The Springdale news., 1888-09-21
THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
A Somewhat Pathetic Recital Of
 an Innocent Woes.

You know what q right of way" is. or course you do; every body knows that. It is simply the right to go across another mans land, in order to reach your own. which may be re- mote from any highway
 On. you didV't know what fright Of way was, Well, there's nothing t be ashamed Of in that, for the law yecs themselves don | know exactly what it's whether it gives the right to the shortest way across, to the orig inai way, or to any way that the owner O. the lan6 chooses to grant. But there no need of our stopping b dis cass that point
 It was charming riees of ground that 1 had selected and bought, on the outskirts Of the somewhat thriving village of M. There was fine view of the majestic Hudson on one side and Of the village on another Bat-thefe. always but-there was, at the rear of my lot, a short distance away. and hidden among Il growth of neglected evergreens and underbrush, what l failed 10 notice before purchas- ing-an old family burying-ground
 wasn't used to buying building lots: that's the amount of it, and it was fortunate for me, as Mr. Van Grinder had said, from whom l bought, that l was dealing with u man who took an interest in me.
 know he took an interest in me, for in the first place, he said he did Then, too, he brought me to this lot and contidentially told me Of two other men, in whom he took no interest (possibly, l have since thought, be- cause they Were men of straw). who were both anxious to get it, but he was trying to hold on to it for me. So, when had about decided to take it. but wanted few days to think it over in and consult my wife, he counseled me that 1t would be safer-not that there Was any fear of his backing out, but it would be safer in case of his death or-or any thing of that kind, to pay some amount down, to bind the bargain. 1 thanked him for the hint and gaze him d round sum, cautiously taking receipt therefor.
 He then incidentally led me around near that old burying-ground, and re- marked what an inoffensive affair it was, entirely unused and covered with trees; and he hadn't mentioned it be- fore lest l should get a sudden and un- ra1-nr1iNn nraiIHipn pCuinGt Sn nj o piece of property. l confess that l didn't appreciate this last evidence of consideration, but thought he had meant well and l would make the best of 1t.
 l explained to my wife, and it took more explaining than 1 thought it would, that dead people were very harmless neighbors, especially when they had been dead thirty or forty years; and they must have been very nice people indeed to give their dead such fine place of ground to rest in, with view of the water and all that
 She tartly remarked know how women will, the best of them-that she didn't know what good view of the water was to dead people, unless l meant their spirits, and she hoped hey weren't the kind that hankered after view of water. But I've got used to such little pleasantries from Maria, and didn't let this trouble me much
 A soon as the papers could be drawn up, paid for my lot and received the deed. after which l thought it would be a nice thing, while the house was being built to have the title searched, just as matter of form, and so that could feel positive when l stepped on