Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-09

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women; good girls, too, / can tell you,
They attend to their business, too, right |
mp to the handle, miss. Help their poor (
mother who lives down in Kent. They
are sisters, and nice, pleasant girls. You
ought to hear them and my Sam sing
1t would do your heart good, make you
feel cheerful in spite of yourself, never
mind IT, you felt as blue as indigo. Shall
! send for your trunk?"
mo" replied Hazel, family. 81 shall
have to 60 for it myself"
Mrs. Parker left the room thinking
her new lodger was a close piece, who
ever she was. Well she had paid her
in advance, and she looked respectable,
so she thought her lirststory back was
rented to advantage
Poor Hazel sighed heavily when the
door closed on the laxative landlady.
She had forgotten about her trunk, IN
fact it was habit more than anything
else made her think of her satchel and
shawl She could not send to Portland
Place for her trunk, as she did not wish
any OF her friends to have the slightest
clew to her Whereabouts. She was
with the exception OF rich travelling
costume she wore and some few pounds
she had left after paying the landlady,
she had no resources whatever. Hazel
thought she ought to be thankful to
have found even the shelter of Mrs Par
ker's roof. She shuddered when she
thought OF Sir Charles Villas She
locked her door, knelt down and thank
ed God for having preserved her from
a dreadful fate. Then she fell asleep in
spite of her sad trials, for she was ex-
hausted both mentally and physically.
The next morning the sun was high
in the heavens when she awoke. She
arose, dressed herself, rang the bell,
whicff0~Sllly, the maid-oi-all-work, an
swercd.
you rang, MISS, %
al did Can you Bring me a cup Of
coffee and roll ?"
81 can for this morning; but we keep
dodgers, miss, not boarders, you know.
The missus wants to know whether you
are going to market for yourself, or il
she is to do it for your
"She had better do it for me-"
Then you had better order what you
want right square OIL"
ooh, don't care what you get me-"
"That won't do, miss The misSus
might get you saddle OF mutton now
YOU couldn't cat whole saddle of NUT
ton yourself, and the missus would eat
it up downstairs, and you would have
to pay for the whole Of it; and that
- 10 tI
mind. So you had better order pound
OF chops, some potatoes, some tea, COT
fee, sugar, a pint of milk, some rolls-o
loaf of bread, whichever you like
best-a half pound of butter, for you
see a pound is apt to get rancid in this
ere weather"
Thank you, Sally, for your advice. |
am not used to living like this and |
don't know what to get"
81 knew it, miss, the minute | laid
my eyes on your pretty face. am not
going to stand by and see you imposed
on by missus. When you get stuck
ask me-"
Get stuck" asked Hazel, puz2eld
Il mean when you don't know what
to order"
THANK you, will"
@l'll see that your things are all put
in the sideboard here when they come
home, and you shall have the bill, too
Hazel opened her eyes.
$50 that is what the sideboard is for,
she thought
Poor girl, she had a great deal tC
learn regarding the different modes o.
life in great cities. One room often
had to serve for kitchen, dlning-room
bedroom and parIor.
Nov, miss, | will go and bring W
your breakfast" said Sally, with broad
grin on her honest but homely face
II am going to protect that young lady
that am she sha'n't be cheated ant
robbed likeIhose young theater WON
en- upstairs are, by missus, not II THU
child knows it," muttered the maid-of
all.work, as she ran down stairs.
Sally was as good rs her word, for she
possessed the power to protect the
Iodger to whom she took fancy. She
was honest herself, and did not care II
see people imposed upon. Her haze
ewes always flashed with an angry ligh
peculiarly their own whenever she
detected her missuS in any petty &C
OF meanness. Her red hair almos
stood on end at such times, and he
turned.up nose seemed to turn up TIVE
degrees higher, while on her larg'
mouth appeared scornful smile
Sometimes she showed her whit
teeth, as if it hurt her not to give he
opinion on the spot of what she ha'
seen. Though she was only five fee
two, and almost as broad as she WA
long, she possessed conslderabl
strength, and she got through witt
more homework than any two servant
that Mrs. Parker ever had in her EN-
ploy.
Hazel tried to eat some of the break
fast that Sally had taken such pains t
tempt her with. She drank a cup c
coffee and swallowed few mouthlul
of bread; then she pushed the ira
away from her and rang the bell,
"Why, miss, you didn't eat "A mouth
full Didn't you like it?" asked Sail,
anxiously.
at was very nice, but / have no AZ
petite"
III have to take you in hand, that
certain, miss. You amt used to Twin
alone"