The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-11-13
CYRILLA AIMS ROMANCE.
"Cyrilla Ann"
yves. ma'am.O


to-day, and this mornin'. too; Pm
fairly ashamed of 'em; they're so
dirty kin scarcely see through 'em.
They had had orter been done last
week"
Cyrilla Ann sighed when she
thought of all that had been done
"last week." and the greater. much
the greater part by her poor little
hands, which still bore the marks of
many cuts, burns. scratches, and
bruises in testimony thereof. The
carpets had been taken up. shaken
and laid again +; the dining room and
parlor stoves were taken down and
carried to the garrett, walls washed,
furniture polished, clothes closets rid
of everying pertaining to cold wealth.
er, and filled with things pertaining
to warm, and with all the rest the
regular work Of the house had gone
on much the same as Misunderstanding,
washing. ironing, sweeping. busting.
scruhbing, &c.
Why, Cyrilla Ann had not laid her
head on her pillow single night of
the six before IL or IL o'clock, al
though that same head had TO be off
the pillow at half.past s sharp every
morning.
The parlor windows couldn't have
been squeezed into last weeks d0ings
no matter what Mrs. Feeze chose to
think and say about it. And now
the weather had turned so very cold.
An icy wave, maliciously left behind
by gruff old winter to yex his sut ces-
sor, and which had been prOphesied
for several days. had come at last In
earnest, and Cyril!a Ann dreaded
those windows. They were long and
wide, and she would he Obliged
to stand on that Old-iAshiOn.
ed balcony-the house was corner
one and fully exposed to the extreme
ly windy spring winds-to do the
outside Of them.
Poor girl! I can't imagine how
she got through all the work of the
Feeze which was one of
those exacting ones which demand
more kb"r than many twice their
size-for she was a small body. and
did not look very strong. But it was
easy to tell by the expression OF her
mouth when she closed il firmly. As
she often did. that what Cyrilla Ann
lacked in strength she made up In
grit, and when she had determined
TO do a thing she'd do it or die in the
attempt. Besides this firm mouth.
Cyrilla Ann had pair Of soft, gray
eyes. with long. dark eye-lashes, and
heavy, dark, archey eyebrows. q
nose-weli. somewhat puggy. hut
not at all attractive'y so. snd a dim
pie in her round chin for which many
q millionairess wouli have parted
with untold gold. This dimpie was
the source of the greatest vexatiOn to
her mistress, Mrs. FeeZe. That es.
mable woman had no dimples. nor
soft gray eyes. no long silken lashes,
nor arched eye brOws. or funny little
pug nose. Her eyes were cold light
blue. Her lashes were short and
scanty, and she didn't have a sign of
an eyebrow when she forgot to make
them with crayon. Her nose was
long and thin. So was her chin.
And her mouth was one Of those
straight lipIesS ones that seldom, II
ever. open to say anything pleasant.
Cyrilla AIMS dimple was the last
straw that broke the camel's back
with Mrs. FeeZe, She could. by try.
ing hard, endure in silence whatever
other claims the girl had TO pretti-
ness, but the dimple was too much.
"If was gal and had such a ridic-
ulOus hole In my chin, I'd fill it up
with putty If l couldn't get rid OF ii
no other way" she'd say when she
couldn't find anything else to scold
about. And then CyriIIa Ann for
the life of her couldn't help smiling,
and the dimple would grow deeper
than ever, and Mrs. Feeze would turn
away with toss of the head and a
eOntemptuous snuff.
Cyrilla Ann WAS an orphan. Mrs.
Feeze had taken her from the asylum
when she was only ten years old.
Her own daughter having married
and left her -and they do say she WAS
very glad 10 gO-she took Cyrilla
Ann to "fill the place left vacant In
her heart and home" This is what
she said. But heaven save the mark !
If all orphan girls taken Ia fiji hearts
and homes have to work as hard and
get as little for it IA Cyrilia Ann,
they'd much prefer. am confident,
to be hired as servants at regular
wages.
Well, to 90 back to the parlor win
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