Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-28

/ habits, hunLinE, snO0flng, or Euch-lke:
but chance might be good to her.
Then the making of ali Jams and mar
malades. for which he did not care a
straw. and which he only ate to oblige
| her, was 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 at three Thus she was
lenabled to consider that her normal
/ hours of work were twenty ont of the
/ twenfy-four- She did not becrudce
them in the least, thinking that they
were all due to Mr. Whittlestaf. New
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' power. That was out
| of the question; and, as she was thus
/ driven out of the house, she was en-
| titled 10 show little of her ill-humor
/ TO the proud bride. She must go to
/ Portsmouth " which she knew was
| tantamount to 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 Gve-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 a young
woman, was not to be thought OF. 1t
was written in the book of fate that
she must 60; but not on that account
need she even pretend to keep her
temper.
Whats all this that you have been
saving to Miss Lawrie2" began Mr..
WhittIestaff, with all the dignity of
anger.
What have been saying of to Miss
Mary?n
81 am not at all well pleased with
you"
Il haven't said a word again you.
sir, nor not again nothing as you are
likely to do"
Miss Lawrie is TO become my wife
- So bears her say
You have taught her to think that
she should not do as We have proposed
because of your wishes"
Il never said nothing of the kind--so
help me. That l should put myself up
again you, sir, Oh, no, / knows my
place better than that. | wouldn't
stand in the way of anything as was Tor
YOUR good--or even of what you thought
was good-not to be made housekceper
to Well. it don't matter where. /
couldn't change for the better, nor
wages wouldn't tempt me.
l What was it you said about going
away" Here Mrs. Baggett shook her
head. You told Miss Lawrie that you
thought it was a shame that you should
have to leave because of her. -
Il never said word of the kind. Mr.
Whittlestaff; 1or vet, sir, / don think
as Miss Lawrie ever said SO. I'm beg
cling YOUR pardon for contradicting you.
and well ought But anything is bet
ter than making ill-blood between low
ers." Mr.. Whiulestaff WINGED at being
called lover, but allowed the word to
pass by. al never said nothing about
shame"
What did you say?''
II said as how j must leave you;
nothing but that 1t amt matter of
the slightest consequence to you, sir
Rubbish"
VERY well. sir ! mustn't demean
me to say as anything had said wasn't
rubbish when you said as ii was But
for all that, I've got to CO."
Nonsense.
Eyes, in course
why have you got to goP''
Because OF my feelings. sir. ~
Il never heard such trash.
THAT true, no doubt. sir. But
still. if you'll think of il, old women
does have feelings. Not as q young one, |
but still they're there
who's going to hurt your feel
ingse''
In this house, sir, for the last if
teen years I've been top-sawyer of the
female gender"
Then L N not to marry at all9''
You've gone on and You haven't
that S all. l amt a-finding no fault. |
But you haven land m the sufferer.
Here Mrs. Baggett began TO wipe her |
eyes with clean handkerchief, which |
she surely must have brought into the |
room for the purpose. If you had
taken some beautiful young lady"
Il have taken a beautiful young |
lady, said Mr.. Whittlestaf, becoming !
more angry than ever.
: You won't listen to me, sir. and then |
you boil over Ike that. No doubt Miss |
Mary is as beautiful as the best ON en- |
knew how 1t would be when she came |
among Ms with her streaky brown |
cheeks, ou'd make an anchor wish to |
kiss EN-" 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 ful young lady ont OF another |
house, one of them from the Park. for |
instance, who hadn't been here most |
under my own thumb, / shouldn't We |
minded IL -...
The long and the short of it is. Mrs /
Baggett. that / N going TO be married"
- suppose YOU are, sir.
And. as it happens, the lady / have
selected happens TO have been your mis-
tress Tor the last two years
'.She won't be my missus no more,
said Mrs Baggett, with an air OF fixed |
determination.
''Ot course you can do as You like
about that / can't compel any one to |
1--we N this house against her will; but /
would compel you if knew bow, for
your own Eenefit.
There amt no compelling"
"N hat other place have you gos You
can 60 to? i can't conceive il possible
you should live in any other family
Not in no family. Wages wou1dn /
tempt me- But there's them as sup
poses that they've claim upon me-.
There was a slight pause before Mr.
w hIttlesiad rejo.ned. Has be come
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