, 1889-10-26
SD CHANGED Hgk AppRess.

And Then Felt In.uIted when Asked
Where the New House Was.
We have often thought we should
like to tend bar in the counting room
off newspaper. A man in this posi-
ton gets SO much general information.
The other day we were hanging
around in The Posts counting room
trying TO make ii appear we were the
business manager or cashier or some
body worth while, when a very dis
tinguished looking lady entered and
said to the engaging young gentleman
who politely offered his services:
will you be kind enough to
change the address on our paperg"
Certainly" said the young gentle
man, taking his pen from over his ear
and reaching for the address book.
Thank you" she said. and turned
TO sweep out.
Excuse me, madam, but you did
not give me the address"
Didn't IL thought did. Are you
sure2'
perhaps / didn't hear it,"
Maybe not, but | am pretty sure /
gave it to you"
The young mar politely waited.
''Ohl You want to know where TO
send the paper. Yes, yes; l didn't UNI
derstand you. You see, lam not very
familiar with business. My husband
almost always attends to such things,
but he is hanging the pictures in the
new house this afternoon and, as / was
coming down to do a little shopping,
he asked me to attend TO this"
"Yes'm," said the young gentle
man, resuming his waiting attitude.
1T will come TO us all right now,
will itf' she asked, turning to go.
The young gentleman courteously
inquired her name. She looked n lit
tie insulted, then a trihe dazed, but
presently she smiled and said:
"Oh, you want my name so that
you'll know whom to send it TO. OF
course, how stupid l ami" and she
blushcd and seemed confused. You
see, I've become so accustomed to hav-
ing all the gentlemen with whom l
do business know who | am that /
never once thought
She gave her name and the young
gentleman wrote it down.
where has the paper been deliver
ed, please2"
moved yesterday. The old house was
| Nti tOililOItiDlt III VIC bllOulAl lluNC
stayed there, but our-what do you
call it7-lease-is that itln
Probably"
Yes; lease expired on the first
of the month, and the man who owns
the house has concluded TO live in it
himself and let us have the new house
he has just built. 1t is a very nice
house and has more co~nveniences
than the old one, but after all the old
place was n good deal like home to us,
We had lived there so long. Still, the
new place is much nearer to my hus-
bands place of business, and / think
it is in n little more desirable quarter
Of the city, too"
What section is it in2' asked the
young man, with commendable stra-
tegy..
"Oh, the northwest section. l
wouldn't move from the old place to
go to any other than the northwest
section, for p
"And what street is it in7"
She gave the name of a fashionable
street.
"And what is the number2n
She looked as if she were not quite
sure this was not impertinence, but the
young g~entleman's polite manne re-
assured her and she told him the num-
Der.
where have you been livingrh he
asked.
She certainly thought that he was
a very inquisitive person-her counte-
nance showed that much-but she an
swered his question, not, however,
without a resolution to put a stop to
his inquiries, for when she had given
the number of the old place somewhat
icily, she turned and rather strobe
than walked from the ofice.-Wash-
ington Post.