Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1900 — An Early Breakfast. [ARTICLE]

An Early Breakfast.

A hired girl who dreams about iter work—not over it—should be a treasure. The Wrongs of Detroit have such an one.. The Free Press says that the other morning at half past two Mrs. Wrong awakened her husband out of a sound sleep. * “Henry,” she said, “Henry, did you hear that ?” “W’a’7” asked the drowsy Henry. “There's some one in the dining room!” Henry sat up. Yes, there were doings in the dining room. Plates were rattling. But Henry was loath to investigate, and suggested it might be rats. “But it sounds like Maggie,” said Mrs. Wrong. Henry laughed outright. “Well, you just go and see!” commanded the wife. Henry understood that tone. He got up, lifting his feet high, and managed to reach the dining room door. He threw it open. A bright light burst out into the corridor. “Agnes!” he called to his wife. “Agnes, look here!” Mrs. Wrong came to her husband, and they both stood in the dining room doorway and gasped. The table was laid. All the lights were lighted. They heard the sizzle of the-coffee pot and the teakettle in the kitchen. Thefl the door into the culinary department was flung back, and into the dining room strode a wide-eyed, staring girl, with no expression on her face, bearing three dishes of oatmeal on a tray. When they had recovered from their arpazement, Mrs. Wrong awoke Maggie, steered her back to bed, aud locked her door.