The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-20
~here was tremendous excitement in
Pryville!A "A real sensation shook the

Pryville!A real sensation shook the
town TO itscentre, and the amount of
visiting that took place among the women
was something dreadful, the men said,
but the lords of creation were themselves
agitated and disturbed over the matter.
Such pretty dainty little lady as she
TO have TO endure such! Why, the thought
was enough to arouse the indignation of
every man with spark Of chivalry i'm his
soul! So the Mayberrys who had come
to Pryville the week before and taken
the white cottage at the end of the princi-
pal street, found themselves nightly pug
zled over the manner of their new neigh
bors toward them.
II declare, Dora, as / walk down the
streets every man, woman and child glares
at me as IL ! were an escaped convict
said Mr.. NJ. TO his wife as they discussed
the peculiarity to their welcome into these
peoples midst. sand I,Frank, ,can'tmake
the women out at all. They've all called il
seems, and their manner has invariably
been one of plying kindness, really OPP
pressive by its weight, and a certain sig
nificance that am as ignorant of as-as
Erik there" pointing to the white Spitz
dog on the mat outside the door.
"Well. never mind, little woman," said
her husband, dismissing the thing from
his thought with the ease and indifference
of man well oil enough in the worlds
goods TO bear with equanimity the cold
ness, or even dislike of a gossiping little
village, where he need only reside as long
as his whim to do SO keeps him.
But Mrs. Mayberry, being very friendly
disposed little woman and also a very
proud one i'm her gentle, quiet way, found
herself worrying very often in vain per-
plexity over the only too apparent evil
otlor in which her husband stood, and the
general atmosphere of CALLING pity and
coincidence she herself seemed TO be sur
rounded by. So very annoying did she
find this that at last she determined to re-
turn no more of the calls that ''make me
feel as IL / had lost some very near relative
and they had come To divert my mind il
possible from my grief by conversation
while striving to be cheerful, is
still tinged by lively recollection OF the
dear deceased. And as for the looks you
get from these people, why they nearly
run me crazy. That old Mr.. Parker, who
lives across the street, gives such savage
stares that if they were knives you would
be cut in two and slashed into bits"
This was to her husband, who advised
her to by no means bother herself to re.
turn the calls il she did not find the people
congenial, but not to mind their glares
and stares at him, for he really had ceased
to think about them, even to wonder what
they meant. But IL Mrs. Mayberry expect
ed to rid herself OF the sympathy of the
Pryvillites, which was becoming "a night.
mare to her, by Withholding her society
from them, she was mistaken, Tor, FAR
from being withdrawn from her, il grew
greater and more manifest in proportion
as her seclusion grew more rigid, and
sha pould datacf siuuifica Ulnupps and
doleful shakings of the head over her al
church and once she heard Mrs. Baxter
remark to Mrs. Denehart, with so much
plying tenderness i'm her voice that she
could have throttled her for il.
mo, poor thing, OF course she don tfeel
like going out. Who would? Though
she keeps up so bravely, 1 can see it's
breaking her heart"
~ think they're all gone crazy" said
Mrs. Mayberry TO herself as she went
never called poor thing in my life be
fore. And breaking my heart, too! Wha-
next, ] wonder! 1 verify believe Frank
and have fallen upon a settlement oi
idiots or lunatics yes, whole settlement
of them. Poor thing! The idea of il ~
She did not tell her husband of this last
crowning insult, for she knew that he wa,
thoroughly enjoying the extremely goot
hunting and fishing the country about af
forded and she did not want To hurry hin
away from them, so sfle nau resolved
very wisely, to ignore her neighbors' pc
culiar manners and trust to luck to give
her the clue 10 it when the thing came Il
"A crisis at last.
II was through her next-door neighbor
the Mrs. Baxter whose sympathy had beer
so offensive, that she was enlightened
That worthy lady ran over to Mrs. Dene
hart's one August afternoon, forgetting
so excited was she, any semblance of ha
or bonnet, and rushed in upon the other
her particular chosen confldant and gos
sip. Hes at il again. Mrs. Denehart
and oh, it's just awful! i couldn't stant
to hear il going on. so ! came away al
fast as could
"whatr' said the shocked Mrs. Dene
hart, "he's NOT
"Yes, he Is. / tell you. / could hear he
as plainly as can you. oh. poor thing
And she at my house only this morning
irving 20 appear SO bright and CHEEKY ant
talking so sweetly of her dear Frank ant
81 how good he is TO hcrl Yes, declar'
\ hate the very sight OF him."
$50 do :" said her friend, "and as 10
Mr.. Denehart, he says he can hardly keel
from knocking him down when he meet
him. He seems such an easy-going. goo,
natured sort of man. too, just to look at
him. ,,.,
"ob. do you think so? Why, i can al
ways see such crafty, cruel expression
hiding behind that everlasting smile o
his, that / believe I'd hate him less II h'
looked glum"
The two ladies eyed each other for