The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-23
A NefghbOr of Mine;

or, NY Experience OF Borrowers
Miss sends her compliments and says,
please ms'am lend her pitcher Of milk,
A peck of homiDy, u glass OF cranberry
jeIly, aud paper Of number nine needles.
She wants you TO como over after break
fast and show her how TO cut Il RistOri
Jacket for Miss Medora; and be sure to
bring your big scissors, for her patterns Is
lost, and her scissors isloOse IN the rivet;"
saving which, Angelica, the mulatto
waiting maid Of my neighber next door,
dropped one other most graceful conrIe'
sizes, and stood holding up her Aounces.
was sitting at the breakiast.tablc,
Shipping my chocolate, an occupation in
which especially disliked to be disturb
ed. Ny husband. through with his break
last, leaning back In his armchair, was
CHANGING over the columns Of the last
newspaper, while mother still fingered
aver her tca.cup and sailor cracker. The
old lady looked up and smiled peculiar
smile on hearing Angelica's message, but
compressed my lips, slightly, provoked;
for this was not the first time by many a
score that l had been victimi2ed by the
negotiation Of such loans. However, the
loan was effected.
had been married some four months,
and after spending the first in travelling,
We had gone to housekeeping 10 a little
rented cottage, the pretticst, thought, In
the village. 1t was spreading, lOw.rooled
dwelling, painted delicate cream color,
with green blinds, was recessed from the
street in yard shaded with waier.oak
and mimora trees; u luXuriant wOodbine,
the trysting place Of pair Of humming'
birds, and fCstooning the porch. Install.
ed mistress Of this pretty home by fond
husband, my happiness was rendered
more complete by The company o! my
beloved mother, whom my husband had
insisted should live with us, l being hel
only child.
For three weeks was entirely content
busy as bird building Its nest or bee
gathering materials for wax and honey
making. How delightful were the lessons
received In housekeeping from my
mother how instructive her lectures on
the principles regulating its complicated
machinery! An accomplished artistic in
home economy herself, she wAs fully com.
peient TO post me In the details; and
with her example and instructions l soon
found my domestic machine in good run
ming order, regulated by due adjustment
nj the malnsprings, system and punciu-
atty.
One afternoon was in the front yard,
training white tea rose on hcartshaped
frame my husband had made for me,
when my attention was attracted by the
sound Of wheels, and looking up saw
several wagons loaded with furniture ap-
preaching, and observed that they stop
ped at the gate Of the tail house that tow
cred next door. Later IN the evening
carriage arrived, from which descended
two ladies and some children. ] was al
once excited and rather pleased at The
idea OF having such near neighbors, and
when Edgar came In 10 tea from the store
eagerly inquired the name Of the stran
gers. They were "lhe DOrseys from
Greene County" he told me, people Of
good standing, had daughter about my
age, said to be q beauty, all of which In
Ierested me so that dreamed about them
that night.
Next morning, AFTER breakfast, was