The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-07

HUFF, ian I'm ready to go this minute
to do what's best toward Jane Martin. /
know that somethin' ought to be done"
"An' me, too" Surilda said; ssbut I'm
not settled in my own mind how'd be
best TO perceed."
WAL Mrs. Hawkins remarked
thoughtfully, II reckon as good a way
as any would be to see Mis- Martin an
talk to her about it. She's a curious sort
o. c%ritter, an flares up monstrous bad
when anybody goes to talkin' to her
about her f~ailin's, but / reckon we
oughtn't ter mind that SO long as we feel
easy in bur own souls, an know we're
dom it fer her own good"
ssShe's powerful ungrateful, though"
Parthena said, s.fer / remember the time
a committee of us went to see her an
pint out to her that she was committin'
NV a sin by not 'tendin' up to church, an
she flares right up an says as how she
knows her W business, an thinks it
amt much worse to stay AVA from
meetin' than it is to go pokin' erbout
meddlin' with things that don't consarn
u.s.
"She was mighty frien'1y an mild,
though Surilda commented, still we
teched on the thing we'd come fer"
"Yes, she wus. But that amt neither
here nor there. We must do somethin',
an as there amt nothin' better to do,
s'pose we pint a committee to wait on
Mis- Martin, an warn her o. the way
James carryin' on with the new teacher.
an tell her she'd best turn him of an let
him hunt another boardin' place"
This proposition was agreed to unani-
mously, and. accordingly, after consider
able further exchange Of IDEAS, Eurilda,
Parthena and Mrs. Gilley were selected as
a committee to wait or poor Mrs. Martin.
The next day was selected as the time
for the committee to make their visit,
for, az Mrs. Fluff said, there wasn't no
time ter waste
Accordingly, at an early hour the next
morning, Parthena and Mrs. Gilley met
Surilda at her house, and together
the three ladies started out on their mis-
sion of kindness and mercy. As they
passed the Hawkins place Mrs. Hawkins
came out and Mrs. Gilley stopped for a
few words with her, while Surilda and
Parthena walked leisurely on. They
were no sooner out of hearing of Mrs.
Gilley than Parthena said:
81 wish they'd left Mis- Gilley outten
the commdssee. I don't feel jest right
a-goin' along with SIGH as her to talk to
other folks about their shortcomings, do
you. Surildy?"
"No, I don't, fer everybody knows that
Sam GiIey amt worth KILN; an asides,
a man as sells as many sheepskins as he
does 'thuut ever ownin' a sheep, don't
pear to me to be strictly honest, an it
might pear to Mis- Martin as how we're
mighty hard of fer fttin' women to
serve on.a committee when SIGH likes as
her is chosen"
Just then Mrs. Giliey came up, and
the subject WA changed; and, as the
ladies walked on, they chatted as pleas
antly asstzaree honest souls ever did.
Mrs. Martin received them graciously,
and invited them into the .'best ~roora,"
which was quite a dignity. Parthena
was s~electedias spokeswoman, and after
q few commonplace remarks she came
to the point by saying:
mis- Martin, we've come on a errand
of mercy, a n hope you won't feel cut
up about nothin' we say, fer it's all fer
the best an'sfer your own good. iistfdy,
up to Mis- Hawkins wool pickin', we fell
to talkin' o this an that, an then we
got to speakin' Of ther new teacher, m
one thing leo ON to another till, finally,
it come outithat your darter wusn't be-
havin' iist right toward him, an that
people wus shavin' room to talk, even If
nothin' badtwusn't meant, so we thought
you ought to know. an we've come as
en- committee ITO warn You to be on yer
guard"
"Do | understand you to say that peo-
pie are liable to talk about James conduct
towardiRoberty'
"That's what 4 tried to say, Mis- Mar
tin. You KNOW he hasn't been here long
an they amt enough acquainted to be
so intimate"
"No, he hasn't been here long and
neithershave we, but you are mistaken if
you think Jane,is not acquainted tolera-
bly, well with her W brother and
Mrs. Martin lookediat the lady with eyes
that twinkled with merriment and exui-
EaUtOl, Wlile tIRS cO14{Gltbee starred Will
open mouths andtfeit smaller and smaller
every moment. At last Suriida got
command of heritongue long enough to
gasp out:
ssHer brother?'
Eyes, he is h~erfbrother."
"But his name lis different" Parthena
protested.
Observation-Disclosures, isn't it, when
he is mytson by atformer MARRIAGE"
The committee waited for no more
words, but rose to adjourn without de-
lay, and as they trudged homeward they
were as quiet as lambs, and not a sound
broke fromtheir lips; and though they
said nothing, each of them felt terribly
like blaming the whole business on the
others. If taereihad been a convenient
auger holeisomewhere about, it is prob
able that they might have attempted
crawling into it,
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