Oh, no, Brother Phillip,
don't expect me to be anything like that."
The fond brother could not fail to see that there was a vein of good
sense running all through the child's remarks, and he also noted her
quaint style of application.
The appearance of Kitty, the housemaid, interrupted further reply.
With a respectful air the domestic made known to her master that,
owing to the death of a near relative, she had to remove to the
country to take charge of a family of small children.
"Indeed, Mr. Lawson, you have been a good, kind master to me, and
that angel there"--pointing to Lottie--"the likes of her is not in
St. John. But I'll hear from yous often and when Tim is in town
he'll run in to see how yous are gettin' on."
"And you must go immediately, I suppose?" said the young man who
indeed regretted the loss of an industrious and honest domestic.
"Next Saturday, sir, Tim will be after me, and the children is a
sufferin' between whiles."
"Very well, Kitty, we must do the best we can," and Mr. Lawson was
already prospecting over a trip to Mrs. Lee's Intelligence Office to
procure a successor to the lamented Kitty.
"Look here Brother Phillip, I believe that I can get a new girl
without any trouble.
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