Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19
THE SHUTES VF SHEFFIELD.

Ny wife and 7 hal given much thought tt
the question Of house-rent and decided that W.
should not be justified in exceeding $3.50
year; but we hoped to find pretty little place
! in the countrysar that rent Gu, Requirements
were modests 'Give me q well-cooked Choir
and glass Of sherry and l can rough it any
where" said the intending traveller. We ly
wanted a thoroughly pl asant honse, within easy
| distance Of coun'ry town wne'e there WIS
| good society. really good garden, O. stable
| and coach-house and L. few fields. We hat
! looked at many houses, when one day
| after a morning Of appointment, we saw
charming one standing some Little dis ance from
| the road, and a notice informed us it was to be
| let. We went to see IT. TWAS simply perfec',
and was surrou 'ded by 'rden which I low {
! at first sight It was shelf red from every cold
wind and open to every brngu ipflnenos, aud
full of the most beautiful old-fa hioned 10 "
| ers, all growing as if they nal been at home
there for years! single glance showed me
thai snme that had leng been va;nly trying to
difference t. human care. NV wife was de-
! lighted with the house-so was but it was the
| garden which comoletely carried me- awav.
was not very large, but there were, open walks
and pretty, secluded paths. and roses and fruit
! trees-a lawn and magnificent flower borders
Having once seen that garden, mover GOULD
| b. satisfied with any other.
TITS pretty, sir," said the housekeeper, oh.
serving how lovingly my eyes dilated- "a
| many pretty flowers grows here. They grow
Of their own accord like. for the gardener has
little trouble with them"
'sThe gartlener!' exclaimed; 81 never le,
people Of that kind run riot among my fow-
ersf'
"Oh, lor, Sir, we'll to be sure! But there has
always been gard sner here That's hi4 cot
tage there, behind the trees" and she pointed
out pretty red cottage across the lawn. Little
viaihla hnf tha t0ra n us,,
! dows, for high tre!lis covered with roses
screened it from view.
"What's the rent Of Fairlawns" asked in a
sudden fear, for the little bit I saw of the
gardeners cottage was SO well built that it
alarmed me- .ostr Il:
Zone hundred and sixty pounds sir"
My wife's countsnance Fell With prompt
decision she took off her spectacles, put them
carefully in their case and slowed them away
in her bag as NO longer needed.
Zone hundred and sixty pounds, I repeated
Eyes, my dear, that settles it." said my be-
loved wife; but she had no idea what regret
was feeling.
II suppose it's no use thinking Of it." said l,
with sigh; ''but never saw flowers do 80
we'll in any garden bafore."
>e'Come, John, " said my wife. "1ss only
firing ourselves for no purpose-we had beS-
ter go. You know as veil as do that we
ought not to saddle ourselves with such high
rent"s
.sstop! have an idea," said I, joyously:
cottage!" 20
$50 you might, sir" interposed the house
keeper: lit has ak good 70 ,nas and kitchen.
1t was let little while back 10 the curate It's
only the last year or two the gardener has had
it,"
We went to the cottage. and when Isaw what
an excellent house it was I decided to take
Fairlawn. Isettled the matter at once, and in
ten days began t., m we in. gave the cot age
Mans ik " to indame ardent and poeical
minds, called it Byzantine e,ttage and adver-
tsed it freely. 1t nah = varan la covered with
roses and g. pretty little gardsn of it's own 10
front sloping down to the high road We had
established ourselves at Fairlawn, brought our
dear only daughter home from school and re-
turned most Of the calls made on as by the
resident gentry befora we had an application
for the cottage. At last . gentleman came-a
man Of fve-and-thirty, with bushy, brown
hair, keen, 1nquiring gray eyes and singu
tarly Intelligent face. HIS nam, was Shute He
had studied for tho bar. bnt was forced TO live
IN the country on account of his wife's health.
and now devoted himself to art They naa no
children and did not object to o G4O rent,
tn ugh myself had feared it was rather too
erences he gave me were satisfactory. #gsG4sz "
& They were most satisfactory. Each Of the
two Responsible and we'll DIDO gentlemen to
whom wrote had the greatest p easure ID tes-
flying TO the high character Of the geatleman
who wished to be my tenant aud each con-
cluded By saving that euch testimony on his
partWas almost unnecessary, seeing that the
field read This, and straightway a fine flavor
of responsibility attached itself to my tenant
he was one OF the Shutes Of Sheffield, This
being the case, dedicated to his enjoyment