. Rudder Grange. I said,smiling. The woman looked at me steadfastly for a minute,and then she rose to her feet. Then she called out, asif she were crying fish or strawberries : Mrs. Blaine! The female keeper of the intelligence office, and themale keeper, and a thin clerk, and all the women inthe back room, and all the patrons in the front room,jumped up and gathered around us. Astonished and somewhat disconcerted, I rose tomy feet and confronted the tall Irishwoman, andstood smiling in an uncertain sort of a way, as if itwere all very funny ; but I could not see the point. Ithink I must have
. Rudder Grange. I said,smiling. The woman looked at me steadfastly for a minute,and then she rose to her feet. Then she called out, asif she were crying fish or strawberries : Mrs. Blaine! The female keeper of the intelligence office, and themale keeper, and a thin clerk, and all the women inthe back room, and all the patrons in the front room,jumped up and gathered around us. Astonished and somewhat disconcerted, I rose tomy feet and confronted the tall Irishwoman, andstood smiling in an uncertain sort of a way, as if itwere all very funny ; but I could not see the point. Ithink I must have impressed the people with the ideathat I wished I had not come. He says, exclaimed the woman, as if some otherhuckster were crying fish on the other side of thestreet—he says he lives in a wash-toob. Hes crazy! ejaculated Mrs. Blaine, with an airthat indicated policeman as plainly as if she hadput her thought into words. A low murmur ran through the crowd of women,while the thin clerk edged toward the door. 32. r- (A RUDDER GRANGE I saw there was no time to lose. I stepped back alittle from the tall savage, who was breathing like ahot-air engine in front of me, and made my explana-tions to the company. I told the tale of RudderGrange, and showed them how it was like a stationarytionary wash-tub—at certain stages of the tide. I was listened to with great attention. When Ihad finished the tall woman turned around and facedthe assemblage. An he wants a cook to make soup ! In a canal-boat ! said she; and off she marched into the backroom, followed closely by all the other women. I dont think we have any one here who wouldsuit you, said Mrs. Blaine. I did not think so, either. What on earth would Eu-phemia have done with that volcanic Irishwoman inher little kitchen ! I took up my hat and bade good morning. Good morning, said she, with a distressing smile. She had one of those mouths that look exactly likea gash in the face. I went home without a girl. In a day or two
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