The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-07
4 COTTAGE FOR SUMMER.
FIELDING At APPLE
JACKHURST-BY-THE-SEA.
u.Anerward Burglarizes it by Mistake
md Meets '-Scadsy, the Kid"-Points
on economical Shopping.

/ and Meets SceoSy, TIE hlo FONTS
m economical Shopping.
Copyright, 1ss9.)
1rv YORK, June IA certain man
ed q niece OF land in New Jersey, " hich
S-.s entirely unfit for any human being to
,.ro on. So he determined to make a sum
4 -. res lrt of it. He laid out several streets
- aired a man to go around every morn
~ and bail them out, for the place had
to~nsrly been.a swamp. He also laid out
10 drains to remedy this defect, but be
.,.hsaoueutly lost them, because it was i'm
chile TO distinguish them from the street
Lban the weather was at all damp. 1t is
.,ron this that base the suspicion that the
to7ss hired in Applejackhurst-by
--os built by mistake on the drain instead
i 3 the sea. IL was one of line of cottages
tra+ all looked alike. and were in the Queen
s,,na STYLE or some other fashion coming
down from an uncomfortable time, when
osople knew next to nothing about building
houses
When the man who owned Applejackhurst-
bv-tbe-sea had got the place fairly started,
50 that he mad to stay down there several
davs in succession to look after things and
eniov the fine scenery, he died of malaria,
eud his heirs formed a company to boom
+ba locality on account of the salubriouSness
Of the climate. My wife and were victims
If the boom. Three weeks ago yesterday
stood in front of one of the cottages-I
couldn't say which one, because one was as
badly out of shape as anoLher-and conclu-
ded the contract with the agent.
"You swear upon your sacred honor that
there is no malaria hereN said |.
II do" he replied.
..Then it's bargain" said l. 'Shake.n
eConfound your skin, what made you re-
mind me Of it!' he grasped. Then he leaned
no against the gate post and shook.
AZ got this ague down in Texas" he ex-
plained when he revived "But it's rapidly
Welding to the beautiful climate of Apple
ackhurst-by -the-sea."
told him that thought he would shake
it off if he kept on just as he was going, and
he smiled gailv at the prospect.
When | opened my eyes upon the dismal
realities of life, after the first night | spent
in Applet Observation-Disclosures heard my
wife calling: Come Howdy, we must have
an early breakfast. I'm going into town
shoppingn / asked Maude in that pleasant
tone of voice which | usually employed in
discussions Of this sort, before | have walked
up sufficiently to get grip on my temper,
why the dickens she hadn't done her shop
ing the day before, when she was in New
York
That's got nothing to do with it." said
Maude ''You know we came out here be-
cause the round trip tickets are 20 cents,
~ cheaper when you want to go to New York
than they would have been if we had gone
to Redbank, as we thought of doing, so that
everytime | go in shopping from here
save 20 cents, and every day don't 90 in [
~ lose 20 cents, and we're not rich enough to
afford to waste money" | have been my
wife's husband long enough not to attempt
to argue with her when she gets into the
II higher mathematics of domestic economy.
II But did venture to ask her if there was
anything she wanted to buy in New York.
why. of course there is" said Maude
81 want to Guy some napkins We need
half dozen and 1 saw them advertised in
New York paper for 81 so. At the store
down here. tie same goods will cost 81 go,
and don't propose to let anybody cheat
me- It's to much to pay for napkins any,
way"
Now, Maudie," said I coaxingly.
YOU'RE not going way into New York to
save cents on half a dozen napkinsP
said no more, because l saw that peculiar
CLEAN in Maude's eye which told me that
she would soon either cry or begin to break
the furniture. We went into New York
shopping.
Maude took me TO one of those big stores
where they sell everything from a tooth
d
want them all. She looked at few nap
kins, but near them there happened to be a
counter covered with dress goods 1t was q
bargain counter" too. Maude couldn't
stand the mental pressure. She paved over
all the dress goods, and finally bought big
roll of something.she didn't want, because it
was cheap. had to pay for it, and also
had to carry it, because Applejackhurst-by
thesea was outside delivery limits Then
We moved on to another counter and bought
something else. don't know what it was.
but paid for it. We went clear around
the store i'll that way. My load grew heav-
Ter every minute. l had to hold it with
both arms, and it had gradually crept up
over my vest till the pile Of bundles began
to obscure my vision.
The last thing remember to have seen
was blonde young saleslady who piled a
Dig package on my arms that reached a
couple of inches above he top of my head.
"4laude, said l, 'let us go. Do you in
tend to start store in Applet ackhurst-by-
the-seaN
But she had found something else to buy
II was smoking jacket for her pug dog.
ne was supposed to wear it during the time
Wnen the head of the family smoked his
after dinner cigar. 1t was the latest thing
10 society, and New York dogs of good
family we're getting measured for them
every day.
", ho"uy, we must have one of these
Tor Claude" said Maude. show much
money have you got left!
Money" said /. "Why, you've been
arriving my purse for the last two
so have" she said "and thought it
was mlne On, dear, there isn't a cent left,
anu mere are some white flannel suits that
You ought to have for yourself"
Maude, " said I, IF suits of clothes we're
~ cents piece, / couldn't buy the arm hole
TX secondhand vest. Let's go back to
AppleJackhurst-by-t sea-
que led me to the ferry and 1 arrived
uS1 IN Time to get my legs on different
a %a9s u Ihe chain at the stern as the genial
Sal intelligent deck-hand strung it up tight,
" course l couldn't see it over the armful
OSthuleS, ana SO fell over it, and buried
oootolack six feet deep. | tumbled
ore oI Two dogs, Jersey City man and sew
ot, St ot1er OF the lower animals on the
Ounef SIDE of the river, SO that we missed
0G1 uain AID waited two hours for an
p3 me time we reached Applejsckhurst-
Voc e.;e-sea 1t was dark. The station agent
sn9 JUST putting out the lights at the depot
wo1 Mhen he had done so the whole town
its @S tS ouried in gloom as deep as the mud in
tbor v1uoroughfares. We plodded up one OF
v aeh' put by the time we had gone 100
wSetb1 began to have serious doubts