The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-18

! You not think Sul"
"Maude pnt her hand gently into mine.
! II shall be sorry 20 leave Ou' frs little
home" said she. ~ have gathered memo
| rleS here that can not be duplicated in this
/ world "
And others that can not in the next"
said |, except by the desperately wicked to
| whom mercy is denied. The place that is
paved with good resolutions will be built up
| principally with fiat houses This view OF
the hereafter has been gradually forcing it
! self upon me in the gloomy watche> of the
night ever since the man with the comtiua-
ton flute and bass horn system of Nocturnal
| respiration has occupied n bed room admitting
on the same light SHAFT rs ours. Don't You
think we would be much happier in a little
| house all to ourselves, with a yard where
! Claude could run around and wag his tail
| III tho JOYOUS sunshine"
had scored the winning point Any
thing that touches Claude's health and hap
! plnesS is sure of Maude'S most serious atten-
ton In five minutes we had decided to
! leave our fiat.
The house was on the end of block and
Maude said that all it needed was furniture,
plumbing, and thorough cleaning out.
! agreed to attend to the last named; so |
hired two women and my Off e boy TO do
the JOB on decoration day, when ! could be
there to superintend.
found the street about II o'clock with
the aid of Maude's directions, compass,
! and three policemen. The Office boy was
seated on the steps of the last house smok-
| ing cigarette, but when move in sight he
went inside. | followed. The two women
were sitting at a small table getting ac-
| qualnted with each other, and the boy, with
bis feet III the air, was cutting his initials
on long-handled scrubbing brush. They
were evidently waiting for me-
| The house needed cleaning. It needed it
worse than an assisted italian immigrant
after fourteen day passage. The place had
recently been cllcimined, and the workmen
had applied the substance with more lber-
atty than discretion. The women said that
| the job would take three days 1t 81 81 day.
But my business instincts favored accelera-
ton. drew chalk mark on the floor
| and told them that when they got cleaned
| up to it | would send across the street for
some beer. They got there before | could
count out my change. The process was re
peated and the office boy got interested
and lent hand. We finished two rooms in
this way, and then | took off my coat and
went at it.
We were getting along finely as the after
noon wore away. When we We're in the
last room gu ct and gentlemanly stranger
dropped in. He volunteered a few con
gratuiatory remarks, gave some directions
to the women, COmpimented mo on the
|
| mop, and finally took chair and lighted
cigar. Ihad heard that Brooklyn people were
| quick to call upon strangers, but it struck
| me that this gentleman must be rather
| breaking the record for sociabilty. ! was
| glad to get acquainted so soon, but it would
| have pleased me better if he had waited till
| we gO5 our carpets down. Moreover, | had
! some dlffidence about entertaining a guest
| with scrubbing- brush in my hand and
| n m I al M tO i'm
bend coolly calculating glance on the sin
| gle button that was holding the topgallant-
| mast backstay of my suspenders on the
| port side. The rest of my supporting rig
| ging had been carried away in collision
with one of the women as she descended
the back stairs on pail of beer with all sails
set and everything drawing. NJ collar put
ton had gone by the board and one end of my
collar was looking over my ear. | gazed at
the genial and hospitable stranger with a
| dignity born of desperation, and as the per
| spiration dripped slowly from my nose
| said:
Mrs Fielding and would be pleased to
have you call upon us again when we get
| settled here"
"Herer said he, with evident astonish-
ment.
Eyes, here" said I, beginning to be an
| noyed. This will be our parlor. You
didn't suppose we'd entertain you in the
back kitchen, did you' Still, if you prefer
| to call on the cook"
Thunder and dried treesl what are you
talking about3 This is my house"
your house! Oh no. You probably re-
fer to the lunatic asylum. 1t is on the next
| block"
Look here, my man" said he, ''this is my
| house; | leased it three weeks ago. You're
the man | engaged to clean it out, and-no,
| by lingo! you're not the man, now l come
to look at you. What are you doing here,
| anywaym
II am maintaining a spirit of christian
| forbearance, just at present, said |, "but if
| your don't get out of here inside of two sec
onds l will run this scrubbing brush down
you throat and see if | can't wash some of
the unnatural sandy grit out of your consti-
! tuition"
| With that I carefully wet the brush in the
| dirticSt pail of water In sight and prepared
to "clean him out"
| "How now Rinaldo, would ye Stay an
unarmed MANI howled the Office boy,
who goes to the Bowery melodramas when
| he gets chance. Here, Gonzales, take
thou my weapon" and he handed the
stranger his brush. "Now let the juel be to
| the death"
During the next five minutes thought it
would be. The dir was full of scrubbing
| brushes and kept running my head against
one of them. Sdll, | observed with pleas
ure that my opponent was not having much
better luck | succeeded in melting down
| his high collar to u shapeless rag In the
background the Office boy was cheering me
on to victory y skillful thrust had closed
my antagonists lefG eye with soap, sand,
| and calcinine. | aimed direct blow at
his remaining orb, but he avoided it and
landed an awful thrust at my stomach.
fell back fainting, and just at that moment
| Maude entered aud caught me in her arms.
| She was attended by four policemen and a
| throng of the populace
| "Oh, Howdy, what are you doing hereT
she screamed Il have had the police hunt
ing for you since IL o'clock. thought you
were lost"
II am defending the honor of our house."
gasped.
This isn't our house; it's on the other end
of the block"
"Maude," said l, family. take me back
TO our fiat. Life in Brooklyn is too exciting
for me-"
Rememb ered in a Dream.
From the Hartford Times.
| A prominent business man in Waterbury
was, until quite recently, in the habit Of
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