The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-01-05
MY NEIGHBoR.
How the End to Her Mischief
Making Came About.

Me and Seth he'd bin married goin
on ten year. Our married life wa
about the average, that's. twas nuthe
happier nor more onfortunit than othe
folkses. We he'd orr rightful share o
worldly blcssins an our proper meas
urc o. trouble, or lcastways we thor
so; ontil our new neighbors moved int
the house acrost the way. AFTER that
me an my man wus purity we'll agreed
that our measure O. trouble wus more'n
rightly orter fall to our share, that il
WIS hcaped up an runnin' over,
Mind now. when say our neigh
bors, don't mean the hull on EN-, not
him nor the young ones. they wus well
enough in their wsy; but her, Mrs. Pos
sumnose.
The Possumnoses he'd liveds near
neighbors 20 MS nigh onto a year be-
fore we got properly acquainted with
them. That is to say, I'd called there
when they fust come an she'd bin to
our house; but 'twan't no regular visit
in acquaintance. I'd kind O. fit agin
Seth goin' there overly much of even
ms not that knowed emmy thing
agin her, bless yer heart, no! But twas
MS CT he'd sort ov oncum irritable
feelin', or a warnin' voice like, that
KEEP tellin' me inwardly that the less
we he'd to do with her the better 'twould
be fer us in the end.
Wall. by-'n-by Civil be year come
the middle O. next JULY, my little boy
wus took sick with the scarlet fever.
About the same time Seth broke his
arm tippin over with load of hay.
| felt dretful worrettcd about both
on, 'em, and what with all the work to
do. an them 10 take care on, he'd my
hands an heart full enough.
The neighbors came in an offered
lelpin' hand an WIS kind ms could be,
all on em, but nobody wus more ready
an willin' to share my burden O.
trouble an setup nights an give help
an advice. than Mrs. Possumnose.
] WIS fetched by her goodness an
took the help she gave willin'ly, 'cause
] knowded I'd be OH hand to do the
same by her if emmy sickness should
turn up to her house.
BY the Titles my neighbor worked
herself into my confidence, SOS to
mostly overcome my inward dislike
and fear / had agin her. She was so
Kind an willin' TO do an help. seemed
as ct no sort o weather could keep her
10 hum fer day. while we wus under
goin' our affiiction, an as eff settin' up
nights to spell me in nussin' the sick
ones wus only play to her
It's true. | begin to discover afore a |
great while that Mrs. Possumnosc made
our bzness her own more'n wus neces-
sary. nor agreeable to me, strictly
speakin'. an he'd good reason to mis-
trust that all the doin's and sayin's in
our family was kerrid of to the neigh
bors and talked over. an' more put
with 'em an changed round till
'twould make yer eyes stick out o yer
head TO hear 'em told over.
'Twan't long aforc little things I'd
said to Mrs. Possumnosc wus brung
back TO me. TWISTED into such Il shape
that | couldn't hardly tell they wus my
own story.
begun to wish I'd never Civ her no
,hance to come among us. but seein'
he'd bin so kind an helpful when
we'd he'd sickness, Ccause. let her be
whichever way she might in other
hiDgs. I shall alwa's stick up for her
here; she's fustrate hand in sick
lcsS)
1t seemed hard to turn agin her an
reak her o. comm to our house an
osin' round what didn't consarn her.
rwould ha' seemed so much like as eff
d he'd n ongratcful dispersishnn an
'usn't no hand 10 rec'llect past favers;
n OF all failin's, preserve me from
lat-
Wall. as time went by, Mrs. Postum
Dse worked herself into our family
,nsarns more an more, an II seemed
so as Of wus entirely helpless tu
event II Cause why7 She couldn't
10 no slight hint an 70 come right