The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-09
Seaside Servants.

The servant question is the black
beast of housekeeperS ut the seaShore
as well as in town-perhaps little
blacker, Servants who go there in
search OF places are generally OF the
uppiSh and Cood-toy-uoIhinE kind. who
are looking for s summey-ou,inS more
than for good. honest WORK. raece Is
something demoral!zinS in the ar Of
waterir Hce. and the very pes. OF
them are not proof agsirs5 Ia. Some
people try ~ svQht troUbie ov taxing
ssrysass wi1h them, Aue sha1 scheme
genera ends IN failure
>altl > gentleman who -ouk 8 cottage
" -la shura last NAV; Il aad ~ much
trouble with coUks hs5 season -lls
concluded b titl;a 1ra iQvn with NE
TINS etme e w0rSad very well Tor two
w1atss, lut t.te love NJ uienass lld the
boardwalk, TO wniuh her Snd ~ sub
jeGt, Jvaraams lGr by lhag time ami
one lag sln iouLY ni0rmad nv VIE
that u stla iii lur lhg her Way Ct To-
ny taings sue n-gas iG them herself
IN course we sgn1 her OF Instantly, ant.
as lad bean wise enough to hire her
nv me week. she only sud her wages
up I'd The tune she left
We had short interval Of peace.
my wife doing che cooking. But. IS
that WASH what she went 10 the sea-
shore FOR, we looked up cook in the
village. The second experiment was
big, black, and burIy, with temper.
Before q week had passed she turned
on my wife, who had ventured to offer
q suggestion as to how something
should be done, and. with blazing eyes.
said: Now. locker here | does as |
pleases when Is cookin', an eff folks
NEEDLE wild me | just cuts dere hearts
out, does You near me?' That set
tied it and my wife, too, who dared not
reply. Nv arrival was waited for to
give the black fiend her walking pa
pers.
But the next trial was daisy. She
was also a lady of color obtained in
the 'colored quarter of the village.
We were taken somewhat back by her
stipulation, during the preliminary ne
gotiations, that she should have at
least an hour on the beach every after
noon-her health requiring it-and the
privilege of going out every evening.
We conceded both points, however, for
she seemed to be good sort of SER
want. For few days everything went
on smoothly. Ny cottage has four
sleeping rooms on the second story, all |
opening into small hall. My wife |
and occupy one of the front rooms,
our l5-year-old boy the other, and one
OF the back rooms was assigned to the
cook. One night when it was rather
warm, we left our room door open and
hung curtain over it. About IL
o'clock, just after | had fallen asleep, |
was startled by succession of the
most uncanny, blood-curdling screams
ever heard, and as | jumped out Of
bed some one rushed into our room and |
right into my arms, and lay there
trembling and shaking and moaning in
way that made my flesh creep. NV
first thought was that somebody had
gotten into my boys room and that he
had been frightened out of his sleep
and had run into ours, but when he re-
Piled to my call that nothing was the |
matter with him put my hand to. the
head of the intruder, who still trem-
bled in my arms, and felt the woolly
hair of our cook. BY this time my wife
had lighted lamp, and she says the
tableau was unique and striking. OF
course promptly disengaged my arms
and as did so the girl fell over on the
bed in an epileptic tit. She told us af-
forwards that she was subject to them,
and that she always ran out of her
room when she had one. She was care
tul not to tell us when she came, how
ever. We packed her of, and have
since then been taking our meals out
the bestpIan after all. "-Phtladelphia
Times.