Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-27
NTHE ROOMOF THE DEADREVEL.

I mus begin an over again the
weary heart breaking search for work.
No employment Of mine seemed to last
long: always a new struggle to obtain
my daily bread lay dGrllening before
mo.
Br the month was unfavorable. Al
The beginning of August work. at any
rate in LondoH,is scare. Hooked over
the advertisements in the nenny morn
ing papers. but could find nothing which
even promised well.
One afternoon. however. 7 obtained
tho loan of the Times. and i'm 1t 7 found
the following advertisement:
WANTED-CulWed lady Wnde~ so
years preferred 90 take charge of val
liable pet during owners absence in
country; care-taler left in house; lib
eral hOnOr2rium. apply to-day Fri
day} to- N1rE. LEBPUN.-
And here followed the address of o
house i'm enc of the old-fashionod
squares I'm the north of London. An
omnibus landed me within about ten
minutes wall, of The square.
The exterior of the house which 1
was seeking was at first sight plain
then saw that the handles of the bells
were of sphinNes' head and each knock
Cv q bronze cats head.
An old man servant asked me my bus
mess and. ON hearing IT, admitted me
without q moments hesitation
A bronze sphinx stood sentinel on
either side Of the great chimney place
and the walls We're covered with paint
ings such as are found in Egyptian
t0mbs.
But an was changed when the wide
door OF the drawing room was thrown
open. Here was France. France of the
beginning of the century was seen in
the deep crimson hanging sajns:
France of to-day i'm the small wood
fire which smOiiCred on the hearth
for The evening was cbill-in The var
uished boards, and i'm the very places of
the furniture.
My attention was fixed by q figure
standing i'm the middle of the room
The figure was small. slight and frag-
lie. draned i'm long gray folds and
crowned by q bUshy mass of gray hair.
Z It's arm was OUtstretched and on its
wrist sat an old parrot.
The old bird and its olded mistress
seemed 20 understand each other per-
fectly.
"I called. madame 7 began, when
seated. "in answer TO YOUR advertise
ment which / saw in the Times this
morning
All ma fol. yes. That announce
I ment- what trouble il has given me.
/ You cannot figure to yourself the per-
sons I have seen to-day who all de-
I clared themselves ladies of cultivation
But for YOU. mademOiSelie. IL is diff
l fercnt thing. I could not leave You
| alone i'm this great house; yOU are too
young. too pretty. Il wOuld-how shall
. I say it9-it would walk out of the con-
! vo1iences.'
I "I impl0re YOU madame. not 70 let
| considerations like these influence YOU.
| 7 am entirely dependent upon my work,
and there is so little work I can do.
"Ah. we shall see. My doctors tell
mo must positively have 4 change of
\ air. My parrot. Gustave like other old
/ people-f0r he is older still than L
cannot bearto be deranged in his habits,
| he is miserable if he quits this house.
/ cannot leave him 10 servants. so I
/ thought if could get some lady to see
TO him. to- talk to him during my TWO
months absence-Gusteve. GOst thou
think thou couldst stay with mademoi-
/ selle5"
Gustave. with great soleunity, fut-
tered to the floor. and. to my alarm,
began solemnly hopping around me in
ever lessening circles. At last he stop
ned i'm front Of me. and looking straight
up into my face. emitted sound like
drawing q cork. and screaming out in a
, hirh. fast. monoton0us shrek:
Pretty sirl. pretty girl. don't cry
| my dear: Con't like being kissed
That's what pretty girls are made for.
Ha, la, ha"
Nme. LeDrun was apparently quite
! satisfied. and then and there we settled
our business arrangements. salary,
/ which was indeed liberal. included AS
+ I rose to go Nine. Lebrun said:
"Two last injunctions must give you
You will nC-. viii you, leave Gustave Tor
more than two hours at a time? And
! YOU must not permit him to so into the
! cellars. MademOiselle he is a curious