Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-17

n"iu IL Is 10 bring things Just to a turn |
II You are cook and waitress at the same
ume-the ungrateful girl--and they
having private room for their meals.
winch makes things even harder.
IL tell you what I'll do. Mrs.
sweeny, said the heroine slowly. III
be waitress for the private room today.
What, you, MISS?
Yes, /. 1t will be rather fun for
change, but You must not tell my uncle
or aunt. Now, not word. know will
ENJOY the novelty, and | will be hero
promptly at | dressed just as Minnie
always was. And silencing the good
landladys protests she returned to her
nome to don neat print dress she owned
and to borrow white apron from one of
her aunt's servants.
AT ! o'clock she reappeared before
the still protesting but very grateful
Mrs. Sweeny, and with a courtesy an
nounced herself ready to serve the
strangers
| Mrs. Sweeny pronounced herself de.
lighted with her waitress, as she turned
her around and around, and then arm.
ing her with a tureen of soup sent her
In to make her first appearance in a
new role"
"Oh Kathleen, how did you darer'
we all exclaim in one breath as she
| pauses.
Very easy, my dears. Just wait I'M
til you become victim to a really
monotonous existence and see to what
distance you will go for diversion.
Why, school life is the widest kind of
fun compared with visit to my uncle
and aunt But to resume.
Seated at table in the private din
ing room imagine a good looking man,
very much like Mr.. Wrinkle we will
say, but not quite so serious looking
Perhaps he had no occasion to be so at
that time. Picture to yourself fine
looking old gentleman opposite. Upon
this scene entered the waitress. Neither
gentleman looked up, but went on with
a discussion they We're having as to
whether a collegiate course was i'll all
cases very advantageous thing for u
man. As they were finishing their soup
the son looked up at the waitress and
asked for solne bread, which, of course
she had forgotten, not being used to her
duties. After that somehow and much
to her discontinue she met his eyes con-
stantly She began to wonder if he
could suspect her suddenly assumed
character, but she decided that was Mt
terly impossible, and her presence Of
mind was in a measure restored.
after the fish Mrs. Sweeny, with
many apologies for the weight handed
her q dish of roast beef charging her to
be careful and not let it drop. 1t was
very heavy. md her arms trembled and
her face flushed. and she decided wait
ress' life was not all JOY. As she ap
preached the table with her burden she
stumbled little, and the young man
jumped up, exclaiming impetuously:
"'Let me help you.
"Their eyes met over the beef while
a deep blush mounted to the brow Of
the waitress. Then the young man gen
tly took the dish from her hands and
placed it upon the table The older man
was oblivious of this scene, being alb
sorbed by this time in his paper. The
waitress left the room as soon as posi-
BILE and tortured herself outside with
conjectures as to whether it was custom
airy for members Of her calling to be as
sisted with heavy dishes by the guests.
Time passed before she had come to
any decision, and she was obliged TO
return to her post with regret for her
rash act ranking in her bosom. How
ever. the meal was soon over, and with
every blessing showered upon her head
by the overworked landlady she return
ed to her home just as her aunt was
beginning to wonder at her absence.
LAS she sought her room with visions
fitting through her brain of her com
Portable wrapper, her soft little bed and
all the delights of a good, long rest
these blissful dreams were dispelled by
her aunt who reminded her that it was
after and that she must fix flowers on
! the dinner table and be dressed by at
, the latest, as their friends might arrive
early. With many secret anathemas
upon their heads she gave up her lux
urious plans, for the sake of two old
fogies, as she impatiently thought and
when, finally, from her seat in the par
: lor she heard sounds of their arrival heI
, face was clouded with an expression
. far from amiable. Her uncle and aunt
hurried out to welcome their guests, but
she sat still with her eyes fixed on
space, as she YEARLY wondered how shs
r could ever stand this ennui until thu
t time for her release.
"She heard them approach the parlol
r and then enter, and she languidly ros'
and slowly turned, and then with al
3 astonished start she gazed into the eye
= of the handsome young man to whom
2 she had served dinner some few hour
q before. 1t was evident, from his expires
sion of mingled wonder and amusement
' that he recognized her, and his beautl
q full eyes fairly sparkled as he notices
n her CONSERVATION.
m "Well, girls, not to continue m,
- story into the wee sma' hours, | vii
70 leave TO your imagination how she sat
=. isfied her new friends curiosity as T.
40 her afternoons servitude. And sup
: nose il is not necessary to assure yo
= that there was no more monotony 10
- her from that time. She saw the youn
n man frequently-in fact, every day
- and,,-her face saddens-"with init
macy came the knowledge that sh
loved him
r. An impressive pause. Kathleen burie
w ber face in her hands. Weare all SO eA
- cited we are sitting on the very edge
no our seats