Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-07-09

made the sounds. Then she took out a
pile of books from one Of The baskets OF
goods, and told Peggy she might look a,
the pictures, I'LL she called her. The
li.IIe girl stepped forward eagerly to take
them, and then drew back as if afraid
What is the matter!' asked Mrs Fair
weather; Il am very wiling to trust you
with the books. keep them on purpose
to amuse children Peggy looked down
with her finger ON her lip and answ cred,
in constrained voice, AUNT Turnpenny
wont like j, if play Don't trouble
Yourself about that. | will make i, all
right with Aunt ne,ty,' replied the friend.
.ly one. Thus assured, she gave herself
up to the full enjoyment of The picture
books; and when she was summoned to
her work, she obeyed with cheerful
alacrity that would have as.onishsd her
stern relative. When the labnrs of the
day were concluded, Mrs Farwealher
accompanied her home, paid for all the
hours she had been absent. and warmly
praised her docility and diligence. III is
lucky for her that she behaved so well,
replied Aunt Hetty; If had heard any
complaint, | should have given her a
whipping, and sent her to bed without,
her supper.
Poor little Peggy went to sleep that
nigh, with lighter heart than she had
ever felt. since she had been an orphan
Her frs. thought in the morning was
whether the new nelghhor would wan,
her services again during the day Her
desire that it should be so, soon became
obvious to Aunt He.y, and excited an
underlined jealousy and dislike of per-
son who so easily made herself beloved
Without exactly ackno lodging to herself
what were her own motives, she ordered
Peggy TO gather all the sweepings of the
kitchen and court into small pile, and
leave it on the frontier line Of her neigh
boris premises. Peggy ventured 10 ask
umidlv whether the wind would not blow
it about. and she received box on The
ear for her impertinence. 1t CHANGED
that Mrs Falrweather. quite nnin,ention-
ally, heard the words and the blow She
gave Aunt Heuy's anger time enough 10
cool, then stepped on, into the court. and
after arranging divers little matters, she
called aloud 10 her domestic, "Sailv. how
came you to leave this pile of dir, here!
Didn't tell YOU Miss Turnpeany was
very neat! Pray make haste and sweep
l, up. wouldn't have her see i. on any
account. told her would try to keep
everything nice about the premises
She is so particular herself. and ii is a
comfort 10 have tidy neighbors." The
girl. who had been previously instructed.
smiled as she came out with brush and
dust pan, and swept quietly away the
pile, that was intended as a declaration of
frontier war. Bu, another source of an
noy ance presented itself. which could not
be quite so easily disposed Of Aunt
Heuy had a cat. a lean scraggy animal
that looked as if she were often kicked
and seldom fed; and Mrs Fairwealher
had fat risky little dog. always ready
for caper. He took dslaste to poor
poverty stricken Tab the first time he saw
her, and no coaxng could induce him 10
alter his opinion. His name wa. Pink,
but he was ANYTHING but a pink of behav
ior in his neighborly relations. Poor Tab
could never set foot out of doors without
being saluied with a growi, and a short
sharp bark, tina, frightened her out of her
senses. and made her run into the house.
with her fur all on end. If she even
venured to daze a lille on. her own door
step, the enemy was on The watch, and
the moment her eyes closed he would
wake her with bark and box on the
ear, and off he would run. Aunt Heuy
vowed she would scald him II was a
burnng shame. she said, for folks to keep
dogs to worry their neighbours cats. Mrs.
Fslrwea,her invited Tabby to dine, and
made much of her, and patiently endeav-
ored TO teach her dog to eat from the
same plate. But Pink sturdlly resolved
he would be scaIded first: iha, he would.
opposition. if he and Tab had belonged
to different sects in Christianity. While
his mistress was pai,ing Tab on the head
and reasoning the point with him. he
would at times manifest degree Of indif
ference, amounting to tolera,ion; bn, the
moment he was left to his own free will.
he wunld give the Invited CUES, hearty
| Nuu WIN us paw. anu scHu HcI DUtIt
splitting like small steam engine. Aunt
Helty considered it her own peculiar
privilege to cuff the poor animal, and il,
was too much for her patience to see
Pink undertake to assist in making Tab
unhappy. On one of these occasions,
she rushed into her neighbours apartments
and faced Mrs. Fairwea,her, with one
hand resting on her hip. and the forefin-
ger of the other making very wrashful
ges,iculalons. 81 tell YOU what madam.
| won, put up with snch treatment much
longer" said she; "l'll poison that dog;
You'll see if don't; and shant wal,
long, either. can tell you. VIVA, you
keep such an impudsn, little beast for, |
don't know. without you do it on purpose
to plague your neighbours
81 am really sorry he behaves So" re-
piled Mrs. Fairwesther mildly. "Poor
Tab!'
"Poor Tab!'' screamed Miss Turnpen.
ny; VIVA, do you mean by calling her
poorl Do you mean to fling il up to me
tha, my cat don't have enough to ea,,''