The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-29

smoke quite so much as before, but as far as
heat was concerned Il don't say dirt you
might have sat upon it without Inconvenience.
The builder went through the same perform
ance of opening and shutting valves that Mr..
Jawker had done, but with the same result,
or rather absence of result, and finally sug-
gested that there must be something "bust in
side" and that "the man made it" had
better come and look at it.
We reported the result to Mr. Jawker and
again Tidd and L dined out IA cut off the joint
at an eating house,. Mr. Jawker promised to
send the maker of the Treasure" and after
the lapse of day or two he came. On eX-
animation, however, he said that the range
was seriously out of repair, and among other
things that we had with the best intentions,
am sure) knocked hole through between
the fire box and the main flue, and thereby
destroyed the whole draught of the apparatus.
He estimated that the Treasure" could be
put in order for matter of "a or e.;
hut even thcn,- he added with u glance
at the scullery), that it would want some
body with a head their shoulders to
handle it, and that where there wasn't a
missus in the family with glance ut mel
the best of ranges didn't have a fair chance
l told him would think it over (rneaning
the repairs, and let him know. l talked the
matter over with Tidd, and as the result Of
our deliberations l sent Mr.. Jawker a letter
accompanied by way of postscript by n few
touching lines, entitled IAN Ode to Treas
ure."
That fetched him. 1 thought it would.
He said rather than have any more of my
poetry he'd go halves with us in a new range.
told him I'd just as soon he paid for the
whole; but he said he wouldn't be out
done by me in generosity He'd stick to
halves" Accordingly on the advice
of Trotter, l arranged to have one
of the good old-fashioned open ranges,
with mo nonsense about it." The
cautious Bigsby came with two or three at
tendant sprites, and after week or there
abouts of general upset, and n pervading
atmosphere of grit throughout our mansion,
the range was fixed and Bigsby, with bust
ness-like promptitude, sent us in his bill for
our half, amounting to E3 los. Again a
pleasing vista of nice little dinners loomed
rosy before us and we paid his demand with
out a murmur We had bivouackcd during
the week where we could, anywhere, any
where, out of the grit" as | pathetically OBJ
served to Tidd, but now we fondly hoped our
troubles We're over, and again came home
To dinner full of joyful anticipation. We
had ordered OK tail soup, leg of lamb with
green peas and cauliflower, and a dish of
macaroni cheese. i cannot say that the din
her was complete success. The soup would
have been very nice if it hadn't been quite so
would have been very nice also if it hadn't
been quite so underdone, but l think three
hugs in one caulifower more than u fair
average. We might have made shift with
the peas, but they were so hard that we were
Obliged 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 ventured on
joke about '-pease de resistance" 1t was a
lilo, 4
the effort was too great, and very nearly
burst into tears instead We ultimately dined
off the macaroni cheese We both agreed
when Trotter was out of the room, that some
thing ought to DE said to her, but we could
not agree rs 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
just as present, encouraging each other by
the reflection that the new stove might not
have got properly aired, or that there might
be some other sufficient reason for her
failure, and that it mightnt occur again.
The next day things were "A trifle better; the
next they We're not quite well, and thus
the fortunes of our dinners nuctuated, till
about n week after the Inauguration of the
new range on our returning home rs usual
at q o'clock, we found no cloth laid in the
dining room, nor was there any sound Of any
with caution, down to the kitchen, we found
the fire out and no signs either of dinner or
of Trotter. Finally hearing subdued sound
of lamentation, we traced it to the larder
and there found our inestimable Trotter sit
ting on the floor, with one arm embr. ing the
bread pan and weeping freely. On cndeavor-
ing to ascertain the cause of her grief, we
could only elicit that she was "a pore orphan
and everybody was agin her" As she had
fol nm fnr fbn IL
she had lost her parents at the age of 8, her
orphaned condition seemed hardly an ade-
quate explanation of her present grief
found on subsequent examination that had
left the sideboard open, and that the gin bot
tie filled the previous morning. was empty;
bnt Trotter assured me, with such "A flood of
tears and 50 many pious CALCULATIONS, that she
hadn't tasted anything stronger than cough
mixture the whole blessed day, that we really
didn't like To contradict her However this
last straw, won't say "broke the camels
backs i" but decided the camels that they
wouldn't allow their backs to be broken. We
paid Trotter a months wages the next morn
ing and sent her packing, and did not discover
till some days after that she had taken a Sc
lection of our new silvenspoons to remember
US by.
We advertised Mt once for n new servant
and meantime endured an interregnum of
charwoman, taking it by turns to get up in
the morning and let her ill., and picking up
our meals, hike the sparrows, when and where
we could What we have undergone in con-
sequence of our advertisement nobody knows
We had advertised for respectable woman
between so and 10, but the maj ORR of those
who applied were either pert damsels of Il or
thereabouts, or elderly ladies ranging from ca
upwards. The lame, the halt and the bin
Tor nearly presented themselves. \ las
however, young woman has pre-
sented herself who seems to answer
requircm, .s She wears her hair in
what l. Nulsarly termed "bang," and only
claims to be eight and twenty, "all told but
she comes of highly respectable family de
ing second cousin to butterman's first
wife), and her character is all that could be
desired. Indeed her late mistress gave such