Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-12-26


1 kept dingin' at her to let me move it
| till she give in. Then one day when
she went to the county fair / stayed
home and had the sly moved close up
| to Mr.. Shadwell's fence.
Nobody made any objection till one
night got out of bed, went to the sty,
let out the pigs, scraped hole under
| ShadWells' potato patch big enough
for the pigs to git through and put 'em
all In the patch.
The next mornin looked out of my
window and saw Mr. Shadwell stand
In over his potatoes-those that the
pigs hadn't eaten-swearin' like a pi-
rate. Nav, she happened to take the
swilI to the sty at that time, which
was mighty lucky for me and unlucky
for them.
Whats the matter, Mr.. Shadwell?"
she asked, kind o. soothin'
Matter, ma'am! Why the Yacvin'
O. your sty up here has cost me most
o my potatoesp
@'rm sorry"
what did you move 1t forf,s
Mandy did it.,
"All I've got to say is, Mandy better
move it back again. Mandy seems to
be boss in your house anyway
This made NAV mad, and without
| answerin' she dumped the swill into
the trough and come. back into the
house.
1
Jim come over that night and told
me his father was mighty sorry he'd
lost his temper / said to Jim that his
father better come. the next Sunday
night and not say anything about any
smooth again. He said he'd give his
l father my recommend and went away
! early to make the old man feel more
comfortable.
I'd been lookin' for a weak spot in
the fence between the two farms and
had one in mind. That night pulled
/ away enough of III to let our cows into
the Shadwell cornfield. You ought to
seen that cornfied the next mornin'
almost felt ashamed of myself. When
| nav saw the damage that had been
done she went over to pacify Mr.. Shad
well, and it ended in their gittin' into
a regular fight He said some one
must a. done it a-purpose. This riled
NAV little, but she kept steady. She
said she'd been wonderin' for SOME
| time why he didn't mend the weak
| spots in his fence, and he said there
| wasn't any weak spots, except what
had been made a-purpose. Nav ask
| ed If he was referrin' to her, but she
wouldn't give him time to answer She
| just let out on him.
| Mr.. ShadwelI he didn't come over the
next Sunday night; no more did Jim.
| | thought mebbe Jim had begun to see
through milestone, and he had. The
next day, after the COW destroyed the
corn, he apd his father was hammerin'
| at the fence all day. / didn't go near
'em. I just waited Next day when,
I was goin' to the store met Jim in
the road. He hardly spoke to me. /
asked him what was the matter, and
he said I'd spoiled everything between
us. His father had taken a great dis
like to me and had forbid his comm
| over to our house evenin's any more.
whats he got against me?" I asked
in a voice smooth, like peaches and
cream.
He'd have more against you than
he has, said Jim, ''if he'd seen you
the other night, as / did, turnin' the
COW into our cornfeld."
| / knew his paw and my NAV had
| done too much fghtin' to be likely to
make 1t up, so said to Jim: There's
| nothin' mean about Inc. If the old
| folks love each other as we do l
! wouldn't stand in their way to bein'
happy Jim said that was just like
| me-always giyin' way for other peo-
| PIES benefit
When the trouble had blown over
/ Jim and / was married, bis paw max
In no objections after Jim told him my
noble words" as Jim called 'em about
not standin' in the old folks way. But
the spell between 'em wasn't SO thick
/ as IL they'd been younger, and it was
| broke clean through Mr.. Shadwell
| treats me fairly well, but he hasn't the
confidence In me Jim has or had when
we was married. expect the fathers
nearer right than the son. do think
a man In love can make the biggest
fool Of himself. He always seems to
me to have taken leave-of his senses.
Nav and Mr. Shadwell are pretty
| good friends; but. laws they don't
want to get hitchedl They'd fight
awful