Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
The Story of Servant Girl Who Away
Kent Her " ord.

The Story of n Servant Girl Who Alw avs
Kept ker Word.
as she good, faithful girl ?" asked the
woman.
Say" answered the man, f'you Just
wait till I.call my wife. This business il
sort of IN her department more'n mine
III call her down and you can talk the
matter over"
Then the nan stepped out into the hall
and shouted Maria! Maria!'
Whats the matter now?' answered
| back woman's voice.
Say, Maria, you just come down ano
tell this lady what you know about Julia
She wants to know if Julia is faithful"
Down came Maria So quickly that il
seemed as though she must have Slid down
the oalustrade. But of coures she hadn f;
she was to old for that-sixtg years old ii
she was day, She jumped into the mid.
die Of the things, as the old Roma used tc
say, straight off.
. Faithful! Well, there ism t no faith.
fuller house girl in Brooklyn" That is
| the way that she began.
And il WASH t her fault that she left
here, neither; I'm bound to say that
continued Maria. ct was all nv fault.
every bit of it and [ know you'll say Sc
when you hear the story. But then per
| haps you dor { care to hear the story
Maybe you are in an awful hurry to get
! home
oh, no." answered the caller. Il
! should like very much to hear the story
/ | III sure that IL will interest me.
'All right, said Maria, apparently very
much pleased; IN tell you the whole
business. It's cat story. I'm a c
hater, | am. didn't used to be. but 81
late wears we've had SO many Of EN- out
/ In our back yard that We been forced tt
| hate 'em and make war on EN-. | reckon
! We killed a hundred cats inside Of year
| haven't Aaron?'
| well, yes should think so, Maria,
| all of that, answered the man. You re
some on cat killing, Maria, they's no use
sayin' that you amt.
I've method of my own" continued
Maria. II put the cat in a box and
chloroform him to death, and then throw
his carcass into the ash barrel. | sent
out all of d half barrel of cats one morn
ing. 1t scared the ash man so that he al
/ most tainted.
| We'll, here the other day | caught a
! big yellow fellow that had been bowling
and yawiing about IN my back yard for
over a year. He was monster cat and
he had voice on him like steam cat s.
! The minute caught him yelled for Ju-
! la TO come out and help me put him into
the box We had to work, | tell YOU, but
finally we did it. Then put the big soap
! stone on top of the BOX II at | generally
Use to hold it down. But Lordy mercy
/ the stone didn't amount to anything
! never say cat to thrash round So III all
NY life.
Look here, Julia, said [. you Il have
! to sit on the box till | can give him d
! little chloroform to quiet him.
! All night, ma, am, said Julia, and
j down she sat.
Il ran into the house for the chloroform
and [ coulden't find drop. 1t was
all gone. So stepped to the window acd
called out: Julia you'll have to sit there
a while till | can go to the druggists and
get some chloroform -
''All right ma am SAID Julia.
Promise me Julia, said |, that you
won't get eff the bex till | come back
"You know very well, julia answered.
IN sort Of grieved way, that +! wont
get off the box till you come back. When
! | say I'll not do a thing, generally
doesn't do it.
ulcD sup u soy any uolS- Eu@ pu.
on my bonnet and shawl and started 1oT
/ the druggists. hadn't gone iJur feet
| from the house when met Miss Bartlett
an old friend of mine and perhaps you
won't believe it, but it is a fact just the
same | forgot what | was out Oh the street
for. entirely forgot it. | always wa. an
absentminded creature, wash It Aaruls p
Yes, Maria YOU always were a little
given that way
Miss Bartlett tod me-" resumed Ma
ria, that she was going up town shop
ping, aud asked me to go along with her.
and went Tnen | asIed her to take