The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-10
"And have to 90 In rags nyself-iu

You won't go In rags. Dont pe q
fool"
81 am fool, Mr.. Whittlestaff; you
can't tell me that too often"
"You won't 60 in rags. You ought
to know us well enough"
"Who is us, Mr.. Whittlestafp They
amt no us-just yet"
"Well-me."
eyes, 1 know you, Mr.. Whittle-
staff"
"Send him your wages. You may
be quite sure that you'll find yourself
provided with shoes aud stockings and
the rest of it.
"And be voluntary burden beyond
what earns! Never-not as long as
Miss Mary is coming to live here as
missus of your house. Ishould do sum-
mat as | should have to repent OF. But,
Mr.. Whittlestaff, Pve got to look the
world in the face, and bear my own
crosses. never can do it no younger"
"You're an old woman now, and you
talk of throwing yourself upon the
world without the means of earning
shilling"
"a think I'd earn some, at something,
old as am, till fell down flat dead"
she said. Il have that sperit in me,
that I'd still be doing something. But
it don't signify; Pm not going to re-
main here when Miss Mary is to be put
over me. That's the long and the short
of ii all"
Now had come the moment in which,
If ever, Mr.. Whittlestaf must get the
strength which he required. He was
quite sure of the old woman-that her
opinion would not be in the least infu-
enced by any desire on her own part to
retain her position as his house-keeper.
81 don't know about putting Miss Mary
over YOU" he said.
"Don't know about it," she shouted.
"My mind is not absolutely fixed"
"As she said anythingP"
''NOt a word"
"Or he? Has he been and dared to
speak up about Miss Mary? And he
who. as far as l can understand, has
never done a hdporth for her since the
beginning. What's Mr.. GordonP |
should like TO know. Diamonds!
What's in the way OF q steady incomeg
They're all flash in the pan, and
moonshine and dirtiness. 1 hates to
hear Of diamonds. There's all the i'll
in the world comes from Them and
you'd give her up to be taken of by
such one as he among the diamonds.
/ make bold to tell you, Mr.. Wbittle-
staff, that you ought to have more
strength Of mind than what that comes
to. You're telling me every day as I'm
an old fool"
$50 you are"
81 didn't never contradict you; nor l
don't mean, If you tells me so as often
again. And don't mean to be that
impident as to tell my master as amt
the only fool about the place. 1t wouldn't
be no wise becoming"
"But you think it would be true"
II says nothing about that. That's
not the sort of language anybody has
heard to come out of my mouth, either
before your face or behind your back.
But l do say as man ought TO behave
like man. What! Give up to chap
as spends his time in digging for dia-
mondsl Neverr'
"What does it matter what he digs
for; you know nothing about his busi-
ness"
''But l know something about yours,
Mr.. Whittlestaf. / know where you
have set your wishes. And / know that
when a man has made up his mind in
such an affair as this, he shouldn't give
way to any young diamond dealer OF
them all.
"Not to him."
"And what's she? Are you to give
up everything because she's love-sick
for day or twoP Is everything TO be
knocked to pieces here at Croker's Hall,
because he has come and made eyes at
herP She was glad enough to take
what you offered before he had come
this way"
"She was not glad enough. This is it.
She was not glad enough"
"She took you, at any rate, and I'd
never make myself mean enough TO
make way for such fellow as that.
ut isn't for him, Mr.. Baggett."
alt is for him. Who elsep To walk
away and Just leave the game OPEN be-
cause he has como down to Hampshirel
There ain't no spirit Of standing gup and
fighting about it.
"With whom am TO iight?"
"With both of 'em-till you have
your own way. Abolish, stupid, weak
girl like that"
al won't have her abused"
"She's very well. | amt a-saying
nothing against her. II she'll do what
you bid her, she'll turn out right
enough. You asked her, and she said
she'd do It, Is not that SOP There's
nothing l hate so much as them roman
tic ways. And everything is to be made
TO give way because young chap is six
foot high! hates romance and manly
beauty, as they call It, and all the rest
of it. Where Is she to get her bread
and meatP That's what l want to
know"
"There'll be bread and meat for
her,"
81 dare say. But you'll have 10 pay
for 1t, while she's philandering about
with himl And that's what you call
fine feelings. Icall it all rubbish. II
you've mind 70 make her Mrs Whit
tlestaff, make ler Mrs. Whittlestaf.
Drat them fine feelings. I never knew
no good come Of what people call fine
feelings. II a young woman does her
work as it shouh be, she's got no time
To think of 'em And n n man Ia mas