The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-27
answer the dumb-waiter bell and call


meat market, fish store and bakery
boys, but that was q necessary result
of her rather extensive marketing. She
was looking over the plentiful supply
of eatables before her and wondering
whether to have peaches for lunch and
grapes and pears for dinner, or grapes
and pears for lunch and peaches
for dinner. when the dumh-waiter bell
jingled again. She opened the door
impatiently and looked down.
A red.faced man stood below, star.
ing up with some aggressiveness.
Throw down the key of your cellar,
and III put your wood in,' he said,
not too gently.
''WoodP' Jessie repeated, with q
frown for his gruifness. II don't want
any wood"
"A lady ordered it on the street
just now said the man, raising his
voice. Zone barrel of kindling wood,
for twenty-five. cents, and cheap, too.
First flat, she said. Throw down your
key
at couldn't have been the first fiat"
said Jessie, preparing to shut the door.
No lady has ordered wood for the first
fiat
II know what I'm talking about"
the man retorted, loudly, land l don't
propose to be cheated out of an order,
You can throw down that key as soon
as you've a mind to, and the money,
too
Jessie returned his fierce gaze doubt
fully. She was not frightened, but she
was somewhat at a loss. How should
she get rid of him? Where was the
janitor?
I'm awaiting for that key said the
man, thrcateningly.
The door above opened at the mo-
mcnt, and Jessie, looking up, saw two
heads appear in succession-a pleasant
Irish face surmounted by a dark cap,
and that of the second floor gentleman,
in hat and oyercOat.
is there anything the mattcr3' said
Mr.. Sanderson, meeting Jcssic's up
turned gaze, with much concern.
"Oh, dear, yes,' Jessie responded,
with a smile of gratitude. This man
i, behaving very disagreeably. He says
somebody ordered wood for u floor.
and | am sure nobody did,
Take yourself Off, them said the
young man, sharply.
Il amt going out of this cellar till
I've put in that wood" was the fierce
response.
III settle with him." said Mr..
SanderSon, looking down at Jessie re-
asSUrjngly. Before she had realized
his intentions, she had heard a rapid
descent Of the two flights of stairs,
and quick steps in the cellar. and saw
the man below turn angrily. She hur-
rird to the head of the cellar stairs and
listened with startled intentnesS. There
wa, Il slight s%cuifle, and then a hasty
retreat toward the basement door, with
an accompaniment of sullen muttcr-
ings. Jessie ran downstairs. Mr..
Sauicrson was standing near the
dumb waiter. His hat was lying on
the ground and he was holding one
hand to his face.
He has hurt you!' cried Jessie, dis,
tressedly.
llctried to- said the young man,
picking up his hat hastily. ITS
nothing"
II am so sorry said Jessie, earn.
estly. 1T was all on my account
There couldn't have been a better
incentive,' said Mr.. Sandcrson, gal
lanlly.
1T was so kind in your murmued
Jessie.
Il was only too glad to be of service
to YOU Mr.. Sanderson insisted.
They had reached the top of the
stairs. A pretty young lady in hat and
jacket stood there! "Dear me, Willy!!'
she cried; you aren't hurt? l just
came in, and Maggy has been telling
me about it. l ordered wood of that
horrid man, and | said the second flat
as plain as anything. You are hurt.
Come right upstairs and get some arni-
ca And, with a friendly nod and
smile at Jessie, she dragged the second
floor gentleman away. 1t was not sur
prising, after this occurrence. that the
second flat should have called on the
first flat only two evenings later, that
the first fiat should have returned the
call, and that the acquaintance should
have grown into an intimacy. The as
tonishing part was that only six months
later Miss Sandcrs0n fulfilled an en-
gagemcnt of long standing, and went
off on her wedding trip, and that Jes-
sic, trying her best to seem matronly.
and failing ANONYMOUSLY, rs eighteen
year-old brides generally do, became
the mistress of the second fiat. Ger
talnly it was most natural that she
should occasionally have thrown he.
young husband "A kiss from the top OF
the stairs as he took a reluctant depart
ure; and certainly it was most unkinh
IN Ollie, who witnessed the harmless
act one morning, to observe, audibIy:
" If there's anything | hate it's tic
public demonstrations of young m~-
ried couples.'- Cincinnati Times.
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