The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-29
THE NEW NEIGHBORS.
~ HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

al hate those people, said Tino.tc
with very emphatic nod OF her curly.
yellow head.
"My dear, my dear! isn't that a
heaihcnish sort OF spccch!' reasoned her
mother
"Wcll, It's the truth" declared Tir-
cite. "And where's the Use in disg,iis.
ing iti A women who would drive my
darling little kitten on, OF the garden
with a broom man who don't like
dogs! and Mrs. Parry said they were go
Ing 70 be such nice neichbors.n -
"lou must remember, Tiny. that peo.
pie don't like their lowcr-sccds and
young lettuce plant, to be scratched out
Of the ground, even by your pet kitten. -
'But, mamma, Fairy wasn't scratching
Fairy never doc, scratch. She was
only playing about. And you know some
people dislike cats, out OF sheer dcpray.
ity.n
'Wc must respect the prejuiices of
our ncighbors, Tincttc."
81 have made up my mind, mamma. "
said Tincttc, with the air of martyr. ~
shall send Fairy to Uncle Bob He likes
rats. And then" with q sob rising
s2asmoiically up in her throat, II hope
Mr.. Nallinger, and that ogrcss of a mother
Of his will be satisfied"
"Nonscnse!" said Mrs. Wvlic.
And she went out to the butchers cart
which stopped daily for orders in front
/ Of these little suburban cottages.
Mamma can talk about Swcetbreads
and veal outlets, when poor Fairy's life
Is in danger said Tincttc to herself.
"Oh, | do wonder if shall grow as
! callous as get oldcr!"
just at that moment, however. a trim
little maid servant, in rullled white
apron, presented herself, bearing bunch
| Of radiant red and gold tulips.
"For Mrs. Wylic, please, miss" said
The. with missus's compliments.
The tulips were so fresh and dcwy and
fragrant, and the little maid looked 81
smiling, that Tincttc's heart melted for
the time being
81 suppose she Thought, "she means
II for a sort of flag OF truce. suppose
'hc's ashamed Of shaking the broom at
poor Fairy SO spitcfully. But it's too
late now; the die is cast; the carrier is to
call for Fairy at noon"
And sort of natural consequence of
her age and tcmpcramcnt-Tin Wylic
rather enjoyed the thought of the sacri-
iicc she was making, She was only
tcvcntcen, and very romantic at that
Mrs. Wylic was fond of tulips. She
put the gold and scarlet treasure into "A
vase Of water and bchcld them with ad.
miring eyes.
Every kind of Mrs. Vallingcr, am
sure, said she. IL wonder if she would
let me have bulb or two, in exchange
Tor something that she might fancy out
.! my flower bedsi'
81 wouldn't ask any favors of those
horrid people," said Tinctte.
But that wouldn't be u favor; il
would only be an exchange. And really.
Tear, this is such pretty little attention
That feel | must send something back.
Run, darling, and gather me Il basket of
those big strawberries, that are just be-
ginning TO ripen, down by the south
terrace. Put few vine-lca over them,
and tie the lid down with green ribbon
grass, and I'll send them over, by-and-by.
| do like to live in peace and harmony
with my ncighbors"
Tinette obeycd, reluctantly enough.
Down by the south terrace, however, She
found some delicious crcam-colored roses
Just opening, and discovered the tiny
perfection of humming. birds nest, so
that, in the course of time, her mood
softencd, and the strawberries were not
only culled of the largest and sweetest,
but were covered, under the basket lid,
with half-open rosebuds.
"fhere may be something in the new
hcighbors, after all, " said she to herself.
When she had gathered the fruit and
flowers, she took a bluc-and gold edition
Of Mrs. Browning's poems, and went
down into certain woody nook that she
loved, to read and dream.
81 can't be there when dear little
Fairy is sent away" thought she, with
quivering lip. "Fhe darling she is so
happy in her nest of cotton wool in the
basket. Little does she dream that she
will never see me again---or at least not
until so to spend the day, next week,
with Uncle Rob at Eyrie Cottage?"
Itwas when she was trying to lose all
recollection of her SORROWS in the musical
numbers of "Little Ellie and the Swans
Nest, " that Mrs. Wylie sent neighbor's
chubby y-cheeked child over to the Val
lingcr cottage.
"foull find it on the dining-room
table, Bessy," she said. "Take it over
to Mrs Vallinger with my compliments,
and if she'll hang it down the well for
half an hour, the fruit will be much
fresher and cooler for tea, And here's n
bunch of pansies for you, Bessy; and be
sure you do the errand correctly"