The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-17
THE COACHMAN
AND THE MAID
Double representation Leads
to a Wedding.

Yes, miss. Step IN.
Miss Childers' maid got into the VIC
| toria and, leaning back as il she had
been born in victoria, rode to Mont
| view.
when will your mistress arriye?"
| asked Mrs. Sanderson when the maid
had made Miss Childers' excuses.
BY the same train tomorrow
| ma am" .
Singular" muttered the lady, that
| she should have sent her maid ahead"
Later on Miss Childers' maid noticed
a gentleman in evening dress going
down to dinner, and during the even.
ing, while she was passing the time
in the sewing room doing some mend
ing. he stumbled in.
Pardon me- he said. Il didn't
know there was any one here"
You're excusable. SIR" q
care you Miss Chllders' maid?''
II am, sir"
you have very nice mistress,
am told"
"Passab bic, sir"
You're not very enthusiastic
My mistress doesn't need charac
ter from her maid"
Did you get such sprightly repartee
from Miss Childers?"
Miss Chiiders does not pride herself
on repartee. She has matters of i'm
portaDce to interest her and keep her
from ohm fl N o. hor in farinro
81 trust she hasn't the keen edged
tongue Of her maid" 81
she may need it. I'm told she's
thinking of marriage u.s.
as she to get fine fellow"
81 trust be will be above bandylng
words with her maid"
That depends upon the maid. One
as pretty and as bright as she who bus
come here before her mistress would
tempt any man"
The maid lowered her eyes.
What do you consider Miss Chill.
ders' best trait?'
THAT she is fully aware Of her own
faults"
How long do you think it will take
her to become aware of the faults Of
the man she is to marryw
Miss Chiders will have the good
sense to ignore them All people have
faults. 1t is the duty Of married cou-
pies to find excuses for each other"
lyon mean that if her husband
passes time that would otherwise hang
heavy on his hands chatting with her
maid his wife viii find an excuse for
him."
III she does be VIII not deserve such
8 wife"
Then il you were Miss Childers be
would not fare so we'll"
I'VE are discussing Miss Childers,
not her maid"
In this matter let us consider the
maid. You blame me. gentleman.
for chatting with yous servant Sup
pose Miss Childers were TO become
pauper and 60 out to service Would
you expect me to recognize her for
what she had been?"
THAT is different"
i1n what respectY'
Miss Childers would be a lady who
had only recently become a servant"
How long would she need to be a
servant before my recognition Of her
would be inexcusabe:'
ut would never be inexcnsable'
every we'll Suppose you were Miss
Childers and had only today become
her maid
The girl cast quick glance Mt him.
suppose, she said 10 reply that
you had only this afternoon become
Mr.. Reginald Sanderson's coachman"--
Good" he said You being Miss
Chiders maid and | MIR Sanderson's
coachman, am free TO tell you that
this is u case Of love at first sight"
A long pause.
Would you, we're you Miss Childers,
consider it proper thing to become
your maid"
and would you, being Mr. Sander.
son, ,demean Yourself by becoming
your coachnan?n
Il would-to zee woman unguard-
ed who ought be my wife"
And what could be Miss Childers'
object" he asked, lin becoming her
own maid?
"Once upon time" continued the
man, "a princess was betrothed to
prince she had never seen. Desiring
to observe him incog, she persouated
her own maid and went to visit the
princes mother. The prince, poor fool.
thinking to see his fancee when she
was not masquerading-in fact. to do
the masquerading himself--droye his
carriage to the station, where, 10 and
behold, he found not her but her maid.
Disappointed at not meeting the mis-
tress, he solaced himself by chatting
with the maid and-lost his heart"
Miss Chllders' maid looked up with
smile. But she was Miss Chill
mean the princess"
"And the coachman was Mr.. SAM
mean the prince
Mrs. San lerson, passing upstairs,
hearing 70 ces in the serving room,
glanced In ard was inexpressibly
shocked to see Miss Childers' maid in
the arms Of her son. The fond moth
err kept the secret. She was not sur.
prised the next morning when the girl.
making an excuse, departed, but she
was. ,rprised when Miss Chiders ar
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