Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-10
THE LADY'S MAIDS STORY

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mention it, for il n 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
4 mouse. Bushels of pearl powder and
quarts of rouge have applied with my
own hands, and never so much as hinted
at. AS for cotton, bless your heart I've
never bresthed about it, and l did live
with lady once that took arsenic regu-
Larly for her complexion. That's No
secret, for she took too much one day, by
accident, aud died.
There was an inquest and it all came
out. It's well 1t did, for suspicion pointed
20 her husband. Somehow, 1t always
seems TO strike Jury that husband is
the likeliest person to wish wife out OF
the way But this isn't anything about
paint Miss Grigg, 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
Ii made me think how nice it would be to
be queen and to take airs over every
body.
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 man objects TO his ma
getting married the second time, so
seemed TO make out, and acted most i'm
pertinent, giving sass TO his ma and his
step-pa, and carrying Oh awful. And
there was poor young lady quite out Of
her mind that sfterward got drowned.
We'll, she was playing Hamlet'S ma,
and Mr.. Birch fell IN love with her and
sent her Il letter, and called and made an
offer, all in no time She accepted him,
of course, and the preparations for the
wedding began. don't think any lady
ever had so many dresses before. Silks
and satins, and velvets and laces. Dear,
dear; Nine. IS whole establishment
WAS hard at work for month, and II I'd
had twenty fingers, instead Of ouly ten,
I'd have had use for them all.
AT last everything was finished. The
trunks were packed, fifteen of 'em, miss,
and fourteen were To go on that afternoon.
and One-the one with the wedding and
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off, bidding NE send for him IL she seemed
worse. The evening paper published the
report that Miss Grigg was dangerously