The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-15
ALL AREBORROWERS
MRS. cUMBAcK TELLS OF HABITS
OF NEIGHBoRs.
Trails and TribuIs.ions OF One Who
Tries to Be Accommodating
Loaned Dog Costs Her Hus-
band $14.

Heres the conee you SO klnoly
oaned me. Mrs. Witherspoon," said
Mrs. Cumback. Il don't make q prac-
Use of borrowing. but when / do ask
neighbor for little accommodation
return what / borrow promptly.
Now, Mrs. Wagstaff would be q
model neighbor if she wasn't always
borrowing and forgetting to pay back
A week ago she came over and Dor
rowed six eggs. / hate. to lend eggs
We buy our eggs from farmer In
the country and he brings them In
while they are fresh, and all his hens
are thoroughbreds. and he feeds them
scientific rations, and of course. the
eggs are superior. Well. / let Mrs
Wagstaff have the six eggs. / just
simply can't refuse to accommodate q
neighbor.
She said when she got them that
she'd return them the next morning
The days went by. and she was in our
house a dozen times, and she never
mentioned those eggs. / always
brought the conversation around TO
eggs, but she didn't seem to take the
nint, so finally / spoke right out and
eggs she borrowed.
II have avoided that subject says
she. as cool as you please. In order TO
spare your feelings. The fact is that
they were all bad Still, If you insist
upon having good eggs for them. says
sha sI'll cond thop, ovor ht,f I fhouchf
Il would be kindness to drop the sub
Iect altogether
Actually, Mrs. Witherspoon, ! was
so mad that / couldn't say a word
The idea of such an insult, in my own
house! And we go to such trouble
and expense to get the best eggs In
the stated"
That's always the way when you
Try to accommodate people," replied
Mrs. Witherspoon. when we were
7rst married my husband set 1t down
as a rule that / should never borrow
anything from the neighbors unless II
was a case of emergency. / have
stuck to that rule as well as I could.
out Of course woman who does her
OWN homework simply has to borrow
ncw and then.
"A few days ago / needed an extra
saucepan, and l ran over to Mrs
Iooseworthy's to get one. Everybody
knows that Mrs. Gooseworthy is the
worst borrower in this town.
Her husband is just as bad as she
6. Mr.. Witherspoon used to have q
7aluable watch dog that he priced
,bove everything and Mr. Gooseworthy
even borrowed that, saying that he
had lot of money in the house one
hight and was afraid of burglars. He
put the dog In the cellar where his
wife had left a lot of poisoned meat
20 kill rats and in the morning the
log was dead. Mr.. Gooseworthy came
over and told my husband about IT.
seeming to think it great joke.
Mr.. Witherspoon hit him and they
ought all over the yard for an hour,
and broke down my clothesline and
Tampled the clothes, and they spoiled
al the grapevines and currant bushes
and just ruined my bed of asparagus
And Mrs. Gooseworthy telephoned for
:he police, and an officer came and ar
rested Mr.. Witherspoon, just as II he
we're to blame, and it cost him $14.
I'VE didn't speak for a long time
litter that, but finally Mrs. Goosewor.
thy began her borrowing again. She
had borrowed SO much at our place
that / naturally went to her when !
needed a saucepan, and she let me
have it cheerfully enough. When 7
went home l didn't need to use 1t for
IN hour or so, and then when poured
some water into 1t / found that it
leaked. l took it right back and told
Mrs. Gooseworthy her saucepan had a
hole in it, and she said If it had
must have punched it myself, for when
got the saucepan it was as good as
he day she bought it, and if / didn't
buy her new one at once she'd have
1er opinion of me.
But / have my opinion OF her. SO
why shouldn't she have her opinion of
ne? l am awfully liberal about such
things. ;irs. Cumback."