Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-05-18


description, and inquired, What dit
she wear 7"
The reply was prompts ~ blael
dress-for, you see her mother dice
last year-.some pretty cligning lao'
ut her throat. more OF tho same q
her wrists, and a bunch Of yiole,s II
her belt
"You can give u better Inventor,
Of tho woman aud her garments thar
you can Of the house," said Mrs
Maclane."
4Nover mind III try II again,
replied tho brother-inlaw, cheeriully
~ promised to look at the house b,
gas-light," answered Henry Maclane,
"To'night's gas light" asked the
woman, wonderingly.
"Of course" was the decided reply,
"Procraslinntion Is the thlei Of time
1t is my duty 10 cry "stop thicf!'
ain the meantime, l think I'll man
age TO look at the house myself
"What Is the name of the lady am
to ask fort"
"Mrs. Ellis, was the reply.
III never knew any one by the
name," commented Mrs. Maclane.
"Nor l." 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 10 her bro,her-in.law with the
query, "Hal what possessed you to
tell Mrs. Ellis we wanted the house
just as you found in 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 comprehensions."
"And men are incoherent aud equiv.
ocal,' retorted Mrs. Maclane, "For
instance, you told me YOU had never
heard OF Mrs. Ellis. She told me you
were an old friend"
och" w"sn't an Ellis WHOM 7 knew
her.. replied Henry Maclane. She
was Sue Monroe"
II did not see the sister," added
Mrs. Maclane. "She had gone for
a walk. l will decide about the house
tonight
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Ellis had withdrawn the house from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;' exclaimed Mrs.
Maclane. awe had decided to take
it. Just think, brother Hal, she
said, as her orother-in law entered the
breakfast room, "that lovely house
with which you and I fell in love is
Withdrawn from the MARKET"
"Ah!" he said, in an interested way'
"Any reason given ?"
"Not a word," answered Mrs Mac.
lane. Il think folks ought to know
their own minds better ,hau to put
house in the market one day and with
draw it the next"
"Pcrhaps there has been change
of base" suggested Henry Maclaue.
"You were going to look at it by
gas light, said Mrs. Maclane. "How
did it impress you!"
every pleasantly" was the smiling
reply.
"Brother Hal" said Mrs. Maclane,
bending a searching glance on her
"tell us all about it
Of course you went to lo?k at more
han the house by gas-light. Do you
know why this house is withdrawn
from the market?
"The lady has concluded to occupy
t." replied Henry Maclane.
"Does not the house belong to Mr..
Ellis 2" was the next query.
"No." he replied. 1t belongs to
he Monroe estate, and fell to the
sisters share"
"Hal," said Mrs. Maclane, gravely,
our neighbor yesterday suggested
Mss Anderson as a desirable alliance
Or yon."
'Tell our neighbor am like the
louse--withdrawn from the Market
vas the smiling answer.
"Just tell me this, Hal said Mrs.
Iaclane, in coaxing way: "did the
air haired woman you met when you
vent house hunting ever wear the
laxen curl and pale-bluo ribbon which
ince you returned from the war has
,een attached to your sword hilt !
You see l am putting two and two
ogether.'
"Your figures are units Of tho same
denomination, aud you can add them,