Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-19
The N8ighbCrS In-Law.

Who blesaes others in his daily deeds,
Will find the healing that his spirit needs;
| For every flower in others pathway strewn,
Confors its fragrant beauty on our own.
$50 you are going t" live in the
same building with Hetty Turnpemy,
said Mrs. Lane to Mrs Fairweather
"You will find nobody to envy you
If her temper does not prove too mucl
even for your good nature, it will sur
prise all who know her We liveC
there year, and that is as long as
anybody ever tried it -
Poor Hetty" replied Mrs, Fair
weather, "shc has had much to hard
en- her. Her mother died too early
for her to remember; her father wa,
very severe with her; and the only
lover she ever had, borrowed the say
ings of her years of toll, and spent
them in dissipation, But IIetty, not
withstanding her sharp features, anC
sharper words, certainly has Il kline
heart In the midst of her greatest
poverty many were the stockings she
KNIT ana tne warm Walstcoats she
made, for the poor drunken lover
Whom She had 100 much sense TO mar
ry' linen you know she leeds anc
clothes her oro!hrrs orphan chlld:
III you call 1t leed'ngand clothing,
replied Mrs Lane, Inc poor chill
looks cold ana plnched' ana 1Ilghtencc
all the time as II she were chased by
the east WIND. ! used to tell Miss
lurnpenny she ought to be ashamed
OF herSelf' 10 keep the poor htlle thlns
at work all the time, without one mn
ute to play. II she does but look a
the cat, as 1t runs by the window
Aunt ,ietty gives hera rap over the
KhucklrS' l USED to ten her she WouIC
make the glrI just Such another SOU
old crao as herself
"That must have been very improv
ing to her disposition repli d Mrs
Fairweather, with good-humorec
smile. but in Justice to poor Am
IIetty, yon should remember thar she
had Just such n childhood herself
Flowers grow where there is sunshine.
Il know youthink everybody ought
to live in the sunshine" replied Mrs
Lane land it must be confessed thai
you carry it with you wherever You 90
If Miss Turnpemy has heart, [ dar,
say You will find it out, though neve
could, and | never head of any on,
else that could. All the families with
in hearing of her tongue call her tn
ncighbor-in-law."
Certainly the prospect was not yer,
encouraging; for the house Mrs. Fair
weather proposed to occupy was no
only under the same rooI with Mis-
Turnpennv. but the buildings had ON
common yard in front. The very frs
day she took possession of her ney
habitation she called ON the peighbor
inlaw. Aunt Hotty had taken tn
precauiion to cxtingnish the fire, les
the new ncighbor should want no
water, before I.cr own wood and Goa
arrived. Her first salutation was
"If YOU want any cold water, there's
pump across the Street | don't like t,
have NV house slopped all over"
Il am clad YOU are so tily, NEIGH
Dor Turnpenny" roplied Mrs. FAN
weather. at is extremely pIeasan
to have neat neiohbors | will trv +
keep everything as brioht as a new
five cent piece. for | see that viii
nIcase Won I came merely 70 50
GOOD morning, and to ask YOU if yo
could spare little Pegey to run up an,
down stairs for me- Willie | am oettin
nv furniture in order I will nav he
siypence IN hour"
Aunt Hettv BEGAN TO nurse nm be
mouth for \ refusal . but tbc nromis
Of sixpense an hour relaxed her fen
lures at once. Little Peoov sat knit
tino q stocking very diligently, with
rod lyino on the table beside her. Sh
looked nm with timid wis,f1Innss as
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