Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-01
OUR TREASURES.

y Alou, said, solemnly, a thought strike
d me-
, ITO swear eternal friendshipl Better not
\ old man; We should quarrel before the weel
! was out"
t Don't be frivolous We're not playing 30,
= and Cox. This is serious What do you sa,
y to taking house"
: "A wbatr shouted Tidd, as II I had sug
l gested our taking railway station
"A house-a house of our own. where land
ladies would cease from troubling and Tn,
3 Geld meat he at rest; have done. once for all
with these abomnable furnished apartments
What say you,'
I He didn't say anything but looked at me in
spoechltsS amazement The idea was too large
| for him To take in all at once | saw that he
would have 10 swallow it gradually, rs the
boa constructor does his pIey. proceeded tc
iubricate it for him
why shouldn't wet We've stood the in.
conyeniences and the extortions of lodgings
long enough. Why shouldn't We rent house
for ourSelvcsi We can afford il: indeed, in
the long run, believe we should save money
by it."
Tidd already looked shade less astonished
could see that he was beginning To like the
idea, and before we parted we had agreed
that 1t should becomc an accomplished fact
We would take n house. We shook hands
upon it; and when Timperley Browne and
Thomson Tidd shook hands upon a thing. il
was good as done
1ldd and | are both bachelors: not old
| bachelors, 10y any means, but confirmed bach
| elors. Tidd is an architect, with a taste for
music and dry sherry. am tea broker,
with an Office in Mincing lane We had al
ways lived in apartments, sometimes anart.
but more often together; We had endured
every possible variety Of landlady and every
| conceivable species of cat from the feline
who would Use my Rowland's MacasSar and
my fayorife hair brush to the tom who bor-
l'rowed my diamond shirt studs and smoked
my best cigars. We had tried chambers in
what is facetiously termed au inn, but We
found that Scylla the "laundress" was, if p.s
! sible, worse than Charybdis the Iandlady
The last straw in that case. remember. was
finding Mrs. Glooge Cher very name WAS
an outrage on humanity wearing NV
dress boots tried "A boarding hous,.
for short time, but | have an mr.
l"tuhate tendency TO make myself
agreeable. and among the bnariers there was
widow, also with a tendency oo make herself
agreeable, and, well, 1 won't 90 into de,
tails Suffice it TO say that never had such
narrow escape in my lie, and I'll tale good
care l never run such risk again. No more
boarding houses for me.
lpasS over the details of our house hunting
and house furnishing. We were fortunate
enough TO secure a house in which the prn-
prietor had himself resided, and which consc-
quently Possessed a variety of exceptional MT |
froSsffnns-a
water laid on everywhere, and last, but mot |
least, peculiarly admirable kitchen range |
somebody or others patent, and known as III. |
Treasure We engaged a cook. who was 10
do for US generally, and who was also war
ranted TO be a trsasurc, and Tiid and | re-
ced Ia anticipation over the recherche LITTLE
dinners which We should he able TO give opr
helor friends, Toller, of the stock ey-
oh nge, and Tracy of the probate denart-
mont. Hitherto such hoSpitalities had Ieen
exchanged at our respective clubs Ours
was the Megera, and theirs wns the
Polypodium: and the Polypoiium had. as a
rule, rather the best of it. Now, we flattered
ourselves, it would lie all the other way.
We'll make em turn green with envy, Tidd
my boy" said one evening when we were
talking over the matter. 1t wasn't Chris
/
and suppose what happened was what old
ladies call a Judgment; but | really dou't
think it deserves such an awful retribution
The furniture was in at last, the caru-ets were
down, and the curtains were up II wasn't
quite so easy as it sounds, but it was done.
and we came home at 8 O'clock one awful
Wednesday TO partake of our first dinner in
our own house. We met on the doorstep.
both in the best of spirits Tidd was hum
ming la donna e mobile and had bought
A new hat in honor of the occasion. We each
produced a new latchkey, but Tidd got his
put first, and had the honor of opening the
ioor. We hung up our hats in our new hall,
md thence prooeeded to our new lavatory,
where we washed our hands with much So |
emnity. We then took up our positions, one
N zach side of the fire, in our new drawing
Dom, and waited the announcement of din
Ter. We had arranged a tasty little menu,
'onsisting OF a pair Of soles, duck and an
Ipricot tart; and dinner was fixed for a quar-
er past six There were just five minutes to
yait. The five minutes passed, and an
fher five after that, and another, and
mother, and yet dinner was not announced, 5
'idd and / began to look at one another
at won't do to hurry her, | ]
aid. "Of course she will hardly have got
hings into going order for the first day or i
wo.' Tidd admitted the justice of my re- I
mark and We waited another twenty minutes {
r so. Il say, this is beyond a joke said I
idd. "HaI,nt we better go into the dining S
oom. Perhaps she has served dinner, and is
rafting for us" I
We moved to the dining room accordingly
he cloth was laid in the first style of art: 4
ut there was no further sign Of dinner, and
ftar waiting another ten minutes l timidly n
ang the bell 1t produced no result, and {
idd and began TO look At each other in dis c
nay. r
"Perhaf,= Trotter" four new cook SIS taken =
!, suggested Tidd- Hadn't you better go C
own snd sesf' =
Hadn't you better go down and see,r L
etorted You don't suppose I'm going to {
card new cook In her own Kitchen n
1T was you who suggested taking the &
ouse," said Tidd, viciousiy. 81
looked at him more in sorrow than In 4
nger. n
"Tidd," / said with emotion, shall the e
'iendShip OF years be imperiled by the un-
of a nenial at Gl6 a year!n Z
sverl Let US have one glass of this old IT
isdeira, and then we will toss which of us
lall 60 do own and beard her in her denH g
lid grasped my hard, and the rupture was
verted. We had q glass Of the Madeira p
wo glasses, TO DO strictly accurate. and u
len, with the solennity betting tho occa- '
on, Tidd threw up a copper. "Woman,"I
id at a venture But with the uncertainty
-overbially affected by the sex, woman was 10
and / had to undertake the De
-eaded pilgrimage 70 the lower regions l ~
ivanced cautiously 10 the kitchen ts,;rs and i
,lle1 timidIv over tho han.,.r,. ..:'rottar,n al