The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-23

Time, plrl came, Sne was peasant
looking, and, better still, was of strong
mold.
"If I should give you employment do
you think that you could make up
your mind to stay with me?" Jenny
asked.
81 think so, ma'am."
"What is your namc?'
"Sallic, ma'am."
"Where did you work last?'
ION the North side, ma'am."
"Why did you leave?'
"The people moved to the country,
ma am"
"Did your mistress give you recon-
mendation?'
IA character, do you mean, ma'am?"
"Yes."
"She did, ma'am, and here it is. -
Mrs Midley took the paper, read
and returned it to the girl, and said:
"Vcry good, and no doubt you deserve
IT, When can you go to worlt?"
"At once. ma'am."
The mornings We're pleasant and the
evenings delightful. 1t seemed to
Jenny that she had been suddenly
transferred to another life. Every
household care had been taken off her
mind, and her hands had been entirely
freed from labor. She read books and
magazines; she again took up the
study of music, and at evening when
John approached his home the en-
trancing "pleasings" of waltz hoated
ont to greet him.
II suppose you are still pleased with
Sallie?" John remarked, one night.
"Oh! l am more and more delighted
with her"
"Shc undoubtedly does her work
well, but she doesn't strike me as be-
ing very intelligent"
"She is intelligent enough to do
work and that's all care for. Get an
intelligent girl and she wants to read
all the time. That goodfor-nothing
Maud used to snatch the evening paper
as soon as it came and didn't so much
as think of giving me chance TO look
at it. just so long as Sallie does her
work well she shall have home under
my roof and a girl that doesn't attend
to her business isn't worthy of home
at all"
"If this girl should after awhile
show the natural tendencies of the
average servant, we will break up
housekeeping and board until the
breed improves. We cannot afford to
give up our lives to ceaseless worry
A bad servant puts Indigestion in her
bread, and where indigestion prevails
there is no brightness"
you are surely philosopher, John,
but don't you think there's way to
shape servant to the proper form? l
mean that by certain treatment she
may be brought to feel an interest in
us. | don't mean that she should really
be made one of the family, but l do
think that some little attention ought
to be paid her. I notice that you never
speak to Sallie, and l don't think that
this is altogether right. Interest be-
gets interest"
THAT idea works we'll in theory, my
dear, but in fact it works so ill that
you might call it a complete failure.
In Europe, servants are servants and
not help as we hypercritically term
them. Take in u help and she be-
comes an adviser, and, progressing in
this, seeks to be ruler. Let us know
our place, and from us let Sallie learn
to know hers"
That was practical suggestion; but
the next morning, when the wife
glanced through the partly opened
door of her bedroom, she saw Sallie
putting the dishes on the breakfast
table; she saw more than this-she saw
John step up, place his hand on Sallie's
shoulder and kiss her.
A few moments later John stepped
to the door and said: Come, DEAR
breakfast is ready"
II don't want any breakfast" she
sobbed.
"Why, what is the mattcr?" he asked,
entering the room. He found her part
ly dressed, lying across the bed.
Are you ill?" he asked, bending
over her.
she turned her face from him. "Why,
dear what is the NATTER"
Nothing" she answered, with
forced carelessness
Then why do you act this way?
Come, let's eat breakfast. I'm in
hurry to get down to the Office"
II told you that l didn't want any
breakfast" she coldly replied.
Now, look here, Jenny, what have
| done that you should treat me this
way?"
"Please go away and let me alone"
"Oh, come now, dear, don't act this
way. We were getting along so well,
and had thought"
you hadn't thought anything about
me-"
Yes 1 think of you all the time.
Come, let us 90 to breakfast"
II won't"
'All right. If you are determined to
be cross have your own way; but
want TO tell you that it's bad start
Good morning"
Shortly after he left the house the
wife went into the kitchen. "Sallie,"
she said.
"Yes, ma'a am"
81 don't want you any longer
what! don't want me any longer?
What have done to displease you?"
THAT has nothing to do with it. 1t
is enough to know that / don't want
you any longer"
mo, it isn't enough, ma'am. / have
IA contract for month and you can't
break it. If you do I'll have the Wom-
ans Protective society down on ySu,
and then there will be a scandal"
"When will your month he up?"
"A week fT1m to- o-morrow."
"Well, sec that you get out prompt
ly ut that time"