The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-01-05

= Seth said to me, ses he:
why on airth don't you put sto
= to her peekin' an sneakin' AN askiu
questions an maxim We tell what v
don't want her to know? Ye might
well do it now, afore she's got We int
some trouble or other. cause she's
mlschief-maker that's plain TO br seen
an the only reason that she was S,
neighborly when lie an Johnny wa
sick is that she wanted a chance I,
make We beholden to her so that y,
couldn't throw her Off y
| could see all that without Seth's
pintin' it out TO ME, but as said aforc,
couldn't Muster up the spunk to let
her know it. Ell ever wumman paid
dearly fer neighborly help an sympa-
thy that's been give her, that wum-
man wus me. Eff there wus unexpected
comp'ny come upon me, Mrs Postum
hose must pop in along about supper
time to see how the tca-table was got
up; Of me an Seth he'd bin to town
tradin', she must come In the fust thing
next mornin' to find out all about what
we'd bin buyin' an how much we'd
paid fer it. FL l hired wumman to
do aday's washin', my ncighbor would
be sure to be on hand in the even'n, to
see Of the clothes looked clear an clean
and ask how much wages paid her
| Then she seemed to be mighty keen
on turnin' my friends agin mo an mo
agin them. She'd pint out their faults
and failin's to mo an warn me agin
their doublefaccdness FL I'd fly up
mad an take their part, she'd make
some sech speech as this:
"Wall. now. Mis- Rawlirs, eff We amt
tcchy! who'd thor it, wus only
sellin' ye as true friend what I'd con-
sidered it my duty fer to open yer eyes
to-"
To my old friends she'd say:
"Twould be dom Mrs. Rawlins a |
kindness not to do no visitin' to her
house. What with her big family an
the churnin's an every thing to do, she
can't keep baked up and she's so morti-
fled CT she's ketched when her table
amt in apple pie order"
As her underhandcd ways an tricks
showed palmer to my sight, got so l
disliked her more an more. l used to
fetch deep signs whenever see her
comm towards the house. Seemed as
Of I'd give worlds to shake her off an
be free from her sneakin an peakin'
an tattlin', but twas rs eff couldn't
never find the right way nor time. bein'
materially ov q timid dispersishun an
afraid to stand up fer myself.
But as the old sayin' is, there's end
to all things; an the end to Mrs. Pos
sumnose's mischief maxim to our
house warnlt fur of.
A friend o Seth's from the city came
a visitin' to our house. He warn no
relation, but Seth he'd knowed him for {
some time, an when he was to the city '
last he'd gin him invite to come an 1
stay for few days.
This Mr.. Reynolds wus tol'able t
finc-lookin' man. though not by emmy v
means what yc'd call han'sum an he'd n
city brecdin' about him, that is, kind a
o easy polished way that sot natteral h
upon him an showed off to good adj I.
vantage Besides he he'd sight O. h
book larnin,' Mr.. Reynolds he'd, an a k
pleasin' way O. talkin. +,
Me an Seth enjoyed his company an fl
done all we could to make his stay t,
agree BILE to him. h
The very night he got here Mrs. Pos 81
'umnose popped in purtendin' to be in a
= dretful hurry; she he'd come to bor- W
row my rollin' pin, she said, cause
she'd broke the handle off n hern. She Y,
followed me into the buttery, SOS to o,
zee what I'd baked up. stopped to look l
INTO the front room to see Of there m
yarn't speck o dust to be seen, an W
nut she scooted in hot haste, cause w
est then Seth drew up; he'd bin to the
leepo arter Mr.. Reynolds. She to
hev him see her for the world, kt
he said. ST
Wall. his visit come to end an the ri
cry AFTERNOON O. the day he left us, nc
irs. Possumnose como visitin' to our
ouse. SO
IL want We to tell me jest what kind Sc
v lookin' man Mr.. Reynolds is, :" ses sh
he, the fust thing arter I'd took her
hings off to the bedroom an she'd til
OF her log-cabin patchwork a-goin'. WI
wall, ses /, SO kinder sly, cause /
wed to set her curiosity on edge, ia
he's much the same lookin' as other he
len, only he's got sight smarter look lie
bout him than some on EN-
II s'pose yc mean that he's smarter MI
,,okin' than yer man an mine, /" SEES she. tn
''Mebbe do, an mebbe / don't"
IS /. in
81 should think ye'd like him better be
ian yer own man. SEEM We take SO to
uch stock in smart men, ses she. ye
yer gettin' off the straight track" Tx
IS ]. 81 mover meant to say that" rec
WALL" ses she. s'but We know his on
,nds is white an soft an he's so kind
diff runt behavin' from the men Say
ound these parts. an, he wears n vii
bite stovepipe hat; that makes him
ok kind o stylish. We know" thf
Yes, ses !, ..but that's no sign toe
must go to lovin' him." an began cn'
feel Uneasy an nervous like; cause
see what she was drivin' at. off
"Oh, WELL ses she, "yer a good cal
avs from lovin' him, Iain't feard to 1t
It. You hadn't orter be so tetchy, ou'
ause ye know, we are sech friends nee
A fortni't or so arter that. Seth came thr
me brnstlin' with madness He'd Mr.
n down to the post-oflice arter the NV
all an there's where lie laid in his an
Dck o righteous anger IN
"Look here, Melviny," SEES he to me, mel
# We don't make that possum over the
ere keep her nose out o, this here 5