Powers Irish Servants.
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One day, the Duke of Beaufort, the
Count d'Orsay, with two or three other
noblemen, dined in Albion street.


"PIaize what will do for the soup,
ma'am?" inquired the cook, thrusting her
head into the drawing.room, about five
minutes before the guests arrived.


"The soup?" echoed Mrs. Powers, in
astonishment.


"Yes, ma'am, the soup. Isuppose you'll
be for having some. Is it mock.turtle.
of raal turtle, ma'am, III be sending James
for?"


""hy, you must be med, Nora! How
can you ask such question! You know
you made the soup yesterday. You put i,
into the great white basin, and'-


"Was that the soup, ma'am, in the great
white basin?''


"You know it was, child"


"Bab luck to me, if haven't thrown it
down the sink, thin! thought it was dir
ty water!"


One night, the housemaid, who bad never
been to theatre, was sent 10 see hermaster
play Teddy the Tiler.


"Well, how did you like the play, Kat
ty?" inquired her mistress, the next morn
ing.


"Och, ma'am, it was beau,iful!-the
finest ever see. Many thanks to you,
ma'am, for trating me TO that same"


"Did you see your master, Kalty?"


''lndced, am did, ma'am."


''And how did he look!"


"Och! like raal gentleman, every inch,
when he got out Of his workin' clothes.''


"And how did he act, Katty?"


"Why, truth be told, ma'am, can't say
much for his actin. Pat Rooney, or Tim
Flanagan, or any other Tiler, would have
done just as he did. No offence, ma'am,
but if 1 hadn't known it was the master, |
shouldn't have taken it for actin'.''


''Bnl didn't he make you laugh, Katly?"


'lndeed, and he didn't, ma am. NV
heart was too heavy for that"


s'Too heavy"


"T'roth was it, ma'am"


"What do you mean, chld?"


Och! och! don't ak, ma am, don't AK"


"Not ask?"


"You'd better not, ma'am-you'd better
not-you WON'T, if you are wise. Och!
och-such a handsome, such good nalured
lady-och! och!" ~"


81 insist upon knowing what you mean
this instant"