Washington housekeepers are inclined to think that T. B.
Witherspoon, of St. Louis, was romancing recently when he told
of a negro servant who has been in his employ for fifteen years.
It appears that the negro was given ten days’ leave and money to
spend for a trip down to New Orleans, but in three days turned
up again, and here is the way Mr. Witherspoon explains the
negro’s return, quoting the servant:
“‘You see, suh, it done get mighty miserably cold night after
I lef’ you, and I knows dat Miss Kate (my wife) ain’t got no
business tryin’ to work dat furnace, and I know you ain’t gwine
to bother with it. Nary one of you got enny business with a
dirty old furnace, least of all Miss Kate, who ain’t got no
right to soil her little han’s. I couldn’t sleep good thinkin’
about it, an’ dat’s why I gits back quicker’n I ’spected.’
“There is a specimen act of an old-time, true-hearted darky,
whose first thought is of the comfort of his employer.”
(2920)
=Service, Lowly=--See EXAMPLE.