The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-04-05

RICHMOND.
kind enough to shut up your fowls
for few weeks.
shut up my fowls!' gasped Miss
Penniman
Only till planting is past, mad
am; they're SO exceedingly trouble.
some about scratching up the
seeds.
Tell your master I'll accommo-
date him with pleasure if he'll have
the goodness to shut up that dog Of
hin.
What, Waggle, ma'am!'
He may be Waggia for anything
I know. I mean On Ill favored little
cur, that comes nosing shout my
back door, frightening the cat out
OF her seven senses.
IN deliver your message, mad
am,' said Popkins, bowling . good
morning.
Shut up the fowls cried Miss
Penniman, watching his retreating
figure. WAS there ever such impu-
dencsi However, / guess I've CIV
en the old gentleman his quietua.
Look there, Suky Ann! That Pop
kins has left . track ON the floor;
get the mop and wipe it up. Iwon
der what inen were made for, any
how, unless It Is 10 track round and
make work for women! I'm sure
they never did me any goodr
That long louis at the door
again, asking for you,' announced
Suky, few days afterwards.
What long louts'
i sPopkins num-
| Show him in, said Miss Penni-
man, grimly.
i We'll, sir?' as he appeared at the
parlor door.
/ sMr. Merridew is sorry to trouble
you again, madam; but he says If
you don't shut up those fowls, he
really shall be obliged to take meas
ures-
j Ask your master If it's any worse
for my hens to scratch up few
seeds, than for that dog to steal the
meat from my pantry, and the grid.
die cakes from my tablet Howev
er, he's welcome to take measures,
If he wants to. I've no sort of OBJ
lection / can take measures, tool
} Yes, ma'am.
+ So the fowls were allowed to roam
lin freedom, as before; and several
! times each day they might have
been seen skurrying over the fence
: from Mr.. Merridew's garden fol
. lowed by shower Of stones and
Q brickbats, while Just as often small
q dog might have been seen leapine
the fence in an opposite direction
8 pursued by an incensed female with
, . broom or . pan of hot dishwater
b. Go tell that Internal woman, sail
Mr.. Merridew, one day, when thi:
> had happened an unusual number
Of times, go tell Hat Internal wo
eI nan that Il shss dseat lint n
1 those fowle, m wfin9 their inferna
necks! Heavens! II I'd Known tha
1 house was occupied BY cantanker
/ ous old maid, l never would hav'
d taken this one!'
It is not probable the polite Pop
d kins would have delivered thi
d message verbatim, or that his mas
q ter intended he should; but he wa
saved the trouble of modifying il
d for when he opened the gate, he We
confronted by Miss Penniman hel
u self with o sun bonnet on her head
and q trowel in her hand. Sb
stood before him an embodiment c
J. indignant virtue; and before b
n could open his mouth, said, wavin
n her trowel with . gesture Of def
T. ance:
Tell your master I've lived o
these premises ten years, and AZ
. satisfed to remain here. Thoe
=, TT don't like can leave!, But NJ
er = minute, said she, ihpelled b
d an afterthoughts tell him that
win shut up my fowls; III have
r carpenter to morrow
a. Thank you, ma'am, said POI
kins and to himself,-I wonde
what's The wind now for, thong
70 the wordg were .ceneiliatory, thex
g. was no relenting in the eye
,e The next day the mystery N
y made plain; the carpenter cam
* and put up . hen house of rougl
nt pine boards, close by the fent
nt which separated the two estates, 4
o. most directly beneath the windo
IN Of Mr.. Merridew's sleeping apar
IN ment
n Now he'll know when its time
OF get up in the morning. said Mi
u Penniman.
.s If the unsightliness of the stru
ne ture. and the sounds of CROWN
te' and cackling which preceded, som
sn times proved annoying to her ov
eyes and ears, she rejoiced in Il
er fact as an evidence Of the still gres
as or annoyance they were causing b
81 neighbor.
an There was an end to the inte
II change of messages, and osteosib
or. of all communication between Il
~ two households; for if Popkins {
casionally helped Suky drive b
ay COWS from pasture, or flung his te
%; der compliment over the gard
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