Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-06

maid looking for a place. And as for
being forty years old, my appearance
must be very deceptive iffyou take me
for anywhere near that age. l am only
six-and-thirty.
Three or four years one way or the
other don't make much difference" re-
| marked the stout man with the bristly
hair. "Our last was sixty, and she had
q pretty tidy notion of her business,
too. only"
Miss Maroon looked surprised
| 'I thought understood you to say
that the gentleman had never been mar
ried,p said she.
mo more he has," said the man. II
amt talking about wives Pm talking
about nurses
"WhatiD cried Miss Maroon.
The stout man looked hard at her for
a minute or two, then he plunged his
hand deep down into his coat pocket
and extracted thence slip cut from a
newspaper.
"1t's all writ down here in black and
white, plain enough" said he.
HXV ANTED--An experienced and trust
W worthy attendant for gentleman OF in
firm mind. To the right person liberal re-.
mnneration will be offered. Apply, on Wednes-
day next between the hours of ten and one, at
the Wedgewood House, Inield ont the Hudson"
"You see," he added, as he refolded
the paper and returned it to his pocket,
1--WE didn't exactly like to put it down
in the paper as he was crazy man."
"But that isn't the advertisement I
saw at ALL" said Miss Maroon, growing
alternately pale and red in her con-
sternation.
at was in the Daily Visitor" said the
stout man, 'as we put our notice."
Sand it was the Morning Patriot that
/ saw" cried Miss Maroon. ga Mr.. De-
lano ST. John, of st. Johnsgrove, Infeld-
on-the- Hudson, who wanted"
"a wife," said the stout man, with
twinkling eyes. 81 thought so! | seen
his carriage 60 by half an hour ago
with pretty little black-eyed woman
in cherry -colored ribbons and"
"And Rob Roy plaid polonaise?" al
most screamed Miss Maroon. Sand ;
black parasol lined with scarlet?"
''Some sort of rig of that descrip
tion," said the stout man.
1.-THE bold, pert, unfeminine thing!
said Miss Maroon, vehemently tanning
herself. 1--WE seen her this long tim'
walking up and down the piazza! She
the very one that came down in tn,
stage with mel And here she ha
whisked off with the advertising man
and left me all alone and desertedw
'She's got the clear start of you,
seems" said the stout man, as he rose II
and looked around for his hat. "Well
if you don't like the idee of my situa
0 ton"
81 decline it, most certainly" salt
. Miss Maroon, precipitately. Land
lady"
sit wouldn't be such bad idea,
l coaxed the stout man, eff"
'Landladyw repeated Miss Maroon
more energetically than ever. And tn
r stout man went out, thrusting his hand
into his pockets as he did so. The land
: lady hustled in.
. "a carriage please, to the railway dc
r pot said Miss Maroon.
won't you wait for the stage, maam?
! said the landlady. ''It'll be along i
: half an hour"
n 81 wouldn't stay here another fv
Q minutes for all the gold in Golconda,
said Miss Maroon.
Q So the rickety one-horse chaise of tn
. establishment was geared up and Mis-
? Maroon, shedding secret tears of vexa
Q ton and disappointment behind he
r vail, went back to New York. An
/ when her nephews and nieces aske
r about her sudden journey to Infield-o,
g the Hudson sEo told them that she ha
y been to look for summer board.
!, And weren't you suited, aunt,
a dear?" said the youngest and prettie;
|. of the nieces, who had seen the Mornin
S Patriot with the printed slip missin
j. from the list of advertisements, an
could put two and two together as we
y as any one.
And Mss Maroon answered, sharpl,
: that she was not suited at all.-Henr
T. eta Gregory, in N. Y. Ledger.