The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-11-28
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When The girl had gone, George Hyde
turned witita smile 10 his companion,
and found her looking at him, with her
pretty hands folded in her lap and her
eyes giisnmering with playful triumph.
"Wthat IS ity" he asked. Il think |
know. You think came oil second
best IN the encounter, and so / confess
| did,
still. these things are to be rene
died she said, with an imitation of his
own deliberate gravity. Good cooks
and good houseInajds. The very best
are to be had by The score; ard it is
utlfte Observation-Disclosures treat them
with Kindness and consideration. but
never submit TO What they term their
ways. Let tae see. Servants are a
fruitful source of discomfort-"
MARY. on nay word you are too badi!n
And She went ON, ''one of two
courses must be adopted--if the ser
wants cannot get rid of their ways. we
must get rid Of the servants. Oh,
George, George, do YOU see now a little
OF that which we, withoufl lack OF firm
hess and governing powers. have to
eudurot"
ut IS not their fault, poor things, nor
ours. said Dr.. Hyde. apologetically;
they are, rs we are, the victims of an
evil system which has been at work Tor
many generations. So, after all, what
can we eXlteet:sn
THAT depends. We send fer our SER
wants 10 lectare them Poor cook is
ratherIniddle-aeed and much tooplulnp
to please 4 Doctors critical eye; aud so
her lesson is given with unmercifui
severity, aecept her notice, and cleverly
turn the tables apun her by entering it
III otn' Notebook as from to-day. Then
comes The honsamaid,a very pretty girl.
whose figure any lady might envy. She
is, from head to foot, as perfect as any
picture ever painted. So We sinilo at
What in poor cock would have been i'm
p~ertinence, and we dismiss her With a
fatherly adm0nition to take things
cheerfully as they come, and-a sover-
eign. As we cannot make 50 strong
and palpabla Il distinction, we send one
tor the cook as well. Moral: If 0
must SO to service, it is better to be a
houSenaaid, with q; line figure and a pair
eli bright eyes, Than a middle-aged cook
very much too plump! DR.. Hyde. l am
ashamed of YOU
Try as he would, he could not help
coioring ander her merry laugh at his
discontinue. and yet the ring of that
laugh gladdeaed his heart. it was such
an old familiar laugh, and he had not
heard it since his frjenafel i'll and died.
Il see where the whole business is
wrong" he said. Excepting a lodging
house is not your forte, Mary, and lee
turing servants is not mine. My moth
er has a very stately hoasekeeper whose
walk alone would quell q mutiny down
stairs. Ioa may depend upon ii that
io-nsckeepets are born to keep servants
in order; we do not understand them.
You have not been To see my mother
lately, Msly.n
II haze not had time, George.
Wei you must make it. even If o
have 10 give up this house, and o
must do that. l need not tell you what
you already know, that my mother
would give YOU a lifelong Welcome, and
you may safely leave the boy TO ne.
Il know she said. and / love you1
mother dearly, but must 90 my own
way. Let me Try this house, George,
just Tor Il more wear, and then ii il is
q failure l. Will
"Well,% he said, in her thoughtful
pause, YOU viii WHAT
Try something else
Upon my word, Mary nhe said. YOU
are almost enough to vex one. Whern
is your regard for me if. in this perger.
sltJ or mistaken sense OF independence,
yoa persist IN keeping an ASYLUM for
eccentric Old gentlemen and selni.im-
beetle students Of medicine. / might
say, in the same way as the magistrate
did when he forgot part of his speech to
the culprit before him, here you are. a
young and beautiful woman, with
friends who would gladly take care of
you and Iour boy, instead Of which YOU
let lodgings to troublesome people,"
Just for one year more, . she pleaded.
Aud Then should tile house be a fail
ure?:'3
1--WE viii seq
you will come to my mother.'
"1es,3 SHE said at last. If l want a
home. will come, there now. are you
satisfied"
quite" and helifted her hands from
her lap and kissed them. 'sl'bat is one
comfort, if at the end of a year q find
this house a failure, and you want q
home. yea viii come to ours
Yes, how is if George, that YOU al
ways have your oWa way with me?s
"Becanse, he said, wish the li.;ie of
a pure and tenderlo love IN his face, You
know tits for tie hest, via YOU come
and see my mother now?:n
1T IS SO late, almost haby's bed
time"
"You may safely leave him TO Martha,
after those repentant tears and the SOW
ereign.',
Very reluctantly Mary let herself be
persuaded. after IL long visit 10 baby,s
cot and many an injunction many tirneg
repeated to Martha as TO The care She
was to take of him.
sit With him, Martha, and take a
book or a little needleworlh till IreGumn,
there's good girl. and he sure yott DC
notleaye him, not for one moment.'
mo, maam,' said Martha. NOT 70.
one single instant. bless His heart"
"Itase you . book?1
u don't care for reading Just now.
thank yp}f, mafam; | am emDroidering i
smoking cap for my Young man ana /
Will get on with tllat.'i
on remind me, Martha, said Mary.
takinga half-erown from her purse.
'?his should be Your evening out, but
you will not mind, you can have to-imog-
row instead.
1T does not matter q Bit said Mar
tia, with magnificent Indifference, slie
IS sure to cal, and cnok can answer
him. Young men must be taught that
they enDnot have all taeir osl way. ]
never encourage sIeh nonsense
Mary only smiled. What difference
IN this respect was there between mis-.
tress and maid after I'll?
That will buy yoHta pair OF Gloves
she said. And do take care OF baby.
Tat The cot by the bedside. and You can
stat the window; it will be more lively
there.
II proved muel. 100 liyelYfor Martha.
Mrs. Goombes, not being wanted in the
Kitchen, came up and tsld Martha she