St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-09-13

never again by q word or sign
VIII l claim that his burden is lighter than
mine.
Detroit Free Press
A QUADRUPLEX COMPACT
Why q South-Side Residence win
Soon Be for Rent
There was considerable excitement Of
aquiet kind in the neighborhood and
not q little cause for it. either. Tho
roomy house in the middle Of the block,
that had stood empty for several UNI
eventful months, had been rented. At
least the elderly lady who lived on the
corner and officiated as perambulating
repository of all the news Of tho local
ity confided to the insurance mans
wife, little lower down, that . tall
young man with lavender trousers and
eyeglasses had entered the empty house
the previous afternoon and pulled the
'For Rent" card down outof the window.
Moreover, he had driven up in quito .
natty cart and had worn light kid gloves
with broad black stitching ON the backs,
in addition to the lavender trousers and
eyeglasses; . circumstance that indi-
Gated the new tenant, whoever he was,
TO be . person of perfect respectability.
II there was mild excitement when
rented, it ceased to be mild when it be.
came known who was to live in it. al
though it must be confessed that the
excitement was confined principally to
the young ladies residing in the vicin-
ity. The newcomers were nothing less
than four spruce, dapper young mem
''four beautiful dudes" - the red
haired girl across the way, who never
appeared in public without her tennis
racquet and terrier pup expressed It 1t
gradually became known that the four
young men were guiltless Of blood rela-
tlonship to ono another. They were
simply friends, all engaged in business
downtown, all sick Of the nameless
horrors OF modern boarding house life.
and all enraptured with tho prospect of
the stagger At housekeeping they were
about to make.
And ituay be said at the outset that
likelier-looking quartette Of young men,
rs young men 60 nowadays. would have
been hard to discover on the South Side.
They differed somewhat in appearance,
of course, but each, in addition to the
neat and becoming clothes he wore,
bore in some measure the stamp Of re-
fnement and intelligence. They were
the kind of young men who look out of
place at . snide variety show or . cock
eight
The neighborhood WAS curious, the
manageable female element las before
intimately especially 90. to know moro
of the latest arrivals than could be
gained by nero ocular observation; and
If the neighborhood could have been
made aware of the peculiar. not to say
unique, compact that bound the quar-
tette together. this curiosity would have
been infinitely enhanced.
The surnames Of tho newcomers do
not matter; Tom, Dick, Harry and Jack
will serve to distinguish them. Their
compact was simply this: Their lease
ran for two years, and each one Of the
four WAS pledged to his fellows not to
marry or evince any inclination to do %
until the term had expired. The ex-
penses Of housekeeping were to b
shared equally. Each ono was to take
his turn for . week at doing the family
marketing. pay the bills and 90 on;
while an antiquated colored lady had
been engaged 1t liberal wage to pre-
side over the kitchen. The terms Of |
the agreement were ironclad: No mem
Der Of tho Quartette was to be permitted
to stick the other three IL the latter |
could help It
The arrangement moreover, seemed
to work swimmingly. Tho experiment |
was not so costly Is it might have been.
The young men lived comfortably and |
felt contented- They were all musical
and with two mandolina. ,ne guitar and |
one banjo manipulated by them, formed |
. very respectable string quartette.
Attired in fetching neglige dress. they
sat in their porch in the lanRuorous
June evenings drumming popular mel
odies after the healthily enthusiastic
manner OF amateurs, to the great enjoy
mentof the families in the vicinity. And.
OF course, on such occasions, all the At
tractive girls in the block, looking vory
wholesome in their deecy white frocks,
found occasion to pay many visits to the
corner drug store and back, tho route
taking them. Of course. directly past the
porch wherein the players sat When
. group OF them passed by It was the
habit OF the young men to gaze blankly
up At the stars, though the gaze was
often productive Of discords from Dicks
mandolin that brought wrinkles to
Toms alabaster forehead.
H.
Carrie" said the red-haired girl 70
her chum from Vassar one bright morn.
ing shortly after the last of the young
men over the way had gone downtown.
81 think that little dude Who wears tho
black sash and the cute straw hat il
simply lovely. wish knew him"
Tot" rejoined the vassar girl With
, reproving look on her classic features,
''how can you say such things? Bat I
don't really think that one Is - hand
some. and he 10 certainly not 20 dis
tinguished- looking - the tall one with
the lavender-ahem! the lavenderII
mean the one who wears light clothes"
That afternoon Tot the red-haired
Eirl, tennis racquet terrier pup and al,
was drinking glass Of that concoction
principally Of sugar and wind,
ut which il known - the general pub