The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-25

= you Be. an The race isn't allus % u,
hut yeti find the battle'll BE- & til
strong-an' right here In this kitchsn
nye don't stir yer stumps lively"
hut what shall do. Hannahp" and
Uncle Joel looked around 10 helplcs.
lbewildcrmcnt
.'DoP why, just 20 out en- set th>
old speckled hen. I've told 70 70 more'u
dozen times. Shed had time & Eel
an hatch whilst W was gsttin' ready 1
| And Aunt Hannah. catching up he
nrst thing that came handy. which
proved 70 be Uncle Joel's soft folt hat.
proceeded To I'll Il with eggs.
Here they be, and don't be all day
about it!" she called, coming out 81 TIE
pantry holding the hat with both hand :
and depositing Il in the soft, fluffy
depths Of the feather cushion in the big
rocking-chair.
Hurrying back to the pantry. she re-
turned 70 her baking. while Uncle Joel
hunted around for his hat and cane,
which were always missing when
needed.
Good mornin'. Miss Potter came
the next moment 70 Aunt Hannah 4
eirs. rs her next-door neighbor walked
Into the kitchen without knocking:
busy as cverp What master hand
you be & work! l wonder II you ever
stop long enough 6 eat and Slept"
well, somebody's got 6 work where
there's eight mouths { feed an eight
backs 3 keep clos on," Aunt Hannah
answered, without stopping moment
in her sitting Of sugar and measuring
Of -four for her cakes.
did We hear what q muss they. had
over & Nose Potter's. last nightly
mo; what's up now? They're allus
havin' time there Iwonder how that
woman can be SIGH fool as Tive with
SIGH a man."
so do l. But this time twas wus' n
any O. their quarrels. Didn't We know
bout the fcllers from Dobbs' factory
a~comin' up t'tar an feather Mose?'
MY goodness gracious. Miss Brown.
ye don't mean it?"
And Aunt Hannah stopped in her
work Of breaking eggs to raise her
do take . cheer an set down. and
take on yonr bunnit, leading the way
into the kitchen. and setting chair
for her visitor. do tell US all about
II"
Aunt Hannah deposited her two hum
dred pounds rather heavily on the soft
feather cushion on the huge rocking
chair, and commenced beating her
eggs in mulberry crock BOWL she
could not stop work even long enough
TO CRAFTY her curiosity and the two
tined steel fork with which she was
doing the work had not the efficiency
Of the modern egg-beater.
pushing the huge framework Of paste
board and gingham back from her
face. 'sMose's wife took her tailor work
home yesterday an got her money for
IT, y know Nose use & carry it, and
he wouldn't let her hev the money for
Z; jest spent jest's he'd minter, an
she an the children had & 90 hungry
half O. the time for Nose never'd
bring nothin' in TO speak on"
II know IL; an I've told her time'n
ag'in she was fool t'work 50 an let
that crazy lummox cit hold o. her
money said Aunt Hannah, beating
her eggs more briskly in her indigna-
dation. He'd set behind the stove all
last winter an sing The Lord Pervide,
an wouldn't lift his finger Z pervide
for his younguns himself. The hyper
critr'
"Well. We see. Mrs. Brown resumed,
''she lc'rnt better'nt { let him carry
home any work; so Yesterday she an
Jane took big bundle out TO the CITY,
an when she got back. Nose told her
70 give him the money. n she wouldn't
do Il. He was mighty high over il. an
threatened what he'd do IL she didn't
let him have it. But she'd got her back
up. m We know Sally's pretty kinder
sot when she sets out q be. IN Nose
couldn't scare her with cent. She
jest told him the money were her'n;
she earn'tit II, m he shouldn't tech one
penny ont. Then she SEE he Jest grab
bed her BY the arm an throat, an tried
10 git il, m she kicked an pulled till
she got away from him; but her n arid
come down in the tussle. an he grab
bed her BY that. an aforc she could |
git away he'd pulled out lock as big |
~ my thumb Her head look just aw-
ful when she came over to our house |
nm, told ont. an her arm an throat |
was black an blue where he a pin hed |
'er. told her I'd go straight Squire |
Pease m make complaint against him.
An she started but aforc she got there |
she met Dave Tuttle. m We know what q |
high-fyer Dave is; m As soon As she
told him bout Nose. Dave sex seq he:
MRS. Potter. We jest 60 right straight
back'n get the young uns m yer clos.
an II Nose sAys any thing, jest tell him
you've made complaint against him.
IN he dasscnt tech We, an Ill get my
cam m meet We here in half an hour.
IN fetch We to my house. an 70 can
'tay till yc can make shift some way
so she got the young'uns an things
an mighty few things tl9re was. too
an Dave fetched them home with
lin. !"
what did Nose have Z say for him.
elf when Sally came backP'''
Never said nothin'. only asked 'er
where she was goin'. an she told him
twas where she'd be better of than
he "A ever heen with hin, Sho eavs