The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-11-22

"Eurekas ! have found it!" l cried, a.
eusered ths Asuse.
"Fouud wha, =" sseries Mrs. DosA.
"The kssse, my dear. The very house
we want"
"0h. have ycui ?" exclaimed my wife,
with m intensity Of emphasis that sun
cisatly crplaiWed her aFFrecia,ion Of the
horrsrs Of hosse hunting. i aM SO gIsdi
n relieves NJ mind sf nsre snxiety thsa
yss ihisk. usmss. Where IL ityo
"uers. W the paper
Aed psllsd the Mernisg paper from ny
pocket. where bad carried Il an day. sad
struck itspen iriu mphanNy with enc sweep
~ my strsug right hand
-0hs 1smes"
despair Of conveying in prirs 4 clear
-Sea Of ne expression ny wife pst late the
utterapce ef those two verbs. u was the
cry Il deceivsd asd wosnded ssieit. Mrs.
Dabbs fase locked almost ghassly. Il SEEM
ed as IL the light vas on struck 90, sf il a.
blythe crash Of . sudden woe.
"yss. 10 the paper." vent en. feigning
ust 80 perceive the havoc had created IN
the sensitive breast of woman. /" An ad.
yertisrment. sos know. Whst q blessed
institution the advertising system is"
"well. read it,
read il;
ITO Rssr.--A snug, cory house in the
suburbs. handy ,a line ofhorse cars. viii
be lei 70 a careful tenant Al fifteen dollars
per msnth. Arsly st No. IS That street.
Take Blank street car"
Now. thrn" 1 cried, eruitant.
Ridiculsus," said Mrs. Ilobb.
Rsdicalous. Susans Not a bit of IL. !
believe that house 20 be prize. I'll 20 At
once aud see Il. There'H be hsndred ap.
pIieanis fer IT,"
Mrs. Dobb sm,led iacrsdulously.
And 50 cheap. too said 4. Fifteen
drllars a month! Did you ever hear Of
such q shingi"
bat Mrs. Dosb vas BY no means favor,-
bly, impressed With my new enterprise.
She argued the point long and earnestly
~'la me. reminding me that cheap things
we're inssr'abls the dearest IN the end !;
and al last. IN the isryor oi dIscussisa, 4
did s,ery cash thing.
agreed with Mrs. Dobb that II. en- Wis.
ting the kuuss l had in view. IL did not
prove every way desirable, l wuaid release
her in toto from all further trouble regard.
ing . house--l would do the house hunting
thus time myself.
! may SAY briefly that I bitterly repent.
ed Oi nv promiss afterwards. That house
sssa worthless affair. And then had To
90 out on house hunt.
need not recount nv sorrswful expert.
snce. To those Who know what house hunt.
ing Is could tell nothing new. and To-
hose who do not ! have only 10 express
Aindsy hope that they never will. had
dsets banged IN nv face by irsscible house
keepers, who declared their carpets were
being ruined; wss asked what nv name
~s; what nv bssiness was how man,
children ! had; where I lived IN fact, /
never had so many questions asked me n
NE same number ~ hours before since II
vas examined BY life insurance physiei.a.
One man even asked me 10 lend HIM i've
dsllars, but he had no house to rent. Al
night came home wesrisd and worn, and
no nearer my object than when 1 began.
This Is sn unprohtabIe business. su.
san" ssid |. / shall pursue il no long.
,r."
But what will you Do. Jamsss STAY
Lere!"
No: We can, stay here Al the advanc-
ed rent."
Then. what viii you do;"
III 60 10 house agent. ought to
nave thought OF that in the first place -
eslled an an agent the nert day, aud
had some conversation with him.
lfyou tell me about wha, sum you wish
TO pay Tor house, Mr.. -"
"Dobb is my name"
"Mr. Dobb. have no doubt I csn suit
yau 10 a T."
named sum little in advance oil