Sharp County record., 1895-12-19

the room, for the time was limited to a
few hours when the new maid and her
charge would arrive.
L wonder if she will come like the
wolf on the fold, bringing the cub with
her." asked Herbert to himself; 81 sup
pose the correct thing will be to send
the carriage to the depot to meet the
train. Two o'clockl By George! that
train is due now. l must rush Owen
off at once"
So the coachman was dispatched to
the train, but scarcely had the sound
OF the horses feet died away on the ave-
nue. when hack drove up to the house
and Herbert, who was just going out,
saw that the baby and its nurse had
arrived. He ran down the steps and
opened the door of the carriage.
81 am very sorry" he began, shut
there was q misstatement about the
time. My sister wrote that" Then
he stopped. He could not 60 on with
q fabrication when a pair of clear,
radiant eyes were looking into his.
"You are Mr.. Savin ?" asked the maid,
as she handed out fluffy bundle,
whence faint murmur proceeded.
"Yes. But l shall expect you to call
me Mr. Herbert" he said as he let the
bundle tumble into his arms, but made
no motion to receive it.
81 shall do nothing of the kind" was
the surprising response, and then Her
bert, who had just had his ears meta
phorically boxed, noticed daintily-
shod foot on the carriage step, and a
rather tall young woman jumped light
ly to the pavement in a panner that
indicated a perfect familiarity with
carriage department.
'If you will bring the baby into the
house 1 will relieve you Of it, as you
don't seem to know what to do with it, y
she said, and Herbert meekly led the
way and ushered her into the library.
"Come, darling she said. turning on
him so suddenly that he almost dropped
the darling" who now began to wrig-
gle and scream. That brought Herbert
to his seEses.
81 will send for the housekeeper, and
she will take you to her room. I pre-.
sumo you know just what your duties
are, and it will not be necessary for me
to explain them. If there is anything
you need you can mention it to Mrs
Daniels. You will find her very kind
"Then you have not engaged nurse
for the baby?" said the girl, pushing
back the masses of ruddy hair from a
very attractive face.
"No, my dear-I beg pardon-Miss-
Miss-you have not mentioned your
name"
The look she gave htHT was wither.
ing. Then she walked out of the room
and went in search of the housekeepe1
herself.
"Whew!" said Herbert. "a minis
ter's daughter! By George. she might
be kings daughter by the way she car
ries herself What possessed Alice to
engage such girl as that and bring
her here? She's much too fine for the
place."
He did not see her again that day,
But the baby was dressed and sent
down, and he experienced degree OF
| 81 ,teb ,uhnn ha ~ thot ha
was not prepared for in the least. In
the first place, 4 was a chubby infant
of years growth. Then it was q per-
feet cherub in its appearance, with the
sweetest and most appealing smile,
dimples of the cherubic order, and
golden hair that fluffed about it's face
like an aureole. The housemaid brought
it in, and Herbert, after admiring and
petting it, asked in an Indifferent man.
ner, as If the thought had just occurred
to him, where was the baby's nurse.
taking her comfort" was the reply
made in us flippant tone as the young
woman might assume to the brother OF
her mistress, and who was, in a certain
sense, the head of the house.
"What do you mean ?" he asked.
"Why, she's that high and mighty
we darsnt speak to her, just as if she
was any better than the rest of us il
she do wear better clothes"
"Oh, she dresses well, does she?"
| NNac e,,, pho do opJ cha ~, lync ,,,o
and Miss Daniels hold the baby an wait
on her as if she owned u.s."
"She hos never lived out before" said
Herbert, "and you are to be patient and
considerate with her until my sister re-
turns; then she will make permanent
arrangement to suit herself. No quar-
relmg, remember"
Something is wrong" said Herbert;
"this is no meek little girl, the daughter
of n country parson, II | mistake not
she is an adventures, plotting some ul-
terror scheme. And yet with that face
II seems impossible!"
Not again was the baby's nurse visi-
bic on that day. Herbert sent for the
housekeeper, but she had either been
bought over or won over, and had moth
ing but words Of praise for the new
maid, She declared that she was a per-
feet lady
This proved confirmation of his
fears. A perfect lady going out us u
nursemaid was not probable condi-
tion Of things. lie spent the night In