Defeat Of Mrs. Lofty

"I kno-w just exactly tlie kind of n, girl I want and tlie kind I'm gobng to have," said Uva. Lofty with markcd dieetetan to Mr. Lofty at the breakíast table on the morning after mee Judy Mulcahey liad paeked lier fwo trunks, her three valíCies and two )and-boxefi and departed from a vouese tai whiflh "no dacent, self-respeotln' gllrrul w.onld fehtay an' put íp wid thetoifces av Mistress lx)fty." 'The ti-ouble with nie has boen," vent cm .Mis. Loffcy, "that I've been toio easy and yielding, and have made it tOK) plcasant ïor onr eervant girlB, and they've taken liberties on that account. Now I'in g-iong to turn over a new leaf and be wvere and unyieldinK. I'm juist giotog to lay down the liaw to tlie next girl I engage." BehioM, the.n, Mr.s. Lofty -'laying down the law," to Mi86 Rosy O'Hoolihan, vi-ho has graciously consent ed to ■■shpake wid" Mr.s. I,ofty after that lady has pent "four solid days" golnsg from one to tlw other oí íifteen "employment agenflles." "I am loofclug for a girl," began .Mra Lofty, -'and I-" "Bow mny in the fa muy, ma am.' "Ffour, and I want-" "Do ye kape bu.t one girru!?" "I keep t-ivo, and hire the wash[ng and Ironing done out. I want-" "Do the two glrrute slape together?" "No, I- " "Divil a step wou ld Oi go aff they did. Have Oi me Sundays and Thoorsdays mi't?" --e.u_i_i_i Was golng to say tlvat- " 'Have Oi mie Sumdays and Tlioorsdays out?" .-VVell--er- yes. I thinklcould arra nige it so th,a.t - " "Oi have 'em ma'am, or Oi' don't yo. Ye don't mind, a girrnl having dacent eompany to see hr, ma'am?" "■Wteül- no, I- I- gues not." "An' yie'd not ixpect a girrul to intertain Jier fri'nds in the kitchen?" "I- I- that is-" "üivil a fut would Oi put in a house where Oi would be put upon loike tlvat. Is tliere gas ia me room, ma'am?" "Yes; I was going to say that- " "An' does a girrul have the same to ate that the famiiy has?" Well, soiue girls don't care to have the eaine." Oi'm not loike some girmls, then; Oi km say thait to ye now, ma'am. Have ye thie naishty sthraw matting or a dacent kyarpet in me room?" "There's mattitag on the floor now.' "It w'd come up if I wint to ye, ma'am. It makes me cr- r- a- pe to put me fut on sthraw matting. Are yez i;n the kitchen mach, ma'am?" "Sioine; I tltónk that - " "Begorry, the kitchen's no place 6or the lady av the hou.se, ma'am!" At six o'clock that niight when Mr. Dofty carne home to dmner ana asKed, "Well, any eook yet?" ilrs. Lofty replied wearily and meekly: "Yes1; I've found one at last." 'Thiat'8 good ! Irish?" "I should say so! Her name is Bosy O'Hoolih'an."