There were to her only
two places in the world in which any
body could live-Croker's Hall and
Portsmouth. Cookers Hall was on the
whole the proper region set apart for
the habitation of the blest. Ports
mouth was the other place-and thither
she must go. To remain, even in
Heaven, as housekeeper to young
woman, was not to be thought of. 1t
was written in the book of fate that
she must go; but not on that accoant
need she even pretend to keep Der.
temper.
Whats all this that you have BEEN
saying to Miss Lawrie?" began Mr..
Whittlestaff. with all the dignity of
anger.
"What have been saying of to Mss
Mary"
Il am not at all we'll pleased with
YOU"
Il haven't said word again you.
sir, nor not again nothing as you are
likely to do"
"Miss Lawrie is to become my wife,"
$50 hears her say"
"You have taught her to think that
she should not do as we have proposed
because of your wishes"
Il never said no. hing of the kind-so
help me. That should put myself up
again you, sir. Oh, no! l knows my
place better than that. l wouldn't
stand in the way of anything as was fOs
YOUR good-or even of what you though
was good-no to be made housekceper
to Well. it don't matter where. !
couldn't change for the better, nor
wages wouldn't tempt me-
"What was it YOU said about going
away?" Here Mrs. Baggett shook her
head. "You told Miss Lawrie that you
thought it was shame that YOU should
) have to leave because of her"
Il never said word of the kind, Mr.
Whi.tlestaff; nor yet, sir, | don't think
as Miss Lawrie ever said so. I'm beg
ging Your pardon for contradicting you.
and well ought. But anything is bet
ter than making ill-blOod between low
ers." Mr.. Whittlestaif WINGED at being
called lover, but allowed the word to
pass by. 81 never said nothing about
shame
What did YOU say?'
IL said as how | must leave you;
nothing but that 1t amt matter Of
the slightest consequence to you, sir. y
"RuDbish!''
VERY well. sir. l mustn't demean
me to say as anything had said wasn't
rubbish when you said as it was. Blu,
for all that, I've got to 90"
Nonsense
| "les. in course
'Why have YOU got to go?"
! .BecafSe of nv feelings, SIR"
Il never heard such trash"
That true, no doubt, sir. But
still, if you'll think of it, old women
does have feelings. Not rs a young one.
but still they're there"
WHO'S going to hurt your feel
ings?'
In this house, sir, for the last fiji
teen years I've been top-sawyer of tn.
female gender"
Then I'm not to marry At alp"
you've gone on and YOU haven't
that's all. | amt a-iinding no fault
But YOU haven't-and Pm the sufferer
Here Mrs. Baggett Logan to wipe hes
eyes with Il clean handkerchief. which
she surely must have brought into the
room for the purpose. '.lf you had
taken some beautiful young lady"
81 have taken beautiful young
lady," said Mr. Whittlestaff, becoming
more angry than ever.
.'You won't listen to me, sir, and then
you boil over like that. No doubt Mis-.
Mary is as beautiful as the best on EN-,
knew how it would be when she came
among us with her streaky brown
cheeks, 'ou'd make an anchor wish to
kiss 'em." Here Mr., WhittleStaff be.
came appeased, and made up his mind
that he would tell Mary about the an
Choir As soon as things were smooth be-
tween them. "But if it had been some
beaut full young lady ont of another
instance. who hadn't been here Almost
under my own thumb, shouldn't We
minded it''
1.-The long and the short of it is, Mrs.
Baggett, that I'm going to be married"
81 suppose you are, sir"
':And. as it happens, the lady l have
selected happens to have been your mis-
tress for the last two years"
..She won't be my missus no more"
said Mrs. Baggett, with an air OF fixed
determination.
"Of course you can do as you like
about that. can't compel any one to
live in this house against her will; but
l would compel you if knew how, for
your own leneht."
There amt no compelling"
what other place have you got You
can 90 to? l can't conceive it possible
you should live in any other family"
mot in no family. Wages wouldn't
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