Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-30

cessors telephoned that it would send a maid who really would meet all re- quirements, though she had no refer ences. Mrs. Young. worn by a week of ''picked-up" breakfasts and lunch cons and restaurant dinners, eagerly asked that she be sent.
 Tt is no matter if we are all mur. dered in our beds or if the house is footed" she reflected wen live a conPle of weeks anywayw
 The new maid, Annie, arrived neat, oldish person, with a slight foreign accent. She had come from Cleveland, she said reticently, in an. swer to her new mistress questions Yes, she preferred doing all the worE in small family to working with oth. CT servants. She would change her dress and get dinner at once.
 Mrs. Young hurried to the tele- phone to tell her husband that they would dine at home
 Though favorably impressed that evening with Annle's appearance and put into good humor by the excellent soup and well-cooked meat. Young contained himself until he finished his salad; that perfection of fruits, vegetables and a good Russian dress ing was too much for him Silently he slipped around to his wife's chair, gave her an ecstatic hug and was back in his seat before Annie ap- peared with the pudding.
 If she was good at cooking she was doubly good at serving, cleaning. an sweTing the telephone and the door bells. Mrs. Young pinched herself every hour or so to see if she were really awake No flaw could be found in Annie. She went out Sunday evenings and Thursday afternoons, returning in good season and ready for work the next day.
 One evening Mrs. Young threw open the door before her husband was up the stairs.
 George" she exclaimed, 'T was up in Annie's roomi No. my dear" an swering his gesture of surprise, mot spying around. It is her day out and I went to her room to get a parcel that she wanted sent away. What do you suppose I found on her table? Emerson's Conduct of Life and Ste phen Phillips 'Marpessa!' Now what do you think of that?"
 'T refuse 10 think" he answered. ''T only know that I eat two delicious meals at home every day; that I have a gOod-tempered wife, that things move smoothly. What care I if We are entertaining a woman jour nalist or a lady professor in our kitchen! Sufficient unto the day Mrs. Young"
 So Mrs. Young retained her curios. ity as best she could. As they became better acquainted Annie occasionally dropped a phflosophic remark. To her mistress lament over the maids of the present day, with herself as the shining exception, Annie smiled quiet ly and said:
 An American wishes in her kitch. en a woman of intelligence, who has mastered the profession of house keeping, who never obtrudes her own personality. who answers to the name of servant for board, room and SC a week."
 Mrs. Young was speeches..
 'I know she is something in dis guise, George" she whispered. She doesn't even have to stop and think when she makes a remark like that Ii seems to be the impartial result of years of observation.
 So the Youngs lived with a perfect servant for a month. Then Annie gave two weeks notice. To Mrs. Young's frantic questions she an. swered that she made it a rule not to stay in any city more than six weeks.
 You have given me a comfortable home" she said, and I have given you the best service I could. In this way I have travelled through France, Germany, England and now through America. I go to St. Louis for six weeks; I shall try to be at my home in Europe in three months. if all goes we'll"
 q know now that she is writing 8 book I'm positive of it." said the startled Mrs. Young to her husband We may expect to see ourselves in print any time after the next six months. Fortunately, I have been dis erect in my conversation, but you. Ger rge, you have sworn at least twice where she could have heard you"
 .'l care not for a million 'swears, nor if I appear in a thousand books! only know that shall have lived iu the same house with a perfect ser. want for six weeks!" declared George
 ''Yes, Annie couldn't be improved ? answered his wife, refectively. But George. you are downtown all day and am at home here alone with her It Is bard to live up to a person like that all the time. I am always afraid l shall shock her-her standards cf conduct are 50 nigh :"-Chicago Dasly News.