"And you must go immediately, I suppose?" said the young man who indeed regretted the loss of an industrious and honest domestic.
"Next Saturday, sir, Tim will be after me, and the children is a sufferin' between whiles."
"Very well, Kitty, we must do the best we can," and Mr. Lawson was already prospecting over a trip to Mrs. Lee's Intelligence Office to procure a successor to the lamented Kitty.
"Look here Brother Phillip, I believe that I can get a new girl without any trouble."
"You little one!" cried the young man, laughing at the idea of such a grave responsibility being associated with the child.
"Wait a moment until I come back," said the latter who in a very short time reappeared, breathless with anticipation.
"Yes indeed, Melindy Thrasher is going to leave Mr. Verne's—Kitty says so. Please let me go down and see. You know I am growing quite old now and ought to be able to do lots of things."
"As you wish, Lottie; but remember you must first find out if Mr.
Verne is aware of the fact."
Within a week Melindy Thrasher was duly installed as general servant in the Lawson cottage, a fact which is worthy of mention as it is connected with other important matters relative to the affairs of the solicitor.
The new help gave general satisfaction and Lottie was much amused with the girl's primitive manners, which even the associations of "Sunny bank" could not altogether affect.