Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-16

of a good servant girl. True, his recon-
mendation was not given gratis, but An
tons patrons had the greatest reliance
and faith in him. His girls were fix
lures. like the brass faucets on the kitch-
en- sink; they seldom refused to work,
and they hardly ever wore out. So good,
indeed, were Anton's girls that he had
no more business to do.
In the main they were contented.
Largely they looked upon him as great
and true friend. Therefore, Anton felt
that they would have no objection to
hardening to his counsel; 1t would do
them no harm, and as for him-well,
perhaps Anton's smile grew even broad
err and more expansive as the idea fl
tered its way again through his fertile
mind.
And that day Anton Hegenmuller's lit
tie stenographer-one who had gradu-
ated from the ranks Of the domestic
got busy. The result of her labors ap-
peared in a small, characteristic missive
reading like this:
Dear Miss Brown / have found you
very. very much nicer place. 1 have been
watching your work closely. and the repu-
tation which you have made in your pres
ent position has earned this for you. l am
very, very glad TO tell you about 1t, and
know that you will like 1t and the lady
which you are going with will like you.
You are to quit your present employment
a week from next Thursday, giving one
weeks notice, and come TO nue.. Yours
truly.
AS Anton Hegenmuller sat at HE
desk and signed his name to several
hundred of these letters, his smile came
and went like heat lightning on sum-
mer evening. He had no misg1y1ngs
as to tahe result-nor need he. The sew
eral hundred "Saras" whom he had
placed on Murray HILL had extreme con-
fidence in his knowledge Of domestic
affairs and in his judgment of the char
acters Of feminine employers.
Therefore it was no surprise to An
ton when the morrow was yet young
to hear the constant choo-choo Of au-
tomobiles as they came to determined
stop at his curb. All day the frou-
frou of silken skirts, the perfume OF
scented garments, the naughty air OF
the ultra-fashionable, filed his office,
and the constant cry Of ''Sara's going!"
reverberated in his ears All, it was
sweet muSicI
But that was only the beginning.
Each day the procession OF carriages
that drew up to Antons door increased
in length, and in proportion to the per-
turbation of their occupants his anna
bility grew apace. For week the ex'
element continued-eXcitement over
the departure of many cooks and maids
from their kitchen homes. Streams OF
"Saras" in the afternoons, streams OF
madames in the mornings, and 10!
in eight days, without jar greater
than that made by the constant
bump bump of a rubber-tired wheel
against his curbstone, Anton's philan-
thropic idea had been carried out!
Seven hundred ladies on Murray
Hill and Whereabouts were commend
ing the industry and de1t skillfulness
of 700 new servants, and blessing the
genius of Anton who had provided
them. Seven hundred girls were won
ering wherein their new mistresses
and their new homes excelled. But
they did not doubt-no, Anton had said
1t was so!
Anton sat in his Office and multi
piled 700 by sand in front Of the five
was dollar sign. He went to his
little safe and verified the figures in
material roll Of banknotes reposing un-
ostentatiously in little drawer Then,
taking the paper, he scanned the
marine intelligence for the departing
steamship for Germany.
And the next day Anton's Office was
closed!-N. Y. Times.