| Show I Useful Mary It was an alluring advertisement Inthe in inthe the Ule first place The could hardly be blamed for going down to look at the tho house It Is in true Mrs Josslyn Josslyn Josslyn Joss- Joss lyn said something about the remoteness remoteness remoteness remote remote- ness of the suburb n a circumstance circumstance to which she alluded At all events ont it will do no harm to see It said Mrs Josslyn agreed to this So they called upon the urbane and eloquent Barker Darker Barker was the agent for tor the property and resided In Cedarhurst t. t He took them ur around und to th the thu Ideal home ome and showed them its points It had points that was unde unde- Diablo It had a few drawbacks also but buE Barker Darker made light of ot themI them I like the Ule house bouse said Mrs Josslyn but its it's too large for me to manage alone and I know wo we could nC never cr get satisfactory help out here My dear madam said Barker Darker you never made mf a greater mistake in your your life I know myself of a girl whom I think think think-In In fact I am sure sure sure- you can get I can enn recommend her personally because at ut one time she worked for Mrs Barker Baller A good cook steady no young no-young young oung about strong as a horse neat as a pin and not nota a lazy hair in her hel head If It she's out of ot a place now Ill I'll send her to you and If it she isn't Ill I'll send you another equally equal equal- ly as good Mrs Josslyn wavered visibly and Josslyn asked a few questions that looked like business It ended by their sa saying they would think the matter over and let Barker know within a afew afew afew few days The next Den evening a young woman who said she came from Mr Barker Darker appeared at the Josslyn flat fiat She had heard from Mr Barker that Mrs Josslyn Josslyn Josslyn Joss Joss- lyn Intended moving to Cedarhurst and Mr Barker thought she might get geta a place with her She had Just left lett the place she had with Mrs l Duck Duck- worth Mrs Duckworth was a nice lady but the children were an tion She could refer Mrs Josslyn to Mrs Duckworth however with entire confidence She certainly looked as ns If It she could If It ever capability was written on a girls girl's face tace It was written on Marys Mary's face Mary Mury was her name She was frankly anxious to get the situation Ill come home early tomorrow and well we'll go close e the deal said Josslyn decidedly Think of that girl working for four dollars a week when were we're paying six dollars to this thing weve we've got Two weeks later the were established in their new home with Mary And Mary was Indeed a ua peach if it one is to accept that fruit as a synonym for She was a domestic treasure She cooked to perfection and the house fairly shone under her soapy ministrations Six weeks of ot this bliss and bUss and then Mary quit Then began the succession of slovenly slovenly slow enly Incompetent and expensive girls which has continued In the Josslyn family to this day Mrs Josslyn says that unless you are millionaires you simply cannot get a good girl to stay In Cedarhurst But Mary Is still working workIng workIng work- work Ing In Cedarhurst Mrs Josslyn called upon the people who had Just moved in half halt a block west of her about a week after her bereavement bereavement bereavement be be- and found Mary there The new neighbor said Mary was a tr treas treas- treas as- as ure She really did not know what she would do without her Mr Barker who had rented their house to them had been kind enough to recommend the girl Mrs Josslyn told her husband about It when he returned home and Josslyn happened to meet Duckworth the same day He said We never asked you about Mary who worked for you What sort of ot a reference did you get with her and how long did she work for you 7 We had the best of ot a reference from Barker grinned Duckworth We uWe had the luck to keep her two months but the renting season was dull Just then She's a u daisy aint she But I guess Barkers Barker's about the only one who can get her to work steadily He Be pays her well though I Josslyn Is not a revengeful man mun but if It ever Barker Darker Is delivered into his hands hands- Well he says see sec |
