The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-31
OUR TREASURES.

e. taking housc|
"A what" shouted Tidd, as if had sug-
gestcd our taking a railway station.
"a house-a house of our own, where land
ladies would cease from troubling and the
cold meat bs at rest; have DONE once for all,
with these abominable furnished apartments.
What say you"
He didn't say anything, but looked at me in
specifies amazement The idea was too large
for him to take in all at once, | saw that he
would havs TO swallow it gradually, as the
boa constructor does his prey proceeded to
lubricate it Tor him.
"Why shouldn't we We've stood the in
coaveniences and the extortions of lodgings
long enough. Why shouldn't we rent a house
for ourselyes' We can afford it; indeed, in
the long run, believe we should save money
by it,
Tidd already looked shade less nstonished.
I could see that he was beginning TO like the
idea, and before we parted we had agreed
that it should become an accomplished fact,
We would take n house We shook hands
upon it, and when TimPorloy Browne and
Thomson Tidd shook hands upon thing it
was as good as done.
Iidd and are both haChelors not old
,oo[aIors h,, any, r,aone lnt cortirr,od h,cb-
-. T;ii i, a., or,lito.+ With , t,yto foe
It, a,,I t,,, ,l,,,,.,. T,,,, a too t,,i,,.
Nth nm OHIO in Mincioo Iono we had nj,
,,,o,,s Ii,od in oport,,,,t, sometimes mar,
I,t ,,,or. ,rto, t,,,.tlo,., We Ind endured
e,'c,.,, ,,os.;,,Io yarat, oc I,ndI.dv md evorv
co,coirol LA snccios If ocot - from the feliro
Who could nee NV pov.Iopd,s Mocossor md
nv fovorite Loir brush IA the "tom" who bor.
col M, di,nopd elirt s.rds and s,nol,nd
nav, ha.t lbs Wa he'd tried chambers in
,ri,,t i. r,co,io,sl,, termed nm inn hut ,va
fonnd th,, ScvIl, the "lopndrcssr WINS if NOS.
Gin, ,,-o,.,o ih,r Cboryldis tbo IondIadv
Tho last straw in that case. remember, was
finding Mrs Glooge hcr very name wa,
an of,traro an bnm,uitu wearing INV
drcss boGts tried a boarding hou,s
a., short time tut I hive an nm.
fortunate tendency to make myself
a -rpeabla. and among the boarders there was
n widow also with tendency 10 make herself
agreeable, and. well | won't 10 into de-
tails Suffice it TO say that never had such
a narrow escap, in nv lie, and I'll take good
cars I never run such a risk again. No more
boarding houses for me.
nass over the details Of our bousc hunting
md house furnishing We were fortunate
enourb 10 secure a house in which tbo nro.
prietor had binsclf resided and which couso.
onently possessed a variety of exccptionol ot-
troctions-a conservatory n botb room hot
water laid on cyerywherc md last but NOT
least. n poculiarlv adrnirahlc Kitchen ronro
somebodv or other, intent md known rs the
GTroasure Wa en~arod n cool, who vvoa +,
d. for us pencr,Ily and who WINS oIso war.
rapted to be n treasure. and TiIl and 70.
',ad in ontirinotion over tbo rechcrcb,,littIe
dinners which we should he mile IN riva on,
bachelor friends, Tollor, of the stock OK.
change. and Tracy of the urobota dnnort.
ment Hitherto sucb bnspitnlitios b,l haor
evclancei at our respective clubs Opr.
vas the Mcrrrn. md theirs WINS tho
Polypoliurn. and the polypodium had ~ ,
r,.is, rather the best of it Now. we 1ottnroI
ourselves, il would he all the other wov
wen make ,em turn rrecn with onvy Till
my bowl said one evening whom v.a u,rs
talking over the matter II wasn't q CJ,i-.
,Io., wov nf lnnI,ir,, ot II fool tho+,,,,,
and I s,Ipn,s, yybot b,uncnod w,e ,yLot oil
Iquios cali - iuIr,nort' but 7 rooIl, 1,n,t
think IL deserves such an awful rctributjon
IT, furniture was in nj last tbe corne,., ,ycre
down. md the curtains were mn III ,yosr, |
quite 80 casy IA il sounds but if WINS dopa,
al we came home ot o'clock one oyfni
Wednesday to partako of our first dinner in
nur own housn We mot IN tho anor,.to,, |
both in enc hest If enjrits TIA w,s hmm
uinp an DOM, q rnnliIn mud Ind Lou,,b,
n now ha, in honor or tho occasion Wa noch |
u, licod a n,w lotrhkcv hut TiJd got III, |
on, first and had the honor Of onaninc tho
door We hung up our hats in our new hall !
an. thence prooa,ded Ia orr now l,v,torv
' 70 we washed orr hands with much 80 |
lcapity. We then took nm orr po.itinps ono
on zach side of the fire in orr new dr,yiny
room, and waited the announcement of din
uer we bad ARRANGED n tostv little menu |
%. .istinr oC a, u,h. ~ eo,es n ,Incl and an
AMIGO, tort. ,,i d,n,o, uas tiv,d f,r a n,,,,.
Ter mast six There ,,ora inst five minutes IN
whit Tho five minutes passed and an. |
other Ovn after TINT and opo,ber AMI
- n,thor ,na vct dinner was not announce, |
TiJd.nl ,c,,,n IN IooL NJ ana orn,L,r
an ,iou,Iv at WON'T do IN hurry bar
S,iJ a9r co,,,.a ,b, will bordlv hov. cro, |
thinc, ;,,,, rning or,,o, for tbo frst d,v -,
VS. ,ri1d adni,,ed the iustice NJ nv 20.
o,,1 az. ,,,,,ad orotbsr t,vortv ,nir,,o,
a., co ~ saw This Ia hcvond n ;n,,w soid |
r ~ uIndn, WA hcttcr % into tho dininr
ro,', porh,ns she has served dinner and = |
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