Mary was depressed. Out of high school for three months now and not one decent
job offer. She was getting desperate!!! Her parents were on her back and she couldn't
blame them, underfoot all day and just generally in her mom's way. As she scanned the
want ads for the 23rd time her eye caught sight of an ad she must have missed. It read,
"Older widowed lady needs live in female for general household duties and
companionship. Will pay top dollar to the right person! Start right away. Call Mrs.
Bradford at 555-1212." Mary reread the ad several times trying to decide if she even
wanted to get into domestic work. As hard up as she was, the words"top dollar" made
her pick up the phone and dial the listed number. A minute later she had an appointment
to meet Mrs. Bradford tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, and while she wasn't exactly
looking forward to it, Mary really needed to get something going, and how hard could
domestic work be?
