Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-23
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THE NEIcHEoR LAW.
Wh0 hsssss others i- bis daily feats
Nil11d the betlil- that bis sp-ri, need
For every flower lu others pathway slr "

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For every 5wer in others pathway slr-wa,
Coniors It's fsgrsut beau,y on Cu- cwl.
80 You are going to live ia the saine
building With Hetty Iurnpenny, said Mrs.
Lane to Mrs FairWoather You will find no.
body to envy you. If her temper does not
prove too much even for your good nature
it viii surprise all who know her. We lived
there year, and tha. II as lo7g as aanybody
ever tried It,.
Poor Hettyr replied Mrs. Fairwca.bcr,
she has had much 10 harden her Her
mother died to early for her u remember;
her father was very severe with her; and
the only lover she ever had, borrowed the
savings Of her years OF toll, and spent them
in dissipation. Bat uetty, notwithstanding
her sharp feartures and sharper words, GER
tliniy has a kind heart. In the midst Of her
greatest poverty many were the stockings
she knit, and the warm waiatcoats she made
for the poor drunken lover whom she
had too much sense to marry. Then You
know she feeds and clothes her hrJtler's
orphan child
III You call it feeding and clothing. re-
piled Mrs. Lane. The poor child looks
cold and pinchei, and frightened all the
time as if she were chased by the east wind.
used to tell Mrs. Iuupcnpy she ought To
be ashamed of herself to keep the poor
little thing at work all the time, without one
minute u play. Ii she does bls look at the
cat as it runs By the window Aunt Hetty
gives her a rap over the knuckles. ! used
to tell her she would make the girl just
such another sour old crab as herself
That must have been very improving 70
her disposition, replied Mrs. Fairwearher,
with good-humlrci snic. But 10 Justice
to poor Aunt Hetty, y0n should remember
that she had Just such a cherries childhood
herself. Flower, grow where there IS sun
shine.
Il know You think everybody ought O.
live 10 the sunshine, replied Mrs.. Lane;
and it must be confessed that You carry it
with YOU wherever You 70. II Mrs Tumpen-
nv has heart, dare say You will find 1t out
though never could. and never heard OF
any one else that could. Al the families
within hearing of Lo- tongue called her the
neighbor-in-law.'
Certainly the prospect was not vcrs eu-
couragns; for the house Mrs. iairweathcr
proposed ID occupy was not only under the
same roof with Mrs Turnpenny, bat the
buildings had one common yard in lr1ur.
The very first day she took possession Of her
in-law Aunt Hetty had taken the precau-
ton to extinguifh the fire, les, the new
neishbor should want hot water, before her
own wood and coal arrived. Her first saluta-
tion was, If YOU want any cold water,
there's a pump across the street, don't
like to have my house stopped all over
1 am glad You are 50 tidy, neighbor Turn
penny replied Nlrs. FairweAther. 1t is cx-
O.. ss-f.f
will try to keep everything as bright as d
new five cen. piece, for | sec that viii please
YOU. came merely to say good morning,
and to ask You if You could sfare little
Peggy to run up and down stairs for me,
while am getting my furniture IN order. l
Will pay her slxPence an hour.
Aunt Hctty began TO purse up her mouth
for a refusal; but the promise Of sixpencc an
hour relaxed her features az once. Little
Peggy sat knitting 2 stocking very diiigcnt-
ly, with rod lying on the table beside her
She looked up with timid wIstlulncss. as ii
the prospect Of any change was like re-
lease from prison. When she heard consent
given, bright color flushed her cheeks
She was evidently of an imprcssible temper
ament, good OF evil Now mind and behave
yourself, said Aunt Hetty; and sec that
YOU keep at work the whole time; if | hear
one word Of complaint you know what
vou'n get when You come home The
rose color subsidei from Pesgys pale face.
anu s-'0 aus
Iy.
IN 'ne ne ".H, ~
instead Of, Mind how you do that, if You
uon ~ p-li''', - ,.,rsr,lr..
"OruS' u1"l IT, -"
can carry 1'at a1'i-s O.,
nanny niue ell YOU 1l1 r.. D..
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