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Show Reproof Not Effective. The new maid would not rise early , enough. Gentle reproof seemed vain and finally the master and mistress tried the inferential method of blame and left the damsel asleep whilst they prepared the breakfast for themselves. them-selves. "We'll shame her to it," said the master. Not a word was said until nine o'clock the same evening, when the girl tapped at the door of the sitting room. "Is there anything else I can do, mum?" she respectfully inquired. 1 There was nothing and she turned to go to bed, but at the doer remembered something.' "If you're down before me in the morning, mum," she observed, "you'll find the eggs in the icebox in the pantry." |