Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-05-20


1T must have been a satisfactor
house. she said complacently. NOV
tell me all about it,.
1t is pleasant.looking house
brown stone front, high stoop, an,
three rooms Deep answered Henri,
Maclane, glibly.
Mrs. Maclane looked gratified
What was the condition of the pape
and paint p she asked.
'The hall paper was dark, and tn,
wood work dark, and in good order,
replied Henry Maclane, positively.
We'll, the rest of the house p pur
sued Mrs. Maclane.
Henry Maclane passed from a pos
tive to negative condition as he
answered, in a puzzled way, q hard
ly know. / couldn't exactly tell.
think the hall was an index of the
rest
Mrs. Maclane smiled. Closets I?
she suggested.
sThe hall had Closets said Henry
Maclane, in much the way school.
boy begins recitation of which he
knows only the first paragraph. Il
guess they are all right
Mrs Maclane laughed heartily as
she remarked, Il never take closets
on trust. Sewer gas? p
No. responded Henry Maclane ;
there was sweet odor of violets as
| entered the parlor.
Good 7 exclaimed Mrs. Maclane.
1T sounds like Araby the blest.
1T was, responded Henry Maclane,
in an undertone.
well, about the rest of the house?'
continued Mrs. Maclane. Did the
violet odor pervade the whole of the
mansion?'
Il don't know answered Henry
Mac'ane. She didn't come.'
She? who p asked Mrs. Maclane.
in puzzled way.
The sister, was the brief reply.
who's sister?' demanded Mrs.
Maclane, in perplexity. Brother Hal,
do you know you are talking inco.
herently? / can't seem to follow
you. Are we talking about house
or woman?
Both answered Henry Maclane,
with smile.
sWhat was the woman like p asked
Mrs. Maclane.
Light wavy hair, not bit fluffy
nor plastered stiffly, but just falling
over her forehead in pretty ripping
waves and coiled in knot at the
back, clear eyes that demand the
truth and tell the truth, good nose,
an expressive mouth, delicate hands,
and a shapely figure-that's the
woman answered Henry Maclane,
enthusiastically.
Mrs. Maclane laughed at the All
mute description, and inquired, what
did she wear
The reply was prompt: "A black
dress-for, you see, her mother died
last year--some pretty clinging lace
at her throat, more of the same at
her wrists, and bunch of violets in
her belt
you can give better inventory
of the woman and her garments than
you can of the house, said Mrs. Mac
lane.
'Never mind I'll try it again. re-
piled the orother-in.law, cheerfully.
when P asked Mrs. Maclane.
4 promised to look at the house
by gas-light, answered Henry Mac
lane.
ITO nights gas-.ight p asked the
woman, wonderingly.
OF course was the decided reply.
s'Procrastination is the thief of time
1t is my DUTY to cry Stop thiefp'
In the mean time,I think III man
age to look at the house myself said
Mrs. Maclane. 'What is the name
of the lady / am 10 ask for p
Mrs. Ellis was the reply.
Il never knew any one by the
name, commented Mrs. Maclane.
Nor T. said her brother-in. law.
Mrs. Maclane looked puzzled She
had been thinking Hal must have
met some old friends.
At the supper table that night she
turned to her brother in law with the
query, Hal, what possessed you to
tell Mrs. Ellis we wanted the house
just as you found it? You know we
have more furniture than we can
stow away comfortably
she didn't understand me- replied
Henry Maclane. women are dread
fully dull of comprehension
Sand men are incoherent and
equivocal,' retorted Mrs. Maclane.
For instance, you told me you had
never heard of Mrs. Ellis. She told
me you were an old friend
she wasn't an Ellis when / knew
her. replied Henry Maclane. She
was Sue Monroe
i did not see the sister, added
Mrs. Maclane. she had gone for a
walk l will decide about the house
to right
The next morning At the breakfast
table came note to Joshua Maclane
from the house agent, saying that
Mrs. Ellis had Withdrawn the house
from the market.
How provoking 7 exclaimed Mrs.
Maclane. we had decided to take
it. just think, Brother Hail. she said.
as her brotherin-law entered the
breakfast-room, that lovely house
with which you and / fell 10 love is
Withdrawn from the msrketp
sAh p he said, in an interested way.
ANY reason given?'
Not word answered Mrs. Mac
lane. Il think folks ought to know
their own minds better than to put q
house in the market one day and
withdraw it the next
perhaps there has been change
of base suggested Henry Maclane.
You were going to look at it by
gas light said Mrs Maclane. How
did it impress you p
Very pleasantly was the smiling
reply.
Brother Hail. said Mrs. Maclane
bending searching gaze on hei
brother-in Jaw, tell us all about it
OF course you went to look at more
than the house by gas-light Do yor