The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1893-12-22

quietly enough. And her mother much
eiated by this victory, and the evident
case with which You could make chill
dren obey you If you only showed
them firmly that your will was the
stronger, sat down again to finish her
circular
II was well she could not see through
the partition wall, or her complacent
state Of mind would have been dis
1urbed by the spectacle Of Popsy's
kneellng at the nursery washhand-
stand, and sailing the shoe on Il sea Of
soap and water. having manned the
gallant craft with Il tin soldier and two
trunkiess elephants out Of Noahs ark.
CHAPTER Nv.
1t was not long before a rumor of
Mrs. Jacks intention reached Percival
House. where it excited great indigna-
| ton.
L cannot believe it." said Rebecca
Il will never believe it Of Bell With
all her absurdities and want Of dignity
she would never deliberately disgrace
the family in that way Nevertheless
Kenecca seemed to be quite as angry
with her sister-in-law as if she had be-
not IN the least surprised She would
not be surprised to meet Bell wheeling
q barrow through the streets She had
no proper pride. But il she (Emma)
We're to find Bell out governessing at
peoples houses. she should simply cut
her. Sister-in-law or no sister-in-law.
sae dld not think the family were
! pound TO stand that Edgar shrugged
MS shoulders. and said he thought his
mother or to talk to Bell seriously.
Very likely somebody had been putting
ner up 70 this move, in the idea Of
getting some money out Of the govern
| or Probably it was that old woman
VINO lodged in the house with her-that
MISS Barnasconi. Bell was just the
KIND OF childish creature that design
ing woman like that could twist around
her finger
Mr. Lilly -poohed the whole thing.
| ana laughed at it in public But pri-
vately to his wife he showed much an
noyance at the report, and asseryated
with an oath that il Bell thought to
get hlm TO bribe her out Of this foolery
she was never more mistaken in her
life
We don't know yet that it's true"
said Mrs. Lilly calmly. Nevertheless
she believed 1t to be true and made up
her mind to interrogate Bell on the
subject at the earliest opportunity.
Meanwhile Mrs. Jack, undeterred by
the counsels Of her friend Barney, set
20 work with much energy to publish
her intention and to proffer her sery-
ices as daily governess to the public at
Codllngton. First OF all she had her
Dir lnv
twice as many as she could possibly
use. although she borrowed Codling-
ton directory and addressed the enyel-
opes TO every one named in it OF whom
she had ever heard in her life Then
she got Miss Barnasconi to carry some
about with ner and distribute them to
her pupils; which Barney staunchily
and loyalty did, although with Il pro
FOUND conviction OF the usclessness I"
the measure.
Mrs. Jacks project excited as much
Indignation in Old street as it had done
IN Ierciyal House. Only with this diff
ference, that III Old street the indigna-
ton was directed against Mr.. Lilly for
permitting his daughter-in-law to work
for her living. Mr. Mills, the compos-
itor, who had set up the circular, in
L
Office'-meaning the office Of the Cod
lington Chronicle-was talking about
it, and that "all the Office agreed it
was burning shame Of old John Lilly
to let Mrs. Jack be brought down to
that. But he was a close-fsted un,
was old John Lilly And he d rich
man, that was growing richer every
day. And this Mr. Mills would say
hot MI ,&o
Mrs. Jack, or a finer figure Of a woman
he would not wish to see
Mrs. Tetherick--a Wheezy. fat, good
humored woman. extraordinarily g-
norant, but with very good share OF
common sense-Opined that Mrs Jack
wasn't tit for goycrnessing nohow; and
that she ought to find good husband
to take care on her and make her
missis over a pretty 'ouse, and every
comfort, and her own pony carriage.
That" said Mrs. Petherick, emphat-
ically, lis the siderwation'-it was thus
she pronounced situation-..she ought
to old, bless her pretty face.'
And lest any reader should be in
clined to think contemptuously of the
late Il. Petherick, r. n, by reason OF
his widows vulgarities Of speech. |
must not omit to state that once upon
a time when +. Petherick fell i'll OF
malignant and infectious fever in q
lodging ut Portsmouth. and came very
near dying OF it, his landlady's daugh- |
ter Polly nursed him with unflinching
and devotion, and r. Petherick, |
when he got better. married her; and
thirty years afterward was wont to de-
clare that when he got splioed to his
Polly he did the best days job for him.
self that ever he had done in his life.