Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-29

which were always missing when
needed.
Good mornin', Miss Potter" came
the next moment to Aunt Hannah's
ears, as her next-door neighbor walked
into the kitchen without knocking;
"busy as ever? What master hand
you be t. work! l wonder if you ever
stop long enough t eat and sleep!''
"Well, somebody's gott' work where
there's eight mouths t. feed an eight
backs e keep clos on" Aunt Hannah
answered, without stopping moment
in her sitting Of sugar and measuring
of flour for her cakes.
Ibid we hear what muss they had
over & Nose. Potter's, last night?''
mo; what's up nowp They're allus
havin' time there. wonder how that
woman can be SIGH fool as tive with
SIGH a man."
80 do |. But this time twas wus'n
any o their quarrels. Didn't we know
bout the fellers from Dobbs' factory
a-comin' up t'tar an feather MoseP"
my goodness gracious, Miss Brown,
ye don't mean it?"
And Aunt Hannah stopped in her
work of breaking eggs to raise her
hands in astonishment.
"Do take cheer an set down, and
take of your bunnit," leading the way
into the kitchen, and setting chair
for her visitor. do tell us all about
it,"
Aunt Hannah deposited her two hun
dred pounds rather heavily on the soft
feather cushion on the huge rocking
chair, and commenced beating her
eggs in a 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.
well, we see, Mrs. Brown began,
pushing the huge framework of paste
board and gingham back from hel
face, "Mose's wife took her tailor-work
home yesterday an got her money fol-
it. Ye know Nose use t carry it, ant
he wouldn't let her hev the money fol-
t; jest spent jest's he'd mlnter, an
she an the children had t 60 hungry
half o. the time-fOr Nose never {
bring nothin' in to speak on"
II know it; an I've told her timer
ag'in she was fool t'work so an LEI
that crazy lummox git hold O. hel
money" said Aunt Hannah, beating
her eggs more briskly in her indigna
dation. He'd set behind the stove al
last winter an sing The Lord Pervide,
an wouldn't lift his finger t pervid,
for his younguns himself. The hyper
crit!n
"Well, yesee," Mrs. Brown resumed
"she le'rnt better'nt t let him carr,
home any work. so Yesterday she an
Jane took big bundle out to the city
an when she got back, Nose told he
to give him the money, n she wouldn'
do it. He was mighty high over it, an
threatened what he'd do if she didn'
let him have it. But she'd got her bacl
up, N We know Sally's pretty kinde
sot when she sets out t. be, n Mos
couldn't scare her with cent. Sh
jest told him the money were her'n
she earn't it, N he shouldn't tech on
penny ont. Then she SEE he jest grab
bed her by the arm an throat, an trie'
to git it, m she kicked an pulled til
she got away from him; but her hair
come down in the tussle, an he grab
: bed her by that, an afore she coul
git away he'd pulled out lock as BIZ
: as my thumb. Her head look just aw
full when she came over to our nous
an, told ont, an her arm an throa
was black an blue where he'd pinche
'er. l told her I'd go straight SPUR
Pease n make complaint against him
An she started; but afore she got ther
she met Dave Tuttle, m yeknow what
: high-fyer Dave is; m as soon as sh
told him bout Nose, Dave seq, SEE hi
"'Mrs. Potter, ye jest go right straigf
back'n get the young'uns n yer clos
an if Nose says any thing, jest tell hiI
you've made complaint against hin
, an he dassent tech we, an I'll get m
. team m meet We here in half an houl
an fetch We to my house, an yc ca
stay till We can make shift some way
: 80 she got the young'uns an thing
, an mighty few things there was, to
,, an Dave fetched them home wit
: him."
what did Nose have t. say for hin
self when Sally came backP"
Never said nothin', only asked Z
? where she was goin', an she told hi
twas where she'd be better off tina
. she d ever been with him. She say
. he kinder hauled in his horns, as if i
was little afeared, an he let 'er g
: without sayin' nothin' more"
: 1.-The mean scamp! Lucky for him
wasn't his wife!' said Aunt Hannal
tiercely, "rd a-learnt him what's VIII
afore this time"
. well, We see, Dave went an to-
them factory fellows how mean Mos
q had used his wife, an they'd allus ha
h kind of a grudge against him, al
J, didn't want no better fun m t seal
him half to death; so they just rigge
II up in old clos, an turned their Goa
O wrong side out, m BACKED their face
n SOS he couldn't tell none on 'em. The
they got big bag O. feathers an
n kittle O. tar, an came up there a.
A tried to git Nose out. But he smelt
: rat, an they couldn't raise him. The
J. pounded on the doors an told hi
v they'd break 'em down if they didn
q let EN- in, but he never let on he heal
'em. Bimeby some of 'em got the no
e trough an threw it through the wi
der"
Il Good for emf said Aunt Hanna
I chuckling with delight. That's Il
r most sensible thing they ever done.
n hogs trough is the best thing they cou
" find for SIGH hog"
"They staid round there purity nj,
'. half an hour, and one or two on e
1, got in through the broken winder a
re looked high an low, but they couldr
1T ind hide or hair of Nose. After they
4 been gone spell, Lish went over a
hollered t Nose n told him they's
to cleared out, and nobody shouldr
IF tech him if he'd come out. But
4 never showed himSelf. an, Iish LIT