New-York tribune., 1907-10-20

adding a fresh gloom, or else a fresh romance. to
life.
Guess what her name is" said my mother in
q gioating voice: "Anastasiar'
shall not soon Sorget that moment of aston
ishment; life assumed at a piquant charm Of
promised adventure.
She turned out as original as her Christian
name had led US to suppose; Her expression was
dI Irea shrewdness; Of servilty and impudence; Of
Tger ,,a,,. ii4fSlon i AIiu HFepiesslDe mlschei.
senlHlehts alacrlty and stubbOrness. She Was
half confirmed spinster and eccentric; half orig
appearance. with the usual dented tin box and
fare IN manner which implied that She had
sri1L,ss st seihS at her command, Anastasa seemed
fe speak that Englifed"' she Informed me
In the name o God we're sayin to me-" She
~ ~ OaS her tongue at me In a friendly fashion,
Degan pounding upstairs with the yellow tin box
with ,h h[st oistncIiVe action was to fall upstairs
up the pieces OF the toast dish with a furiousiy
manded of her, Anastasia preserved a nraensnt
s.lshce, NY mother pressed her for a reason
..Them's the damdest ould contrairy stairs,"
1910 1Iat u.o yo4 say AnastasiaE inquired my
her Sitb IA & trg1d voice Anastasia brushed past
nave Q mutterin' 10 mesef"
AS she went through the duties Of the day she
gave herself instructions in mumbing Under
person who could heaT Very % S4Rqlng gT56e ne5G b
SAC SIC Iii Tie bell rang and she would hurry through
ooor. Ny mother called "Anastaslal" and
sic s.e Wonid run past me- whispering distinctly
I1ietes Inc mistress screechin' for me now
Alhough Anastasia's VOca bularv cornprised s1rcb
c.leA pected words, correctly pronounced as Con
sttnt onai, reversible and ''oblgation" her
.naRtit9de Tor catching the correct sound OF the
-tost Simple ~oT0S was rs strange as her inca
paclly Tor hearing new ones and adhering to
lii enc would ask for ''th'inyins.' and only
lols experience with Anastasia's speech vouId
thapie one 10 gather that she was asking for tha
S.ilons- The eggs "th iggs" ..hreal,fa So
Diettus, ana "talioca'' 'tarrypoker Durin,
meals, however. she kept her ears well omen III
IIoI II conEsrsaton. imbibed such phrases as took
heF fancy, and rejected those for which She bsd
~ ~.lsll mouse which was entirely occupied by neVlv
HsStled .sSs people with child or two apiece
1leh an gnid incubator said The unmarried
As5laStasa with ineffable dIsdain
Inc reign or Bridget Bourke was bricf + corl9
sDteteli inls on her arrival from one look - ~
sss, ~nlch were green, freckled with brown
5Pots-, fer body was mere. female Yyhirn fen-
slt55u Dy a vast iinagnation-and there were rats
~ l4e mouse! Bridget lost no time in discn,erir.,
the existence OF The rats She nrorI,red a a. ~
S SSe-h .oil car Ted hirn, pafnpered him and bowed
.ONI 70 MN tIli the creature rerIete "a
30 osdafilful 10 lock sideways AT a mouse .C.o1
pIosper MN! he's a darlla' mouseri" she u,r1i9
,1SA~lIH IN ecstasy. ] Veutured 20 remind ber ~
nsa hot rlo us Of one rat. Amt he verv eco
neoheal 70 spare himself that much ann vance
rue replied with heat. when he knows 15ebt MI
he smell OF hims enouRhF' Her new ts'.u ,G Hel
,.o~SpsI' cast slight flur the valiant rcnt,ts
ttiton ~ the tom Descending one night ~ no
s3tenths discovered Bridget sprinlno H.
il,aIiea nooT i with lavish drops out of bottle
IT'S Dity to waste the gin." remarked.