Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
BROWN'SHIREDGIRL
by G. C. JowDRIcK.

by c. C. JOWDRICK.
Yes. Brown is afflicted that way, and has
been for several weeks, pretty badly.
The name of his aftiiction is Rosy Nc
Cune.
Rosy is an American-born Irish girl Of
the first water,-the Simon-pure article.
She is a daisy, and no mistake.
She is about IS years of age, pretty good
looking, and her vanity is boundless.
Brown, ] want to explain right here, is
not by any means a man Of great wealth.
Oh! no. He is one of tie many who
struggle along Oh a thousand a year. more
or less,-battling with the gaunt wolf at
short range, as it We're.
A hired girl, therefore, is a luxury he
can i'll afford as a permanent addition to
his household.
Luxury" did I say? 1t may be such,
but Brown fails to see it in that light any
longer.
Experience is the best of teachers, it is
said, and Brown has "bin thar"
When it became necessary for Brown to
find a girl. owing to Mrs. Browns being
taken away from the helm of the domestic
ship to give her attention to lately arrived
'strangN-an addition to the family in the
shape of a young son and heir, weight,
about ten pounds, or thereabouts-he
made inquiries around the neighborhood,
and the result of his inquiries was-Rosy
McCune.
He set out in search of Rosy at once,
and by following the directions he had
received, soon found the lady's residence.
Rosy came to the door in person. and
when Brown had made known his business.
she began to question him in a way that
fairly made his head swim; and by the
time she was done, Brown was in doubt
whether he wanted to hire the girl, or the
: girl wanted to hire him.
1t began to look, he felt. as though he
was in search of a position himself.
At last, when he had answered all of the
girls questions to her satisfaction, he felt
honored to know hat he possessed the
necessary qualifications to become he,
employer.
Yes, Rosy engaged him-at least Brown
looked at it in that light, he TO pay hel
$500 a week, and she to have
every Thursday afternoon and every Sun
day evening off.
Such We're the rosy terms which Ros,
named, asd Brown being in q tight place.
had to accept them.
Beggars should not be too particular
but should accept whatever they can get.
Brown was made to feel that Miss Nc.
Cune was doing him q great favor to come
at all; even at.those terms.
These points being settled, Brown mex
ventured to ask when the lady would dc
him the honor to present herself at hi.
.domicile.
"When would you like to haze me Gomez
Rosy asked.
"Just as soon as you can get there,
Brown answered.
"Did you bring a carriage?"
This question almost turned Browns sou
right inside out. For q moment he wa.
knocked speeches..
II asked: Did you bring a carriage?''
Rosy repeated.
"Great Scott! No" Brown cried out
desperately. "Do you take me for a Van.
derbilt? l came in a street-ca car. Miss, ant
if you can get ready inside Of half an hour
I Will wait for you and take you home Will
me i'll the same manner Things are i'll q
desperate way at my house, and I've got
no time to waste about this matter"
Now when Brown spoke up like that
brown meant business-right from the
word GO; and Rosy at once promised to be
ready within the given time.
But she wasn't.
At the end of forty five minutes, though.
she made her temperance, clad in an imita-
ton seal-skin sacque and a twenty dollar
bonnet, albeit her shoes were in a sadl,
dilapidated and down-at-the-h heel condi.
ton.
"Ready?" Brown queried.
Rosy was ready.
Now, reader (and l ask this question TO,
Brown, you understand), whether you are
young or old, did you ever know of a hired
girl who transported her duds-and othe,
'brica-a brac-in any other form than OH
overgrown bundle? Brown is willing to
bet that you never did. And, for that mat
ter, SO an I.
1t is never a cabba, a hand bag, a grip
sack, a carpet-bag, a v%alise, nor a trunk;
but always-eternally and all the time-a
bundle. And, ten to one, it is a bundle as
big as a barrel, as round as a ball, toler-
ably hefty, encased in an old sheet, and all
'sewed around with darning-cotton.
Have you ever seen that bundle? OF
our you have!
Well. when Brown stepped out into the
hall Of the McC1ne mansion tenement