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

mind 10 sell out and move away;
but twould be . pity, too, when
rve Just got everything to my mind;
besides; I guess / can make it a.
uncomfortable for him q he can for
me- and she thrust her needle
through and through the canvas, a.
II the parrot she WAS embroidering
had been Mr.. Merridew himself
The next morning, - Miss PEN
niman, with : handkerchief over
her head, and . feather duster in
her hand, was putting the parlor 70
rights, she thought she perceiyed .
strange and indefnable odor steal
ing in through the open window.
sSuky Ann, called she.
Here, num-
Don't you perceive . queer smela
There IN. { anything burning, =
theres'
Nothing but old Nerridew's
PIPE, aid Snky, latughing.
a pipds PheWr cried Miss PEN
niman, shutting the window with an
energy which made the glass rattle
in the frame. Well. give It mp
now; if there's anything I hate, its
tobacco.
He must be q lazy LOOM said
Suky, there, he's got great kind
Of o net, with tassels to it. hitched
up in the piazza. I've heard um
say it was . hummock-
"A hammock correcteH her mis-
tress.
A hammock; there amt much
odds, though; and there he's sprawl
I'd out in it, full length, swingin
himself to and fro, and readin' the
newspaper, or pretendin' to; I DOM
believe anybody can read much,
with their head bobbin' about from
one side to t'other.'
There was trellis ct one side o1
the piazza; which had prevented
Miss Penniman from seeing all this
Did you notice what kind of fur
niture they brought inquired she
Nom; twas all done up in tow
cloth when they carried it in, 'cep
q black box, that looked like . ba
by's coffin.
But It couldn't be- said Mis-
Penniman; what should he want o
. baby's coAini'
4 heard um Bay they guessed i
- : fiddle in it. said Suky.
IA fiddle! Ny stars! So our nos
e are 10 be filed with Tobacco
a0ke, and our ears with th
| soreeching Of fiddle. Heavel
Knows Whist win turn up next
How do you 'spose they get
! their viOtuals!' asked Snky Ann
\ Rleased % be the beerer Of % muc
ke1ting intslligeGoes
The servant man, Popgun cook
them, doesn't he!'
They hAs - hRpaght fsom =
tsyern-eysEy. si1n thing sai
16uky.
sSuky Ann, you may gor sal
Miss Penniman, in . deer, sepu
chral voice, as If endurance ha
been tried to it's utmost limit.
"A pipe-it's q nuisance" muse
she; but I don't suppose I coul
have it abated by law; men NAL
the laws!'
After some moments Of profoun
reflection, she summoned Suky.
Were to have corned beef fl
dinner to day, arnt wet
so you said, num-
And cabbage, of course; we q
ways have boiled cabbage with cor
ed beef Well mind you leave opt
the kitchen window, towards N
Merridew's; the winds that way,
believe
IN be sure to give the kitchen
good airin',' said Suky, demural
and with only sly twinkle in b
eyes, but when she reached b.
own dominions she broke into
series Of giggles, and gave utte
ance to the remarkable exclam
ton:
Cabbage Is trumps!'
IF Miss Penniman expected
drive her neighbor from his stron
hold by q weapon so intangible, 81
was disappointed; for he not on
continued to swing in his hammo
i and smoke his pipe every please
day after dinner, but on moonlig
. nights he brought thither his v
lin, and played till the very cats
the surrounding fences joined
!. from sympathy. Indeed, Miss Pt
} niman declared that she could n
/ tell which was which; and tn
more than once, when she had +
en- from her bed to drive away
feline intruders, she found, too IL
; that she had been finging her bru
!. and slippers at Mr.. Merridew.
For several weeks the only int
course between the two househol
: was of this distant kind; but at Ia
: one bright morning, the serving m
! was seen coming through the g
Z den, to Miss Penniman's back do
: what can he wanta' said Su
!. Ann.
: TO borrow something, you m
4 be sure, answered her mistre
n but I'll soon put stop TO all tina
: A tall and not Ill looking 20,
4 was the man servant whose IN
l. prominent points, as he now p
d sented himself, were: q pair of pl
pantaloons, short saqus (whi
b ike the tadpole, seemed yet un
!. cided whether or not to develop
q tail), red necktie, and Q cap
3 iauntily on one side. Beneath