The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-31

and lmpudent, you may find one who is do
Gle and otedient. l have found the average
in each case much smaller, but perhaps 1
have been unlucky."
Constance said. 81 am sure that the school
L went t., which was in France, the glrls
were nothing like as bad as that
. mo, they would not be- Miss Hawkins
replied. Girls at school behave, as a rule,
very much better than girls at home. There
they are under he mistress, and know that
she can and will punish; at hone they see
That the governess is snubbed b. their
mother and Is not respected even by the
servants. How can you expect, then, that
they will yield her ready obedience! Per-
haps you will find it better than l have
done. You look as if you would. l should
think you would make yourself minded;
anyhow you will maze a fight for it."
II am not thinking of going as COVER
ness" Constance said. 81 am hoping to OBJ
tain situation as a cOmpa aiou."
They are much more difficult to get"
the younger woman said. Il have been
companion for two years, aud am now goi &
TO try as a Junior governess in school. 1t
is hard Work, of course, but 1t cannot be so
hard as that / have been having. l believe
sometimes companions places are very
nice, but then you know tue competition is
awful l was with dreadful old woman,
who expected me to be nurse. ladY's maid,
aud companion all in one. So that literally
/ had not a minute to myself from o'clock
in the morning until IL at night; and the
unkind things sue used to say were awful. :"
Constance looked at the young woman
who looked as if sic were utterly broken III
spirit.
II have some friends who are looking out
for me-" she said. Il am sure they would
not put me with a woman like that, and if
they did am sure | should not stop there Il
fortnight"
Perhaps you can afford to be indepen-
dent" Miss Hawkins said. "A small in
come of ones own makes all the difference
IN our line. If one has something of ones
own to fall back upon one can afford to be
independent; but a woman who has nothing
but what She earns, aid knows That she
cannoo afford To be a month out OF place is
il a different position altogether. She
must put up with whatever comes. If
had my time TO come over again 1 would
never be a gOverness, but would go as a
lady's maid; or if | could not get place, as
tuat as a housemaid. Their position is a
huHdred times better than ours. They have
their work and their hours, and their day
out and their Sundays, ana can change as
often as they like and go straight from one
place into another. Their lie is twenty
times as happy as ours If girls would but
tllih oO anu put OuEA4 AlOACuAOuS DIlu0 luIO
their pocket5."
Yes, but what is there to look forward
toy the younger woman said. ~ am sure
| would fifty times rather be a servant
that what l am; out what is there to LOOK
forward tol One cannot marry the
butchers young man, or the grocer or the
policeman"
II dou'5 know why one cannot, Miss
Jocalyn; it is q mere idea aftor all, and it
IT, hot 1;fa y,.,,Il 10, .
deal happier one, even if your husband did
stand behind a counter and weigh out sugar
aud raisins, than with the old WON n you
were talking about. You put up, as you
say, with being lady's maid and nurse as
well as companion. Well, a bridesmaids
wife is quite as good as either a lady's maid
or nurse.
Miss Jocelyn had no argument in readi-
ness to the contrary, but she sighed and
shook her head and murmured:
That it was quite different"
II think it IS quite different" Miss
Hawkins said, ''aud ever SO much
pleasanter. What do you think. Miss
Corbyn?"
81 don't know that l ever thought about
it," Co stance replied. of course if one
had to live all ones life with such a person
as that | would Thousand times rather
teach in some little village school, whe. q at
mistress, DEPENDENT and wh re-" aud she
laughed, Il might nope to win the affec-
to of some young farmer"
II think you will do, my dear, wherever
you are, b" Miss Hawkins said, kindly. lyon
must no5 be depressed or dlspirited at wha.
Hiss Jocelyn + say. / can see you have
good spirits and a brave Leart, and will be
able to hold your own"
The other inmates now began to return,
of ,-t,l
The tab e at lunch time. Several of them
we're bright CHEEKY women aud took, as
Constance soou found, far less gloomy
view of taelr profession than those she had
first met. All We're Interested in the new
conner, whose youth and brightness were a
novelty III E ury street.
20 els life is q good deal what one make
it oneself one said; There are some situa-
tons " here 40 one could stop for q weak
others where any one might be happy, but
bet veen these there are a great many
where ones life depends upon oneself. A
good many women are DULLES, who will re-
spect you if you will respect yourself, but
who will tramDle upon you # you have no
spirit. In nine cases out of ten, if this sort
of woman sees that you know your work,
are firm with the children, aud mean to DO
mistress in your own schoolroom they will
leave you alone, and as soon as the children
see lnaG bnelr nlOUuoT TeaD6Cl6 you bney Will
respect You too"
At 8 o'clock Il vehicle was heard to stop at
the door, and minute later the servant
came up with the message that Miss Leices-
ter hoped that Mss Corbyn would go out
for a drive with her. AS Hilda had
promised the day before to call and lake her
out, Constance was ready except putting on
her bonnet aud wraps. While she was
away doing this some of the others peeped
through The window
"A very handsome carriage and pair,
coachman and footmal, tiger skin rugs and
all the rest of it, one sail. Miss Corbyn
has evidently rich friends l wonder they
let her 60 out"
"She is not likely to be out long," Miss
Haw kins said. 81 will wager she has
home Of her own before many
years are over
There was a chorus of assent.
"She will have her troubles and her
trials Miss Hawkins went one. "She is
altogether too pretty either for a governess
or a companion; but think she will be able
to hold her own. She Is not a girl to be
made fool of, AVID has lots of good sense
and spirit in that bright face of ners.n
There she goes one of those at the
window said. "She is shaking hands
warmly with that pretty girl in the car
laughing aud chatting AXE old friends. |
wonder who she is and how she comes TO be
here"
Constance did not stay long in Ebury
street. Ten days after she had gone