Milford chronicle., 1893-07-07
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Uncle Ethan HaclSett BIoralizes ON the Pro
vokIng Defects of a Nein-hhnr-

o Uncle Ethan Haclett 1Ioralizes ON the Pro
e voking Defects Of Neighbor.
:, u reckon if man is made 'thout anv
{ mem'ry wuth mentionin 'tain't much use
! fer him to try TO patch it out with fust one
] thing an then another" remarked Uncle
Ethan Hackett soberly whats thetrou-
9 ble over to Cyrus now?" INQUIRED Aunt
D SabRina, for, / take it, it's Cyrus YOU'RE
referTin to-" Yes, Fl" assented Uncle Ethan
u he'd Cyrus In mind, hevin just come from
/ there, as you're KNOWN to. You see, Sister
: Marthy hes been gonef fer up'ards Of Q week,
an cal lated twas about time rid over
an see now he was gtttin on, an found him
IN peck o. trouble, ken tell We"
should think Marthy was clean de
mented to go Off an leave him alone fer that
length o. timer exclaimed Mrs Hackers.
Wen, pursued Uncle Ethan, "Martbv
went OFF leayin everythin in apple pie order.
an enough cooked up to last him, 'xceptin
[ bread, that one O. the neighbors was to fetch
/ IN to him, and all the eXtry doors locked. so
/ he wouldn't hev nothin on his mind.
/ ihere was only jest one thing she
charged him with, an that was waterin her
/ pink an white geranium You know what
a slightly bloom that hes, an he promised her
faithful he'd see to It whilst she was gone.
Well, it appears It he couldn't seem to
rec lleot it noways, 'xcept jest when he was
where he couldn't tend to it, an one night.
when she'd been gone four days an that
plant hedn't he'd a drop o. water, it come
INTO MS mind Jest as he was gettin into bed.
80 he says to himself, I'll lest fxthiuos
SOS shall do it fust Off tomorrer morn
in an accordinly he yanked the big rockin
cheer thet hes allus set way off in the cor
ner right inter the middle O. the room
where his eye would light on it soon as be
Woke up, an he callated that would put
him in mind o. the geranium.
ell as e happened, he woke M in the
middle o. the night with a-grumblin tooth
ache, an be got out o bed to fetch some ~
the stuff from the mantel closet tbet he
uses at sech times. He started Off kind o.
spry, an fust he knew he come against the
rockers % thet cheer with all his might an
main an then fell over it'll
Il dunno how in tunkett he managed If y
but some way or mother he twist his an :
kle, an ne lald there groanin fer quite .
spell fore he was able to git back to he'd =
when mornin come, he was scurstlvabIe
to move, but he made ont to crawl to the =
winder, an he set there till oneo' the neigh :.
bors went by, an then he opened the win =
der an yelled. $ ;
The man come in-lucky Cyrus he'd for =
got to lock the front door, ez usu'l-an see
what the trouble was, an then he went fer
lhe doctor.
! found him settin up in a big cheer
With his foot all bound up an loolzin pootv A
liskerridged this morsin. in
He said he'd callated to send word over tl
o us today. lie he'd jest reelected the pl
eason heset the rockin cheerin the middle Nc
: the room, an he as'd me to take lsok at III
larthy's geranium. She's comm home to- w
norrer mornin. He wouldn't let 'em send va
Tord to her that anythin allied him. tl'
4 persume t. say may hev seen plants ac
9ok parch'dcr than That geranum,D said th
IT. Hackett cautio1sly "but 1 can't reel th
sct where nor whel sol
" You know it's heen powerful cold fer no
he iasUweek, an inst plant hes been settin ID u.
! a bleak spot where Cyrgsput it Jest after W, w
larthy went of, thinllin 'twoid zetffi; 7is a.
20 easier-an-well, theEe It's. an THERE'S
is foot an ankle-wellS SCyrus lowed to me he
shouldn't ever burd IN his mind irwin to pc
member anythih aaiin long as he lived m'
1t wouldn't appe&rently ease up things Pc
T ma, M;arthy much eff Ne did "-Youth's Com Ii ne