The Forrest City times., 1894-01-26
FORREST CITY, ARK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 1s9
But" sighed Nancy, "what can 1

do?"
 "Tell him once again how matters stand!' cried Mamie, her lovely eyes flashing. 'lnsist upon fair wages for fair work"
 Thus instigated, Nancy made her plea, but Uncle Peters brow grew dark.
 II don't want to hear no such Eon- sense as this" he roared. ''Wagesl Aint you got your home, and board and clothes? What else dye want? Why, I never heard such talk in my life!'
 ''Is it yes or no?" persisted Nancy.
 Its no-o-o" thundered Uncle Peter.
 That same evening Mamie incidental ly alluded to the fact that they would all rise betimes the next morning, for she was going to give them their break- fast, and hadn't much time before school hours began.
 Why, where's Nancy?" asked Hiram.
 "Oh, didn't you know? She's gone"
 Uncle Peter dropped the gate pin he was whiting; Hiram let the two days old copy of the Wakefield Eagle slip to the floor; Noah stared with wide open mouth.
 'She wants to make living for her self" screnely added Nannie-''to earn little money. Every girl wants that, you know"
 ''Humph!" growled Uncle Peter "Pd like to see her make money! Why, she never had no more gumption than katydidl She'll be back quick enough, you'll find"
 But in the meantime" said Mamie, coolly, you must look around for some one to fill her place, for, as you can easily imagine, have got my hands full"
 'I guess that's easy done," said Uncle Peter. beginning to whittle afresh.
 But to his infinite amazement, it was not so easy task as he had fancied, and, after many vain efforts and sting ing disappointments, he found himself with two wasteful, complaining, ineffi- cient hired girls in possession, for every- one had resolutely refused to do tho work alone
 'It was too much," they averred, flor one"
 "It'll ruin me--it'll clean ruin mem groaned Uncle Peter, wringing his hands. ''Ten dollars month for one and eight for t'other-and every Thurs day afternoon and every Sunday even- ing out, And look at them half slices O bread in the pigs pail, and my best towels, not three years old, took for cleanin' clothes, and a broom a week stumped through; an they don't wash unless get 'em new patent wringer, an the fat scraps all throwed away, an know anyone I could get, Mamie, as would look arter things as Nancy used to do? declare to goodness l can't live so!'
 Mamie knit her brows and reflected.
 There's young woman working for father" said she-''a capital house. keeper and the best economist in the world-at least, so he says. And since my married sister is coming back from Nebraska next week, he may be ablo to dispense with her. But she has fif- teen dollars month"
 Its wuth it-it's wuth itr' breath lessly cried Uncle Peter "Ill go to Bridgeport and see Brother Sam at once and secure her. This hired gal business will be the death of me!'
 Brother Sam was sitting on his porch reading the newspaper, as MT. Norton came up.
 "Yes,'' said he, ''she's a smart gal The best gal ] ever had. Thorough going New Englander. P'raps you may be able to get her-though 1<,,1 1,t q e1 tA f,v- dollars a month."
 "I'll make it eighteen" gasped Uncle Peter, 'since you say she's a New Englander."
 "Well. you can try" said Brother Sam. Here she isr' He flung open the door of the kitchen, and there, making a blackberry short cake at the whitely secured table, stood his own niece, Nancy Norton!
 Why-its-Nancy!" cried he.
 "Yes," nodded Brother Sam. Nancy it is! The best, smartest creetur that ever stepped, and worth her weight in gold"
 Uncle Peter swallowed something like lump in his throat. Nancy" said he, twill you como back"-here he swallowed second lump-"to me for eighteen dollars a month? For I do verify b'lieve you will earn it." Nancy went up to him and kissed hiIp.
 "Yes Uncle Peter" said she, 'T'u come back"
 For the old man had learned lesson, and his teachers had been Nancy Nor