The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-27

min O. tn family. TIL young fellows is
| bad enough Lord knows, wild their
! fa-mil--iaritcs an larkins, but they've
plenty o. outside fun an dovilmcnt an
don't worry y gurrll all tn tonne. But
! tn ould Williams cS tn worst, wild their
/ Sncekin Sarpant palavcr, an grins an
/ winkS, an talllin' os Of buthcr wouldn't
melt in tn mouths o thin. An of q
gurrll STAINS up for her dacincy, lie finds
some fault, an he goes, an CT she puts
up wild tn ould FOOLS foolin', tn misth-
ross sure till sec Somc chuckin' undhcr
the chin, or tn loikc O thot. an thin.
she's bundled out loillo scat. an wild no
caracther lcf' her in tn woido woorld.
AN cf u gurrll's bit dressy she's
above her dismiss, an eff sho amt jist
SO she's 4 'slatthcrny dowdy.' An ony
ould bed. an bit hole o Il room, wild
hate till yc melt in summer timo an
freeze till yer ice in winter, is good
enough for Il gurrll; an she mustn't
have her company III the kitchen, an
she mustn't meet them outside, an shc
must be q nun and Il hermit, an saint
for hcrsilf, an = dccaivin' rogue t. cover
up their sacrcts an do their lrin' for
thin cf tho family
An lhcy say We stale an give till
our cousins. God forgive them! an tho
divi. j. -"way wild 'cm! It's hard work
gr.ri. las in moiny place t git
enough t 81, wild tn cuttins off an
puttin's on til plate, Upstairs, OF her
males an allowances, an the locllin's
up of ivry thing else, avin till the egg
shells. It'd puzzle BURGER wild a
jimmy for t git chrust TRY o. bread
out o some of them families; an them
that loulds their heads moighty hoigh,
too, | toll yc.
mind now, gurrlls amt fools; Irish
Currlls, anyway, amt, and when they
gets Il good place they're willin' an
keen to keep it; avin Il cat'll do that, an
gurrlls'll tratc them right that tratcs
them dac:nt. But amt wo human
crathcrs after all? an gurrlls at thot,
an amt ct human nathur thot wo do
be wantin' friends, an some com forts
an koind words, an a bit gay drcssin'
an thriile o plcasurin' now an ag'in?
An small blanc till tn gurrlls if they
stands up for their roights an gifts
them.
"llark what I'm tcllin' We. Et tn
gurrlls told ialr what they does know
about tn misthrcsscs an masthers, tn
same rs tn madams tells twice whot
they don't know about til gurrlls, faith,
naither sir nor me lady wud be aciin'
t show tn caracthcr their sarvint had
writ for en-.
"Thcr's good an Tiers bad O all
sorts. I'm not dcnyin' thot, but it's rome
has tn roight t be oxpoctin tn vartucs
OF a saint, an tn strength of q stame-
inginc, an tn trainin' of 4 Erinch schcf,
an tn manners of q boord n'-school
miss. from gurrll they hire t slave an
toll from morn Till noight an to bear
wild all thcr' tantruIns an temrcrs, an
Z be tn scapc-goat o. all Their mistakes.
"Sce here, now; its jist this, when
this world gets SO there's none but good
misthrcsscs in it, tn nivcr !, bad sarvint-
1 gurrll you'll find from Chicago to lands
end.
I'm t go in hero an get four pounds
sugar, sure tn family II he savin two
cints on i t by sindin' mo this far for it
! Yer kindly welcome t all boon tcllin'
/ yc. an yc may print ct cf We loil1es an
/ them that it fits can put ct in Their pipes
an smoke ct, an theirs many mother
/ Gurrll can give 'em n match t. lott ct
wild. I'll be biddin' We good-mornin',
SIR"
1t looks as though there might be
something i'll Mary AIMS philosophy,
and so | print" it De ZEE.