The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-22
WHEN SALLiE CAME.
She Wanted to Write q Realistic
Servant-Girl Story.

John Midley was said to be rising
young lawyer 1t is but natural thus
TO speak of a young attorney. He must
be rising-all young lawyers are ris-
ing. The majority of them, it is true,
never arise to any great height, but
even after life has failed to hold a
strong inducement for labor and for
sacrifice-when all the thrilling prom
Uses of earlier days have been broken
by old heartlesss time-it then must
be consolation to look back at the
notes dancing in the sunbeams of a
golden past, and to say: II once was
a rising young lawyer"
John Midley married a handsome
girl He found her in the summer
time, when he was fishing for trout in
Wisconsin. The courtship was brief
and, therefore, honeyed with sweetest
romance.
But will you love me always?" she
asked, of course.
Until the angels all are dead" he
vowed.
But you will be ashamed of ne
after awhile. | am a PLAIN country
girl and you are city lawyer"
THAT can make no difference, pet ="
But your family is distinguished,
while my people are simple farmers"
why do you thus persist in arguing
against YOURSELF You have grace and
loneliness and these are the approval
stamps of natures aristocracy."
But your sister writes novels and
ls,x =
the high society that reads the maya
zines and wouldn't even speak to me-"
Jenny, your sweet lips should never
utter such foolish words Remember
that | am not to take You to live with
my people, but that we shall set up a
little house and keep it ourselves. NV
sister, and she is a dear girl, If do say
it myself, lives with my father away
off in California Come, pet, do not in
vite worrying thought to be the guest
of your gentle mind"
Well, they began housekeeping in a
new fat on Prairie avenue, All, and then
arose the great bugbear of household
government-the servant girl question.
Hilda came first She handed in list
of privileges and then took charge of
the place. John Midley had been ac-
customed to club life and naturally re-
belled against the ''queenship" in
fringernent of servant; so Hilda had
to go. John appealed to that cold nest
of robbery, the female" employment
office. The mistress of the establish
ment received his dollar and-failed to
send him a girl Then he advertised,
and the very first interest awakened
by the advertisement was postal card
from the mistress of the cold nest of
robbery. Il have a number of girls on
hand" she said. John went to the Of
flee.
Look here, said he, IF you've got
a number of girls on hand, why don't
you send me one?"
"A dollar, please" the mistress of
the cold nest answered
what, gave you dollar the other
day"
us that soe Well, as soon as get
a girl win send her"
In the meantime, Jenny was wearing
herself out with kitchen work. At
evening, when John came home, she
UlO not spring toward MN like a de-
lighted child. She would kiss him
with languid affection and then pro-
coed to put the dishes on the table.
Have you read the books brought
you. dear?"
NO; have been too busy"
by the way, do you want to 60 to
the theater to-night?"
II am too tirai -
Maud came after while and the
tired little wife sat down forest What
a comfort it was to lie in bed at morn
ing with no blear-eyed necessity of
cooking breakfast staring her in the
face, The rich rec of love came back
to her lips and passions bright fondneSs
laughed in her dark eyes Maud was
a jewel She should always have a
home. Jenny gave her a dress and
raised her wages and then Maud quit
She said that her sister, who had Just
married a man at the stock yards,
didn't want her to work out Maud
was not accustomed to work out 1t
was only by accident that she had
never done any worl- at all