Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-26

where, and surely in Christian country
but anticipated that can be call
ed anticipation which is the very reverse
of what one has ventured to expect.
My letter ran as follows
DEAR Mr.. BROWN: In thus address,
ing myself to You, I know am relying
upon our relations as friendly neigh
bors, and by no means urging legal
right. In the eye Of the law an English
mans house is his castle, and he can,
if he pleases, fire royal salutes from his
bnttlements night and day. Unfortun-
ately, / am so constituted that noise
utterly destroys my power to do literary
work, in which Gas you are alvarez I am
Of necessity engaged from seven to ten
every evening. Your dear little daugh-
ter's piano playing is quite wonderful
for her age-[this was very true; no
fullgrown demon, I should have thought
far less an imp of her years, could have
created such discord but if you would
kindly contrive that she should pursue
it during the daytime instead of be-
tween the hours aforesaid, you would
lay me under an eternal obligation.
Awaiting your kind consent, for which
thank you beforehand,
lam yours truly.
CHARLES JONES
I was in such state of anxiety and
excitement, the hideous cannonade
continuing all this time without
one instant's cessation, that I wrote up
on the envelope Bearer waits," and
babe my messenger bring back the an
swer. tcame quickly enough, but put
all end to my suspense ouly to substi-
tute for it an agony of despair. It was,
as I guessed in moment from the
handwriting, all sloping like the ears OF
a donkey in state Of obstinacy, the fe-
male Brown who addressed me as fol-
Town:
DEAR SIR My husband is from home, but
your application is one of which have no hest
tation III answering i'll his name in the mega
urging no legal claim whatever, and you must
forgive me for adding that your request is pre-
posterous. 1t Is not convenient for my daugh-
ter to pursue her musical studies except be-
tween seven and ten, to which hours as here
to-fore she will contine them Yours truly,
ABIGAIL BROWN.
~ Late as it was I clapped on my hat,
repaired to the house agent of whom I
had purchased Eden Lodge, and pro-
cured from him an advertisement board,
which I stuck up on pole in front of
the house that very night: "This villa
residence to be sold, with immediate
possession; no reasonable offer will be
refused"
After that walked about the streets
till ten O'clock, and returned home a
little comforted. My wife assured me
that the noise had ceased precisely at
that hour, but the echoes of it seemed
to be still ringing through the house; I
felt that was on the brink of nervous
fever, and wrote to my employers to say
that my return to business must for the
present be uncertain. intended to
stop at home de die in diem, (untl sew
en- o'clock,) 50 as to miss no chance Of
any one calling to bid for it, till that
house was disposed of.
The very next morning a card was
sent in to me with "A1r. Joseph Plum
lin" on it. He was a thickset man of
by no means ar1stocratic appearance,
but I welcomed him as if he had been
one Of the royal family. His manner
was curt in the extreme, but thought
he looked an honest man, and the city
side Of my character assured me at the
first glance that he was the sort of per-
son who means business.
II see this house is to sell, he said.
II am q builder, and I know when a
house is worth buying; if we can come
to +or,oe ooop IN Lu1 E1o,. T,olro
now what do you want for it,"
I mentioned the sum I had fixed upon
as a reasonable one, but in truth, T
would gladly have taken half the money
rather than not have got the place off
highlands.
"Too much" he said, shaking his SOL
id head-"too much by hundred
pounds"
If had been Frenchman I should
have got up and kissed him on both
cheeks; being an Englishman with
half my time devoted to the main
chance,) I concealed my joy and shook
my head almost as resolutely as he had
done. "The house is cheap" said, "at
the sum I have put upon it,"
"No doubt it is !; I know that as we'll as
you,-indeed deal BETTER" he answered
cody. "But man don't put with i'm
mediate possession on his notice board
unless he has reasons for wanting to
quit. Now, look here, I am man of
action" q am sorry to say he used an
aspirate.] II am always for setting
matters off the reel. i will split the
difference between us, and give you
your money less ESQ. I'll draw you a
check for it if you like, this very mo-
ment." And he actually produced from
his breast pocket a large and greasy
cheok-book, and threw it open like a
front door. 3.rs..s. ..>.-Gf,. .a...
"My dear Sir" I answered with effu-
sion, "there is no need to be so precip-
itate; a letter from your lawyer to-
morrow will be quite sufficient, but on
the terms you mention, the house is
yours" a.
"By Immediate possession I under
stand THAT can come in at once" pur-
sued Mr.. Plnmlin-" say in week ?"
I nodded assent, I could hardly pre-
vent myself from saying. Come this
evening"" which would have been fatal
indeed; if he had heard that piano, the
bargain would surely have been off at
once. felt that, since he was coming
to live in the house himself, I was about
to take his money under false pretenses;
for the poor fellow was looking forward
to ~athome!" Still, the city side OF my
character reminded me that my first
duty was TO myself land I performed
it, $.546s1 a&,32&@ p, %~<t I.R =
Having nader Inquiries about Mr..
Plumlin which convinced me to his sol
'yency, I went out that very day TO look
for new house, and fortunately found
one, this time, you may be sure, de-
tached residence. Within q week we