The morning call., 1892-09-15
Two BACHELORS.


Henry Kenny, though as "the Kenny boys"
tney were known far and near. Queer boys,
indeed, they would have been, respectively.
Sc and 81 years. But the SobTiQuet fitted to
them when bare-footed lads seampering over
their fathers acres and clung to them long
after he was dead and they were them
selves the prOpTietorS.
Mrs Kenny survived her husband several
years, and remained with her sons on the
bomeplace. the sons developing into first
class farmers, and she keeping the house in
tbe beautiful condition as II had been her
won't 10 keep 1t while her husband lived.
After her death the farm went on the
same the fields were duly soTed and reaped,
the sheep shOrn of their woody coats, and
the fattest Of cattle stretched themselves out
in the eleanest Of pastures. Not 50 with the
house. there was pitiable change In It's as
peet.
Aunt Becky" the neighborhood weaver
who during Mrs Kenny lifetime haG oeen
now and then assistant, was, with her
son Rob, given temporary charge OF affairs
But the brothers had never the heart TO turn
Aunt Becky of, ana the temporary charge
had dragged through six long years. But
now Rob had married ana Aunt Becky had
gone to live with him. At this juncture
Cousin Florence ran down from the city to
see them, not to c0nd0ls With them, as they
at first thought, but TO congratulate them
and undertake 10 secure them capable SeTV-
ants who would keep their home In the
order 10 which il should be kept.
"GoOd wages will get good servants,
George" she said, 'and as paying good
wages il, YOU say-and rightly say-one of
our Christian duties l guarantee you can be
suited"
A few days later the girls arrived. Henry
met them at the train and could not credit
his eyes when be saw two well-bred, trim
looking ladies' apparently 19 or 20 years old.
But the letter they brought from Florence
explained They were two of lot of Var
ney College girls, who had secured places
during vacation at the Sulphur Springs
HOel, or rather they were two more than
were needed, and in the nick Of time she
had engaged them. So ran the letter.
What on earth made Florence send these
women out heTe?" said George 10 Henry,
after he had taken them TO the kitchen and
inducted them into their realm; for in a
helpless kind Of way he had been opening
safes and presses and telling them where
he thought Aunt Becky kept provisions,
uterss and such ike. Il don't know
exactly where Amt Becky keeps every
thinG," he concluded, but around here
somewhere"
With a keen sense of modification, gen.
dered by the horrible state IN which he
found the aforesaid realm and the ladylike
absence of criticism in the girls faces, he
returned to his brother and prOpounded the
above question.
WHAT on earth" he kept on, could
Florence have been thinking about. Var
ney College, iBdeedi What do l care about
Eernev College? Getting money to COM
plete their educatl0ns! l don't want a
sehOolteacher or school scholar either;
want q cook. IdOn't want biscuit made by
axoms in geometry. | want 10 eat after the
old soda aud buttermik recipes. THEY'LL
haVe daisies for supper, regular daisies.
Mark my words"
This hafn GaorCafz prpdiafSor, hot
his surprise that evening when the bread
was as brown and light as IL it had come
from bakery, and the coffee served with it
not and rich and fragrant; the steak tender
and tOOthsOme.
you were a little hasty. George" said
Henry that night as they again talked the
matter over. They certainly distance
Becky in cooking. When have we seen a
steak that we could tell from shOeleather2"
George grunted assefft. Yes, they can
cook, but what about getting to work Of
mornings? SchoOlmssss generally like to
lay bed, and that curly-headed one that
calls herself Halle will be al hour getting
down her curl-papers."
While early hours were fresh In his mind,
he stepped back TO give bis order for break
fast. He marched down the hall with a
great show OF authority. his speech made
up ready for delivery, which speech was:
breakfast promptly at g." With a vigOr-
Gus push he threw open the door. Two
pair OF eyes locked up supposedly, but
calmly and gently.
Il was just going to say" be said, after
clearing his throat time or two. II was
going TO say, We have breakfast at 6, when
we can-that IS, II you can. Along about g.
somewhere"
at shall be ready at g." julia answered.
And so il was The uext morning when
George and Henry entered the diniug-room
little late themselves, in consequence Of
some extra time they had given their toilets,
they found the breakfast On the table and
Halle IN the prettesi Of white CAPS waiter
In hand, standing behind the chair at the
loot OF the table with the respectful, digni-
ned air OF lieutenant awaiting a generals
orders.
"What hour do you dineP" she asked the
gentlemen as they arose from the table
NO tme-that Is, we wont be back till
evening, answered George, 1--WE are going
10 take some horses TO Melville Fair; lust
amuSe yourselves as you please while we
are gone"
Henry laughed quiet. unobseryed Iaugb
IL was the first time in his life he had heard
the parting order to servants. "amuse your
selves"
When the brothers returned from the fair
II vas past sunset. but enough daylight was
Ieft for them to note the changed aspect of
shelr homes. Halle and Julia had not
amused Themselves. unless they called work
amusement. Rubbish, fyspecks, cobwebs
ana nnger marks had disappeared and the
mouse looked like another place, or rather
Ike the house of years ago, and besides one
OF the most delicious suppers that ever
awaited hungry men was served shortly
alter their arrival
Home looks like it did before mother
oied, Henry said. as they sat picking their
teeth on the front gallery and epioying the
serenade OF the katydids.
Yes, We have secured a coupIe of win
Ders," George agreed. "They are pretty
chilly and offisb. though, and Pm glad Of
IT. II tney were more sOcable they might
want me to help them with their Latin
and I'm as rusty as farm gate. / couldn't
con)ugate verb TO save my neck"
Not amo, George. Surely you haven't
forgotten how to conjugate amol never
SHALL"
Days and weeks slipped by; the Varney
girls term OF service was drawing to a
close, and there had been no change ia the
good, orderly housekeeping they had begun.
One day during the last week of their
stay, In the early twilight of morning, Henry
ran upon somebody in the pea patch work
Ing suspieiOusly at the vines.
it's you, George. What are you aboutP"
''Why, I've been thinking, Henry"
George answered, what shame it is that
Julia should havesto come down here In the
dew and gather peas for US men and So"
swell, you can just put your basket up,
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