The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-14
WONAN'S CURIOSITY.
The Mystery of tho TWo-Quart Pail.
The odd Conduct Of Miss Hawkins
Early IN the Morning.

The Odu CoHQuct nj Miss hhWklns
Early IN the Morning.
New York Sun: "I'm that pestered
that can't put my hand to a thing. an
I dunno when I'll get settled In my
mind. jason Hobbs dogs been at my
chickens? No, sir, an I'd just like to
see them do, II. tend strictly to my
own AFFAIRS In this neighborhood, an
III thank other people to do the same
an their dogs likewise, didn't sleep
Of much account on Sunday night be-
cause Of crick In my knee-runs in
my family to have rheumatl5-an' so
long bout daylight Monday morning,
/ got up an set at my front window a.
looking up an down the street. Mon
days washtIme day. you know, and on
account of Aunt Hates being with US
our'n was larger n usual, so called
our hired girl SOS she could get good
batch OF 1t out OF the way before the
men folks turned up for breakfast.
Miss Jones, across the way from US,
is awfully shlftless about her washln'.
Don't remember as l ever seen 1t out
Till late in the afternoon. Well, 1t ain't
none Of my business, you know, an my
motto's always tend 10 your own BUSH
ness an don't NEEDLE with others. But
then some people are always mixing up
In other peoples business. oh, yes.
about Monday morning. Well, you'd
never guess So AS l sot there at my
front window about o'clock see Miss
Hawkins, she that was Miss Smith, you
know, a-comIng out OF her house four
doors down the street. Now. says l to
myself What Is Miss Hawkins a-doin
up at this hour? Perhaps she's a-doln'
her own work Then / remembered
that I'd seen her Jane washing down
the steps on Saturday. an didn't be-
lIeve she'd leave her on Sunday. Miss
Hawkins was all dressed deliberately
like. an know from that an from her
way Of waikiki that she wasn't on no
doctors errand. Besides, she ain't got
no family except Mr., Hawkins, an he's
healthy ns horse an always was from
child. Being as was in the front
window couldn't help taking notice
OF Miss Hawkins. She jus walked over
across the street, with something on her
arm, to the FerSusons, an she knocked
stuck her head out Of the second-story
wlndow-an' want TO say that she's a
sight without her false front Oman
she said something to Miss Hawkins,
which couldn't hear, though opened
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
], an she wants some for breakfast.
But why should she wake her nelghbors
up at that hour? She must knowed
It last night. an she might have sent
her Jane.
Miss Hawkins stayed at Miss Fer
RiIson'B more'n an hour, gOsslplnR
about her nelghbors like as not, an
when she came out she stlll had some
thing hanging on her arm which
couldn't make out. l never saw such
things In this nelghborhood, nm I've
lived here ten years. Miss Hawkins,
she just walked home. Well, long bout
ten o'clock I thought I'd make some
douEhuuts like Miss Hawkins makes.
an / went over to her house to find
how she mnde them. Most any woman
would be tickled to death to have an
old cook like me nskln' EN- how they
make things. Miss Hawkins didn't let
on that she was pleased, II she was.
She's kinder stuckuplsh anyway. After
she told me about the dOughnuts l
thought I'D lead up to seeing her this
morning, an said;
seen Miss Ferguson lately? heard
she wasn't feeling we'll"
Seen her this morning she said.
AN she was lli right. You must cx-
cuRe me now
THAT was all the satisfaction got.
nm / made up my mind I'd never ask
Miss Hawkins to help me keep secret
MS long MS live. never. took fancy
10 get up early Tuesday morning. an
lust as l got TO the window see Miss
Hawkins a-cOmin' out OF her house with
something on her arm She went down