The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17
W0.QUARTPAIL MYSTERY
ODD coNDrCr OF MrSs HAWxIyS
EARLY IN THE MORNING.

any Desire to Interfere with the Busi.
ness, of Her Ncighbors-The Climaz.
"I'm that pcatc-ed that I cant rut NY hand
TO a thing, an dunro WHOM I'll get ctitod N
my mind Jason Eobtt's GoEs totn OF NJ
chickens, - sir. an Id lust like 90 see them
do IT, tend strictly 10 ny own affairs in this
neighto'hooda an I'll thank Other T,oIlo 10 CO he
same an their dogs iiktw'tc. | dent sioop Of
much account on Sunday IL ght tconr.e Of crick
in my knee runs IN my family TO have rhtuna,
liz an 80 long bout daylight Monday morning,
| got up an get at my front window n looking up
an down the street MondeyG wntLt!me day.
you know, and on account OF Aunt Rates being
with US our'n was larger n usual so | called on,
hired sirl ,o's she could get a good batch of IL
out Of the way before the men folks turned up
for breakfast.
Miss Jones, across tho way from us, is awfully
shiftloss about her washin Don't rememb0
as ever seen il out ill ate in the afternoon Well
IL ain't none OF my business you know. an my
mo;;o'G always tend 20 your own business an
don't rleddlc with others. But then some people
arc always mixing up in other peoples business
Oh, yes about Monday morning. Well, you'd
never guess 30 As sot there at my front win.
dow about o'clock Miss Hawkins she
that Miss Smith you know, a coming OUT
Of her house four doors down the street Now
says 20 myself What is Miss Hawkins a-doin'
own work Then l remembered that I'd seen
her Jane washing down the stops on Saturday.
an didn't believe she'd leave her on Sunday.
Miss Hawkins was oil dressed deliberately like
en- know from that on from her way OF waikiki
that she wasn't doctors GRAND. Besides
she amt got no family except Mr.. HawAinS
an he's healthy as a horse an always was from
child Being l was in the front window
l couldn't help taking notice of Miss Hawkina
Shc iua all el ore ctra u,ith
thing on her arm, to the Fergusons, an she knock.
ed 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 something 10 Miss Hawkins
which couldn't heak, though opened the win.
dow. Miss Hawkins, she just nodded an went
around TO the side door Probably Miss Haw.
kins has out OF coffee or baking POWDER
thought l. an she wants some for breakfast
But why should she wake her neighbors up al
that hour She must knowed il last night
an she might have sent her Jane
Miss Hawkins stayed at Miss Ferguson's moren
half an hour gossiping about her neighbors like az
not, an when she came out she still had something
hanging on her arm which couldn't make out
never saw such things in this neighborhood an
I've lived here ten years Miss Hawkins she
Just walked home. Well, long bout ten o'clock
thought Id make some doughnuts like Miss Haw.
kins makes, an l went over TO her house 10 1rd
how she made them. Most any woman would be
ticked to death TO have old cook like me askin'
en- how they make things Miss Hawkins didn't
let on that she was pleased if she was. She's
kinder stuckupish any way, After she told mo
about the doughnuts thought I'd lead up 10 seq
ing her this morning. an said
Seen Miss Ferguson lately? | heard she
wasn't feeling well
Seen her this mornin',' she said, an she was
r,us
That was all the satisfaction got an made
up my mind Id never ask Miss Hawkins 10 help
me keep secret so long live never, took
fancy to git UP early Tuesday morning and jus
as | got TO the window see Miss Hawkins a-comns
out of her house with something on her arm She
went down To Mcekers this time an raped on
the side door Miss Meeker must have been asleep,
for the hired girl let her in, an sloppy looking
creature that Swede girl is l dunno how some
people stand such girls around. 'Taint none Of
my business, anyway! Wdl. Miss Hawkins
stayed out at the Meekers' moren half an hour
She amt never been friendly with Miss Meeker
since they disagreed at mission meetin. an
know she wouldn borrow pinch of salt from her
let alone coffee. Moreover. Miss Hawkins never
was much OF a hand TO exemplify the good Samar.
tan, an was clean stumped to know what took
her gallivantng around the neighborhood at that
hour. Not that it made any difference to me- you
know but she might come 10 my h ouse soma
morning at that hour an Id like TO know wha.
she might be coming after Miss Hawkins had
something on her arm when she went home She
amt on the committee 10 collect clothing for the
African Mission, cause she wouldn't serve AMI
know she wasn't doing anything OF that sort az
that hour Didn't seem likely that she would 10
borrowing coffee two mornings running, cause
she Is proud, and Hawkins is well fixed anyway.
Just couldn't fgger il out, and when made a
on hat
asked il she had seen Miss Hawkins lately,
saying that heard she was ill., Miss Mceker said
she saw her that morning an she was well as
could he Now couldn't ask Miss Meeker why
Miss Hawkins had called. cause ] believe in
lending To my own business
This mornin bcin' Wednesday got I'D about
FIVE o'clock TO do some SEWN an as looked ont
OF my window along came Miss Hawkins again
with something on her arm an she walked robt