Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-01-02

which am sure you Will not oD]ect 10. 1nen
we can use both sides without Inconvenience,
and have plenty of room to entertain our
friends, if, at any time, we should like to do
so. While, at the same time, we can live
comfortably in our present quarters, when it
suits us, without the disadvantage Of larger
residence than we want"
Notwithstanding these arguments, Mr.. Null
cahy thought the proposition very odd one,
and, in his own mind, set the doctor down as
fool. But he was only too well pleased to
agree to an arrangement which made an &C
ceptable addition to his income, without CIV
ing him additional worry in regard to unde-
sirsble tenants. He received, with beaming
face, the rent for house the second, paid down
as promptly as that for house the first, and
rushed home, in hurry, to tell his wife OF
the bargain he had made.
Mrs. Mulcahy viewed the matter in aprac-
tical light.
"That man amt the fool you takehim for, |"
she remarked. "Dont You suppose herneans
to rent out the next door house, alta bigger
rent than what he pays for it. or let the rooms
separate to dodgers, and make a profit that
way? He's the sharp one, and you're the
simpleton, Mulcahy but it's all the same 80
long as he pays you what you ask
"He don't look like one to have dodgers, or
boarders, or anything of that kind. He spoke
of entertaining friends, sometimes" said Mr..
Mulcahy, doubtfully. GAS to letting the
house; don't you see, Molly, that would be the
very thing to make his present quarters Oh
iectionable. He don't want to run the risk Of
troublesome neighbors."
"Well, you'll see," replied his partner.
"Anyhow, he seems to be good pay, so far;
and so far, so good"
Mrs. Mulcahy proved less far-sighted than
she gave herself credit for being. DR.. Carey
neither hired out No. 661 nor took lodgers ;
but continued to live in very quiet and &C.
cluded fashion, occupying only the one house,
and paying regularly, not only for that, but
for the other, which remained, to all appear
ance, simply an idle encumbrance on his
hands. Of course if it was his object to live
without neighbors, the object was gained !;
but then the useless expense! The Mulcahys
could not understand it at all.
Neither, for that matter, as their acquain-
tanceship progressed, could they understand
the Doctor himself Heappeared to them fully
as "queer" as his sister had done at first. Not
that the said acquaintanceship ever advanced
beyond the bounds of casual intercourse;
for, putting aside the disparity Of their social
positions, which created in itself something Of
barrier to any degree Of intimacy between
the landlord and his tenants, Joshua Carey
was evidently not the sort Of man to become
intimate with other men. He had reserved,
self contained manner, and managed, without
ever being uncivil, to repel all Mr.. Mulca-
bys well-meant efforts to infuse something like
friendly familiarity into their intercourse.
The carpenter himself'was a jolly, easy-gning
kind of individual, who liked to be on pleas
ant terms with everybody, and it nettled him
not little to have wet blanket thrown over
his cordial advances.
"He's one Of your stiff:starched, stuck-up
fellows-just the sort I've got no use for"
he said to his wife "Can't let himself down
peg to answer sociable remark in nat'ral
way, but must always be so mighty solemn
and grand, as if be was the Bashy Bazouky
or the Prince of Wales. As to the sister, I
believe she's crazy. He must keep her shut
up, for I've never got sight of her once since
that first day"
"Maybe she's in bad 'elth," suggested Mrs.
Mulcahy. "Supposing was to 60 round
there some day with some flowers, or bit
of our homemade cake, and find out some
thing about her, now; wouldn't that be
good idea?"
"You wouldn't be let in," replied her hus-
band.
"Wouldn'tIf That's all you know about
it." rejoined Mrs. NJ, who, as usual, thought
her judgment far superior to his. Curiosity
prompted her to pay the proposed visit, rath-
er than benevolent desire to make herself
in some way useful to the fancied invalid,
which she Aattered herself was her true mo-
tive. At all events, she carried out her
scheme, and presented herself, duly armed,
with floral offering, at the door of 659, at
an hour when she considered it most proba-
BILE that the male inbabitant of the premises
would not be at home.
She knocked twice or thrice (the bell was
broken) without eliciting any response. Fl
nally, after louder and more energetic at.
tempt than the preceding ones, a window shut
ter in the second story was partly opened,
and a delicate voice family inquired, "Is it
the milk?"
"No ma'am, it isn't the milk" actively re-
Joined Mrs. Mulcahy, bending her head un-
comfortably backwards, and thereby receiv-
ing the full benefit of the sun in her eyes, in
the endeavor to catch view of her interlo-
cutor "It's me, ma'am-Mrs. Mulcahy.
I've brought you handful Of roses, thinking
maybe your garden wasn't in order, which
by the same token I see it ain't-these winds
do dry up the flowers So"
"You are very kind" said the voice. I'll
come down and take them, if you please"
The shutter was closed again, and Mrs.
Mulcahy, triumphant in the success Gas she
thought Of her expedition, waited on the
step, in fdget of expectancy, for the door
to be opened for her admittance. The door