The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-16

rtIicLly 10 my Cwn ulntfs In tDls nelpn"
borhoo1, on I'll thank other people TO
do tho same nn' their dogs likewise.
! didn't sleep OF much account on Sun.
day night because Of n crick in my
knco-rnn3 ia my family to have
ihcumatiz an 10 long bout daylight
Monday morning, got mp an' set at
my front window alooking mp en-
down the street. Mondays washtino
day, you know. aud on account OF
Aunt Hates being with us our'n was
larger'n usual, so called our hired
girl sos she could get n good batch OF
ii ont OF the way before the men folks
turned Mp for breakfast.
"Miss Jones' across the way from
us, i, awfully shiTtless about her
washin'. Doa't remember rs / ever
seel NJ out till late in tho afternoon.
Well, it amt none Of my business,
you know, an my motto's always tend
to your own business an don't meddle
with others. Bat then some people
are always mixing up in other peoples
business. Oh, ye', about Monday
morning. We'll, you'd never guess
so. AZ / sot there at my front win
dow about o'clock [ see Miss HGw-
kins, shc that was Miss Smith, you
know, a.comiug out Of her house four
doors down the street. Now, says 1
TO myself. what is Miss Hawkins
a.doiu' up at this hour? Perhaps she's
n-doin' her own work Then I re-
mcmbcrci tina. ri seen her Jane wash
ing down tho steps Oh Saturday, an /
didn't believe she'd leave her on Sun
day. Mia, Hawkins was all dressed
deliberately like, an' know from that
an from her way Of walkin' that she
wasn'S on no ,ctor's GRAND. BE.
sides, she amt got no family except
Mr.. Hawkins, an he's healthy as a
horse an always was from a child.
Being as was in the front window l
couldn't help taking notice of Miss
Hawkins. She JUS Walked over across
thAstreet, with something on her arm,
TO The Fer9usons, an she knocked ON
thu front door. Miss Ferguson struck
her head ont OF the second story win
dow-an' i want to shy that she's a
sight without her fa'se front on-an'
she said something to Miss Hawkins,
which couldn't hear. thoIg'i Iopened
the window. Miss Hawkins, she Just
nodded an went around to the side
door. Probably Miss Hawkins has
run out Of coffee or baking powder,
thought I, AN sine wants some fol-
breakfast. But why should she wake
her neighbors mp at that hour? She
must a knowed it last night, an she
might have sent her Jane
Miss Hawkins stayed at Miss
Terguson's moron half an hour
gossiping about her neighbors like as
not, an when sho came out she still
had something hanging on her arm
which couldn't mako out. never
saw such things in this neighborhooi
an I've lived here ten years. Mis-.
Hawkins, she inst walked home
Well, long bout ten O'Clock though
I'D make some doughnuts like Mis-.
Hawkins makes. an went over t.
her house to find how she made them
Most any woman would be tickled Il
death to have an old cook like IN,
ss!sin' 'em how they make things
Miss Hawkins didn't let on that sh
was pleased, If she was. Sues kinde
stuckupish any way. After she toll,
mo about the doughnuts I thought l.,
lead up to seeing her this morning
an I said;
seen Miss Ferguson lately?
heard she wasn't feeling WE'LL
"'Secn hor this aornin',' she said
AN sho was oil right. You must ez
cuss me cow
THAT was oil the satisfaction
got, an i made up my mind I'd neve
ask Miss Hawkins to help me keep
secret 80 long as live, neverl
took fancy to git up early Tuesda
morning, aud just as ] got to the win
Cow I see Miss Htwkins a.comiu
out Of her house with something o
her arm. She went down to Meeker'
this time au' tapped on the side doc,
Miss Meeker must have been asleer
for. the hired girl let her in, an
sloppy-looking creature that Swed
girl Is. / dunno how some peopl
stand such girls around. 'Taint non
OF my business. anyway Well, Mis-
Hawkins stayed out at the Meeker
moran hale an hour. She amt neve
been friendly with Miss Meeker sine
they disagreed at mission meetin', oil
know sue wouldn't borrow O pine
OF salt from her, let alone COTE,
Moreover, Miss Hawkins never wa
much OF hand to exemplify the goo
Samaritan, an' I was clean stumpe
TO know what took her ga!iivantin
around the neighborhood at I'll,
hour. Not that it made any diffe
cnce to me, you know, but SIZE migl
come to my house some morning
that hour, an like to know VIII
.ne might be coming after. Mi
Hawkins had something on her ar
when sho went home. She amt c
the committee to collect clothing f,
the African Mission, cause 81
wouldn't serve, an I know she WASH
doing anything of that sort at tn
hour. Didn't seem likely that 81
world be borrowing coffee two NOR
lngs running, cause she is proud, oil
Hawkins is well fixed anyway. in
couldn't fgger it ont. and when
made sociable call on Miss Meek
that afternoon aud asked il she h,
seen Miss Hawkins lately, saying tn
I heard she was ill, Miss Meeker 50
she saw her that morning an sho W
we'll rs could be. Now, I could,
ask Miss Meeker why Miss Hawk
had called, cause believe in 'tenii
to my ON IN business.
'"This mornin' beirA Wednesda,
got mp about five o'clock to do Sol
SEWN, on rs I looked out Of my wi
dow along came Miss Hawkins aga
with something OH her arm, an s
walked right past my house to I
Johnsons'. She stayed there TWEEN
minutes, and when I see her conf
back went out to meet her neighb,
" like.
"Good mornin', Miss Hawkin
said ], when she reached our hou,
'yon are out carly, aren't your
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