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A clear statement of the hours of labor required in the position, the quality and amount of the different kinds of work; the terms on which she was willing to undertake it, and all prefaced by a few remarks on the status of household labor which made Mr. Porne open his eyes. Thus Miss Bell; "The ordinary rate for labor in this state, unskilled labor of the ordinary sort, is $2.00 a day.
News of this marvel of efficiency and propriety was discussed in every household, and not only so but in barber-shops and other downtown meeting places mentioned. Servants gathered it at dinner-tables; and Diantha, much amused, regathered it from her new friends among the servants. "Does she keep on just the same?" asked little Mrs. Ree of Mrs. Porne in an awed whisper.
If you like to try me I will come this week from noon to-day to noon next Friday, for seven dollars, and then if you are satisfied with my work we can make further arrangements. I do not do laundry work, of course, and don't undertake to have any care of the baby." "I take care of my baby myself!" said Mrs. Porne, thinking the new girl was presuming, though her manner was most gently respectful.
It can't be helped. It's just a question of time and work." And she went to work. Mrs. Porne called on her friend most promptly, with a natural eagerness and curiosity. "How does it work? Do you like her as much as you thought? Do tell me about it, Viva. You look like another woman already!" "I certainly feel like one," Viva answered.
While the messengers were away procuring the King's ransom, we questioned Thedori as to how the Spanish frigate came to fall into his hands, when we learnt that some time since, during a calm, the frigate, caught by one of the strong currents which prevail among these islands, had drifted into the harbour of Porne, where an attack had been made upon her, and she, being short of ammunition, has been taken as a lawful prize.
She was always cheered by Mrs. Weatherstone's letters; and Mrs. Porne came to see her, and to compare notes over their friend's success. For Mrs. Weatherstone had been presented at Court at more than one court, in fact; and Mrs. Weatherstone had been proposed to by a Duke and had refused him! Orchardina well-nigh swooned when this was known.
Porne was out, or descending into their own kitchens of an evening when the strange Miss Bell was visiting "the help," made flattering propositions to her to come to them. She was perfectly polite and agreeable in manner, but refused all blandishments. "What are you getting at your present place if I may ask?" loftily inquired the great Mrs. Thaddler, ponderous and beaded.
The fuel all went into a small, solidly built power house, and came out in light and heat and force for the whole square. Diantha sighed in absolute appreciation. "Fine, isn't it?" said Mr. Porne. "How do you like the architecture?" asked Mrs. Porne. "What do you think of my investment?" said Mrs. Weatherstone. Diantha stopped in her tracks and looked from one to the other of them. "Fact.
Porne. "Now speaking of palates, let us all keep silent and taste this soup." They did keep silent in supreme contentment while the soup lasted. Mrs. Ree laid down her spoon with the air of one roused from a lovely dream. "Why why it's like Paris," she said in an awed tone. "Isn't it?" Mr. Porne agreed, "and not twice alike in a month, I think."
And with inward amusement and great display of penmanship they added "Mrs. Isabel J. Porne," and the contract was made. It's a singular thing that the commonest place Is the hardest to properly fill; That the labor imposed on a full half the race Is so seldom performed with good will To say nothing of knowledge or skill!
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