The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

"Vut yell find the battle'll be { the
strong-an' right here in this kitchen,
If We don't stir yer stumps lively"
"But what shall do. .Hannahp" and
Uncle Joel looked Ground in helpless
bewilderment.
"DoP Why. just 60 out an set the
old speckled hen. I've told ye to more'n
q dozen times. She'd had time t set
an hatch whilst ye was gettin' readyt'
do it."
And Aunt Hannah. catching up the
first thing that came handy, which
proved to be Uncle Joel's soft felt hat,
proceeded to fill it with eggs
''Here they be, and don't be all day
about it!' she called, coming cut of the
pantry holding the hat with both hands
and depositing it in the soft, fluffy
depths of the feather cushion in the big
rocking-chair.
Hurrying back to the pantry. she re-
turned to 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 to Aunt Hannah's
ears. as her next-door neighbor walked
into the kitchen without knocking;
'busy as cvere What q master hand
you be t work! wonder il you ever
stop long enough t eat and sleep!"
"Well, somebody's gott' work where
there's eight mouths t. feed an eight
backs 6 keep clos on" Aunt Hannah
answered, without stopping moment
in her sitting of sugar and measuring
Of flour for her cakes.
"Did We hear what muss they had
over t Nose Potter's, last night?"
mo; what's up nowe They're allus
havin' time there. I wonder how that
woman can be SIGH fool as Tive with
SIGH man."
so do L But this time twas wus' n
any o their quarrels. Didn't ye know
bout the fellers from Dobbs' factory
a-comin' up t'tar an feather Mose?"
my goodness gracious, Miss Brown.
ye don't mean itpYl
And Aunt Hannah stopped in her
work Of breaking eggs to raise her
hands in astonishment
"Do take cheer an SGT down, and
take off 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 hel
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. Moses wife took her tailor-worE
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 a minter. an
J she an the children had t go 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 q fool t'work so an le
that crazy lummox git hold O. he
money" said Aunt Hannah, beatin!
: 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"
"Well. yesee," Mrs. Brown resumed
"she le'rnt better'nt t let him carr
: home any work; so Yesterday she an
t Jane took big bundle out to the city
: an when she got back. Nose told he
to give him the money, m she wouldn'
}. do it. He was mighty high over it. an
II threatened what he'd do if she didn'
It let him it. But she'd got her bac
q up, N We know Sally's pretty kinde
sot when she sets out t be, m Mos
u couldn't scare her with q cent. Sh
: Jest told him the money were herr
y she earn't it, m he shouldn't tech ON
u penny ont. Then she SEE he jest grail
n bed her by the arm an throat, an trie
l. to git it, m she kicked an pulled ii
g she got away from him; but her hair
n come down in the tussle. an he grail
bed her by that. an afore she coul
u git away he'd pulled out lock as bi
II as my thumb. Her head look just av
IS full when she came over to our nous
II an. told ont, an her arm an thro;
n was black an blue where he'd pinche
q 'er. l told her I'd go straight SPUR
u Pease n make complaint against hin
:. An she started but afore she got thel
y she met Dave futile, m We know what
IS high-hyer Dave is; m as soon as sf
p told him bout Nose, Dave SEE, seq h
a "'Mrs. Potter, ye Jest 60 right straigl
v back'n get the young'uns m yer clo'
an If Nose says any thing, jest tell hi
= you've made complaint against hin
= = an he dassent tech ye, an I'll get m
u team m meet ye here in half an hou
. an fetch ye to my house. an yc Ca
=. stay till We can make shift some way
:" 80 she got the young uns an thin,
y an mighty few things there was, t.
70 an Dave fetched them home wi
~ him."
" what did Nose have T. say for hin
self when Sally came back?"
IL '.Never said nothin', only asked '
re where she was goin', an she told hi
IN twas where she'd be better off tn;
- she d ever been with him. She sa
~ he kinder hauled in his horns, as if
a was little afeared. an he let 'er
n. without sayin' nothin' more"
a. THE mean scamp! Lucky for him
" wasn't his wifer' said Aunt Hanna
,e fiercely. I'D a-learnt him what's VIII
afore this time"