The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12

vice with a m~lnlgterIs family. There was
no one except the minister and his mother,
who had ksart trouble. i was their only
servant and received Is 9 month
@Thsy lived In o semf-detached villa
s ~asP 1 fT SaS e EoG caEry t Sosi fS Tss q Is sO SSiiSs
% keep. four fires going. Besides this ]
had 10 carry water tp three Alghta. every
night e prepare the h~inistsr's next morn
re was no. an easy pisee, for the lady
always look Just 20 and the minister had 40
much company TINT / had % DO continually
running up and down etaifA 10 answer
the door bell. But maybe I could have
stood II al II my ratiuhs hadn't been 90
small. Over there yon know the servants
sThs mkt place / got Yves baby nurss
In q lawyers family. There VerO four
In family besides the baby and three Scr
vants besides me. The lady was o Quaker,
and while she waa almost as olOee a. the
servants good morning and good night
and askedf them little questions about them
selves a. you do here In Amefica.
'shS had q way OF going ~ and never
coming back e. the appointed time which
vants, especially to cool, for abe kept every
thing under lock and key. But she was
90 sweet spoken TO US all that abe usually
kept her servants Q long time. She paid
Ine q . month and I siept IN the room with
the baby.
sImight never have come TO America Tit
hadn't been for that cook. 81 was that
cross and contrary that there waa no get
ting along withher. She made me diecon-
tented and I wrote to a friend who had
S SS~ e T SSs H nsT1 s9 sSyis sS % Yer 10 come onS a' She
wrote back yes. :.
cas- this friend was out Of town and oould
not meet the ship abe got q friend OF hers
to come down and swear that l was her
cousin. I'd never laid eyes on the woman,
but knowing that II Maggie bad sent her
she was ali right nletsasA her sc= :he
daughter Of my mother's sister. .
Il went 70 board In Q house she knew
about and the eeoond week / got O place.
It was a. nurse for an eight months old boy.
The family we're spending the summer on
There I had 70 do all the work that the
cook couldn't do, but Instead OF heinR raid
81 or g q month I was paid 81. i didn't
have an easy time. for the house was always
full Of company and the lady never lifted
her hand 60 help, a. they often do on tina
other aide; but the room and the food were
the best I had ever had In my life.
when We came back to town In the fall
/ gave NOTICE and went 70 work In a factory
downtown. Ny work was pAStihg nsmpies
ifrRt month, and then as ] had become er-
pert I received the usual wages, Si3 q
week,
"Tho rush Oeason was long, but not any
longer than II had been when / wal bottlina
for the publlshinR house In Belfast, and w
were not paid for our extra work. But
/ looked az Il In this way. Over there FOL
the came houra, counting extra pay and all
I would have earned less than 50, while oveI
here I was getting el2.
AFTER the 'rish season, along about
Christmas time, tho force was cut down and
I was among thoee who were laid OF. ]
found that II was the slack eaaon 10 al
most all the factories n as / hadn't either
the clothes or experience for q qaleaWomAn
! went back into domestic service. You
sea, ] hadn't finished paying back tho
money / had borrowed TO get over herr
and I had promised 10 send back enough
each nonth to help my married sister raiss
sI took this place al ohambernaid a
$40 q month and when the factory reason
| came round ARAin-weIl, I Just thought tbs
whole thing over, ant oeeinE an / dont
have 70 pay board OF LODGINGS, have pretty
regular houfn and time 70 do my laundry,
I Thought I might a. wei stay.
Il amt bean In thle dcuntfy quito threG
| years yet, but I've got more money In
hank thar / could have made In Ireland,
| England or Scotland in twenty yeArs. ]
wear better olothes every day than l ever
had for Sunday at home and the people
I work for treat me like ! YVES q human
being inatAad Of a stick or STONE, That's
the reason we some 70 America and 1
In no hurry 70 no back"