Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1894 — Didn’t Like the Job. [ARTICLE]

Didn’t Like the Job.

In a Yorkshire village there lived three brothers, bachelors; the only other inmate of their household was a housekeeper. The brothers, returning home to dinner one day, found the housekeeper missing. On making induiries they discovered that she had that morning married a farmer who lived near, it a;as evident there was no chance of getting back their runaway housekeeper, and equally so that they must have some one to manage their domestic affairs. The elder brother said that the best thing would be for one of them to marry, but, he added, “I shall not be that one; I am too old to marry." “Nqr 1,” said the second one, who considered himself something of an invalid; “I shall never think of marrying.” “Ah!” said the younger brother, “I see what you are driving at. It is just what I expected—if ever there is a nasty job to do, it is always left for me.