Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-11-22

sauce looking on, but as TO touching
any of the breakables, it's more than l
dare, and to be told to my face that
they are gems OF the antic and articles
Of virtue,-a few trumpery bits of old
fashioned china,-I am not q fool"
II have no doubt that, like Mrs.
Coombes, you are a very excellent SER
want" he said, soothingly, "and if your
mistress had q house Of her own you
would be all that could he desired; but
you have been here long enough to
known how difficult il is to get dodgers
who pay. L fully admit Mr.. Barker's
eccentriclties, but it is scarcely fair for
you to worry your mistress about them
continually"
II can't help speaking now and then,
SIR"
That / grant you very freely. The
question is, does 1t do you any good?''
II should die IL 1 didn't" said Mar
tina, fervently.
pray do not do that. Now, after all,
Martha, there is very little In those
things you complain of-only they are
strange to you. The man is quite right
not to let you dust the old china; worth
less as they may seem to you-and are,
In fact-they are worth more than their
weight in gold, and could not be re-
placed for any money"
Lori" said Martha, with her eyes
wide open.
Cinci had told her the same, but she
did not believe him.
"As for the bed-making, you should
not let that trouble you-that Is one
point on which invalids are most par
ticular. l myself have frequently di-
rected and assisted in the making of
my patients beds, and in our colleges
all the beds are made by men, so you
see this is not an exceptional case"
mo, sir; not when you explain it.
But then he is always making fun Of
me-"
"Good-natured fun, / am sure"
THAT may be, sir; but I've got a
young man Of my own"
And a very fortunate young man he
must be-" said Doctor Hyde, quite
gravely. "Is there anything else you
object to in this poor old gentleman and
his attendant"
"Well, sir, l do like c%ivility when /
mean it kind. / happened 10 answer
the drawing-room bell one evening,
when Siner was out, Martha had a
variety Of name for the handsome mu-
~latto,-"and there was Mr.. Barker read
ing without his s~pectacles, looking quite
nice and amiable-quite different, as |
may say; but directly / said, did you
please to ring, sirp' he roars out not
for you,' and growled, and threw his
slipper at me. | was that frightened,
it gave me the spasms."
Though the doctor laughed at this, as
Mary did, he looked somewhat thought
full.
Give that TO Mrs. Coombes," he said,
taking a sovereign from his waistcoat
pocket, land keep this for yourself,
Martha, and try to remember that,
wherever you are, 1t is better to take
things cheerfully as they come than
fight against them by complaints. You
will find the truth of that, even when
you are married to the young man of
your own"
You are very kind, sir" the girl an
swered, land / will remember, and l
hope my mistress will not think any
thing of what | said, it was only a man.
ner of saying it,"
II should be sorry to part with you,
Martha" said Mary, in a gentle voice,
and then, much to DR.. Hyde's distress,
Martha burst into tears. She went to
ner room and had a good cry, being too
proud to let the cook see her, then when
she entered the kitchen a little later,
she told the cook that Doctor Hyde was
an angel, and they hadthe best mistress
in the world.
ITO be Continued