The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-16
VICTIM OF
NGMTNGSS
She Scrubbed Horse Blank
cts Before Sunrise, Washed
the Garden Tools and Was
Able to Live Until She
Cleaned tho Roof on o
Hot Day.

Jake, and III give EN- a good sudsing, as
today is Saturday"
1.-THE horse blankets!" exclaimed the
new hired help.
Eyes, the law of the barn as well as
the house is neatness."
Jake brought in the blankets, and Mrs.
Plummer said to her niece:
Here, you wash them checkered ones
fust and the old striped mes after in the
same water, and then rinse EN- in Clean
They amt fit to tech" said the girl
s~ullenly as she looked at the old blankets.
Il never heard of n ones washing
horse blankets till l came here"
1.-THE more's the pity. | guess you
hain't been used to good housekeeping in
your mothers home. Our family wuz
brung up to be neat, but when Brother
Beza married your ma he had to say
goodby to a neat house."
MY mother was as good a h~ousekeeper
as ever l want to see, and she made a
happy home for pa and me-" said the girl,
c~oloring angrily.
Taking no notice of the girls remark,
Mrs. Plummer said, after you suds EN-
don't forgit to rinse 'em, and But she
broke off suddenly, exclaiming: well, /
never! Eff Jake hasn't gone and left the
print of his big, ugly boot on that outer
doorstep"
81 hope he'll leave a good many more"
muttered Hepsey under her breath.
Her aunt swept off the step and then,
with a pail of warm water and a scrub
bing brush, restored the outraged door-
step
"Now I'll do the cellar stairs" she said,
"and do you git them blankets out before
the suns high"
In a few moments Hepsey heard her
calling, "Hepsey Barney, you come here"
The girl wiped her hands on her calico
apron and went as she was hidden.
Pointing to a spot on the stairs, her aunt
exclaimed:
Didn't you scrub them stairs down on
Wednesday,"
eyes" replied the girl.
"Well, there's that stain where your
uncle split the cider Sunday night. |
guess it's time you larned that spots amt
to be left a week on my cellar stairs
Why, I wouldn't hev slept for the night
eff I'd a-known l he'd such lookin steps.
Git me the box of sand. Mebbe the grit
will take the spot off"
Hepsey obeyed and, returning to her
washing, rinsed and wrung out the blan-
kets and carried them to the clothesline
back of the house. Jake was near there,
making a bed for garden sass" as that
had to be attended to before the spring
work on the farm began.
"Lemme hang 'em for yer" he said
pleasantly. '3They air a sight too heavy
for you to lift"
81 guess you'd think so if you'd been
a-washing 'em," replied the girl as she
watched him stretch them on the line
with his strong arms. When he had fin
ished, she thanked him and picked up her
basket to return to the house.
t"Mrs. P.'s a master hand at n~eatness,
amt sheY' he asked.
you'll think SO before you've been
here a month";" remarked Hepsey. break
ing off a twig from a shrub and throwing
it on the ground.
"Pick up that there twig," called her
aunt, who, having finished the stairs,
had come out to take a look at the hem
house and ascertain whether the law of
~neatness and order had beer violated,
sand you had better do up the front
porch now. ThereW be no time before
Z oStS " lhC DdA1ll anu SAtlIH Atuucl.
Hepsey turned to go, but said softly
when her aunt was out of hearing. what
will you think of having to wash the
garden tools and everything used on the
farm oncet in two weeks?"
"The lands sake!" exclaimed Jake,
bursting into a laugh.
"Hush-she'l zeal you" said the girl,
smiling at him as she turned back toward
the house.
Farmer Plummer had driven into mar
that morning, but returned home in
for dinner, which Hepsey and her
aunt promptly placed on the table at IL
Jake and Lloyd. the hired men,
sat on n side, with Hepsey opposite,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Plummer presided at
the he9d and foot of the table.
Your dinner smells right good, Mrs.
p" said the farmer, as he cut off large
slices of corned beef and passed the
plates to bis wife, who piled on cabbage,
and beets with generous hand,
for stinginess was not one of her faults.
1T tastes as good as it SMELLS" COM
Jake, lifting his broad bladed
knife, on which were balanced the vege-
tables the aroma of which was SO appe-
to the hungry workmen.
Hepsey had taken off her soiled calico
apron and replaced it with q neat white
one and fastened a blue bow in her hair.
This change IN her attire did not escape
Jakc's notice.
One day Mrs. Piummer went to a chest
Of drawers in which her linen was kept.
cry Of horror rose to her lips and star
Hepsey, who was preparing to set
the milk, which Jake had just
In. She ran to her aunt, and
even Jake turned back from the doorstep
to see IL he we're needed.
eOh, what is it, aunt?' cried the girl.
Almost speechless, her aunt pointed to
a linen sheet which had a small brown
spot en- it. Look at thatl" she gasped.
"Hepsey Barney, THAT'S some or your
work! ] trusted you to do 'em last week
when / was to Neighbor Worth's fu-
why, / thought 1t would come out In
the wash next time. It was only a spot
from the iron"
From the iron!" exclaimed Mrs. Plum-
mer. Didn't you rub them irons before
fetched 'cm to the sheets I"
II didn't think Of it." said Hepsey,
wondering If Jake thought she was
worker. Ret j alte ea"f r
t1rning way went TO tne barn, ror some
how he never could bear to hear Hepsey
scoldRd.