St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-27
The Bachelors Confession.

| live in a French flat. OF course
there are objections to French flats.
SO there are to most things. | cant
afford hotel, and detest il boarding
house. A bachelor of 30 odd, who has
been at the mercy of boarding house
keepers all his days, can easily under
stand that.
SO, when | engaged suite of rooms
third floor in French fiat editice-
and arranged my household goods
therein, with a fine lookout over a
green dot of park in front, and the
glimmer of a palisade far in the rear
above a forest of shipping, | consider
ed myself well off.
What is my profession | haven't
any in particular. Pm an artist and
draw little daily, in front of my
easel, | contribute to the press, and
write when | feel like it, and draw a
little income from IL snug little proper
ty left me by an uncle i'll India. Con-
sequently | was able to decorate my
new quarters very prettily with Bag
dad rugs, old China dragons, black and
gold Japanese screens, and pictures
had picked up at a bargain.
And when the fire was burning
cheerfully in the CRATE, the first rainy
May evening, the student lamp shining
softly on the red, carved table, and the
waiter from IA neighbOring restaurant
had brought in my frugal dinner of IL
brOiled bird, "A mold of currant Jelly, IA
slice of roast beef, and raspberry
dumpling, | considered myself pretty
comfortable.
Upon the whole" says | to myself,
Il rather approve of French flats"
rang the bell. The janitor-a re-
spectful, decent sort of fellow, in IA
round jacket and carpet slippers
swered the summons.
"Janitor," said |, "whO occupies the
floor above 7"
"NObOdy, sir the man answered.
Last party moved out yesterday. New
party moves in Tomorrow"
"A large family ?" said |, rather du-
biously.
"Bless your heart, sir" said the man,
''no family at all-single lady, sir ~
At this | congratulated myself more
and more.
81 shall have prospect of little
peace now, think" said | and | ate
my dinner in a fools paradise of hap
piness.
The single lady moved in on the
morrow. She must have moved in
when | was down town selecting some
new mill-bOards and color tubes fol-
| the summer sketches | intended to
make, for when | returned, fOndly eX-
pecting once more to enter into my
kingdom of peace and serenity, every
thing was changed.
! There was a banging and pounding
overhead, humping and hammering
"A sound as if some middle-aged gi-
antess in hOb-nailed shoes was enjoy
il r;t self i'll a promenade. | sent fOl
th' o.. or in a rage.
80 the house coming DOWN. said |
"It's the new tenant a-mOvin' in
sir" said he, apOlOgetically.
"DOes her furniture consist entirely
of Herring's safes and square pianos ?
said L.
There is two pianos, said he. "She',
musical
"The deuce she is" rOared |. "TwC
pianos And does she play on 'en
both 7"
"Don't know, sir, I'm sure" said tn,
man, with a distressed expression o
countenance.
| endured the noise until midnight
and then sent up the janitOr's wife
''The third floors compliments to tn,
fourth floor, and would like to know i
this sort of thing is to go on all night 2
Down came the woman again.
Fourth floors compliments to tn,
third floor, and wishes to know if Ia,
expects people to get settled without
noise 7"
The next day the piano-Only one
however-cOmmenced. | was elabOra
ting a skeleton for a scientific essay
and it disturbed me seriously. | en-
dured it as long as | possibly could
and then | had recourse once more T.
the janitor's wife.
i "Third floors compliments to tn