Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-10
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dogs been at my chickens: No, sir. an
I'd just like to see them do it | tend
strictly to my own affairs in this neigh.
borhood. an I'll thank other people To Dc
the same. an their dogs likewise.
L didn't sleep of much account on
Sunday night because of crick in my
knee-runs in my family to have rheu-
matism-an so, long bout daylight Mon
day mornin. got up an set at my front
window a-lookin up an down the street.
Mondays wash time day. you know,
an Oh account of Aunt Kates bein with
us our'n was larger'n usual. 50 ] called
our hired girl SOS she could get a good
batch Of il out of the way before the
men folks turned up for breakfast.
As sOt there at my front window
about O'Clock see Miss Hawkins-she
that was miss. you hnow-a-comin out of
her house four doors down the street.
Now. says | to myself. What is Miss
Hawkins a-doin up at this hour: Then
remembered that I'd seen her Jane
washin down the steps on Saturday. an
| didn't believe she'd leave her on Sun
day.
Miss Hawkins was all dressed DELHI
erately like. an | knew from that an
from her way of walkin that she WASH t
on no doctors errand. Besides. she ain't
rot no family except Mr.. Hawkins. an
he's healthy as a horse an ALWAYS was.
from child. Bein as was in the front
window. couldn't help takin notice of
Miss Hawkins. She Just walked over
across the street. with somethin Oh her
arm. to the Fersusons'. an she knocked
on the front door Miss Ferguson stuck
her head out of the second story window
an ] want TO say that she's sight
without her false front on-an she said
somethin 10 Miss Hawkins. which !
couldn't hear. though l opened the win
dow. Miss Hawkins she just nodded
an went around to the side door.
Probably Miss Hawkins has run out
OF coffee or bakin powder. thought l.,
an she wants some for breakfast. But
why should she wake her neighbors up at
that hour? She might a knowed it last
night, an she might have sent her Jane.
Miss Hawkins staid at Miss Fergu-
sons more'n half an hour, gossipin about
her neighbors. like as not. an when she
came out she still had somethin hangin
on her arm which couldn't make out. I
never saw such things in this neighbor
hood, an I've lived here ten years. Miss
Hawkins, she just walked home.
well, long bout 10 o'clock l thought
I'd make some doughnuts like Miss Haw-
kins makes. an / went over TO her house
TO find how she made them. Most any
woman would be tickled TO death TO have
an old cook like me askin 'em how they
make things. Miss Hawkins didn't let
on that she was pleased, if she was.
She's kinder stuckupish anyway. After
she told me about the doughnuts
thought I'd lead up to seein her this
mornin, an | said
Seen Miss Ferguson lately! | heard
she wasn't feeliD well.
Seen her this mornin, she said, AN
she was all right. You must excuse me
now.
That was all the satisfaction l got,
an / made up my mind I'd never ask
Miss Hawkins TO help me keep secret
so long as | live, never.
Il took a fancy to git up early Tuesday
mornin. an Just as l got to the window |
see Miss Hawkins a-comin out of her
house with somethin on her arm. She
went down 70 Miss Meeker's this time
an raped on the side door. Miss Meekcr
must have been asleep, for the hired girl
let her in, an sloppy lookin creature
that Swede girl Is. dunno how some
people stand such girls around. lam I
none of my business anyway.
Miss Hawkins had somethln on her
arm when she went home. she am on
the committee TO collect ciothn FOR the
African mission. cause she w"uidn
serve. an l Know she WASH dom any!
thing of that sort AT that hour Didn