The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-26

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Mrs. Chickwit gave her the plates and
Mrs. Bah went home and told her hus-
band, who soon came lazily saunter1ng
across the field for the wood, of which
he took no less than six good-sized arm
fuls, and the last time carried over saw
and an ak, which additions he borrowed
without leave or ]ieense-perhaps be-
cause he was ashamed to ask. The
clouds from his inevitable pipe prevent
ed Mrs. Chickwit from seeing whether
he looked ashamed or not but she did
notice that it took him the remainder of
the day to saw and split the wood he
had carried over, and that when he had
done he carried the az and saw into his
own house.
81 suppose they'll return them all to-
gether, surmised Mrs. Chickwit, "kind,
easy, good-natured souls It must NOR
tify them to be obliged to borry, when
they hate it SO, and when they've just
moved in"
Just as the sun set Mrs. Bab's other
daughter, Arabella, came over to ask, if
Mrs. Chickwit's patience was not ex-
hausted, if she would lend her mother
enough pork to fry for supper, pound
or SO Of sugar, and pint or so of milk,
"as she hated to borry, and their'n
hadn't Gomez" all of which Mrs. Chick
wit, beginning to be little-iusta little
-astonished, sent over to her social new
neighbor, with her compliments, and an
invitation for the whole family of Babs to
come over and spend the evening, for
her husband would be at home, and
they could have such nice time.
The Bah family accordingly did come
over, and general introduction took
place, and Mr. Chickwit took quite
fancy to Mrs. Bah, not having heard
anything of the incidents of the day,
and became so attentive to her that Mrs.
Chickwit began to have new sensation
in regard to Mrs. Bab-jealousy, in
short-which being unsupported by the
easy-going Mrs. Bah, she 80 cordially re-
ciprocated the partiality of Mr.. Chick
wit. that when the parties separated for
the night quite scene took place in
the Chickwit family, and Mrs. Chickwit,
knowing how her husband detested bor-
rowers, disclosed all the borrowing Incl
dents of the day. And that shocking
revelation so disguised the methodical
Mr.. Chickwit that, as his wife expected,
his whole feeling toward their new
neighbor became one of distrust, and he
expressed ardent hope that she would
never call again, unless to return the
articles she had borrowed.
Having set herself at rest on the score
of her husbands affections, Mrs. Chick
wit felt herself free to continue her init.
macy with Mrs. Bah, which she craved
by day for society's sake-taking care
not to invite her over in the evening.
And ere the first week was over, beside
sundry other articles of housekeeping
too numerous to mention, Mrs. Bah had
contrived to obtain, upon one pretext
and another, the loan Of sheet, shirt,
dress, bonnet and a-baby
For it so happened that all the Bah
"things had not come" according to
Mrs Bab's highly-frank and meek adj
mission; and the articles Of dress she
borrowed "to make her first calls in the
neighborhood," that the people might
know she wasn't unsociable and stuck
up; and she felt she couldn't wait "till
her things come"
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you want of my baby ?" inquired Mrs.
Ohickwit, who, just then rejecting that
not solitary article of all that had been
borrowed had been returned, expe-
rienced painful flash of doubt that per-
haps her baby might be added to the
list of the unreturning.
"Why, we expect company to-day,
Mrs. Chickwit-company from the city
-ahem very rich and I want them to
think your baby is mine, to make an
appearance with, she is so pretty"
Mrs. Chickwit was satisfied as far AS
the baby went, but she did think
that, after all she had lent Mrs. Bah.
she might have been polite enough lust
! to have invited her over, too: which
Mrs. Bah no doubt would have done. if
she had not been afraid that the baby
and mother together would betray her.
Judging from the songs and loud
laughter which Mrs. Chickwit heard
proceeding from the Bah house during
the afternoon and early part of the even
iEg, they were having very enviable
and high-spirited time over there and
the more they seemed to enjoy them
selves, the more angry she felt at not
being invited, and the more worried
about the baby and when finally Mr..
Chlekwlt came home and grumbled
about the baby, and scolded her for LET.
tlng 1t out IN that way, she became first
remorsetul and then furious, and de-
termlned that as soon as that confound-
eel Mrs. Bah came over to return the
child she would give her "a hopping
piece OF her mind-that she would p
At about 8 o'clock the tardy Mrs. B.
came over with the baby, and q horrible
sight presented itself, gratis, to the
startled gaze of Mrs. Chickwit as her
"borryin' neighbor entered the kitch-
en-Mr. Chickwit having gone to bed in
disgust
Mrs. Bab's face was unbecomingly
fushei, her breath ginny, her eyes ex-
cited, and her voice husky. She had
upon her person the borrowed dress, a
light silk, highly priced, but now ruined
by multitude of spots, and additionally
besmeared with mud; for, terrible to
tell, Mrs. Bah, baby in arms, in coming
over had tripped, staggered and fallen in
to a puddle, and, still more piteous to
relate, the baby's right cheek had re-
ceived deep cut, from which the blood
and mud now streamed, in equal parts
well mixed.
The infuriated mother seized the
child, which was crying dismally, and
while she cared for it at once, with all
mothers expert compassion, she
launched forth into such an amazing
TRADE against the inebriated Mrs. Bah
that that woman could for awhile find no
tongue to reply. She was taken by sur
prise, and had plenty of spirits but no
strength.
If we should undertake to give the ex-
act language of Mrs. Chickwit upon that
occasion in har anime dvoro;oY, ,,x,o,,