The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-02

I'VE started IN first rate, he went /
on, running his eye down the Help /
Wanted, Female, column Of the pa
per from force Of habit MY mother
willed me her old, faithful servant
been with her ever since i was a child
1.-The real, old-faahioned kind, she was.
Well, Minnie just stayed long enough |
to justify my pre.nuptial eulogies Of
her cooking, when one evening my |
wife came in and remarked on an agi
tated whisper:
!" There's a Mr.. Minniel
(" Impossible, began, when she cut
me short
Yes, and he's come back He was
serving term in states prison; but
It's been shortened for good behavior
'Well, we had nothing against Mr.
Minnie, but we couldn't help wishing
when we saw our cook depart. bag and
baggage, that his had been life sen.
tence.
I'VE next tried a working house.
keeper. she was looking for a place
primarily, to store her vast belongings,
incidentally as a cook. We slowed our
selves compactly into the front Of the
apartment and left Mrs Adams and
her goods and chattels the rear. Her
regime lasted two days. On the third,
having done some washing for herself
(she refused to wash for usl, she
stepped on the window sill on her re-
turn from the fire escape. where she
had hung out her wash, and the win
dow sill gave way under her 250
pounds. We found her straddling the
wreck. lamenting that she was injured
for life and breathing forth dire
threats Of damage suits.
Our next was Olga, who claimed
to have worked for the royal family Of
Sweden. she had an incumbrance In
the shape Of a four-year-old child, but
we were desperate, so agreed to the
child. Various adventures marked the
reign Of Olga. One night after a hard
day at the office came home to find
crowd about our door and Olga
standing on the step wringing her
hands and moaning that her child was
lost. offered to try and find the child
II Olga would cease her wailing and
get dinner ready-and was called a
heartless brute for thinking Of dinner
| under the circumstances
4 notified the police and then, after
joining in the search for several hours
was told by my wife over the telephone
that the child had been found playing
In the back yard Several incidents o
this kind reconciied me to the inevi
table departure Of Olga, who also hat
a sort Of husband who made periodical
reappearances in the bosom Of hi
family.
Next came Old Virginia. a regula
southern nanny, who looked to be 9
years old at least She was respect
ful old darky and her soft 'yassam
to my wife's directions made a pleas
ant contrast to the abrupt manners Q
the more modern girls. Every girl ha
her day. and this girl Of 80 began t
get downcast toward the end Of th
month. Her mother was sick dow
south somewhere, and she was afrai
it was very serious II you could hay
seen Virginia with the weight Of a
most a century bending down he
shoulders, you would have realize
that any sickness her mother migf
have would be almost hopeless at th
advanced age she must have beel
Worse news on the very last day {
the month made It compulsory for h'
to leave at once for the sunny south
Mary. the Hungarian. who neY'
would wear shoes. and went aroun
in her stocking feet all day, was Il
next visitor to our kitchen. Mary d
+ not look like a belle. but her suitoI
we're many and at last she sueeumbs
to one persistent swain. She could n
tell which to choose. as she liked Il
man from Hoboken. but did not III
{ the place. and did not ike the mi
7 from the East Side. but did like Ne
L York. She finally chose New York
IS Mora was the last. She also HI
heart strings that were being pulled
from Ireland. A youth who loved b
!. kept writing her TO return to the Q
sod, and her old father also Joined B
appeals in vain. Nora liked Ameri
and If they could not find courage
follow her she was not going to 81
: I'D the land Of wine and honey for
!, while yet When she got enough me
sy she would return. She made . "
bal contract to stay with us for thr
years. We settled back with a sigh
relief Two weeks later We went
the country, in the mountains OF Per
) sylvania The banshee followed
:, Tor there we're no other white seryaE
! there and as there had been an ad
ton TO our family recently It was n
essary to have Nora along. No
would not eat with the colored 8
wants and the house would not provl
separate arrangements for her. Nc
is left In high dudgeon and Wild te
Fl grams to my wife's mother broug
no her up to help us with the baby
~ roufd get hack to civilization.