Show OA oka ora P SERVANT ERVANT y f k I 1 BY T CLA CLARA cousin sarah marshall was in despair her cook had left her to minister to the wants of a rich brothel brother bro ther and cousin sarah found herself on the eve of company expected 1 without a cook what shall I 1 doby doyi do she asked for the hundredth time pausing in her laboroi labor of arranging the dinner table what shall I 1 do not a solitary servant in the house bouse except tiny and all those particular Carl monts coming next week I 1 wish I 1 could think of some way to get out of my perplexity advertise suggested cousin tom irom from behind the paper he was perusing the idea seemed to suit sarah here helen she said addressing me write an advertisement and tom will leave it at the herald office as he goes down town accordingly the following notice appeared in the next days issue of the herald WANTED an experienced cook cool who can give good reference as aa to character and ability apply immediately at no 8 elm street by sunrise of the following day the door be bell beli 11 of no 8 was audil rung with an emphasis that called tiny to the door in double quick time sarah and I 1 were waiting in the parlor for we had bad expected an early call and aad the visitor was shown A 11 large laree red faced woman vom an with a leer in her eye not particularly indicative of honesty and a green and yellow shawl which bespoke a decided fancy for iliah high colors plaze deplaze marm 1 said she dropping a curtsy 1 11 I have called about the situation y what is your name quer ried sarah bridget an mar inar rm plaze ye th though ough in gentl emeal houses I 1 am riner giner generally I 1 aily alir called miss aliss 01 JI biddye air was that hat of an empress where did you last last is ia it shire I 1 and a rd I 1 am n not ot 1 in n t he the habit ot of having questions asked me aie farther was hilst mist r of courty cork second cousin to tooly 01 that nc dit under bruce the bravel brave 12 1 I 1 do not care to know the history of your ancestors returned sarah with somo bome little impatience egl egi 1 I asked you who was your last master mastery me last mas mastberg mast therl hedi me kasther andade och mar rm must be insulting me pm im a young dyl oun leddy eddy 1 that lives wid gittlemen gintle men and la ladies ladles s as like good cooking 1 ye yeb we understand al all ali I 1 tha tho but where are your references I 1 want to be satisfied satis batis fird bird as to your good character Charac character terl mar rm do you take ra me for a blackguard Charac character terl me own is ia as good as aa yer ladyships lady ships gran dams this blessed dayl and mar rm before I 1 conclude to be engaged id jest like to be shown round the house that I 1 may examine the con van lences I 1 niver inage in 0 age till I 1 sees the kitchen and chambers you can go said sarah decisively de the yle jl lustrous scion of the left the room muttering something about two dirty bog bor trotters that we did not think it worth while to heat hea but sarah sarab having occasion for her notebook note book and gold pencil which she had left on the hall table stepped out to get set them but she had bee been forestalled by biddy who had pocketed the spoils spoilt and made her escape for the next hour the tortured doorbell door bell beli was Idin dinged danged din ged incessantly our parlor wa was filled with cooks and the which each and every one declared she could perform was legion all had good characters but sarah was particular and one by one she examined the ambitious applicants and sent them away the parlor was vacant not long iong to remain so however another ring at the door doo rIons ion lon loud and imperative they ushered in a broad shouldered shou dered irish laas lass attired in a white te moire antique with blue crape shawl and p silk bonnet profusely ornamented with artificial dowers flowers this thia representative of servant had likewise called about the titivation siti 11 she had read the advertisement and had bad dropped in on her way tray to her dressmakers dress makers 0 o see if she and the lady of no 8 could make n arrangement what wages mages would mrs harshall marshall py pay sarah inquiry inqui rd rid what she had een receiving four dollars a week mar rm and me and sunday afternoons to lo me he health is not very te r y trong strong s and me s my ri riding di out on ivery lvery very conva alent occa shun i un I 1 me junod nax are wake marm and tim gits rits a shay and we go into the cen ay timi tim who is tim inquired sarah who should he be but me brother re urn arned edthe the girl tartly flashing red as a nipe ble tomato omato beems beema seems seema to me yare yore mighty inq int ve marmi 16 what is your name interrogated sarah kathleen murphy s 9 me name but they ali ail call all me katie katle katl katie kati K a t i e not ty t y 1 I are you a good cook katie 1 I flatter myself I 1 is but before we go my any burder ye will be so oble eging t as to on a few questions herself yer self I 1 nev hev never hever er engages wid a mis as I 1 know nothing about how many have yo ye in family 9 six besides company returned sarah I 1 inquire if the masteur expects meat OR on sunday ay sometimes he does dobs then marm im afraid we will hot zot agree I 1 allers aliers las has my t to myself jonteel I 1 people niver eat meat on sundays Is ye wather in the hodge lodge yeb yea have yer a domb and ani a tor for fon the ic yes we have all the necessities corhouse keeping 11 ye will excuse me but I 1 must inquire it if will expect the cook to scrub the kittles patience gave out at this and she sh showed miss alias katie katle the door greatly to the surprise su cpr e of that lady she haring baring ha ing considered herself as good as en engaged aged the tte next applicant was wad a mrs juddy Naughton Naught ou she was wae also concerned about the satiation sirah S irah asked for her references and received for answer a couple of strips of dirty paper one of which proved I 1 on examination to tea be a doctors doctora prescription for the rheumatism and the other a receipt for a board bill at michael michaei Al ichael il 11 gigant athing payloon Say logn ioen the receipt spoke highly in mrs urs judya favor but still the good woman shared the infirmities of human nature and was not per feet she beamed seemed greatly amazed when sirah told her that the tle pieces pieced of paper were not what was required marm she said 1 I had no idee that folks in amerika could read barring the pr lestr tp and mrs naughton left the house in agh dudgeon poor sarah was in dispain just her condition ti on at the commencement commence ment mint of this sketch I 1 aej an dec ared that she would egale the very next cook that presented hersel she ad hered to her je solution and caught lit lif a tartar margaret vine was an institution in herself and during her stay with my cousin she was em emphatically kiad klad the head of the hou athold we all had to ask her permission to every act of importance and arld sarah would as soon have ave thought of committing suicide as requesting re besting margaret to perform an iota moie itan than her allotted at ott ted share bare of work margaret enjoyed her liberty fi riely finely she oiled her red hair with the exquisite essentials of the misses carlminta Carl cari morits monts scented her handkerchief with their florimel dressed hersel herbel 1 in best clothes went out to make calls on her fiends alid gave puite coupe j to her admirers below stairs sarah at last arose in her and gave her a d harge barge sc and on examining the ditc kitchen en premises we found that Al margaret argaret bad appropriated to herself most of the silver which chic had ad been left in the kitchen closet A valuable castor five silver forks three dessert de ss ert spoons a china abina and the silver soup ladle were among the things that were not this accounted for the singular clattering in margarets Margare tys babets bak ets which she assured me was caused by the collision of two bottles of paregoric that she abe had got for toothache cousin sarah has since engaged eng arged and anadis discharged nine ex experienced p erien erlen ced cooks and now she is as at the beginning wanting another providence only knows what will become of her and of all other unfortunate ladies who are forced to degeld on the class mi SERVANTS |