The Monitor., 1890-04-18
MEDICINAL MUSIC.

IHe Hofid looked 10 Inc Jllat 1uesudy
morning! My servant girl had left, and
my husband Lad gone in search of com
petent woman to do the washing. He re-
turned very soon highly elated.
''Pve found such nice old eolored
auntie. I'm sure she'll cheer you up,
Mary, whether she washes well or not.
''But the washing is the main thing,
| Harry. and how do dread strange wo-
man coming in" | complained. "She'll
want SO much waiting on, and slop my
tidy kitchen all over"
ooh, guess not, dear Her room looked
very neat, so far as | could see from the
open door,
| | dropped the subject, for there is nc
use in trying to make man understand a
| was not usually SO Respondent but We
were strangers in strange land. Imissed
the dear familiar faces and voices Of my
Eastern home. | was homesick, and had
the malaria. | was growing fretful, too
|, who had been noted for my sunny tenn
per. No wonder that my husband looked
at me in grieyed astonishment, and little
Carl patted my face in pitying wonder,
saying, Poor mamma, her feel drefful
badl"
And SO things in general were looking
very gloomy to me that washday morning.
Breakfast was over, and Harry was just
going out of the door as the washerwoman
came. | heard him speak to her, and her
CHEEKY reply, 'Ho, ho, yes, it's Dressed
fine mornin', deed It's; clerks body
right up"
| had looked out just once to see if it
were good day for drying clothes, but
had no thought of blessedness, or of being
"cherked up" thereby. She came in. a
little, lame black woman, with bright eyes
and wrinklel face. could not help greet
ing her with an answering smile, in spite
of the reflection, "How can she do heavy
washing?'
Carl watched her in wide-eyed wonder as
she took off her hood and shawl and hung
them in the entry on nail that she spied
herself. Then she spoke to him:
"An how dyer do, little sonny? Amt
| a'feard oh colored auntie, hopes, no,
no, hol"
He echoed her laugh slightly and then
knew they were to be friends.
''Now, honey" she said to me, II kin
see yer amt feelin' right smart, an yo'll
jes' glib me a mint TO get the bearin' oh
t'ings, won't make yer no more trouble.
kase can't bear ter be waited on. Ispeet
de tubs an things is in de suller9"
eyes, Mrs. Green
Law, mis-, won't yer jes' call me Aunt
| Ruby, like odder folks do? Pears like
feel more to hum
While | was washing Ike dishes, she
sorted the clothes. occasionally exciaiming
| over bit of embroidery or lace, Now,
mus be mighty keerful of dat arr until
was tempted to bring forward some articles
which had kept back fearing to trust
them to untried hands.
''Now, deary, | don't mean no disre-
sPeSs, oh Jos HAS dat az way op lain
in, ye know
"oh don't mind it, Aunt Ruby; &c
on
'Wel. es was gwine ter say, yer kindly
strangers in these hyar parts, reckon" +"
Eyes, we've only lived here few
months, and oh, Aunt Ruby, I'm SO home
sickr'
Poor chile! | knows jes' how dat al
feels, kase l come hyar from ole kentuch
rn' thought how should die, shore huff
but, law, gotten ober it after whilel
jes' settled down an sung it out
''Sung it out? That's novel way
"Yes; ho, 10, ho, Use dreffu singer
an was gwine ter speak ter yer bout dat
ye see it helps me long wild my washin'i
won derful, an was gwine to inquire if il
would 'sturb ye."
"If singing or anything else can make
washing easy. don't blame you for doing
it, Aunt Ruby. can't see how You wasf
at all, lame as you are"
Laws, chile, Use use to dat Use beer
lame more'n ten years. | shouldn't know
how ter walk straight now eff could"
had finished the dishes, and saio
YEARLY:
81 must go and lie ON the lounge littlt
while, Aunt Ruby; my head aches so bad
ly. Carl, will you Gomez"
"oh, he amt in my way speek. De
Dressed lam','' said Aunt Ruby.
Seeing they were both satisfied, | left
them, leaving the door ajar so could hear
her CHEEKY voice. After few aifectionatt
words to the baby, the rubbing and sing
| ing commenced:
"Deres Ian dat ar faifer dan day,
Ana by faith can see ii afar;
| An'-a dear saviour waits obei de way
Ter prepare dwellin' place dar-''
"Yer don't t'ink no great oh old anntie' :;
| singin', does yer lam'?'
| 'Sin' some more ADAM answer ed Carl
eve shall sing ON dat beautiful shoah
| De meloderous songs oh de biesi;
An our spirits shall sorrer no noah,
Nora sigh fer de blessin' oh rest"
heard knock, but Aunt Ruby hastened
to open the door. She received the things
from the grocer's boy, and then the rub