The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-06
keen sight Is a necessity, Her dress and mo-
tions betray ncatness and carefulness.
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keen sight Is a necessity. Her dress and mo-
tions betray ncatness and carefulness.
In short-she is the buster.
Ornaments never slip from inC~a firm fin
gers, the practiced eye never miscalculates
the distance, no clumsy movement sends
costly article 10 the ground, no servant S aid
is needed 10 sweep the broken fragments from
the carpet, no mistress is rudeiy awakened
from her morning nap or called from the
breakfast table 10 the scene by lhe crash OF
falling china.
In silence she comes, in silence departs,
leaving behind her that order, neatness and
serenity which betoken a well kept house.
These are her usual duties, but before ana
after ball her day is buster.
On the first occasion she must superntend
the removal Of many articles Of furniture
and bric-a-brac 10 save them fro.h destruc
ton and to make room for the guests.
On the second occasion another valuable
quality is called into play. She must recall
the particular place for each article, no mat
ter how triaing-and see that it gets there
That is easy enough, you say,
Try it. Not in your own particular sane
tum, over which you have spent hours Of
thought, and where each article has some
peculiar association, but in the room OF
stranger The result would arouse the pity
of the owner. One duster has half dozen
rooms in dozen houses A mistake on her
part means annoyance, complaint, and per-
haps dismissal.
Is she not paid to know
Would you learn OF still another occupa-
tioni
Last winter New York teacher had a
throat trouble which demanded complete
rest. The doctor ordered change OF air also.
Teachers are not generally overburdened
with the worlds goods and this particular
one was no exception; the only relatives who
could receive her were in England and she
went thither.
Her voice was slow, very slow, in return
ing. Spring came and though no hint was
given, she began to feel that she was taxing
her cousins hospitality. Yet, where to go'
What TO dol
In this predicament she paid visit TO the
Botanical gardens at Kew, where her own
fondness for plants had often previously led
her.
The gardens had undergone no change since
her last visit. Everything seemed to have
stood still awaiting her return, even to the
quaint, old fashioned gentlewoman Of nearly
half a century ago whom she had often OBJ
served and who this time accosted her.
Miss - returned to New York last Sep
tember with health restored, debts discharged
and purse not quite empty to resume her
old duties.
How had the miracle been wrought
A casual remark about one flower had led
to observations on others, and each felt she
had met kindred spirit Miss - had not
the thorough knowledge Of her new ac-
quaintance, who had made botany her life
long study, but her love for 1t was just as
keen and her eyesight far better.
"Ah! if had but that" signed the spin
ster, ~ would never give up my work.
Work. echoed the other. IF l could
only get some to do"
And thus was struck the keynote which
had led up to 80 successful result
The old spinster was decayed gentlewom-
an who ekcd out a narrow income as a win
dow gardener. But old age and its infirmi-
ties were bearing hard upon her, and what
was once pleasure had become pain.
Exactly who proposed the arrangement
neither could afterwards decide, and Miss
- declared that, like Topsy, it "growed;"
but it ended in the teacher becoming the
window gardeners assistant and receiving a