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That I shall say-—Good-night, till it be morrow,
\Eait from balcony,]
R-OMiiO.— Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, pe^ce in thy breast!
Would I were .sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!

Hence will I to my ghostly father’s ce ll;
Ilis help to crave, and my dear hap to tell.
WILL [All S H AK. I’S f 1 LA K K .

HOW MRS. OASKELL DID NOT HIRE A COOK,
[Written espiessly foi tins Volume.]
' Mrs. Gaskell,

Mrs, L angton,
Miss Susan B jgiiead,

A h L ing,
Miss P e r k in s,
B r id g et O 1 F lanigan,
l M a c d A ncetjw a S njcgtnson.

Scene.-— [A sitting-room. Mrs, Gaskellin conversation with her mother,
Airs, Langton, ivko has come in to help her deride as to those who shall
answer her advertisemmf\,

Mrs. G.— Ah, -well, mother, I don't suppose I can ever quite replace
my good, faithful Maggie; bui I must have some one in her place. It
is simply impossible to get along; wiib my family, with the help I now
have. I am ju.st neglecting; the children these days, and our meals are
daily a problem unsatisfactorily solved.
Mrs, L .— Very true, my dear, I really do not know what we
iVnierican housekeepers are gomg to do for help in a few years. It is
rapidly getting more and more difficult lo secure a competent servant.
[Here a loud jingle of the door-bell is heard and presently o, snudltnaid
ushers in the first applicants an English woman, zuho enters voith a fine
toss of the head].
Mrs, G. {kindly).— Good afternoon. Please be seated. You have
come in reply to my advertisement? What is your name?
S u s a n ,— My name is Susan Bighead. Hi 'avc come, mum, becimw