West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-09

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turned to her baking, while Uncle joel
hunted around for his bat and cane.
which wore always missing when
needed.
Good mornin', Miss Potter" came
the ncNt moment to- Aunt Hannah s
ears, rs her nrNt-door ncighbor walked
INTO the kitchen without knocking;
busy as cvcrP What master hand
you be { work. | wonder if YOU ever
stop long enough { eat and slcepu"
well, somebody's got { work where
there S eight mouths { feed an eight
backs { keep clos on" Aunt Hannah
answered, without stopping a moment
IN her sitting of sugar and measuring
of Hour for her cakes.
Did We hear what n muSS they had
over { Nose Pottcrs. last night?N
mo: what's up now? They're allus
havin' time there. wonder how that
woman can be SIGH fool as Tive with
SIGH man
$50 do |. But this time { was wus'n
any o their quarrcls. Didn't We know
bout the fellcrs from DobbS' factory
a-comin up ttar an feather Mosc?"
MY goodness gracious, Miss Brown,
yo don't mean it?N
And Aunt Hannah stopped i'm her
work of breaking eggs to raise her
hands i'm astonshmcnt.
do take cheer an set down, and
take oil your buuuit,' leading the way
INTO the kitchen, and setting "A 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 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-heater
well, We see Mrs. Brown began.
pushing the huge framework of paste
board and Bingham back from her
face. Moses wife took her tailor-worll
homo yesterday an got her money for
1T. 1e know Nose use { carry it.. and
he wouldn't let her hev the money for
| I; jest spent icSt's he'd mInter, an
she an the children had { go hungry
half o the timc-for Nose never'd
bring nothin i'm to speak on"
II know it; an I've told her timc'n
az in she was fool twork so an let
that crazy lummox Git hold o. her
money" said Aunt Hannah, beating
her eggs more briskly i'm her indpna-
dation. He'd set behind the stove all
last winter an sing The Lord Pervidc.'
an wouldn't lift his finger { pcrvide
for his younguns himself The hyper
crit"
"Wcll, We see, " Mrs. Brown resumed.
''She lc'rnt bcttcr'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
to give him the money, N she wouldn't
do 1t. He was mighty high over it. an
threatened what he'd do if she didn't
let him have it. But she'd got her back
up. n we know Sally's pretty kinder
sot when she sets ont t be. N Nose
couldn't scare her with cent. She
jest told him the money were her'n:
she earn't il, n be shouldn't tech one
penny ont. Then She scz he Jest grab
bed her by the arm an throat. an tried
to git IT. n she kicked an pulled till
she got away from him; but her hard
come down in the tusslc. an he crab
bed her by that. an aforc she could
git away he'd pulled out a lock rs bio
a my thumb. Her head look lust aw-
tul when she came over To our house
an, told ont, an her arm an throat
was black an blue where he'd pinched
er. ! told her I'd 20 straight Squire
Pease n make complaint ayainst him
An she started; but aforc she got there
she met Dave futile, n veknow what a
high-1ycr Dave j.; n rs soon MS she
told him bout Nose, Dave sen. sen he.
Mrs Potter. We jest 90 right straight
PACK get the young uns N yer clos
an II Nose says any thing, jest tell him
you've made complaint against him.
an he dasscnt tech We. an ri ret NV
team n meet We here i'm half an hour.
an fetch yc to- my house. an We can
stay till We can make "a shift some way
so she got the Young uns an things
AN mighty few things there was too
AN, Dave fetched them home with
him..
What did Nose have T. say for him
self when Sally came back?"
Never said nOthin. only asked 'er
where she was eoin'. an she told him
twas where she'd be better of than
she ever been with him. She saws
he kinder hauled in his horns. as if he
was q little afeared, an he let er 90
without sayin' nothin more
The mean scamp. Lucky for him
wasn't his wife, said Aunt Hannah.
iiercely. I'D a-lcarnt him what what
afore 'his time"
"WeH, yc see. Dave went an told
them factory fellows how mean Nose
had used his wife an they'd allus had
KIND of grudgc against him. an
didn want no better fun IN E scare
him half TO DEATH so they Just rigoed
zap in old clos, an turncd their coats
wrong idc ont. m backed their faces
SOS he couldn't tell none ON 'em. Then
they got big bag % feathers am
kiitIe o. tar. an came up there an
tried 10 9it Nose ont But he smolt
rat. an they couldu raise him They
pounded on the doors an told him
they d break en- down If they didn't
lct EN- in. but be never let ON hc hoard
en- Bimeby some Of EN- got the hoe
trough am threw it through Che win
der
"Good for 'cm" said Aunt Hannah
chuckIiug with delight That's the
most sensible thing they ever done. A
hog trough i- the best thing they could
find for ,ich hog
"Ihcv ,taid round there purity Mich
half 900 hour and one Of two ON 'om
got boo through tine broken wnder ami
looked high AM love- but tiey couldn't
hnd hide or bair of Nose. Arlcrthey'd
occn gone 70 spell Li.b wont over am
hol'crcd Nose u told nim fhrv'4 9Il