New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-07-26

Come and see, qneth |. with that
icy innocence that only cunning can
bestow. half opened the sitting room
door, coughed vehemently and drew
sack as one choked with the dust.
Impossi said. Shes not in a
EWeet temper today because made her
10 the rooms twice. We'd better not
disturb her, or she'H break my or7la-
nents. This, neseems, could not have
been e1celled by the most hardened
profigate on the stage.
AZ Ny aunt lefT very slowly and dellber-
ately. mourning for the loss of her tea.
Iescortsa her and Uncle John down to
the first floor. How could tell that her
housewifely zeal for her nephew could
have led her to bestoW upon the house
maid. who was Fan of the Teeth. a few
hints on the best management of fires
and the proper care Of the room. which
posed to be cleaning?
You see. it all means more work for
ron in the end, said my aunt.
dashed into the sitting room to find,
helpless with suppressed laughter, the
maiden with the black velvet hat. Twas
coatless, as has been recounted- people
never stay long with man who lacks a
coat-my hair was on end. and was
flushed. But there was no resisting that
Infection of mirth. laughed aloud. The
air was dense with dust. and all the fur
niture was out of place. That fool Of
q housemaid" had lived up to her repu-
tation.
Haven't done the room beautiful
ly?" she said, with a wicked giggle.
THANK you-thank you. oh, SO much
for helping met
sister ofiny own. But hadn't you bet
ter
Tn gone, she said, and vanished at
the word to hunt for her brothers cham
hers.
Entered, her cap over one eye, Fan Of
the Teeth. boiling with rage. She was
an austere woman of 335. not to be triiei
with.
s. And L'1a SIRE ne and Lucy, too, we
takes all the trouble that we can
with II sets Of chambers to be gone
through. and the bells ringing on every
landing 81 Gay long. 'Tisn't as if l was
afraid OF my work, for / ave KEEP my
self ever since was a little girl of thir-
teen, nor Lucy neither But when that
lady on the staircase spoke to me an tole
me that | was inattentive an Lucy, too.
an smuts all about your room, sayin
that was to take extra care of you, sir, /
was put out.
''Do as you would be done by, I thinks.
an show no favor to any chambers more
than another, for some one must lose by
it, and If it isn't you it will be some 9TH
er gentleman. An there aren't no smuts
in your room not to be seen, an Lucy, l
know she as been on the fourth floor
since | come down with the Stops, but
didn't say nothink to that lady when
she said what she said-an Lor, sir, what
ave you been doin to the furnichewre-
all pulled across the room? An you 'avin
to see your friends in your bedroom-as
if it was our fault!'
Fanny" said l, eff there has been
any fault, that fault is mine. Take, oh,
take those lips away, and-here's half
sovereign
It was a damning confession of guilt,
received as such. Fan removed herself
with an unholy light in her eye.
Ihated Fan, and this still further shook
my nerves. Worn with thousand con-
ficting emotions, fed to the sideboard
and pulled myself together with the nee
essary liquids. Men never seem to do
that on the stage after any unusual cri-
sis. They do in the prosaic world of real
life.
Re-entered Fan, the half sovereign in
her hand, and placed it on my table.
I've took them in their teas" she
said oracularly, AN she was telin i'm
all about it. She is real nice little
lady, she is, an-an don't want no 'arf
suffering for that.
No comedy that could think of had
any mention of the soubrette-to be
sure, Fan was rather too angular for the
soubrette refusing tip.
And you're a lady, too, Fam" said l.
Keep it. Few people return money.
Still fewer dismiss preconceived suspi-
cions.'
Ouo "11nuIeW sASutly alarmed.
/ stepped into the hallway to set down
the empty soda water siphon in the
place appointed The door leading to
the landing was half open. I heard
voices descending the stairs.
He was really very nice, Joe, about
it. Said he had sister Of his own and
laughed"
''Hmph. Then I'm sorry for his sis
ter, that's all. He drinks like fish.
Why, only last night I found him on his
hands and knees on the second floor
and had to help him to bed"
The next chambersl AS hope to clear
my character before all judges, it was
the man in the next chambers! I had
heard the Internal din of that episode at
2 o'clock in the morning, and few of
Joe's comments as he left the drunkard.
How should the maiden know exactly
into whose rooms she had penetrated.
and here was Joe saddling me with my
neighbor's booted slumbers.
I gripped the siphon head in an agony
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