The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-05-28

JHlsutSc W Lue OLHef TWO, pointing W
the boy and pointing toward the town
in which, as we afterward discovered.
they were lodged. He then, after max
ing more signs on the boys head, blew
on his forehead and so woke him up
with Il start. After that they all went
on their way toward the town, and the
girls saw them no more.
The moral was, as l thought, first,
that the chief juggler had heard Mr..
Franklin's arrival talked of among the
servants out of doors and saw his
way to making a little money by it;
second, that he and his men and boy
with a view to making the said mon
ey) meant to hang about till they saw
my lady drive home and then to come
back and foretell Mr.. Franklin's ar
rival by magic; third, that Penelope
had heard them rehearsing their no.
Gus pocus, like actors rehearsing a
play; fourth, that | should do we'll to
have an eye that evening IN the plate
basket; fifth, that Penelope would do
well to cool down and leave me, her
father, to doze off again in the sun.
Before | had time to doze off again
l was disturbed by Il rafting Of plates
n dishes in the servants hall, which
meant that dinner was ready. l was
just stretching my legs when out
bounced another woman on me. Not
my daughter again; only Nancy, the
%k1tchenmaid, this time. l was straight
in her way out, and l observed us she
asked me to let her by that she had Il
sulky face, a thing which as head of
the servants l never allow on princi-
pie to pass me without inquiry.
whats wrong now! 2" | said.
"Rosanna's late again for dinner"
says Nancy. And I'm sent to fetch
her in. All the hard work falls on
my shoulders in this house. Let me
alone, Mr.. Betteredge!.'
The person here mentioned as Ros-
anna was our second housemaid. Hav-
ing a kind of pity for our second
housemaid-why you shall presently
know-and seeing in Nancy's face that
she would fetch her fellow servant in
with more hard words than might be
needful under the circumstances, it
struck me that l had nothing partic-
ular to do and that I might as we'll
fetch Rosanna myself, giving her a
hint to be punctual in future, which l
knew she would take kindly from me,
where is Rosanna?' l inquired.
AT the sands, of course says Nan
cy, with a toss of her head. "She had
another of her fainting fits this morn
ing, and she asked to go out and get
a breath Of fresh air. l have no "a.
tience with her"
G back to your dinner, my girl" I
said. II have patience with her, and
I'll fetch her in"
Well. I took my stick and set off for
the sands.
am sorry again to detain you. but
You really must hear the story of the
sands and the story of Rosanna-for
this reason, that the matter of the dia-
mond touches them both nearly.
ltosanna Ito put the person before
the thing. which is but common polite.
ness) was the only new servant in our
house. About four months before the
time l am writing of my lady had been
IN London and had gone over a reform
atory intended to save forlorn women
from drifting back into bad ways aft
cr they had got released from prison.
The matron. seeing my lady took an
interest in the place, pointed out a girl
to her named Rosanna Spearman and
told her a most miserable story, which
| haven't the heart to repeat here, for
l don't like to be made wretched with
out any use and no more do YOU, The
upshot of it was that Rosanna Spear
man had been a thief. and, not being
OF the sort that get up companies in the
city and rob from thousands instead Of
only robbing from II the law laid hold
of her, and the prison and the reforms
tory followed the lead of the law. The
matron's opinion of Rosanna was, in
spite OF what she had done, that the
girl was n in Il thousand and that
she only wanted a chance to prove her
self worthy of any Christian woman's
interest in her. My lady. being a
Christian oma if V there was one
yet, said to the matron upon that. Ros-
anna Spearman shall have her chance
in my service. In a week afterward
Rosanna Spearman entered this cstab-
lishment as our second housemaid.
Not Il soul was told the girls story
excepting Miss Rachel and HE. My
lady, doing me the honor to consult
me about most things, consulted me
about Rosanna. Having fallen a good
deal latterly into the late Sir Johns
way of always agreeing with my lady,
l agreed with her heartily about Ro-
sauna Spearman.
\ fairer chance no girl could have
had than was given to this poor girl Of
ours. None of the servants could cast
her past life in her teeth, for none of
the servants knew what it had been.
In return she showed herself, | am