Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-10-05
TIE LITTLE SERVANT.

HE Ill LIZ DIN "a d :
Very small thin and tanned. in rags,
with large wondering eyes soft ana stu
bid. she it was who brought to the
chateau in the summer time the fresh
eggs and milk from the farm. She would
say on entering the kitchen: Here they
are" and then stand waiting at the door
until someone replied, "All right, gazing
at the kitchen untensils, the bright cop
pers, cleaning in the sunlight and nery-
ously twisting her fingers in her apron
with half-frghtened air.
The cook. clothed in white, and so dig
nified, seemed to her a mysterious per
sonage, almost imaginary, Of another
sphere, though he was right there before
her. She was the daughter of one or
the farm hands whose wife was dead.
Scarcely anyone knew her by her real
name, Germaiue; meeting her so often,
switch in hand driving the geese
through the thick bOrdered lanes, they
usually spoke Of her as LA Gauleuse.
One day, the vicar passing by, win
his breyiary under his arm, had gently
paired her on the cheek, saying, . ma
har' as he did so. This pat and TINS
"hai hav were almost her entire history
She related the story to herself every
DAT, with renewed interest at each re-
cital. Somtimes her geese behaved very
badly, causing hr much trouble, partlcu-
Iarly the biggest one. She would much
have preferred tending me sheep, because
sheep are gentle, ana one can play win
them But she was too small. Later,
perhaps, her dream might be realized;
Next Palm Sunday she would be .
years old
One morning the cook said to her:
"There will be company to dinner. stay
h1fy
a different thing, indeed, from the pat OF
the kindly vicar She felt herself fairly
bursting with pride. Now, decidedly,
she would see something of life.
In the pantry, whore she took her DIN
ner. they made her drink some VINE. III
was the first time she had ever tasted
the red water, as she called 1t. she
made a face and put back. the glass,
but the cook, who was inclined to be
humorous, notwithstanding his solemn
appearance. forced two or three swallows
down her throat for the fun of 1t. she
became intoxicated and chartered away
at ii great rate. She told of her adven-
ture with the vicar, and of how the
wicked geese used t. bite her poor bare
legs almost to the bone. They made her
drink more. she became sick; she was
obliged to lie down in the Kitchen across
two chairs, her thin arms dropping to
the floor. Stupid thing" muttered the
fixed. She suffered and moaned, scarcely
comprehending what was going on about
her.
Lucen. the son of the baroness, boy
10 years old, came into the room, and,
seeing the sick child stretched out there,
went up and pinched one of her attenu-
ated red little arms until the blood came.
She uttered cry and looked at him. He
had on velvet coat and a beautiful col
larette of lace, over which fell his curls
Of golden hair She smiled. nodded her
head two or three times i'll token of sub
mission, thinking Of her geese perhaps,
who We're quite us bad, but not so pretty,
and pulling her sleeve up to her shoulder,
caressed for Il long time and with evil
dent pleasure the hurt received at his
hands.
Later on the baroness became inter
ested in her. When twas decided that
she could go to Paris with the family
as little femme de chamhre she was de.
lighted ON account of Lucian and very
sad hecauS. of her geese. She drove
them to pasture once more, lingering
long by the way. She spoke to them
even;
"'rhink Of it, am going away to Pari,
and you must stay here" She muir
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another she fondlcd the geese, thinkin.
how pretty il would be- a goose with q
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