American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-09
From the Columbian MagaziPe.l
THE NEIGHBOR-IN-LAW.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.

BY b. MARIA CHILD
Who besses others IN his daily deeds,
Will find the healing that his spirit needs,
For every flower in others pathway strewn,
Confers its fragrant beauty on our own.
4 So you are going TO live in tie same build
i with Hetty Turnpenny," said Mrs. Lane
Mrs Fairweather, "You will find nobody to
you. If her temper does not prove too
5ch even for your good nature, it will sur
BE all who know her. We lived there a
II, and that is as long as anybody ever tried
'Poor Hetty!" replied Mrs. Fairweather,
he has had much to harden her. Her mo-
r died too early for her to remember; her ia
8r was very severe with her; and the only To-
she ever had, borrowed the savings of her
hrs of toll and spent them in dissipation.
b Hetty, notwithstanding her sharp features,
b sharper words, certainly has kind heart.
] the midst of her greatest poverty many were
4 stockings she knit, and the warm waist
hts she made, for the poor drunken lover,
iom she had too much good sense to marry.
! ZEN you know she feeds and clothes her bro
=gr's orphan child"
/ IF you call it feeding and clothing" replied
rs. Lane. "The poor child looks cold, and
ached, and frightened all the time, as if she
Ere chased by the East wind. used to tell
=,ss Turnpenny she ought to be ashamed OF
#fself, to keep the poor little thing at work
4 the time, withOuts one minute to play. If
Be does but look at the cat, as it runs by the
lndow, Aunt Hetty gives her rap on the
Buckles. used to tell her she would make
He girl Just such another sour old crab as her
e"That must have been very improving to
Er disposition" replied Mrs. Fairweather,
9TH good -humored smile. "But in justice
A poor Aunt Hetty, you ought to remember
Eat she had Just such a cherries childhood
Erself Flowers grow where there is sun
lime"
l'I know you think everybody ought to live
|. the sunshine" rejoined Mrs. Lane; "and it
lust be confessed that you carry it with yon
iherever you 90. If Miss Turnpenny has
Bart, daro say you will find it out, though |
over could, and never heard any one else
lat could. All the families within hearing of
.kr tongue call her the neighbor-in-law."
H Certainly the prospect was not very encour-
ping; for the house Mrs. Fairw Gather pro-
Ebsed to occupy, was not only under the same
'fof with Miss Turnpenny, but the buildings
id one common yard in the rear, and one
bmmon space for garden in front. The We
II first day she took possession of her new ha-
ftatun, she called on the neighbor-in-law.
T unit Hetty had taken the precaution to extin-
|ilish the fire, lest the new neighbor should
sant hot water, before her own wood and coal
xrived. Her first salutation was, off you
ant any cold water, there's pump across the
dreet; ldon't like to have my house stopped all
yer"
| 81 am glad you are so tidy, neighbor Turn
lenny," replied Mrs. Farweather; sit is ex-
temely pleasant to have neat neighbors.
Hill try to keep every thing as bright as new
I've cent piece, for see that will please you.-
came in merely to say good morning, and to
Six if you could spare little Peggy to run up
And down stairs for me, while am getting my
Ilrniture in order. will pay her sixpence an
kour.''
Aunt Hetty had begun to purse up her mouth
2pr refusal; but the promise of sixpence an
I Our relaxed her feature at once. Little Peggy
4 It knitting stocking very diligently, with a
bCl lying on the table beside her. She looked
10 with timid wistfulness, as if the prospect OF
NV change was like a release from prison.
When she heard consent given, bright color
lushed her cheeks. She was evidently of an
Inpressible temperament, for good or evil
Nov mind and behave YOURSELF" said Aunt
|Ietty, "and see that you keep at work the
khole time If / hear one word of complaint,
on know what you'll get when you come
1ome.n The rose-color subsidized from Peggy S
lale face, and she answered, "Yes ma'am,"
! cry meekly.,
n in the neighbours house all went quite other
bise. No switch lay on the table, and instead
Ii. "mind how you do that. If you don't, III
lunish you,n she heard the gentle words
There, dear, see how carefully you can carry
hat I'D stairs. Why, what nice handy little
|irl you arer' Under this enlivening influence,
Peggy worked like a bee, and soon began to