Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-15


! have a temper, but still she must have
woman's heart beating somewhere, and
surely in Christian country-but antlcl-
pate. if that can be called anticipation
which is the very reverse of what one has
ventured to expect.
Ny letter ran us follows:
Dear NJ. Bro,cn In thus addressing myselfto
YOU know ! am relying upon our relations as
| friendly neighbors, and 10y no means urging Il
| legal right. In the eye OF the law an English
mans house is his castle, and he can, II ne
pleases fire royal salutes from his battlements
| night and day. Unfortunately, am SO constl-
| tuted that noise utterly destroys my power 10 90
| literary work, in which las YOU are alvarez am
| of necessity engaged from to 10 every evening
| Your dear little daughters piano-piaylng Is
| quite wonderful for her age this Is very true
no full-grown demon, | should have Thought, lar
| less an imp of her years, could have created
| such discordl but if you could kindly contrlve
| that she should pursue it during the daytime,
| instead of between the hours aforesaid, you
| would lay me under an eternal Obligation.
| Awaiting your kind consent for when l
| thank You beforehand, am yours truly
CHARLES JONES.
I was in such state of anxiety and ex-
element, the hideous cannonading contin-
uing all this time without one instant's
cessation, that | wrote upon the envelope,
q Bearer waits" and babe my messenger
bring back the answer. 1t came quickly
enough, 5ut put an end to my suspense
only to substitute for it an agony Of de-
SPAR 1t was, as | guessed in a moment
from the handwriting, all sloping like the
ears OF donkey in n state OF ohstnacy,
the female Brown who addressed me as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir: Ny husband is from home, but
your application is one which have no hesita-
! ton in answering in his name in the negative.
| You are, as you very properly remark, urging no
| legal claim whatever. and you must forgive me
| for adding that your request is preposterous. 1t
! is not convenient for my daughter 10 pursue her
musical studies except between and 10, to
| which hours, as heretofore, she will c0nfine
them. Yours truly, ABIGAIL BROWN.
Late as it was, clapped on my hat, re-
paired TO the house agent of whom | had
| him an advertisement board, which |
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
10 o'clock, and returned home little
comforted My wife assured me that the
noise had ceased precisely AT that hour,
but the echoes of it seemed to be still
running through the house. felt that
was on the brink Of a nervous fever, and
wrote to my employers 10 say that my re-
turn to business must for the present be
uncertain. | intended to stop at home de
die in diem until o'clock, so as to miss
no chance of anyone calling to bid for it,
till that house was disposed of
The very next morning card was sent
in to me with Mr. Joseph Plrmin" on
it. He was a thickset man Of by no means
aristocratie appearance, but | welcomed
him as if he had been one of the royal
family. His manner was curt in the ex-
treme, but | thought he looked an honest
man, and the city side of my character as
sured me at the first glance that he was the
sort Of person who means business.
90 | see this house is to SELL" he said. 81
am builder, and know when house is
worth buying; if we can come to terms
: mean to buy Eden Lodge; now, what do
you want for it?'
mentioned the sum l had fixed upon as
a reasonable one, but, in truth, | would
gladly have taken half the money rather
than not have got the place off my hands.
q Too much" he said, shaking his solid
head; TOO much by hundred pounds"
If | had been Frenchman | should
have got mp and kissed him on both checks;
being an Englishman with half my time
devoted to the main chance), | concealed
my JOY, and shook my head almost as reso-
Iutelv As he had done "The house is
cheap" said Eat the sum | have put
upon IT."
. NO doubt it is; know that as we'll as
you-indeed deal better" he answered
coolly But man don't put with I'M
!
unless he has reasons for wanting 10 quit.
Now, look here, ! am Il man Of action. |
am sorry to say he used an aspirate. | am
always for setting matters Off the reel. |
will split the difference between US, and
give You your money less fifty pounds I'll
draw voU a check for it, if You like. this
very moment" and he actually produced
from his hroa-t-pocket a large and greasy
checb-hooh, and threw it open like front
door.
} Ny dear sir answered with effusion,
there i 40 need to be 50 precipitate; a
letter from Your lawyer tomorrow Will be
quite sufficient but on the terms youmen-
= ton. the house Is yours
By immediate possession | under
stand that | can come in at once pur-
sued Nj PlIuniin-"say in week.
| nodded assent; could hardly prevent
myself from saving, Come this evening,
S which would have been fatal indeed if he
had heard that piano, the bargain would
I surely have been Off at once felt that
t since he was coming to live in the house
= himself was about to take his money
a under false pretenses, for the poor fellow
$ was looking forward to d" a home" Still, the
e city side of my character reminded me that
+ I my first duty was to mySelf-2nd / per
4 formed it.
Il Having made inquiries abo1t Mr. Plum
t lin which Convinced me Of his solvency,
: went ont that very day to look for new
a house, and fortunately found one, thi,
+ time, yoa may be sure, "a detached resi-
dence.' Within week we had shifted,
: bag and baggage, to my intense relief
= every night. IN the meantime, was mad,
n hideot> by that dreadful childa piano.
Il should have thought nothing could have
1 been worse than her tunes, but the serpent
i of Paradise Row had more terrible thing
: in storm alternate night, she PLAYED
G her scales.
/ H.
d Six months atierward, on getting into al
g omnibus on nv way home from the town
n lin lie recognized me at once, though, il
y any ease, | think should have spoken t,
e him. One always feels little constrain
; with the stranger to whom one has sold
n house or a horse We know its little i'm
IS PROJECTIONS, which the other gentleman
does notuniil he has bought it; and though
IS there had been nothing particularly wron;
/ about Eden Lodge, felt that as resi-
II dencc (cvcn Independent of lis musica
a neighbour it WAS no, faultlesS. | tool; tn
d bull by the horns, however, and at one
IS observed: Il hope You like your house
Mr. Plumlin"
ii Yes he replied, quite naturall.
h Thereby lifting quite load from my per
haps too tender conscience; am no
k one in any ease To cry over split milk, o
Is to complain of a completed bargain bt
d sides, being y builder, you see, why, {
: course did not expect perfection
h There's 4 little damp in the front att
Of There was, bu, | nattcr myself | kno
ie how to treat ii; I'ye just given It 4 COS
OF Paris cement, and that'll be all right.
Is said to myself, "Pll back the damp,
but did not pursue the subject. The who
IN topic Of Eden Lodge was 4 delicate on
still ! could not conquer my curiosity
/ know how he had exercised that music;