The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
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Causes of a Sharp Answer Given by a
Woman to a Caller.

Causes of a Sharp Answer Given by a
Woman to a Caller.
"You don't happen to know of an hon
est, Woodworking acrobat out of job,
do your" asked the lady of the house,
YEARLY
'Of course, I DON'T" replied the bach
elor girl. ''Why?"
Did you ever live in fiat? IF you
did. your
ooh, I see. You want to get out some
| of your winter things from the top shelf
of the dark closet, and you want some
| one to lift down the preserves, your
| best doylies and the china you are go
| ing to nave mended some time when
you think of it before you can get at
| them"
You don't see at all, and you needn't
| think you do. 1t isn't my winter things
and if it was, I'd like to know what
use husband is if he can't lift down
few things once in WHILE
II don't know much about husbands,
anyhow" said the bachelor girl, meek
| ly, 'and 1 don't know at all what you
are driving at
IT'S all living in the first fat" sighed
the lady of the house 1T is spelling
nature, and making Henry say things
about the kind Of a woman who would
| make a good second wife!"
Eyes, dear. Which being interpret
ed?' said the bachelor girl.
| means that the first fat is expect
ed to be g kind of intelligence office
for the rest of the building. Now this
morning, l was expecting visit iron
woman who used to know Henry
when he was in college. She-wen.
sometimes wonder that Henry had the
taste to marry me when all the other
girls he knew were so unpleasant Any
how, | was anxious to look my best
/. when she came, and when the bell rang
/, violently half an hour before it could
possibly be time for her to come was
mad. I just knew that she had come
early in the hope of finding me unple-
! pared, and l was not going to be caught
that way. The bell kept pealing, but l
took the time to put on my pretticst
matinee before l answered it. Then
did so with such a sweet smile that 1
; hoped she wouldn't notice that my hair
needed curling"
Seems to me that your faith in hui
man nature is pretty strong yet, dear,
remarked the bachelor girl. What
did she say?"
1T wasn't she. 1t was a tall, stout
: lady, very red in the face, who said,
sternly: I've been ringing your bell for
half an hour, but 1 suppose you were
busy in the kitchen and did not hear
J me. Where do she Downeys live?' l
replied, little tartly it must be con-
fessed, that had never heard of the
l DoWneys You never heard of them
| Why, that is very funny; they said
that they lived at No. 1872, and she
peered past me as If she thought l had
them hidden in my parlor. This is not
| 7 I,1,- f-
| went slowly away with an injured air
and an evident intention of telling the
Downeys when she found them what a
very undesirable neighbor they had
AS I closed the door an imperative
whistle called me to the elevator Say
| lady, called a voice, what's de mat
ter wild de lady in de top fiat east; l
can't get her t. come m take her ice
Off"
well, I never!'' gasped the bachelor
girl Il see now; you want the aero
bat to-
Help me keep my mental equilibr-
UNI by answering all the rings and
whistles and attending to other peo-
pies affair for them. Yes, that's it.
Well l controlled my feelings suffi-
GENTLY to go and start to curl my hair.
when another ring at the bell called
me away. In my excitement l careful
ly laid the hot iron on my dear little
mahogany table, and, summoning once
more my sweetest smile, 1 touched the
bell button and opened my door, No
one came in but the little girl who
lives in the top fiat. Did you ring my
bell just now?' I asked. 'Yes'm Nam
ma said she couldn't be stopping her
| work every few minutes to let me in.
| and should just ring your bell and
| you'd let me in, as you hadn't much to
| do"
MY dear, am actually faint"
Il was, | can assure you" retorted the
lady of the house. Before my caller
came, there were three more rings; one
to ask the most minute questions about
the size and rent of the vacant fat; one
to inquire about some people who lived
here three years ago, and the third to
ask if I knew any people named John
son in the building, and, by the way, the
the Johnstons have their name in large
letters over the second belli"
and you kept your reason!" said the
| bachelor girl, admiringly.
Eyes, but lost my temper. When my
guest remarked that she had expected
poor Henry to marry quite different
| kind of person, I said: Yes, no doubt:
but then, mans taste improves as he
grows older; he was very young when
you knew him. Somehow, 1 doubt if
that woman will ever be very fond of
me-"
] Yes, dear and so do I. What did
| Henry say when you told him?'
| 'I-er-forgot to tell him, but it makes
no difference, anyhow; there are some
things a man can't understand. even
/ when he tries. While she was here,
| answered one whistle at the elevator
| and was asked who in this building had
| ordered a quart of lima beans and
| pound of butter from Smiths. Then there
was a ring which l answered TO find
| gorgeous female who wanted to know
If anybody in this neighborhood wanted
a lady to cook for them; there was also
a girl who demanded Mrs. McNulty,
who lives on the third floor, and wash
erwoman who requested me to keep
| Mrs. DUNES linen in my parlor until
she returned from a shopping trip. That
isn't all, but hear the bell again.
Say, lady" said a shrill voice in the
4 hail. somebody in this here building
got a package from Sellums by mis-
take Saturday Do you know who it
/ as?"-New York Sun.
HAPPY DAYS FOR THE SULTAN OF
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! I'm glad that there is fighting in
| The islands of the sea;
| I'm glad that Uncle Sam has gone
| To set the Tagals free;