The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-14

JuSt 10 Dc III Jut dbhlOus
dislike to speak Of moving in New
York for several reasons. In the first
place, it is a very old subject, and in the
second place il is an intensely disagrceable
one to Inc. ! am now in training, how
ever, for Tuesday. Quite number Of our
best people will move on that day, so l
shall move in good society.
Last year i was unfortunate. ! spent
the month Of April in looking for house,
and finally decided to take the Plummer
house, as the tenants there were good
people, but were going TO Europe TO have
fun with some of the monarchies. The
house was good one, with Croton water
and sewer gas in it, and as l had been de-
MED the pleasure OF sleeping in room
where could blow out the sewer gas | Sc
cured the place.
Later, however, the Plummers concluded
TO take the Minks house for the summer
instead OF Earring the already lettering
dynastes of the old world. The Minkscs
were to take the Odds house, and the
0ldses were going into the Pangborn house.
Pangborns folks claimed that they were
going into the Rutlcdge place on the first
OF the month provided the Rutledges
moved into the Schwartz house. The
Schwartzes had not yet fully decided
whether 10 keep their house another year.
About three days before the Isl Schwartz
concluded that he would rather have tho
Sukeloacher place, which he could get at
the same price, and 80 he cabled me
through the Rutledgcs, the Pangborns, the
Oldscs the Minkses and the Plummers
that everything was all right. therefore
caught a stair carpet in my teeth and glid.
ing down the banistcB ripped the costly
fabric from dome TO basement, filling tho
air with stair rods and tho dandruil Of
time. rolled up this carpet and left II in
the hall for intimate friends TO fall over,
and then went out on the street To secure
a man who would be willing To move us ON
moving day 20 the Plummcr place.
! was real glad 10 secure the Plummer
house, for, as ! say; Il had every oonvcn-
fence and lookedso much like all the other
houses on that street that when a man
went in IL he felt as though he owned tho
whole block. | always thought, too, that
lhcre was kind OF vague, indefinite feel
ing about stealing into one Of those cx-
tremely and abnormally similar brown
stone, high.stooped houses nj night which
reminded me Of the singular yet pleasing
apprehension one feels when one has
qucnched his Thirst ut night on a sleeping.
car aud returns TO gently enter a berth
which has no originality about It's cx-
terror, but may contain his own clothes or
the clothes OF another, for IL has no dis
tinguishing bcrth-mark rs IL were, aud
one does not know whether one will be
shot dead by m Infatuated man who IL
lying awake 10 defend his Waterbury
watch with his life, or bitten by set OF
artificial teeth fastened 10 the inside OF a
curtain.
But ! was speaking Of the Plummer
place. II looked plain on the outside, but
had cute little rooms which could be richly
furnished by putting rug aud q chair in
each one. The parlor also had room for
an ottoman, provided II was not a very
large ottoman. The back parlor could ne
proluscly and luNunanily furnished by
putting in an album and n picture OF Abn-
ham Lincoln signing the emancipation
proclamation which had purchased Of u
connoi-srur. II had scnpcr at the door
and an iron hitching post in front Of the
house where the nobility could tic their
teams when they came TO spend the day
with us
The hall was Just wide enough 10 admit
q moderate sized man after he had taken
his oyorcOat oil. Everything was petite,
coy and dcbonnair. There was an antique
air about the whole house also. II was an
air that seemed 10 have been handed down
from the dead past. IL was such nn air as
an antiquarian might pick up In the caia.
combs aud bring home with him 90 put
into a house. hardly know how 10 dc.
scribe il, but Il impressed you at once aud
YOU concluded that some very old family
had lived there s long ~ they could and
then died.
10 wanted 10 have the Plummcr house
and impnTs the people with the fact that
We wcW a good deal older family than We
looked Ia he. As matter Of fact We do
not spring from a very long life, but have
worked our way mp into notice by cur Of
forts, like the Prince OF Wales.
On thc II, day 81 May man came
around 90 our huu-o driving a large green
second hand tiger van. II looked som,
like the van Of civilization, hut the mar
who drove ID was drunk. Otherwise Il,
WIS perfect gentleman. lie talked irccl,
With me aud looked ai our album while
was hirapping u trunk lilo said il wa
wonderful how folks had improved In tax
ing Pictures Look az the pictures iha
WcIc taken during the war; / said, yes
certainly. Look ai anything and see how
diHcrrnt Il was lrOm something else.
slid this with u lingo of bitterness, Tor
Was Va hurry 20 get moved out, M the
l.unkcrsrs he'd had already begun 10 NOV,
into the house We were leaving.
lie then closed the book YEARLY. ant
begun 10 smell some bottles which h,
found IN hamper. lie tried scycm
times 90 iit his large, spongy nose toono q
these bottles, but did not succeed. By tia
time had put several oi the heavier ar,i
elcs ~ ihc van and be- helped carry bric.a
brlc aud load Il iu.
~ II o'clock tie parade started with IN
nsht Wsting on Two hundred .nnd.n
slnri and thc LEFT on the opposite side iror
That We reached Union squarr nj b.jOt
~. without having bccn discovered by ~,
ing hands from the Tammany nfcr,ntio
anu hailed Tor food and water, intending
cross the Fourteenth street Divide an
camp on the Dry Forks oi Little Fiji
avenue for the night, that bcing the plac
where the Plummcr ranch was situate,
While the horses Wcp takingmuch needle
punishment from pair0i nose bag. AMI
had gone 10 concealed spring In ON
corner OF the Morton house ior water.
hreaihlcss messenger boy came up 10 IA
dnyct With n note stating that Stikclcath,
hal decided not 10 give up his house, an
- The Schwartzos had no place 10 %. bt
had decided 90 remain la their own housi
~ va. Tho nImn with IIn nniInI... IN