Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-07-08

Wv nat the devil do they mean by daub
ing all that grease over Mary's HART It's
beastly to see lido you hear?-beastly
Where's Pamby?" Pamby is the unfor
tunate workwoman who makes and mends
the family linen
"Here, sir"
"Pamby, what are you about now?"
No answer. Panty or somebody else
giggles family. The major hourishes his
cane in f1ry
"Why tie devil don't you answer meP !
give you thee seconds to answer me, OF
leave the house. One-two-three. Pam.
by, what are you about now"
"If you please, sir, Pm doing some
"Whats"
something particular for baby sir"
Drop it directly whatever it is. Nurser'
Eyes sir"
mind the crossings. Don't let the chill
dren sit down if they are hot. Don't let
them speak to the other children. Don't
let them get playing with strange dogs
Don't let them mess their things And
above all, don't bring Master Jack back in
perspiration. Is there anything more be.
fore go out?'
mo, sir"
Matilda, is there anything moreP"
mo, dear
"Pamby, is there anything more?"
mo, sir"
Here the domestic colloquy ends for the
time being. Will any sensitive person
especially person of my own seX-please
to imagine what | must suffer as a deli
cate single lady at having all these fam
lily details obtruded on my attention,
whether like it or not, in the majors
rasping martial voice and in the shrill an.
swering screams of the woman inside? 1t
is hard enough to endure this sort of per-
secution when one is alone, but it is far
worse to be exposed to it-as / am CON
stantly-in the presence of visitors whose
conversation is necessarily interrupted
whose ears are necessarily shocked, whose
very stay in my house is necessarily short
ened by Major Namby's public way of
managing his private concerns.
OILY the other day my old dear and
most valued friend, Lady Malkinshaw, was
sitting with me, and was entering at great
length into the interesting story of her
second daughters unhappy marriage en-
gagement, and of the dignified manner in
which the family ultimately broke it off
For quarter of an hour or so our inter
view continued to be delightfully."- uninter-
rupted. AT the end of that time however,
just as Lady Malkinshaw, with the tears
in her eyes, was beginning to describe the
effects of her daughters dreadful disap.
pointment on the poor girls mind and
looks, heard the door of the majors house
bang as usual, and, looking out of the
window in despair saw the major himself
strut half way down the walk, stop. scratch
violently at his roll of red flesh, wheel
nd 70 foo ha
little, pull his tablets out of his waistcoat
pocket, shake his head over them and then
look up at the front windows, preparatory
to bawling as usual at the degraded female
members of his household. Lady Maxim.
shaw, quite ignorant of what was coming,
happened at the same moment to be pro-
ceeding with her pathetic story in these
terms:
81 do assure you, my poor, dear girl be-
haved throughout with the heroism of a
martyr when | had told her of the vile
wretch's behavior, breaking it to her as
gently as ! possibly could, and when she
had little recovered said to herr
"Matildar
The majors rasping voice sounded louder
than ever as he bawled out that dreadful
name just at the wrong moment. Lady
Malkinshaw started as if she had been
shot ! put down the window in despair;
but the glass was no protection to our ears
Major Mandy can roar through brick
wall. | apologized-I declared solemnly
that my next door neighbor was mad
entreated Lady Malkinshaw to take no
notice and to go on That sweet woman
complied. | burn with Indignation when
| think of what followed. Every word
from the Nambys' garden (Which distin.
guish below by parentheses) came, very
slightly muflled by the window, straight
into my room and mixed Itself up with her
ladyship's story in this ineXpressbly ride.
ulous and impertinent manner:
well, my kind and valued friend pro.
ceeded, 'as | was telling you, when the
first natural burst of sorrow was over,
said to herr
Yes dear Lady Malknshaw," muir
INJURED encouragingly.
Il said to herr
c'By lingo, I've forgotten something!
Matilda! when | made my memorandum
of errands, how many had to do;')
My dearest, darling child, | said"-
c'Pamby how many errands did your
mistress give me to do?')
81 said, My dearest, darling child'"-
c'Nurse! how many errands did your
mistress give me to do?'o
My own love, | said"-
c'Pooh! Pooh tell you, had four er.
rands to do and I've only got three of 'em
written down. Check me off, all of you
Pm going to read my errands.D
Your own proper pride, love- said,
will suggest to you -
C'Gray powder for baby,'D
1.-The necessity of making up your
mind, my angel, to'"-
Grow the plumber for infamous condi-
tion of back kitchen sink'O
"'To return all the wretch's letters,
and -
c'Speak to the haberdasher about patch.
ing Jacks shrts.'0
"'All his letters and presents, darling
You need only make them up into parcel
and write inside -
t'Matilda! is that all?')
land write aside -
c'Pamby! is that allsD
"'And write inside -
c'Nurse is that all?")
L have my mothers sanction for
making one last request to you. 1t is
this -