Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-23
DAILY SHORT STORY
Miss ChiIders' Maid.
lOrlginaI.I


Eyes, miss. Step in
Miss Childers' maid got into the vic
toria and, leaning back as if she had
been born in a victoria. rode to Mont
view, where her mistress was expected.
when will your mistress arriveT'
asked Mrs. Sanderson when the maid
had made Miss Childers' excuses.
by the same train tomorrow,
ma fam
singular" muttered the lady, that
she should have sent her maid ahead.
You can go to Miss Childers' rooms.
They are the suit on the second floor
to the right"
Later Miss Childers' maid noticed a
gentleman in evening dress going down
to dinner, and during the evening.
while she was passing the time in the
sewing room doing some mending, he
stumbled in.
Pardon me-" he said 81 didn't
know there was any one here"
You're eXcusablc, sir"
"Arc you Miss Childers' maid pm
81 am. sir
'You have very nice mistress, am
told
"Passable, SIR
you're not very enthusiastic"
my mistress doesn't need charac
ter from her maid"
TRUE. Not every mistress could get
a character from her maid
"They say n man is never hero to
his own valet"
"Did you get such sprightly repartee
from Miss Childers:'
or
ON repartee. She has matters of i'm
portance to interest her and keep her
from chatting her interiors"
II trust she hasn't the keen edged
tongue of her maid
'She may need it. I'm told she's
thinking of marriage"
us she to get fine fellow?"
81 trust lie will be above bandying
words with her maid
That depends upon the maid. One
as pretty and as bright as she who has
come here before her mistress would
tempt any man."
The maid lowered her eyes.
"What do you consider Miss Childers'
best trait:"
..Thnt she is fully aware of her own
faults"
How long do you think it will take
her to become aware of the faults of
the man she is to marry" u
Miss Childers will have the good
sense to ignore them. All people have
faults. 1t is the duty of married cou-
pies always TO find excuses for each
other"
You mean that If her husband pass
heavy on his hands chatting with her
maid his wife will find an excuse for
him.
eff she does, he will not deserve such
Il wife,
Then if you were Miss Childers he
would not fare so WELL 7fE
1--WE are discussing Miss Childcrs.
not her maid"
I'm this matter let us consider the
maid. You blame me, a gentleman,
for chatting with you, Il servant. Sup
pose Miss Childers were 10 become
pauper and 90 out to service. Would
you expect me to recognize her for
what she had been?''
THAT is different"
"In what respectT'
Miss ChilderS would be n lady who
had only recently become Il servant
How long would she need to be n
servant before my recognition of her
would be inexcusable?"
at would never be ineXcuSable."
every well. Suppose you were Miss
Childers and had only today Income
her maid
The girl cast quick glance at him.
Suppose she said I'm reply, that
you had only this afternoon become
Mr. Reginald Sanderson's coachman''-
Good he said "You being Miss
Childers' maid and l Mr. Sanderson's
coachman, 1 am free to tell you that
this is case of love ut first sight"
A long pause.
would you, were you Miss Childers,
consider it Il proper thing TO become
your maid?'
'And would you, being Mr.. Sander
son, demean yourself by becoming
your coachmanI"
II would-to sec. a woman unguard-
ed who might be my wife"
"And what could be Miss Childers'
object lie asked, sin becoming her
own maid?
"Once upon time" continued the
man, "a princess was betrothed to a
prince she had never seen. Desiring
TO observe him incog., she personated
her own maid and went to visit the
princes mother. The prince, poor fool,
thinking to see his fiancee when she
was not masquerading-in fact, to do
the masquerading himself-drove his
carriage to the station. where 10 and
behold, he found not her, but her
maid. Disappointed at. not meeting
the mistress. he solaced himself by
chatting with the maid and-lost his
heart"
Miss Childers' maid looked up with
smile. But she was Miss Chill
mean the princess
And tho coachmap xvos Mr. Con