The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-10-25

dear. said he.
g Tn ats just like pa !" said Miss Ethet
dreda. Don't you hear somebody hamnering
somewhere? There's carpenter-shop Just
down the lane. Go and inquire-do !"
Abel Jones was working diligently away
at a step-ladder, when the professors bald
head was thrust into his shop
Ell ~ said Abel looking very handsome.
in his shirtsleeves and q scarlet necktie.
Il wish you very good-mornirg sir |"
said the professor, politely.
"Same to you, sir u said Abel.
Il wish" said the professor, ''to inquire
the price of that beautiful old brass-mounted
chest of drawers in the kitchen of the house
yonder. My daughters
NO price at all, sir" said Abel. ait
amt for SALE"
If liberal remuneration, sir, would
be any inducement to you"
"Not for sale" spontaneously repeated
Abel Nothing would induce my mother.
in-law to part with it."
An old family relic, Ell p remarked the
professor.
ao''s' saio Aoei'
-. -Aau Ne wen. on halnhierine' ana wnisthng
'o MUM aoair, "hlie tne pro
fessor made his way back through the prick
ly hedge of goose-berry- aad black
currants.
Half an bo,,r of,or,.ord New tho ,,.at,y
srst ranse of oil Aba, Tones, romantic aaven.
,,r.s .o,, ;nto ,ha sho,, rl,ov nod hson
married for over three months now lint
A,ers sn;lo ot ,saloo,,a Wa no less br;,bt
than II had boan in the dava of the honey.
moon
Bless me, foiiy'' SAID me- what Is
the matter You look half scared to DEATH"
And no wonder" said Mary. There
have been burglars at the house. Mothers
'"es. ~, u u'awers ~ gone
"na' 'ho"'ea auei
anu 'nese were is,' uuaef one :" si,e
volumes VI ia'nea No'es Oh Tue "ospei
on the htehen-tabie ! breathlessly added
MARY aispmying hVe teh-oolar eilis IN lhe
PAIN Oh her haha'
Upon -my--wofdi said Abel irs
the OLD fellow WITH Inc bald mead Poiiy, ana
the speetaeles, you may depend upon 1t. |
hon9ht he looked IKE IN Old furniture
dealer.
Alas poor Abel not to be able to dis.
crininate between second hand storekeeper
and the Professor of H,sthetics and Bellies
Lettres in Higlsy University But such is
life
But ITS stealing = cried Mary, breath
iessly.
Well, not exactly said Abel, laughing.
:" The old thing itself WASN'T worth ten dol
lars II they choose 10 value it at fifty, why
II amt bad for US IN sls light OF q pecuniary
TRANSACTION, en-, foily
But what VIII mother say PLEADED
Mary
"rve got another one nearly finished,
SAID Abel. 81 was meaning to sell it to
Mrs. Harrington. But I'll just set it up in
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This means business" said Abel to HIM
'eh
And he set diligently to work to mannfac-
ture still other duplicates OF the "chist o
draws, staining them dark rch brown,
and beating out odd, shell-shaped decorations
10 complete the illusion. And when the
curiosity-hunter came up the solitary road,
embowered in elms, where it required con-
siderable engineering for one load OF hay to
pass another, Abel sat whistling on his door
step, ready to drive bargain.
Any old furniture or antiques to sell r.
the hunter would blandly inquire.
"Not a st;ck ~ enid Ahs, aud ,ho, after
a neinnte,s blork s;le,ca ~, ,bo mart ~ ,bo
n;oneors 80 ,ho .as,ho,;o 10 ,wor,a oda.
q TIn,oso ro,,a III q, ,eo,, ., ,,,s 49, ,h;.,
n, draws rs Two i,,.t ,;nlarad mn oon,,
saw nm o,a dow, vo,, ino. 90 ~ ol, hr,
tbere K il Va, cor Ioot Gov norrso,vas
Tbere aim, M 1o,a on :, don,, oora
.vho,hor :. ~, NJ -. IL,
PM no price on it, amt none of your
bargain drivers. If You like it. pay what
you think is right; if you don't why there
amt no harm done /"
50 that no less than seven editions of the
chest of drawers were sold before the season
was over. They became the fashion. Every
person who bought one had a vague hone of
having something little different from his
neighbors. Aud some of them have never
yet ceased looking for l,dden treasures, old
papers Or outlawed wills among the pigeon
holes and compartments.
And when the season ended and the city
boarders went back to their brick-and-mor-
tar wldernesses, Abel brought his mother-in-
law plethoric pocket-book-