i6o OBSERVATIONS OF A RANCHWOMAN 



upper servant, for the reason that the latter 

 has not only had some sort of training in 

 domestic duties, but has also had some form 

 of association with people of refinement, or 

 at least good manners ; whereas the Im- 

 possible Person has had neither the one nor 

 the other. This female, out of whose mouth 

 pour the frogs and toads of ' English as she 

 is spoke/ considers herself your superior 



because But let her speak for herself 



in her own choice vocabulary : 



' That your sealskin ? My ! but you 

 oughter seen my aunt Marie's !' (pronounced 

 Murray, French names mispronounced being 

 chic in her social circle) 'reached clear 

 down to her shoe-tops ! Them's your books? 

 Th'ain't nothin' there for me to read got 

 through with that kind in my schooldays.' 

 Here, if you are wise, and hope for quiet 

 evening hours, you will hastily promise her 

 all the ' dime novels ' Anglice, ' railway 

 trash ' that the neighbourhood can be in- 

 duced to yield. ' This your parlour ? 

 H'm-m-m! Wish you could ha' seen my 

 velvet pile and plush suite ! Well, matting 

 and rugs is good enough for a ranch, I 



