Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

nueA shocked, thinking she alluded to .
fatal eject. "And you must 60 after
her directly"
This was even q harder blow, for I
fancled ny spouse had been frightened
ont Of her wits. "Go after herl" /
exclaimed.
aYes; the hall door Is open; she
must have run out into the road. Oh,
do follow her 1t oncet"
l obeyed without delay, though my
costume was gfotesque and insufficient;
and taking, fortunately, the right turn.
came presently upon the poor old
lady, who vas standing bewildered At a
street corner, with . bed-candie in her
hand. ! knew her by instinct, or I should
never have recognized her in her night.
attire, which consisted of a variety of
wraps and the most ~pretentious night
cap that imagination can cQniure up. 1t
was some minutes before I could coax
her back: and when at length she took
my arm and allowed me to lead her
away, the spectacle We presented must
have been curious.
The effect Of this event upon Aunt
Safah's nerves was 90 serious that she
could not bear to remain in the same
neighborhood. It Was in vain that / re-
lated TO her the %precaution of that
legendary mathematician who, happen
ing to be on board a frigate during a naval
action, thrust his heAdinto the first shot
hole, and remained in that position, like
. nautical ostrich, till the firing was
over, having made rapid calculation of
the enormous odds against two balls
striking the hull In precisely the same
spot. She only replied that he was q
very wicked man to Providence, and for
her part she would stay with the Wea-
die, q Tunbridge Wells, until we could
get settled in . less explosive neighbor-
hood.
Now Mrs.. Weadle wa another niece,
an innocent woman enough by nature,
but married to designing husband, who
nodded her plastic character rs he willed.
They had often invited Aunt Sarah to
stay with them, and professed q strong
attachment to her; but 1t is my sad sus.
picion that they we're actuated by mer
cenary motives alone. 1t was much to
be feared that they might ingratiate
themselves unduly in the course of 8
very long visit, and their son might bt
foisted into that place held by our little
Sarah in the will and affections of hel
elderly relative. 1t was true that Aun,
Sarah preferred girls to boys; that tn,
/ only child the Weadles had was mascu
line, while both of ours were feminine
and that she had taken q particulaI
fancy to the little girl who was named
after her. But history, biography ant
experience combine to teach us tina
ladies are occasionally tickle; Aun
Sarah might be converted to boys il
general, and the Weadle youth in par
ticular.
at will not do to leave dear aunt,
long with the Weadles," said my wife
az fear that they will not make he
comfortable"
She would have expressed her mean
ing more clearly If she had left out tn
not, but l understood her, and acqui
esced. w will look out for a house i
a neighborhood she will like at once"
replied.
"Let it be on the banks of tn
Thames; she likes water, and there
none at Tunbridge Wells" continue
my better-half ~innocently. 81 wi
write An account of prospects G
succeeding in finding a place to suit he
every other day"
We had gone to Hastings direct
after the explosion, which took plaC
late in the autumn, and had spent til
winter there. It was in March tbs
Aunt Sarah went to stay with tn
Weadles, and that the above converts
ton was held. 1t is my firm opinion
derived from experience in house-hunt
ing at that time, that if q gold meds
were offered for the most ingenious pei
version of facts, q house-agent woul
win it. A desirable mansion or
picturesque villa described by one
these gentry, resembles the real articI
about a. much as a theatrical castle see
from the pit does the same erectio
viewed from the wings. As for suppre
, sion of truth, that ! suppose is to be e.
pected, since the law which ex~Onerates
, man from eliminating himself may
inferred to extend to his property, an
to the property of other people intruste
to his disposal. But the general resu
of this positive and negative deceptio
is to give the house-hunter AN immen
amount of trouble and anxiety, and
cure him of any blind confidence in h
fellow-men forever. For three consec
tive weeks my wife and l saw ov
twenty houses per week, 80 we ought
: know. 1t is true that the great majorit
of these tenements, which promised We
on paper, were 80 obviously unsuited
> US that q glance suficed to show til
they would not do. When the spacio,
= apartments proved to be seven feet hig
: or the eight good bed rooms resolv,
themselves into five, with three Gu
boards, we did not waste much tim
beyond that taken up by the journey
, and fro. But the disadvantages of 9th
houses were not 70 Immediately obviou
1t was only during spring tides that Il
cellars and kitchens of Pluvial Lod,
we're under water. The faint SINE
which floated about Upas Villa, cou
. not be detected when windows al
doors we're open, and inquiries
the neighborhood alone broug
out the remarkable susceptib
: ity of a long succession of tenants
: fevers of a typhoid character. 1t "
only when the wind lay in q southerly
: easterly direction that the near neig
= b0rhood of the Golden Guiana company
works to the Lilacs became obvious; al
we should have committed ourselv
i irrecoverably to five years of that uniq'
residence if q breeze had not sprul
up in the quarter named, on the occasi,
= of our third visit. We were likewi
: very nearly fixing ourselves in t
Hermitage, 80 little perceptible was t
throb of the water works engine ha
I BY while you were moving about, tai
ing, and interested in other matter
Yet from what We learned afterward
1 might just as we'll have taken up o,
:. abOde on board q screw steamer. Pc