Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-08


her SO freely. BY the way, where are all tie
umhrclIas2 1t rancl this morning, but could
tHd none in its place.
i don't know. I'm sure. Perhaps Bridget
can inform Us. Bridget said she, when thai
r bel, do yon know what has become Of all the
umbrcas .
'$hurr. maAm, Miss Brown has got two of
en- She borrowed them week ago
And hasn't returned tIlr'u yet"
NO, H.&1rI, ard !don't believe that's tie
worst Of it..
Just then the bel! run~, and Bridget obcyrI
the SUMMONS.
Mrs Brown send, her compliments sand
she, rc-appcarng, and would like to borrow
orr largest W2sil-nh.'
Mr. and Mrs. Adams looked at each other in
astonishment
'WcII,' said the former, at length, 'tor sub
lin, audacity the pain certainly should be y
! Warlpd to Mrs. Brown. 1t is said that three
removes are as bad rs 4 fire, but should Iik"
to know how many removes are as ba, as II
borrowing neighbor"
Am to tell Jane that sir?' asked Bridget, Il
| little mischievously.
No, no. said Mrs. Adams, laughing. you
may give her the tub, and you need Int say any
| thing abOut returning lit won't do any good
Seriously she continued, something must
| be done, or the house will very soon be empty.
| You don't know half The extent to which
! Mrs. Brown carries her borrowing propensity
| Within the last week she has borrowed tea,
coffee. milk, sugar, flour, eggs, frying-pans, ia
bic napkins, 4 castor, gridiron shovel and tong,
and other articles, as the auctionecrs say i'll
their advertisements, too numerous TO mention,
This is bad enough, but Mrs. Brown, in add.
ton to this seems to regard the act of borrow
ing as investing her with the right of pcrman~
ent possession. At least Judge so from the
fact that she seldom or never returns the art
ces borrowed
is tpossiblc 2 said Mr. A. in amazemeni
--'Some end must be put to this wholesale
robbery. Suppose you begin to borrow of
her It's bad rule that won't work both
ways and perhaps if you make her feel a It'll"
of the annoyance to which she has subjected
You, it may be productive of benefit
"A good idea,' said the wife, laughing sand
it is better to try this course than to refuse
directly lending any turther-that would only
produce bad feeling
'And vet said Mr.. A., 'Wc must come to that
finally, unless the present course succeeds
And next morning bridget was sent to Mrs.
Browns to borrow half dozen tumbIcrs,
nutmeg crater and couple of sheets.
Mrs. Brown was surprised. She had never
before received such an application from Mrs
Adams; and she could not help wondering, be.
sides, at the miscellaneous nature Of the loan
requested. Her surprise was increased on the
following day, when Bridget brought her mis-
tresses' complimenta and would like to borrow
her clothcs-horSe.
Yes, You may take it; but we shall want it
carly next week. But havn't yon brought back
the tumblers9 2
mo, ma'am,' said Bridget: mistress expects
considerable company is Il day or two, and it
will save the trouble of borrowing again if she
don't return them till afterwards
well" thought Mrs. Brown, 'Imust say that's
decidedly cooln
Every New England house keeper knows
that Tuesday is ironing day in all well regula-
ted families 4 should like to know said Mrs
Brown on that morning, 'why Mrs. Adams don't
return my clothes horse. She must know that
it will be i'll use to-day. Jane, 60 over and ask
for it,
to Mrs Brown replied Mrs A., 'and tell her
that since she borrowed our clothes-lne VIC
have to dry our clothes in the house, and there
Iott NtlS bbll3tu ~ bpllbN Htt tiO'liCo-hoi5S
We should have been through using it, but as
she has our largest tub, II takes more than one
day to get through with the washng'
This message produceda little sensation in
the house over the way The result was the
immediate return of the articles mentioned by
Mrs. A.
Mrs. BIS eyes began to open TO the true
state Of things, but she was not yet cured, how
ever, for the next day Jane made herappearance,
the loan Of the gridiron.
sTcll your MISTRESS said Mrs. A., that it is
ont Of my power to do so, as she borrowed it
l month ago, and has not yet returned it,
Mrs. Browns eyes were opened still wider
The next day Mrs. A. was requested by
to send list of the articles which had
,een borrowed by Mrs Brown, and the latter
would return them.
With Bridget's help Mrs. A, made out list
IF Nirty-scren articles, which she sent without
Mrs Brown was petrifed with astonshment
She was really very sorry for the trouble and
inconvenience which she must have occasioned
Ter ncighbor. She sent message to that
fleet when, after two days dligent search,
he contriyed to get together all the articles
mentioned in Mrs. AS list.
She was now thoroughly. cured Of borrow
ng.
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