The daily gazette., 1883-08-02
4 Comedy of Errors.
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eniire Paekenham "as NeIJ Us ''e'l'
Sdsmber of the church ne alah,t swear
a'm No slammed the kitchen door 50 ylo
bu. when he came In that heturan, MS
lsus' vs 'comprehended at once that sometning
Wa n,ssp S,pI me. Abram," said she, mildly look
- N, rom the apples she was siicing ior
lux " iPovd there amt no occasion TO
EIu,T6 Iase tbp door off it's hinges. What's the
trouble now" u.,swored tho son,re
..tins himself, with some vehemeDce, on
F' 'ahioneI chair. "The airs that creetnr
vgsa .Isoa herself exceed everything"
gt'S tmS;rsat said Mrs. Paekenham. u didn't
,.oa a"s as them was Betsey Briggs weak
nesseS' a. Snnno what You'll call it," said the
,i.a ,,She was out in the garden pickin'
squ,'V an, lest hollered to her, as come by,
sa,, sa,ss B,,sr;a aaEo npi HjJGsef aeRf 4'ihRusy
lnd II you'll believe IN she didn't say a
Sord Neither yes nor mol"
aWeII, | never" said Mrs. Packenham.
# pRut " with gentle desire for extenuation,
rou U mustn't forget, Abraham, that Betsey
Riggs is near sighted"
aTbat don prevent her hearin', does it?"
,b.rnly demanded the squire.
aI didn't think o. that" said meek Mrs.
psckepham, rejecting golden, summer
,nnle which had bruse on its mellowest
slSe "But Pm quite sure Betsey didn't
mean no harm Betsey never doesw
d dunno how that may be-" said the
,ouire Iuorosely. "But do know shan't
nat mysely out to speak TO her ag'in, unless
sbe sees fit to apologize.
II can't make it out at all" said Mrs.
Packeuham, slowly shaking her head.
Miss Carter was the next person who
soDped at the Packenham house. She was
snare female, whose exact age, like that
Otbe obesk, was wrapped In mystery, and
,be was book agent of the most rabid type,
and deadly execution.
"P'aps you'd like to subscribe to the
Hogsckfcpers' Neekiy Eisitor, Miss Packen
hsm, said She, roundinL off her sentences
with prodigious snil
oval no." said Mrs Packenham. "We
aren't much o readers here"
"Or maybe your husband would like to
ake copy OF the 'Ten Leading : merican
Patriots - suggested Miss Carter, still
sruggng with her catarrhal difficulty.
"Abram don't read nothing but the news
bspers," said Mrs Packenhanl. His eye
ght amt what it was and"
'Who's your neighbor down under tie
hfIW sharply interrupted Miss Carter. Just
beyond the brook, where the bridge is so
but Of repair"
"IIcr name is Briggs" said Mrs. Pecken-
am-"Betsy Briggs"
"Wcll, whoever is" snorted Miss
srter, "she hasn't no more manners than
moaly COW Not to notice me, even, and
be :tandin' there talkin' myself hoarse to
er Not even to turn her head to look at
hen
"Dcar, dear" said Mrs. Packenham,
that's very strange Betsey's a dreadful
cciable creetur, That don't seem like her
BIT"
"Well, that don't signify" said Miss Car
er, seating herself, and opening her leather
packet "But I'd just like you to look at a
fE recent publications I've got here"
"Oh, don't trouble to show 'em to meW
ala Mrs. Paekenham, apprehensively. 81
amt no money TO buy nor time to read;
I'd the churnil's behihdhand, this mornin',
nd I've got soit.soap to make"
II won't take minute" persuasively
rget Miss Carter.
ana she sat two mortal hours in the
qnre.s kitchen, and made Mrs Packenham
uDserlbe to the AoaSekeeper's Weekly Visitor.
fa term OF three years, before she de-
parted.
"Brtsey Briggs managed her the best
ay, groaned Mrs. Packenham, as she
0Osed into the reeesses of her empty pocket
OOk WHAT will Abram sAy7"
lae clergyman, slender, dyspeptic mar
ahand-twenty, stopped at the garden.
sle to give Sister Rriggs friendly good
ferloon, that day but she did not return
polite greeting. He repeated 1t little
OuaPr, and still she took no nota of his
s RgIaeled-gaze sg and new silk hat.
nope | haven't Offended her In any
ay said Mr.. Sweetlands to himself; and
1itu 10 think back to the sentences Of his
=. sermon about gossips and meddlers.
iaiol goa think ! said anything which she
TiD Gua pi oy any possibility apply to herself.
IN II Dflggs-Alss Briggs, say 20
"a az walled minute or SO for reply which
alked on.
,a Ines inese single sisters are perhaps trife
.u'eull TO manage," said he, "But doubt
me naperiehee Will smooth my pathway In
,1a anu, naturally enough, the Rev. Sweet
y sI w ltpped IN at Sister Paekenham's to
a. .Da .ief efr now She thought he could possibly
~ Ouehuea Miss Betsey Briggs.
TO be continued