The Monticellonian., 1915-07-01
IN A NEIGHB0RLY WAY
MAGelE's MOTHER GOES TO eoR-
 ROW A COUPLE OF EGGS.
As She Says, "she May Borrow an Egg Sometimes, But She's Lady and No One Can Call
 Her Dishonest"


 What I'm WantiA' this tme," said MargaTet's mother as she appeared at the kitchen door of the neighbours house. 4is the loan of me two hands O flour an wee bit 0. baking powder. Maggie's beau. her new one. is comin' to supper the night an we are goin' to have chicken dumplin's for supper. an two eggs.
 No, indeed, Maggie ain't 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 il 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, bu9 she got that insulted she went up tn stair an left me to do all tn work.
 No. indeed, I didn't return tn last two eggs I borried-I clean forgot them. an never would thought of them again if you had not reminded me of them. You have a grand mem ory but what is the likes of two eggs between neighbers2 Far be 1t from me to ever remind anyone of what they borry from me. If it's two eggs or couple O hands O flour. what do l care? Come easy, go easy. says I. There Ii be eggs an four when we are all dead an gone to where We are goin. so why worry2 l don't care no more for two eggs than Maggie does for my feeiin's. an tn Lord knows that ain't enough to be worth the men tionin
 Yes, this Is her last beau but one. Tn last one never come back. Mag gte thinks it's because her father bor- ried two bones off him, and then told him how he wiped up the floor with feller that dunned him for two bones. But I says to Maggie 1t ain't nothin' of the kind. He just got cold feet be- cause Mikey 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 Mikey an said nothin'. It's like l tells Maggie, if he loved her truly he wouldn't let two bones an few feathers come be- tween him an her.
 As I was sayin'. wouldn't hesi- tate to loan nobody a few eggs any time they want 'em; 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 'em. It's the spirit that counts for more than the eggs any day. an have tn spirit to lend any thing l got, only I ain't got nothin but me health. praise the Lord for that
 Whats that, you ain't got no eggs to lend, an you seen me and Mikey ehasin' your chicken around our lot. an yog think you know where I got tn chicken for tn dumplin's? An what if you do? Is chicken anything to be unneighborly about? 1 didn't think 1t of you? If l had a chicken you could chop tn head off it any time you felt like it. an welcome Though l don't never have no chick ems. An my takin' loan O, your chicken shouldn't keep you from havin' couple O eggs to lend neighbor. for 1t was rooster I borried. an anyone knows roosters don't lay eggs. But femme have tn four an I'll go me way. I ain't the kind that gets of tended an refuses to be unneighborly because of 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 a plain woman, but was raised q lady. an no one can say I'm dishonest. Thank you for the four. r."-Houston Post.