Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-02
nastened to reassure her; you just go

aen lOOkeu mlSeraDle. .Or if I didn't hire out thought at going to factory. In factory you kin set all the time-and if there's one thing love to do it's settin'. And pop he has cross if ever he sees me settin'. To be sure, Sally Schnabel, she dis heartened me fur hirin' out. She !, hired there fur a while in town at such boardin' house where there was twenty-two corners and goers and she says she had to work wonderful hard. She says at home on the farm she had only six to cook and wash fur -and twenty-two towards six-that's difference, too-ain't?' ! '"Yes, anyhow" Hen duly acqui- esced.
 And Sally she saved them towners they wanted hired girl to be fool fur 'em-to run in room when they rung bell like as if she was a dog and to hand lem things round the table instead of doin' their own stretchin'. Them ways I wouldn't take to so good"
 T guess,' Hen agreed. And Sally she sayed the missus wouldn't leave her have her reg'lar comp'ny come and set up with her she tole Sally she didn't want no strange man comin' to her house. And Sally. she tole her pretty quick, He ain't no strange man. she says. I wouldn't go with no strange man. He's my reg'lar comp'ny.' Now, think, Hen! Accusin' Sally of travelin' with a strange man."
 ''To think anyhoww said Hen.
 But body could go to the rooft garden now and agin if you was hired in town. Oncet Abe he took me to such theater play at the rooft garden and if it wasn't grand yet! A man come on the stage named MT. Mont gomery. He was the villain. Now, if he wasn't somepin fierce! Honest to goodness, Hen, he was the worst man I ever seenw \, ]
 "Now" exclaimed Hen with forced sympathy. @
 But, then, to be sure, if I was in town stayin' me and you us we couldn't keep comp'ny Sunday even- i ings."
 Hens gloom deepened to despair.
 "Ain't, Hen?' Ollie tried to rouse him to some ardor. -. a.,' : s.. z.,.a
 The fact was the girl was weary Of her bondage to her fathers mercenari- ness and longed for the freedom from it that marriage would give her, espe- cially marriage with one so well fixed as Hen Mucklehenny, and she was hop ing by this suggestion of going to town to stir her lover into some alarm at the thought of losing her and thus precipitate their betrothal and mar riage. True, he had been coming to see her only few months, but where was the use of indefinite delay?
 "Ain't, Hen, it would be some lone some fur you if went off?'' she urged.
 Again Hen sqiirmed in his chair, but he made no answer.
 But I'm thinkin' at goin," Ollie threatened. "How would you put in your Sunday nights with he off, Hen?'
 "I'd come and set up with-with Eu- nice" he blurted out, Eff her and Abe wasn't keepin' comp'ny"
 Ollie turned and stared at b 'm stu- pidly.
 But that would give her false hopes. She'd think you peant it fur really. And I just tole you you ain't got no need 10 make so polite to her fur my sake"
 Tt would be fur my own sake, Ol- lie," Hen stammered.
 But Ollie did not grasp his meaning "To anyhow hear about me and see my folks-ain't?" she said, thus inter- preting his words. "Yes, well, but She doubtfully shook her head at such a questionable manner of courting her.
 Would the folks leave you go to town to work somepin," Hen asked. unable to keep touch of hope out of his tone.
 T just would take and up and go! declared Ollie. I've got my age and kin go if I want. But to be sure my bein' of age ain't no use to me when I'm Twin with pop. To be sure when I'm living off of him I must do all where he says"
 "Must Abe, too?" Hen asked, with unexpected and irritating irrelevance.
 'Tf Abe must, tool" she repeated his question. Well, anybody would know that his bein' a male that way he wouldn't be tied down like a female, fur all he has to obey to pop a good bit"
 Don't your pop and nom uphold to his keepin' comp'ny with-with Eu- nice"-Hen dragged the question out fin an agony of mbarrassment-"'like what you saved awhile back-that him and her would be settin' out on the back porch if your nom didn't jawT'
 "was' that so interestin' to you, HenT Ollie asked a bit wonderingly. "Wells 1t would stand to reason they wouldn't want Abe to throw hisself away on no bound girl where couldn't bring him no aussteuer and Abe so well fixed as he'll be and could marry near any girl in the township"
 But what's Abe's views?" Hen in- quired. Does he favor her agin your pop and nom?"
 'Well, to be sureI Ennice would be anyhow dumm if she didn't try to get our Abe. him bein' her only chanct, fur pop won't never leave her go none. and she don't never see other ones. nor other ones don't see her neither. And, to be sure. Abe he favors her some too"