Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-28
MISS NAOMI NUTTlNG.
She Makes a Success of Winding
Her Own BUSINESS

"Me and Squire Bagshot, we're
goin' into partnership together" said
Miss Naomi Nutting.
"Eh? What?" cried the Widow
Scarsby. hastily adjusting her ear
trumpet. you a-thinkin' O. gettin'
m.aried at this time o day?"
Miss Naomi gave a sniff of exceed
ing great derision.
who's talkin' O gettin' married?''
said she. Not |. Nor, | guess, the
squire. We're Outen our first child
hood, ana we amt got to our second.
] calculate. Not yet"
The Widow Sea shy looked disap-
pointed.
Then" said she, what do you
mean?"
why" explained Miss Naomi,
'the squire he's leased the old farm.
I'd got to let it to somebody. What
between the taxes and the interest
and the repairs and all, it was too
much for woman to look after. But
the cows and the poultry and all is to
remain, and I'm to run the dairy and
the egg business. Ten per cent COM
mission I'm to have, and the use Of
the old house. And I've sot out lot
OF new straw berry roots. and some OF
the offshoOts OF Hester Brines sweet
smellin' English violets, and I'm go
in to earn my own Twin, if l be 3
woman"
"Vi-lets!' repeated Mrs. Scarsby,
land Strawberries! John hain't no
faith in that sort of thing"
at don't matter to me whether he
has or not, CURLY observed Miss
Nutting.
"A woman never yet made farmin'
pay"
Anyhow" said Miss Nutting, Il
mean 10 have try at it. My ex-
penses won't be much, that's one
comfort"
Better give up the notion" said
Mrs. Scarsby, slowly shaking her
head.
Not if l know it." said Naomi
I'm pretty certain | can make good
butter, and | always took natural to
hens and chickens. And | know | can
market them straw berries at the sum-
mer hotels on Cherry brook. and En-
glish violets bring fifty cents a dozen
at the New York florists in January
and February.n
You're runnin' great riskr'
sighed Mrs Scarsby, in genuine job g.
comforter accents.
There's Away the poor-house left
if don't succeed" sarcastically re-
marked Naomi.
And Mrs. Scarsby went away to tell
her news throughout the whole neigh
borhood.
Upon my word" said Mrs. DR..
Plumb, 1.-The woman has pluck! But
of course she won't seceeed; women
never do"
Il never was so fiat in all my life, "
said Mrs, Scareby. las when heard
Naomi say she was goin' into partner,
ship with Squire Bagshot. l spssed,
of course, she was goin' to marry
him"
well, l don't know why she
shouldn't" said Mrs. Plumb. The
squire amt young, but he's a likely
man enough"
He marry Naomi Nuttingm sait
Mrs. Scarsby. "A poverty stricken
old maid, with one loot in the poor
house"
Fools used to say your John wa,
partial to her." shrewdly observed
Mrs. Plumb.
That's all mistake" said Mrs
Scarsby.
And she took herself and her ear
trumpet off to the next house, Will
Ellie Price, Mrs Plumb's bound girl
who had been listening through tn
dumb waiter, breathlessly scampere,
TO the grocery for the ounce of pow
dered cinnamon, which she had beel
told half an hour ago to bring, an,
there informed Mrs. Peppersauce as
profound secret that Miss Naomi Nut
ting and Squire Bagshot were about L
be married.
II don't believe it." said Mrs. Pep
persauce.
II heard it with my own ears" sal
Ellie, glowing all over with the impor
lance of her news.
can old maid like that" said Mrs.
Peppersauce. scornfully.
She amt thirty yet, said Ellie.
al heard missis tell Mrs. Scarsby so.
Ill news. they say. spreads fast; SO
does good news Which of these
heads Squire BagshOt's engagement
came under is hard to specify. out
certain it is that the morsel OF gossip
spread like wildfire through Cherry
village. :,
ME engaged to Naomi Nutting, "
said the squire. well, it's the first
I've heerd of it
NAOMI Nutting gong 70 no"