Scribner's magazine . insure candor. Emma,said Adam solemnly, sawing the airwith one hand in his most impressiyemanner, Emma is a j^erfect lady, and Hattie aint so bads youd think—butMartha is a baggage ! Adam inyariably acts for the bestgood of the family—as he sees it. Ifthe family see it otherwise than he andask him to manage the garden or thestal)le in an injudicious way Adam re-spects them far too much to disputewith them, but he respects himself fartoo much to do as they foolishly desire ;therefore he calmly does what he thinksright and explains it later. Yet he could be trusted with the
Scribner's magazine . insure candor. Emma,said Adam solemnly, sawing the airwith one hand in his most impressiyemanner, Emma is a j^erfect lady, and Hattie aint so bads youd think—butMartha is a baggage ! Adam inyariably acts for the bestgood of the family—as he sees it. Ifthe family see it otherwise than he andask him to manage the garden or thestal)le in an injudicious way Adam re-spects them far too much to disputewith them, but he respects himself fartoo much to do as they foolishly desire ;therefore he calmly does what he thinksright and explains it later. Yet he could be trusted with theliyes or the fortunes of his family ; heis as honest as he is obstinate ; andmore than once when there has beensickness in the house, has Adam, un-known to the anxious watchers, stolenback to his stable at night, and, through 193 194 THE PEOPLE THAT IVE SERINE all the chill hours dozed in the carnageon the chance that there might be needof him. and then at dawn gone out tohis work, saying nothing of his The Transient Lard ady. Therefore a good health to Adam andmay his days be long in the land I But Minnie I Minnie is had not an atom of sentimentabout her employer. She went on theprinciple of getting all that she couldfor as little as she could give. Therewere a numl)er of Minnie at the flocked to Chicago ; her bangs wereshaking over ones shoulder at everycheap restaurant in Jackson Park. Sliemade eyes at the men and watched thehungry waiting-women with a supercil-ious contempt that it required at leasta quarter to move toward the stranger to our customs and peoplewould have supi)()sed tliat ^linnie wason the road to ruin. Not a bit of it ;Minnie knew perfectly well how to takecare of herself ; her audacious coquet-ries were simply part of the good timeshe had come to Chicago to secure ; andthe favored young men usually knewthat as well as she. ^linnie, of course, regarded all theguests as natural enemies to be givenas little f
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