The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-19

wife. and his wife said she wou see them m.
one at a time.
Which one should have audience frat
was delicate question to dcide. The
man, on being appealed to, sal he vouId
prefer to leave it to them. Tkv accord.
ingly discussed the matter among thew
selves. At the end of qurter Of An
hour the victor, having borrowd a pactst
OF pins and looking glass from our char.
woman. who had slept in the buse. vent
upstairs, while the remaining fnrteen sal
down in the hall and famed themselves
with their bonnets.
"A. g." was good deal sstonished
when the first applicant presentd herself
She was a tall. genteel-lookhg, We'll.
dressed girl. Up to YESTERDAY she had
been head housemaid at Lady kianton's.
and before that she had been tnder.cook
for two years to the Duchess of York.
And why did you leave lAdy Stan.
ton ?' asked "A. b.
ITO come here, num-" repl'ea the girl.
"And you'll be satisfied with = q Year,.
she ask 4.
Certainly. mum. I think it APPLE"
And you don't mind hard wak3"
IL love 1t. num-"
"And you're an early riser?"
ooh. yes. mum. it upsets me sbppingia
bed after haif-past 5"
lyon know we do the Wishing At
home?''
eyes. mum. think it SO mich bette,
to do 1t at home. Those launlries ruin
good clothes. They're so careless"
You are Unitarian?" continued the
lady.
Not yet. num-" replied the gtl. butt
should like to be one."
The iadp took her reference am said she
would write her.
II do hope you will give NJ q trial.
num-" pleaded the girl, as she ose to 90
II would try SO hard to give yos satisfac.
tion."
The next applicant offered ttcome for
f3-thought f6 too much. 81, also ex. s
pressed her willingness to slesp in the
back kitchen; a shakedown undo the sink
was all she wanted. She likesise had
yearnings toward Unitarianism.
The third girl did not require Nv wases
at all-cOuld not understand whaservants
wanted with wages-thought tint wages
only encouraged love of foolish finery-
thought comfortable home in ! Unita.
rian family ought to be suffciat wages
for any girl.
This girl said there was one Stipulation
she should like to make and this was that
she should be allowed to pay foAl break.
ages caused by her own careiSsness or
neglect. She objected to holiday!and even.
ings out on principle; she Ield that
tIicy OiStrdCteu girl from DeF 0fk.
The fourth candidate offered spremium
of f5 for the place; and then a b." be.
gan to get frightened. and refud to see
any more OF the girls convincesthat they
must be lunatlcs from some Inghborin9
asylum out for q walk.
Later in the day. meeting thelext door
lady on the doorstep. she Mated her
morning experiences.
''Oh. that's nothing extraordinary
a NJ " nd ax,f me-
this side OF the street pay wage; and We
get the pick of all the best srvants in
London. Why, girls will come from tic
other end of the kingdom to &c into one
Of these houses. It's the dreal Of their
lives. They save up for years. 10 a. 70 BE-
able to come here for nothing
whats the attraction?" asod "A b
more amazed than ever.
why, don't you see," exclaimed The
next door lady. 'our back widows opea
upon the barrack yard. A % living il
one OF these houses is aiwgs cioee b
soldiers. BY looking out of be window
she can always see soldiers; am sometimes
a soldier will nod to her, or wen cal sp
to her. They never dream asking fos
wages. They'll work eghtsn houn
day. and put up with anything just TO b
allowed to stop"
"A. B." profited by this ,formatios,
and engaged the girl who of6ed the -
premium. She found her peect Treasure
OF q servant. She was inva,sbly willing
and respectful, slept on a sofa in the
kitchen, and was always corented with
an egg for her dinner.
The truth of this story l canot vouch
for. Myself can believe it. Brown and
MacShaugnasSv made an attempt to dOs0,
which seemed unfriendIy. lephson ex'
cused himself on the plea GA headache.
! admit there are points int presenting
difficulties to the average Intellect. AS
explained at the commencement, It VS.
told to me by Ethelperths who hsdn
from Amenda, who got it fDrn the char
woman, and exaggerations my have reps
into 1t. The following, howver, were IN.
cidents that came under my vwn personal
observation. They afforded astill strong9
example of the influence xercised y
Tommy Atkins upon the Brit h domestic
and therefore thought it riht to rsis~
them also to the boys.
The heroine of them" said. rs our
Amenda. Now, you would oll her ~
erabIy well-behaved, ordrly Young
woman. would you not?"
'She is my ideal of unostAtatious ~
spectability." answered MacSaaugnassy,
That was my opinion also, = repis4
You can, therefore, imaginem my feeling
on passing her one evening ir the Fokr
stone High street with Panama hat upon
her head (my Panama hiatt. and . @
dier's arm around her waist. She wss o.
of u mob com posed of all the unocfupso
rlfiraff of FOkestone, who'vere tolouhs 4
the band of the Third Berkshire infann. II
then in camp at Sandgate. There was -
ecstatic, far-away look in her eyes -
was dancing rather than walking, ~
with her left hand she beat time % =
music"
81 should say you were suffering fonss
mild attack of ID. T. when you ssw
that" said MacShaugnassy.. xrf
$50 / might have thought myb
said; ''but Ethelbertha was with ne
time, and she saw it, too. We stase1 -
the procession until it had turned w.
ner, and then we stared at each otna.
"'Oh, it's impossible said EtheaF'~
to me. ,..A
bertha. A.
1.-THE moment we reached home ~
bertha looked for Amenda. ana :
for my hat Neither were to be ioos.
"Nlne O'Clock struck. 10 O'Clock
At 80 we went down and gos O -
per, and had it in the kitchen ~.
Amenda returned She walked m'y .
kitchen without word, hung ny sdn
behind the door and commences
away the supper things.
'Ethelbertha rose. calm out 49, r
"'Where have you been. Amsn
I" 'Gadding half over the county
lot of low soldiers, answers
continuing her work. Ia 80
"'You had on my hat, soo.s ~
what gioomily. 1t was not Ins ~ ~ 80
to take of the case, I know. ous.
ally, that fact gr1eved me more ~
the other incidents in the PfocH
together, sad though felt tnss rs,ssnxs
was an extensive hat, and A1n
said it suited me There aI IT,. nicafA
that dol. After seeing, It tns' s~f