New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22

fair skin to be sallow. and her once clear eyes
lustreess. ,.,
ouoth she TO herself and the more pitifui she
felt. the more peremptory would be her tone
toward them suppOsng they came her way ana
an opening for animadVersion offered itseil'
In person Mrs Alison was tall and strongly
built: her back was broad and straight ana hrr
waist ample. ON either side OF her shrewd. inid-
dle-aged countenance the irOn-gr"y NAN was
smoothly cOmbed. and her cap was a w0fh or
art No other cap like IT existed on the island
Among the servants she was not popular, 50
long as they were the servants subject 10 her
SWAY and FESTIVE beneath her authority. Her
attitude toward them was that OF an ANXIOUS
minded. suspicious watchdog. ever on the aier'
against mischief. convinced that they We're Win
out exception. worthless crew ana Jealous Oh
any more favorable verdict on me part OF o'nerS'
But once beyond the bounds Of Carnoustie cas-,
tie there was not sly butler or a ne er-do-"eel
footman not d frOwsy hOuseinaid or depfedatoiI
cook but was To be found some time or othei
sitting by Mistress Alison's fire. ana tasting Oh
her teapot She had real hardness OF h"art
indeed she was soft when she might Wen nav
been harder 4 wheedling word. a coaxing I'm
moo. Mistress Alison was dart TO see ye again
would send all the wrinkles from her race III d
twinkling and insure better treatment at her
hands than the iatterer in many Instances had
cause to claim.
WAYS out Of favor. but who encroached more ana
presumed more on his dubious position than any
one else would have dared to 90 on one more
aSsured-and this was tie IDIOT IOSh.
Who knew the way to the little side door iean-
ing to the housekeepeTs own little domain better
than Tosh? Who shifted the fragrance % the
hot lam afar of, when the great brass pan WAS
on the fire and the froth was being scunlined
and who found little Jampot fun OF the same
delicious scum set aside for him wheh ne
tapped at the door and put his head inside, WIN
his ''Ony thin for the day. mistress 'ne
while his greedy eyes went straight 10 the Wen
known corner? who came whimpering Win
bleeding finger and a burned skin to be scoIdeu
and put 10 rights by the cleverest woman In tnt,
whole country round? Who got his feet toas'eu
and his poor soaked clothes dried Tor him. ana
a hot drink poured down his throat. many ana
many bowling winter day when the storm was
cruel and fierce. and the big helpless man mere
plaything for IT TO sport with? =.
Aisle would be openly kind 10 Tosh 'hen. No
"Cac wa WI We for a greedy. Rutsy loon. TOT
him on those occasions. Instead. she woud "N-
tend both hands to pull inside the feeble shlVsr-
ing form, pi,ifully seeking shelter ana consolh
lion. and while he was busy with bowl ana
spoon the good soul would e. about mutt"rihs
to herself THE Lords afflicted ane' The pu,r
crafur, The Lord forbid We should turn ava ms
ain afflicted" whereupon the poor fool w"nu
look m from the hearthrug on which ne was
iovfiIlIy seated. grooming his satisfaction hrtoiN
the IRE and nod at her with a Kind of dumb DC
yotion too deep for words and would ch"rriulIy
have laid down his he for her sake 'without
very well knowing what life was) AFTER he had
haI ne