The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-17
MISS GRIGG'S IDEA.
The Lady'e Maids Story OF How It
Was Carried Out.

Eyes. miss, certainly, | lived with
Mrs. Birch-Miss Grigg that was be-
fore she married Mr.. Birch. And I
knew all about that affair. 1t was very
singular, indeed-yery. I'm not sure
that ! ought to mention it, for il a
lady's maid can't hold her tongue she
can't find good places. Dear me, I'm
no talker. I'm as mum as a mouse.
Bushels of pearl powder and quarts of
rouge have l applied with my own
hands, and never so much as limited at.
As for cotton, bless your heart, I've
never breathed about it. and l did live
with a lady once that took arsenic reg
ularly for her complexion. That's no
secret for she took too much one day,
by accident, and died.
''There was an inquest, and it all
came out It's well it did, for suspicion
pointed to her husband. Somehow, it
always seems to strike a jury that a hus-
band is the likeliest person to wish a
wife out of the way. But this isn't any
thing about paint; Miss Grgg, being
on the stage made no secret Of that.
She played queens and such, miss.
I've often had tickets given me and
gone with my young man to see her
act. And when she was naughty and
curled her nose like, miss, and looked
at other folks over her shoulder, and
talked away down in her throat like
a pigeon gurgling she was splendid.
miss. 1t made me think how nice it
would be to be aqueen and to take airs
over everybody.
"'Well, Miss Grigg was engaged to
be married. Mr.. Birch had fallen in
love with her when she was playing
Hamlet's ma. Perhaps you have seen
the play, miss? The young mar OBJ
jects to his ma getting married the
second time, so | seemed to make out,
and acted most impertinent, giving
sass to his ma and his step-pa, and
carrying on awful. And there was a
poor young lady quite out of her mind
that afterward got drowned.
well, she was playing Hamlet's
ma, and MI, Birch fell in love with
her, and sent her a letter, and called,
and made an offer all in no time. She
accepted him, of course. and the prep
arations for the wedding began. l
don't think any lady ever had so many
dresses before. Silks and satins, and
velvets and laces. Dear, dear; Mad
m IS whole establishment was
hard at work for a month, and if I'd
had twenty fingers, instead of only ten.
I'd have had use for them all.
"At last every thing was finished.
The trunks were packed, fifteen Of
'em, miss, and fourteen were to 60 on
that afternoon, and one-the one with
the wedding and travelling dresses
was. of course. to be left and 60 with
the bride when she started next day.
She was to be married at ten o'clock in
church and then drive home. have a
splendid breakfast, change her dress
and catch the three o'clock train. vi
course | saw to the trunks, and l was
very careful; but just when l was
needed most, just as the trunks were
going down stairs; Miss Grigg called
ME.
''Miss Grigg was a lady who didn't
like to wait. l went to her at once,
miss, as was my duty, and ] said to
Bridget buster. the chambcrmaid:
"'Bridgct, watch that black trunk
and sec that the men don't carry it
Off
bridget understood with her elbows,
Of course, miss, and after I'd been to
tho lands end for two yards OF blue
ribbon Of exactly such a shade as she
wanted. and got back, I found that she
had sent of the black trunk first OF all,
and was very proud Of having been SO
careful. The trunks were all miles
away by that time. There was nothing
for it but to tell Miss Grigg. She few
at me, miss. l didn't blame her fol
being angry. would forgive her in
such a case. She flew at me violent,
miss, and then, miss, she had spasms'
She beat the sofa, she tore her hair
she screeched, and me oil the while
saying: m,-,
"'Remember your eyes, miss. Think
how you'll look. Your nose is swelling
dreadful, miss
"rinally she came to and bathed bel
face. And says she:
Flora, what-shall-I dor
az don't know, MISS said !, unless
you put of the wedding until you tele
graph for the trunk ,
".No,' said she, that's unlucky; be
sides. one never knows. None ain
to be depended on