The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-27
wHo'w,AIs HEn NEIGlsBoiklf'

lived In q City alI ~ !. a 80
wen, and came OF % cnlttv veg aaa -,
proud fatnilys but sts gas nos 49, "a h ~
their fashion. She had always ealAe -, W.
own living 10 one way or ano.Mss, s" ners
Whascver tie outside world may shink, tnis
,aS,s.,s = lucrative business, aud our friend
had stl,er seopIe to help on n tile. 80 sue
hsd laid 90 nothing aud a'e6c aWniie SDc
married Door mas and came TO Daiton,
So,,rishfpp country town. % i've. iney
won't 10 housekeeping In aD Ole notne'
small and inconyenient, butpa pleasant ost.
Innt. Snd. once settled, befan to look ABOUT
.thena. 80 Fred do hope shalt nave
nice aeIghbors,o said the little woman as
ahey sat at breakfast one day. =, z.,. !.
~ don't know, Tina, how you.it a'he
Them: Of course they'll like you. ;,
aTbat,s yery proper Of you to say, str,
,oyohed ARR. ReaYdsIey, but Pm more
art to like people than they are to IKE as.
This was quite true. -Ssistina Bearasiey
uss very honest, frank, unconvent.snal,
and aen;e: she spoke her mind 100 iHeely
70 no always a comfortable frieEd. anmah
nature loves fiattery, aud she never nstte a.
ed: however, our busEness Is WIFI hei
peighbors. ,;, ssrs
Dean was q handsome, cool, calm s0rC on
womon. with three daughters, ali unoer
tom,tean. Her husband kept a couofry
store and had made some money; her mousse
,yos very fine with shining furniture, Bas1s-
sels carnsss. and always strictly curtaineo,
Screened. and blinded from sun ana ar.
Mrs, Dean xyas a very good woman.she
neyerfailee to attend every meeting tne.e
was. and she always went to church, rsih
nr shine. and took her children to sunday
school with the same persistence. she was
a woman who did her duty in these respects
earnestly and conscientiHlsly, ana never
could understand why every one else was
not equally faithful. o
Now her new neighbor YVES not strong
woman. and her work was nard' LII LIZ
nuently hammered to her to have dreadiui
neIrolSic headache on Sunday, and though
che was accustomed in her youth to go 10
ch,,rch as punetiliously as the minister
himself. and had really overEorked her-
seH in the City Mission Sunday schools, she
frequently now spent her day. OF rest On
the sofa, with throbbing pangs ID her neao,
and back aching in every fibre. Nor ala
She send Tommy, heriittle fve-year-oId Doy'
to Sunday school, for she preferred 10
teach him at home. 80.
"Haye you been to see Beardsiey's Wl1e,
nv dcar?" said MIR. Dean, one morning
about three weeks after tue ne" neishoofs
made their appearance.
ono. not vet. I thought I should not
hurry. I do not think she is q very good
nerson TO be intimate With. She does not
send her bow to Sabbath school, and hardly
ever goes to church. I do not wish to en-
courage such a person 70 visit Us freely"
MIR. Dean said no more. His wiie's chin
was square and her lips thin; he really re-
sDected her rather severe goodness. she
did call on the new conner; was a little
mortified 10 find what common furniture
she had, and how the sun streamed in on
the old three-ply carpet; and she went
away. leaving behind her chill such as
follows an iceberg. Mrs. Beardsley knew
she was disapproyed Of, and why, for she
was quick OF discernment; and knowing
inwardly that she really did try and wished
above all things to he Christian woman,
she felt sad and sorry that her light did not
shine better. Then it occurred to her, after
all. God knew about it, and knew she
did like to 20 to church, and did not
like to be kept at home with neuralgia and
exhaustion, so she left this new trouble to
Him. Down the street lived Mrs. Roberts,
q wel-to-do mechanics wife.
II see Beardsley's folks have moved ln,''
was her husbands comment.
eyes, they bave; but sban't trouble
them with my company. She's a city
woman, and writes for the papers besides.
She won't want to see common folks, ike
me. Mrs. Dean will call on her, presume
to say, and the rich folks up town; but l
know enough not to go where amt want
ed, and, moreover, l never did like stuck
up folks.'
81 don't know but what you're just as
good as she is, Marian; and you come
to The money pint ONT, could buy an sell
Fred. Beardsley over and ag'in."
swell guess you could but she's got
her own click, and shan't trouble her. l
believe in lettin' folks alone, il they feel
too smart for your kind. Inever did push
in where want wanted, and amt going
to begin now"
So Mrs. Roberts stayed away, strenuously
held her parasol to the east il her new
neighbor was that way. although the sun
bIazed toward the west, and passed by on
the other side. Mrs. Beardsley omprehend.
ed the matter, and laughed softly; she
would some time undertake Mrs. Roberts,
she thought, and convert her to her own
theory OF neighborhood; but that time had
not come yet.
Next to Mrs. Dean lived Mrs. Morris I;
she was pleasant, energetic, laxative per-
son; an interchangeable church-gocr, and
benevolent soul; but she did not belong to
the Blank church, and the Beardsleys did;
she went on TO the Banker house OF wor-
ship, and did not care a cent about any
other denomination. It did not afflict
her much that Mrs. Beardsley was one OF
the inactive sisters, because she was
Blank; il she had been Banker, Mrs.
Morris would have been as troubled as
Mrs. Dean was about the new neighbor,
though on different principle.
AS 1t was, she called on her after awhile;
but her time was so taken up with the
Banker church. her house was so filled and
overrun with all the Banker congregation,
from the minister down to the sexton; she
had so many weddings, and funerals, and
societies to attend, that Mrs. Beardsley
hardly saw her in her own house for the
next year, though Mrs. Morris's call was
promptly returned.
family; nice, kindly. plain young people;
Mrs. Waters's sister being the third member
Of the family, The husband was timer,
and it was in his shop, where she was buy
ing tea-kettfe, that the new neighbor was
introduced to them. They meant to call,
they were members Of the same church 70
which the Beardsleys belong, and llVed
only two aouses away, but they were SO
shy! 1t seemed to be sort OF agony 10
them to speak before stranger; they
blushed and stammered, and looked every
way but the right one. at last, alter year
OF waiting, they came one evening, put
they never came again. -,
Up above her, for the street was on the
llaa,..ri.r MrS ReandSlaY