Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . THE COUPLE IN THE WIND^E HAD trouble with the^servant problem, of course,|and we put an advertise-)\ment in the paper for one)week and saw the lady ofthe so-called intelligence office. Even though there was not any badsign about it, Friday is a superstitiousday in our calendar ~ Josie, a twentyyear old, down East girl, came on Fri-day—and left on Saturday. Perhapsshe was not to be blamed, for Fridaynight was a wierd one. Have you ever laid, tucked up toyour cold chin, and listened to the couplein the wind? As is commonly believedthe old wo
Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . THE COUPLE IN THE WIND^E HAD trouble with the^servant problem, of course,|and we put an advertise-)\ment in the paper for one)week and saw the lady ofthe so-called intelligence office. Even though there was not any badsign about it, Friday is a superstitiousday in our calendar ~ Josie, a twentyyear old, down East girl, came on Fri-day—and left on Saturday. Perhapsshe was not to be blamed, for Fridaynight was a wierd one. Have you ever laid, tucked up toyour cold chin, and listened to the couplein the wind? As is commonly believedthe old woman talks most of the voice is low and probably she is-151-. short and fat. Her quarreling consortis tall and slim and when the wind blowsharder and harder he gets a chance totalk, and when he talks I tell you it istalking. At times they quarrel, at timesthey talk, but on a night like Fridaythey cannot talk without virtue of their quarreling is thatthey know how to do it properly—and Ihave heard of people who did not«Neither one interrupts the other—she isa lady and he a gentleman, and eachone takes a turn at it and so it goes tillthe quarreling is done. After you have listened and listenedto their rebuttal and noises commenceto make themselves heard in the cellarand the kitchen and the dining roomand the library and all over the house,perhaps the couple settle their dispute,-152-
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