The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-23

other way can we explain the removal o
Mr.. Brown from his delightful suburban
cottage to his present confined quarters OF
taShionable street; or account for thu
exodus from the cities which occurs ever,
summer. Yetthis desire Of change Is eS
pensive. II does not cost as much In dol
lars and cents as In trouble and worry o.
mind and body. Let those who dwell In
comfortable houses think thrice before
they decide to swell the numbers OF the
house.hunters. Let them bear patiently
many little annoyances before they allow
themselves to become bewillered In q
labyrinth OF vacant houses.
Lille soon becomes q burden TO the man
who Is on the hunt Of q house. Does he
pick up paper TO glance over the latest
dispatches? His eyes are irresistably at.
tracted by the column headed "For Rent"
BY the time he has read over the list oil
houses with oil modern improvements"
and has settled In his mind which OF the
numerous advertisements he will answer,
his presence Is demanded elsewhere, and
the paper must be laid aside with its tele-
graphic reports still unread.
He goes home to dinner, At least he
turns his face in that direction, but Is stop.
ped, trst by one friend and then BY
another, while each, in turn, inform him
Of houses In every way suited to his wants.
See those houses he must, or he will for
ever be regarded as ungrateful. When at
last lie reaches his home, where one might
suppose he would find rest for his perturb.
cd spirit oil the children tell him Of
houses they have heard OF, and make him
solemnly promise 10 see all OF them i'm.
medlately. Then his wife has been told
OF q splendid house, In delightful neigh.
borhood, and Is especially DESTROYS that
he should examine II that very afternoon,
Dinner Is hastily swallowed, and the
halt'distraCted man starts out to find hab-
itation for himself and family. He first
visits the houses he saw advertised. One
is too large, anotherto too small. The anna.
bic tenant OF the third replies in answer
to his Inquiries about rent size, etc, that
the bill on the outside OF the house will
tell him where he can learn such particu.
lars. AT the fourth, the lady OF the house
IS not at home, and the servant only al.
lows him to see the first floor, giving, as an
excuse, that the rest Is not 80 grand" In
all his list he finds but one that comes
near meeting his wants. Carefully noting
the street and number Of this, he next be:
gins his inspection OF the houses recon.
mended by his friends. As he is shown
through the first he can hardly refrain
from questioning the sincerity OF the
friendship which would have him live in
a house whose roof is little better than
seive. A glimpse Of the surroundings Of
the second raises doubt in his mind as to
whether man can be sane, and in the full
possession and enjoyment OF his senses,
and, at the same time, desire friend to
live in house adjacent to a primary
school.
Before he has finished his task, night
prevents any further search, and the tired,
disguised man goes home, only to be as.
sailed the moment he opens the door with
the question, "Did YOU 20 to see That
houseY' Scarcely has he exchanged his
coat and boots for dressing gown and slip
p.ers, when the door-bell rings, and the
ringer proves to be q neighbor who gives
glowing account Of still another house
which he feels positive will prove the ne
plus ultra.
a couple Of weeks Of this kind of life
becomes so wcarisome that the poor man,
IN sheer desperation, takes a house that
neither meets his wants nor suits his wife.
AS soon as the lease is drawn up the
wrinkles and scowls that have disfgured
his brow for weeks silently disappear, and
he becomes his former self the day his
search for houses is ended.
Let those who think this some fancy
sketch start out househunting for them
selves. ~ III.