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

she spent the evening at a skating-rinh.
Next day her grandmother, who really
was ill, died; and then Rosy went about
the house wailing like the tabled banshee
until she had poor Mrs. Browns nerves
all unstrung.
The nurse demonstrated with her quite
severely.
"1f you don't stop your Internal howl
ing" she said, in plain words, "you will
drive Mrs. Brown mad!!"
"But, my poor grandmother! my poor
grandmother" Rosy moaned. And then
all of a sudden she stopped, dried her eyes,
and exclaimed:
"Yes. I mast stop, or l shall be i'll my
self. Grandmother is safe in Heaven.
now, and l won't think Of her any longer.
Tt makes me feel so bad" And then forth
with she Logan to sing Cover the Garden
WALL"
I could go on and write a volume about
what Brown has told me concerning his
hired-girl, but 1 guess I won't. You might
begin to think l am drawing upon my i'm
agination. One or two incidents more,
and / will cut TIE narrative short and tie a
knot i'll the end.
On Sunday, Rosy agreed, as, an especial
favor, to take Browns little girl to church
and Sunday-school.
And she lived UP to her agreement, to
the letter. Yes, and further up, too; she
did more than she agreed to do. 4
When the minister ended his sermon. he
inquired whether any one present knew of
any person who would like to be called
upon by the visiting committee during the
week.
Rosy was on her feet in an instant.
She informed the minister that Mrs.
Brown would like to nave the committee
call upon her; she knew she would. She
was very lonely at times, being i'll, and had
only an old nurse for company. Mr..
Brown was away all day. and-well, she
thought it would cheer Mrs. Brown up to
have the committee visit her.
This was publicly announced from the
pulpit, and in less than two hours there
was a fine scandal being gossiped around
the neighborhood.
Brown was looked upon as a brute.
Any man who would allow his better-half
to become down hearted, lonely, melan-
choly, Respondent, low-sririted, ETC., ETC.,
at such a time, mast be a brute. That was
the long and the short and the whole of it.
Well, the committee came; and so did
almost every woman of that church's con-
%gregation. The feminine curiosity of the
whole community was at fever-heat.
And when the secret came out-oh
wasn't Mrs. Brown mad! Well, now she
was about as angry as any woman you ever
saw. Why, if she had had her full strength
just then, she would have taken Rosy Nc
Cune by the back Of her neck and
the slack - hold on, though;
Rosy isn't that sort Of fellow. But any.
how, Mrs. Brown would have fired her out
of doors in short order.
AS it was, she only said:
ooh! Rosy, how could-how could you
tell such a story? 1t is a wonderto me that
the good Lord did not come right down
through the roof of the church and snatch
you bald-headed."
On Monday to, go back a little, Rosy did
not do any washing. OF this the nurse in
" VAAS. DlOWAs Mis- DIOWu lClU
Brown. and he demanded to know why.
Because" Rosy answered, II did
not engage to do any washing.
I am no laundress, sirrah! Do YOU
imagine that I would put my hands
into hot water and suds? Not much!"
Brown had TO hire a woman, then, espe-
cially to do the washing and ironing.
Po~,, A. u,.-l A. y,
i'll doing it she wears a pair of rubber
mittens.
Oh, she's a darling, as I have already
limited. She's an out-and-out American
hired girl-the genuine article.
And thus Brown has been afflicted for
several weeks.
Mrs. Brown is on deck again now,
though, and Brown says he thinks he will
write out and send in his resignation, pay
the I'll what is due her, and withdraw
from her service about the first of the
month.
And he also says that if it ever becomes
necessary for him to hire a girl again, he
will shut up shop and take board at a hotel
instead.
open this manuscript TO add
that Rosy McCune is gone.
A stranger called at Browns house to-
day, and Mrs. Brown and Rosy both
happening to so to the door. he took Rosy
to be the lady of the mansion.
AS soon as he was gone-Wheu, Well,
Rosy didn't stand upon the order of going;
she aren't.
W NAYS TO Kill M.lSIIERS.
Unattended ladies in crowded street.
cars and ferry boats are sometimes the
objects Of vexatious attentions from
men and are at a loss how to defend
themselves without making a scene.
Two examples which may serve as
points for the afflicted are given by a
writer in the National Baptist. A
young woman was riding in a street
car when a respectably-dressed man
sitting beside her put his arm around
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