The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-01-17
HISS PEASLEE's EErGHBOR.


CHAPTER I.
Gan old bachelorl It's Just too bad, y
cried Miss Jane Peaslee, excitedly, II
never could abide old bachelors, and
here one Of ems gone and moved in
right next doorl Hes got a great hor-
rid dog. too. I'll warrant he'll be the
plague of oEr lives.
s'Mehbe not, Jane" mildly expostu-
lated Mrs. Webb. ''Old bachelors
amt apt to be meddlesome, gener'ly.
.Himl l meant the dog snapped
Miss Jane. ''Of course he'll be rum
ming over here, tormenting the cat and
digging holes in the fiower-beds next
summer fur cool place to lie in; or a
chasing the hens, an stealing the eggs,
when they've made nests in the weeds.
He'll be a regular nuisance, know.
But won't put up with it, an shill
tell him SO plump. the very first chance
GIT.
1.-THE dog, Janep''
'.rhe dog OF course not. / meant
the crusty, crabbid old bachelor, him
self He"
20 Jane! You don't think he would
steal the eggs and make holes in the
fiower-beds. do youP''a
''FiddlesticksI Amt You got no
sense at all, Nelanceyp A body might
as we'll talk to clothes-prop as you'll
said the dog would steal the eggs, AM
shouldn't put up with it, an / should
tell the old bachelor so, too. Now do
you understand An so wilt TIL
take the broomstick to him, to- See if
don't, she concluded. emphatically.
Melancey looked Mortified at the last
declaration, but she wisely held he
peace, devoutly hoping, however, that
Jane would think better Of it before at
lacking the strange bachelor with a
broonstiok.
Miss Jane and her sister owned the
little cottage in which they lived, which
was about all they did own, and man
aged TO exc ont . living by doing plain
sewing, dress making or anything of
the kind they could get to do.
''If you would only get married,
Jane, her sister had once suggested,
1--WE might"
I" / 'front.', snapped Jane, with char
acterlstic acidity. ~ don't like mem
hate emf
But Melancey was not easily silenced.
s'They amt all like poor, dear
$3.50, ~ WIN
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her sister, jumping up with q worry red
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an old maid IN ha, 1919 III - , .ITlA
THO c,har lccts M 81 1900 s;s.i ALale.
widow iron, ali,,s Srass;,,o e hl 20
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forp Paid lii months, rant taoi 60
found Il ali 4 man AIM safe snvwbere
hardly .hese DAYS. az cou,sa thay,II
both Be a SETTING. their cans +, ketcb me- q
hut WOMB he canohti I,lI Lao.s 1 ,,,
of their wav A.. 'mnc6 rs noss;ble ana
even If meet me If ,em foce ~ fs s,.~
plllook another way. see thew Lss,,
n parcel n old hens. too II anv " ' M,
come a scratchinc about here M sst |
the doc on 'em sSre I ain,t a a,o;ros i
10 be pestereeI ~ nldmaids or the;,e b ans
either i've hired man-sarvsnt a mr., mr.,
pose 10 keen out O, their clutches an, 7
amt a-poing TO he took in ~, tho I
smartest woman that aver liyad -
And with look Of DISCRIMINATION nm bic