Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-06-07

Ing too far. Today that boy got
up on the fence aud called Law
renee all kinds of ma ames.'
'He said that his mother said
that ma dldd't have clothes fit to
wear suggested L"wrence, who
had begun to breath hard during
the recital of his grievances.
Anyway, don't try to make
myself look like a peacock every
tine | start to church, said Mrs.
Deakin.
This comparison of Mrs. Bur-
nett tickled the children, and they
laughed iumoderately. Tom Deakin
restrained them with a quiet 'Tut,
tut and said that the proper way
to get along was to pay no atten-
to the neihhbors.
"a like to know how you can
do it, said his wife. That boy Is
up to some mischief every hour OF
the day, and bis mother seems to
encourage him in everything he
does. He throws things over into
our yard, leases Willie and makes
faces at me-
Next time 1 see him pick on
Willie Pll give him another lick
ing, suggested Larry.
You'll do nothing OF the kind,
exclaimed his mother. Don't you
remember the talking to | gave
you the other time you had that
fight with himP
Lawrence remembered the mild
rebuke, and his inward resolution
was not changed. Tom Deakin
went for his pipe, oppressed with
the thought that he had been very
unIucky III his selection of neigh
bors.
These complaints had come to
him day after day from the down
trodden members of his family.
The feud had grown from
thousand aggravating clrcnm'
stances.
Suppose Morton Bnrnet 10 Oe on
The fence. His mother would open
the back door and say loud enough
to make herself heard through the
open WINDOWS of the Deakin h Ouse
'Norty, get down from that fencel
Haven't l told you about that?
Mrs. Deaking would hear and
understand. Tnen she would wait
her opportunity to appear on the
back stoop and retaliate.
In summer time, when both
women were out of doors much Ol
the time, they occasionally ex-
changed glances which were more
significant than anything they
cou Id have said.
When Mrs. Burnett put out hel
washing she knew that Mrs. Deak
in was watching her and counting
the number Of pillow slips and
tabIeclOths.
When Mrs. Burnett GENE to the
back door and called out, come
Alice dear, and practice your music
lesson it vas equivalent 10 say
ing 10 Mrs. Deakin: "BAa, We
have cottage organ In our house
but you haven't any in yours
Mrs. Deakin had frequently in
formed Tom that the Burnett or
gan was a cheap, second -hsnt
thing.
One day, when Mrs Deakin
came home from a funeral in a
covered carriage, there was con
stern alton in the Burnett family
and accounts were not fairly bal
anced until the new coat of paint
was put on tue Burnett house.
The Deakin children told th'
Burnett children all that thei
mother had SAID about the prob
able character of Mrs. Burnett
J Likewise the Burnett children re
peated to the Dtakin children al
that they heard at the supper ia
blp. Mrs. Burnett knew that sh'
Was being reported to Mrs Dtakin
and Mrs. Deakln felt 1t to be he
duty to learn what the viperish
thing had been saying. Frau
Burnett and TIN Deakln becam
convinced each that the other
family was probably moro to blam
{ over the fence, clothes line an
garbage box issues.
Alice Burnett started to ru
, across the street one day in frOu
I OF a delivery wagon. She fel
scrambled to her feet again aud
hoIse's knee struck her in the bac
again. She fell OH the block pave
ment and lay quiet.
T Mrs. Deakin saw it all from be
= front window. She ran into th
D street abd gathered the mudd
@ child in her arms. TIE frigh tene