Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-13

bered wen. lam careful TO point out all i's
beauties to Jack. the heavy trees which neary
meet overhead, the saucy little brook when
ramblcs across the road under the NOISY
stone bridge; the pretty cottages standing
each In its own space OF greenery on one side
OF the street; the open fields on the other
which give the impression OF ALI aud space,
for which pine.
The house is reached at last, and Jack
! looks mp at IL without a word.
"Isn't IL n pretty shade of gray, JackF' i
ask, wlstfully. "And those dark shutters,
with their red markings, make such nice
finish to II. But know yours is much pret-
tier" add with a magnanimiy OF which the
effect is, fear, q little injured bS faint
sigh.
"Gray, is up, said Jack. II never was
good on colors, you know but--well, yes IT'S
very pretty. like the shutters too. Brown,
you say they arei ! never had any eve for
coors, you know"
We enter the front door, and the lady, Mrs.
Person | nnd her name to be, greets MS smll-
ingly.
you have came to look at II together" she
SAYS. THAT is much wiser One can always
see what the other overlooks."
yes" sa,. ~ liked 1t so much that
wanted my husband to see II, too" But what
further would say is checked by the fact
that Jack has turned into the open door Of the
psror and calls To me-
"ls 1t not a pretty room JackP' | ask.
bay window aud two Others just as told You
And the register is on the 1oor at thus cor
ner"
And CRATE in case the furnace should
not be enough" SAYS Jack, looking about
him
"They have never been obliged to use it "
saw eagerly
But It ventlates the room, all the same, "
says Jack. "The dining room is back | sup
pose. Yes, fine, light room, just such as /
like"
''The kitchen Is back Of IT," say, "srpar
ated by short passage"
That settles the question OF the dumb
waiter, about which you were anxious, ] sup
pose" says Jack.
"lhat was IN YOUR house" | say. "Ihe
kitchen was downstairs in that. You know.
Oh-ah, yes, | SAID 50, | believe SAYS
Jack. II may have been IN stak-n, though
Well, little woman, We both like the house,
think the best thin. we can do Is to taxi
it,"
"Ob, but we haven't seen your house vet,
jack / cry, "and I'm sure 1t is ever so much
II Ger. The vegetable garden, YOU know, aud
the pear trees and all"
"Your wife did not see the vegetable gar
den when she was here before" says Mrs
Pierson. "She was satisf "a with the flower
beds"
"Oh, is there vegetable garden, tooF
cry. "Then-But never mind; we are no.
likely TO take the house, So"
But Jack, whose eyes have been twnklinI
In peculiar way for some time, now surprises
me by going off into roar. Mrs Piersou
sughs, too. as 4 she has caught the joke; hut
| am simply dazed, aud can only look from
one to he other inquiringly.
Il can't cart keep 1t up any longer"
SAYS Jack, at last Ethel, nv dear, It was
not deliberate sell How 1t happened cam
tell yet; but this is my house, brown paint,
open gates aud al. Ny dear child, 1t Is too
delightful! Our first quarrel npped in the
bud our minds moving instInciyely in TIN
same channel, aud all that. Let me see your
list
handed him the list and running his eve
down 1t lie says; "Ah, yes, see. The Ogilby
house, the same name which is on nv list
They have given the house 10 two agents
Under the circumstances they ought TO toss
up for the comm ssion. Well, Ethel, | sup
pose the best thing we can do is to take both
houses, aud be sure OF being suited. Rally
it is the best joke | ever heard off,
Then he goes of into another fit OF uproar.
ous laughter into which, after - nom s
hesitation, join
when did you fni i out frsiP' | ask at
last
Not certainly until | saw Mrs. Persons
face" says Jack, rcgaining his gravity with
an effort I'VE approached it by different
way. which threw me oil the track. though,
The house looked familiar We drove up to it.
but have seen so many to-day that ! could
not he quite sure"
Il thought your house was 80 near the
station" hazard Aud Jack replies:
$50 it is. Your driver took YOU 10y a round.
about way, and besides, there Is short ca
for foot passengers. The best of all this ls,
YOU know. tn Il It inspires IA with such abso-
lutte conf leuce in each others judgment
Hereafter shall confle my ad,irs to Gus
hands with Initiate certainty Ethel, ana you,
Of course, Will d. the Sama be- me-
Except in the matter II matching co'ors,"
! say laughing ii should hardly like YOU 70
select the trimming OF brown dress for me,
for instance"
"Well," syld Jacl "f you trust me IN all
the rest, think can safely leave you to ST.
lect your own gowns - Toled) EiIae