Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-01

| Whole; but he sail he wouldn't be ont
done by me in generosity He'd stick I,
halves" Accordingly ON the adyic
of Trotter, | arranged to have ON
OF the good oll-fashioned open ranges
with mo nonScnse about it.r Tn
cautious Bigsby came with two or tlIree at
teidant spriteS, and after week or there
abouts Of general upset, and a pervadine
atmosphere OF grit throughout our mansion
the range was fixed and Bigsby, with busi
neSs-hke promptitude sent US in his bill 70,
our half, amounting 20 q los. Again q
pleasing vista of nice little dinners loomed
rosy before us and we paid his demand with
out murmur. We had hivouacked durino
the week where we could, "anywhere. any
where, out of the grit, as pathetically OBJ
served 10 lidd, but now we fondly hope,d ON
troubles were over, and again we came bome
10 dinner fuil Of joyful anticipation. W,
hah ordered OK tail soup. a leg of lamb with
green peas and cuulihOwer. and N dish nj
macaroni cheese. / cannot say that the din.
ner was complete success. The soup wonld
have been very nice if it hadn't been quite 81
salt, and l have no doubt that the lamb
would have been very nice also if il hadn't
been quite 50 uudcrdone, but | think three
slngs in one cauliower more than a fair
average. We might have made shift with
the peas, but they were so hard that we were
obllSed TO swallow them whole like pills. and
after taking dozen or two in this manner
we found the operation too tedious and
abandoned the attempt. Tidd venturad on a
JOKE about ''pease de resistance" Il was n
gallant attempt and | triei to smile. but
the efart WIS too great, and very nearly
burst INTO tears instead We ultimately dined
on the nacaroni chesse We both agreed
when Irottcr was out of the room, that some
thing ought 10 be said TO her, but we could
not agree as to who should say it. and there
was something in her eye which indicated
that CRITICISM would not be well received
Ultimately we decided to say nothing at all
lust as present, encouraging each other bv
The reflection that the new stove MIGHT nc,
have got properly aired, or that there mich,
he some other sufficient reason for ber
failure, and that it mightn't occur again
The next day things were trifle better: the
next they were not quite so well and tbDs
the fortunes Of our dinners fiuctuated fill
about week after the Inauguration Of Tho
new range, on our returning home ss uSuoI
at O'Clock, we found no cloth laid in the
dining room, nor was there any sound of anv
one moving below. Pursuing our researches.
with caution, down 10 the kitchen. we fonnd
'he iire out and no signs either of dinner or
OF lrotter. Finally hearing subdued sound
OF lalnentation, we traced it 10 the Iar,Ier,
ana there found our inestimable Trottar sit
tlhg on the noor, with one arm embracing the |
orea1 pan and weeping freely. On endeayor- |
ing 20 ascertain the cause of her grief, we |
could only elicit that she was "a pore orpban |
md everybody was agin her." As she had
told me, on applying for the situation. that |
she hal lost her parents at the age of ;. her |
orphaned condition seemed hardly an ade-
Auate explanation of her present grief I |
.ound ON subsequent examination that had
eft the sideboard open, and that the gin bot
lie titled the previous morning. was empty.
1ut Trotter assured me, with such flood of
ears and 80 many pious CALCULATIONS, that she
iadnt tasted anything stronger than cough
mixture the whole blessed day, that we really
iidnt like to contradict her. However. this
asst straw, won't say "broke the carels'
'acks, but decided the cnmels that they
wouldn't allow their backs to be broken w,
aid Trotter a months wages the next morn
ng and sent her packing, and did not discover
i'll some days after that she had taken a -
ection Of our new silver spoons to remember
S by.
Nd r,aa,,,i,,,, a,',,,s ones ior a ne" servant,
-. ,iI ie en|uieu an lhterregnum OF
'4 Nii.Ar N1iiie ~ oN Turns 10 get up IN ,
ue nil Iio'iN =, anu iet her H. and picking up
~ :. '1'i meas i,r1 M ..ie sparro"s' when and where
ni' we nave undergone In con-
" "a ,'I,, ou. 'lsiiiert hooody knows
ual Sn, en 5i,tu so ior respectable woman
anu ~ nut 'ne ma ority OF those
,o appt'su "eis sitner pert dainseis OF Il or
~ ~ ~ .ioeiiy iaeles ranging from ~
P"aiu> ne iaiie' ene hait and the blind
Vt nearby presenter themselves. A last, ,
oWever, young woman has pre-
'nted herself who seems to answer I.
squirements. She wears her hair !,
hat is yulgarly termed a ahanc, ord ~,
aims % hs a;,b, onI 80, a-1 sr u oy
-1 " 0SH' anu '"ei'y, aii told, Dut
ie comes OF a highiy respectable family DE ,
y second COUSIN TO our butterman's first ,
'sneu. iheeeAi, neT late mistress gave such
Sio"hs dScount Ol ner tnat my only won