Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-12
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Brooke spoke ola yee RUggies. and
IS shook hts wOoaly head resoiuteiy,
and his black. shiny face was schema
and set
aAren't you carpenters Isn9 Il :
simple 3ob-buIlding rough hoard
eence9 what's the matter with you.
man II and the seif-wilIed, trascible
John West Jared up like the spirit OF
intolerance and temper that he was.
.sYa'as, sab, fence: but what kind
be d fencea AS l learn, sab, It am
10 Be spite fence. i cahn't engage
ID dat sobk Of wickedness. cahnt,
Indeed. De pahson would very much
reprehend me fob sieh wickedness.
and nv conscience wouldn't allow me.
gah. Moh'n dat. It's bad waste Of
rood wood. why. sab, dere's enough
lumber. Ii dat heap to finish UP our
new meeting house.
John West glared at the simple. but
clear-minaed, colored artisan. IL net
tied him to have bis imperious viii
crossed: II half shaned. fully enraged
him to suffer q reprimand from an In
ferIor. Joe went his way with his
box Of tools. AIR. West paced up and
down before his house. grumbling TO
himself and directing unfEaendly
glances toward the one just north Of
IL. That was No. WaYerly terrace,
and the last house IN town. The Ma
sons, jolly couple with iye children.
had recently moved info It. They had
become thorn In the flesh Of Mr..
West. Next south of his own home
was No. g. From II then came It's
proprietor, Robert Taylor, q vivid con-
frast In Character and appearance to
his technical. fault-anding neighbor
blnfg. hearty, live and let-llye ad.
herent 10 the core.
Mr.. Taylor viewed the great heap
of boards and scantlings just deliv.
cred In speculative way. Then he
shifted 4 glance to West which made
the latter gQuirm.
Don't do IL, West advised Taylor.
'Yon'll be sorry later.
Ordering me, are yous" Jared up
West.
.No: I'm only giving yon wise coun.
sal. You've nursed Crouch against
that Mason family until your moral
sense u perverted"
..Ts thar so Wen, wish they had
let that dog OF theirs burroW up your
choice peonies and drag mud up your
steps
.'But they have banisned the Of
fender, West. That ought 70 satisfy
you.''
wen. irs the children now. Five
Of EN-. Rearing, tearing, wild Indl-
ans.
"Golng to shut on their view down
the street. are your
Yes. am.
Think twice.
Il won't"
sThen Ell have TO do some think
ing IN behalf OF the general situation,
proclaimed Taylor, significantly, and
walked away.
jos Ruggles passing down Waveriy
terrace two mornings later paused with
q wild stare as he noticed on the Tay-
lor lot q new pile Of lumber. The spite
fence had been nearly built by another
carpenter. The new heap was sng-
gestive. Nj. Taylor came out and
hailed the astonlshed Joe.
II want you to build q fence for me.
Joe" he announced. Just Ike the one
over there Z
.'Eh! You gotn' to embellish de
property, too7 / declare. sah, I'm
s'prised. But as ! told Mistah West.
/ dOan want 10 mix up with dis spite
prapagander, sab, IL you'n 'scuse me.
You see, de moral function of de pos
abilities, sab"
ooh, that's all right" laughed Mr.
Taylor. .sYou 60 right on with the
work, Joe. III guarantee you that
neither fence win be IN evidence ~
the end of the week. In fact, don't
think you Will be called on 10 ever
finish the fence for Inc. ] fancy aiper-
son Of your Intellectually can under
stand Wlat I'm up t.. :
"Ya'as. sab. Hal hal Yose gwine
to circumyent de enemy, sumise-
no hoi knows you as good man,
Mistah Taylor, and iii begin at dose
post holes right away"
Mr. Taylor went away, to return ID
two hours. Joe was eturdily digging
post holes. He was not perturbed aa
Mr.. West stood near him. yociferously
demanding TO know what his exerti0ns
and the new pile Of lumber meant.
Dean know, sah. unless Mr.. Tay-
Tor ID countin' on reseFviRg de bar.
monixin' Of de street with smother
spite fence, sah.y
West ran up to Tnyi0r. See here.
what you about9' he challenged, ex-
Gtedly
''Why.D replied Taylor. smiling
blandly, rye been thinking that
good tight fence would shut or the
cold north winter wind, and that
would saEe fBeI.n
ssBut you aisO siruE OF the sun from
my choicest flower beds r fairly
howIed West.
aDof'E POUR Genes 40 the same thing
Tor our n9aghbOs, Mas0n9~ inquired