Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

just such a bundle.
"Hello." he exclaimed, as he r%ecovere
himself in time to save going down stair
on his stomach, head first; "somebod,
moving?"
"Ihat is my bundle, sir" said Rosy, Will
a rosy blush.
"Your bundle! Good heavens. Miss
are expectto supply you with bed and bed
ding while you are with u.s."
"Sir, this bundle contains me clothes"
This was said in such q tone of resent
ment that the lady's tongue tripped a little
and out came the brogue.
ooh! Beg pardon" Brown cried. 81
will send an expressman around to get it.
"But l must have it the moment get tc
your house, sir"
ooh! you must, Ell? Well, fetch it along
then"
But Rosy stopped short.
"Sir!!" she cried, sdo you imagine for q
moment that 1 would be seen upon the
street with that bundle in my arms? Not
much! If you want me in such haste, you
must carry it for me-"
Brown did want her in haste. and there
was no help for it; SO he tackled the bun
die.
But, it being round and without q handle
of any sort, he failed to grasp it as a whole.
He failed to grasp amy part of it, in fact.
He might as we'll rave tried to grasp the
broad side of Il barn. He failed because
he didn't know how.
"Hold on" said Rosy. Hold out your
arms"
Brown held them out, and Rosy bounced
her bundle up into them in a twinkling.
"There" she exclaimed. "Now you're all
right. Come on" and down the stairs
she tripped.
Brown never felt so small and mean in
all his life. He told me so. Should he be
seen carrying a bundle of that sort through
the streets? Nerer, By the great Ameri-
can eagle. NO! Not ever hardly ever. He,
the 1G-pound father-I mean the father of
a 1o-pound boy; it would be ridiculous.
He just simply wouldn't do it; that was all.
And when he reached the street where
Rosy was waiting for him, he dropped the
bundle and broke the intelligence to her in
no very gentle manner.
"Wait a minute" he ended by saying,
"and Ill see if / can find a truck"
"1ou should have brought a carriage in
the first place" cried her ladyship, angrily,
and with another fine touch Of the brogue.
GA carriage be -"
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pretty strong, then, but he didn't; he
stopped. He happened to see an empty
| cab at that moment, and he hailed it as c
God-send.
Into the cab Rosy McCune and her bun.
| die were hustled, and then Brown took {
seat beside the driver and told him where
to go.
Well, they arrived; but Rosy hadn't beer
in the house more than twenty minutes
when she kicked up a red-hot quarrel witt
Mrs. Browns nurse.
Brown acted as arbitrator, at the risk o.
his life, he thought, and the difficulty was
finally settled.
Rosy McCune is so terrible high-tonet
in her ideas, that Brown firmly believes
that she must have served apprenticeship
to the royal family of England, or some
other high-born tribe.
The very next morning after herinstalla.
ton, she astonished him by saying:
"Mr. Brown. I find that you nave neithe,
cocoa nor broma in the house."
"Thats all right" Brown responded
| u0N1,oro 80 ,,1a,,tr- 80 oot}oo o%,l TOO %lo..l.
Iguess, which are good enough for me-"
Coffee and lea may be good enough TO
you, Sir" said Rosy, then, "but I campo
drink either Of them in the morning.
must have my cocoa or my broma for break
fast, or I am not myself all day. Shall
order some from the grocer"
Brown fairly gasped for his breath.
"Great Godfrey H. Jackson!" he ex
claimed, as soon as he could exclaim
"where did you live out last?"
81 was last IN service with Mrs. Parvenou
Of Fifth Avenue, New York"
That settled tit settled Brown, too.
"Well,n he said, you will have to fee
like somebody else for to-day, Miss; bu
when the grccers boy comes around, yo1
may order your broma. Your delicately
nurtured constitution shall not suffer 70
want Of its accustomed nourishment Will
you are in my house. No, by heavens!
swear it,"
Oh! she's q daisy, as said before.
Nothing is good enough for her.
What Brown considers as good, sound
substantial food, such as roast beef, boile,
potatoes, mashed turnips, onions in milk
ETC., she considers as common; and wha
he regards rs luxuries beyond his means
except on State occasions, she regards a
everyday necessities.
Now, Brown swears that the dav he wen
TO engage himself to her service, the mo
ment the door was opened his nose wa
greeted by the unmistakable odor of por]
and cabbage,
Plain facts demand plain statements
Rosy is an accomplished liar.
Her "papa," she says, holds a %lucrativ
position in the Department of Publ
Works.
Brown says that he saw him. the othe
day, clad in q rubber suit and Just crawl
ing through a man-hole out of the sewer
and he thinks that all the lucre he gets GU
of that lucrative position is DerhaDs n dol