Patty at Home. Wells Carolyn

and capable, but when she discovered that Patty was to be her mistress, instead of Mrs. Elliott, as she had supposed, she exclaimed:

      "Go 'way wid yez! Wud I be workin' for the likes of a child like that? No, mum, I ain't no nurse; I'm a cook, and I want a mistress as has got past playing wid dolls."

      "I hope you'll find one," said Patty politely; "and I'm afraid we wouldn't suit each other."

      Another Irish girl, with a merry rosy face and frizzled blonde hair, was very anxious to go to work for Patty.

      "Sure, it will be fun!" she said. "I'd like to work for such a pretty little lady; and, sure, we'd have the good times. Could I have all me afternoons out, miss?"