The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-25
in A NEIGHBORLY Way
MAoGIE,s MOTHER GOES TO eoR-
ROW A COUPLE or EGGS.
Az She Says, "she May Borrow an
Egg Sometimes, But She's Lady
and No one Can Call
Her Dishonest"


What I'm wantin this time, said
Margaret's mother. as she appeared at
the kitchen door of the neighbor's
house. lis the loan of me two hands o.
flour an wee bit o. baking powder.
Maggie's beau, her new one, is comm
to supper the night an we are goin' to
have chicken dumplin's for supper, an
two eggs.
mo. indeed, Maggie amt goin' to fix
the supper, Maggie is too high an
mighty to go spoilin' her complexion
over tn cook stove whilst she's got
ma to do it for her. She might do
like l was tellin' her an leave her
complexion in tn box it come in till
after tn supper was made, but she
got that insulted she went up tn stair
an left me to do all tn work.
mo, indeed, didn't return tn last
two eggs borried-I clean forgot
them, an l never would thought of
them again if you had not reminded
me of them. You have grand mem
DRY, but what is the likes of two eggs
between neighbors? Far be it from
me to ever remind anyone of what
they borry from me. If it's two eggs
or couple o. hands o. -four, what do
care? Come easy, go easy, says /.
'rhere'll be eggs an flour when we are
all dead an gone to where we are
goin', so why worry? l don't care no
more for two eggs than Maggie does
for my feelin's, an tn Lord knows
that amt enough to be worth the men
tionin'.
yes, this is her last beau but one.
TIL last one never come back Mag
gle thinks it's because her father Dor
ried two bones off him, and then told
him how he wiped up the floor with a
Teller that dunned him for two bones
But I says to Maggie it amt nothin
OF the kind. He just got cold feet be-
cause Mickey stuck feathers troo the
top of his new stiff hat to play Indian
with; if he didn't want to get bald
headed from lack of ventilation he
should have thanked Mickey an said
nothin'. It's like / tells Maggie, If he
loved her truly he wouldn't let two
bones an few feathers come be-.
tween him an her.
"As l was sayin'. / wouldn't hest
tate to loan nobody a few eggs any
time they want EN-; eggs is made to
use an as long as they get used
what's the odds who uses 'em? OF
course, not havin' no hens like you,
don't never have no eggs, but what
difference does that make? I'd loan
'em if had EN-. It's the spirit that
counts for more than the eggs any
day, an have tn spirit to lend any.
thing got, only amt got nothin' but
me health praise the Lord for that.
What's that, you amt got no eggs
to lend, an you seen me and Mickey
chasin' your chicken around our lot,
an you think you know where got
TIL chicken for tn dumplin's? An
what If you do? Is chicken anything
to be unneighborly about? l didn't
think it of you? If / had chicken
you could chop tn head off it any
time you felt like it, an welcome.
Though don't never have no chick
ems. An my takin' loan o. your
chicken shouldn't keep you from havin'
a couple o. eggs to lend neighbor, for
it was a rooster borried, an anyone
knows ROSTERS don't lay eggs. But
femme have tn -four an I'll go me
way. l amt the kind that gets of
Tended an refuses to be unneighborly
because of a chicken. An the first
time one O. Smiths chickens flies over
in our lot I'll pay you back your
rooster an welcome. | may be plain
woman, but was raised q lady, an NO
one can say Pm dishonest Thank you
for the flour. Houston Post.