St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01
THEIR NEW HOME.
now Mr.. Wilkins Was Fooled
When House Hunting.

W &Is WILKINS was HOOleO
When House Hunting.
Eureka! have found it," shouted
- entered the house.
Found what?" qucried Mrs. wilkins.
The house, my dear. The very
house we want"
'Oh! have you?" exclaimed my wife.
with an intensity of emphasis that sufti-
cicntly explained her appreciation OF
the horrors of house-hunting. Il am
% glad! 1t relieves my mind of more
anxiety than You think. Where is it?''
'Hcrc." And pulled the paper from
my pocket and opened it triumphant
" with one sweep of my strong right
hand.
'Oh!-Algy!"
l despair Of conveying in print a
clear idea of the expression my wife
put into the utterancc Of those two
words II was the cry of deceived
and wounded spirit Mrs. Wilkins
face looked almost CHASTITY. 1t seemed
rs II all the light was struck out of 1t
as by the crash of sudden woe.
''Ycs, in the paper" I went on. feign-
ing not to perceive the havoc l had
created in the sensitive breast of the
woman. "An advertisement, you know.
What q blessed institution this adver-
Using system is"
swell, read it."
read it:
: .FoR RExr-A snug coy house in the sub
lr IN spo If
rentcd TO . careful tenant at ffteen dollars per
month. Apply at 20 Jericho avenue. Take
Joppa street car"
'.Now, then-' cried. cxultant-
Ridiculous" said Mrs Wilkins
',Ridiculous, Penelope! Not a bit of
Il. I believe that house to be prize.
I'll 60 at once and see it. Thcrcl be q
hundred applicants for it."
Mrs. wilkins smiled incrcdulously.
: ''And SO cheap. too.'' said ]. Fifteen
dollars o month. Did you ever hear Of
such q thing?' But Mrs. wilkins was
BY no means impressed with my new
enterprise. She argued the point long
and earnestly with me, reminding me
that cheap things were invariably dear
est in the end; and at last, in the heat
Of discussion. did very rash thing.
agreed with Mrs. Wilkins that if in Wis
iting the house had in view, it did not
prove in every way desirable, would
release her in toto from all further
trouble in regard to a house. would
do the house hunting this year myself.
! may say briefly that bitterly nc
pented of my promise afterwarl The
house was a worthless affair. And then
had to 60 ont on \ house hunt. need not
recount my narrowing experiences. To
thoec who know what house hunting is
I could tell nothing new, and to those
who do not have only to express the
kindly hope that they never will / had
doors banged in my face by irascihlc
who declared their car
pets were being ruined; was asked
what my name was: what my business
was; how many children l had; where |
I lived; in fact l never had SO many
questions asked me in the same num-
Der of hours before since was exam
ined by life insurance physician. One
man even asked me to lend HIM ten
dollars. but he had no house to rent. At |
i H.
and no nearer my object than when /
began.
This is improbable business, PEN"
said I. Il shall pursue it no longer"
:'l8ut what will You do. Algy? Stay
here?"
mo: we can't stay here at the ad-
vanced rent"
.'Thcn what will you do?"
''I'll go to a house agent I ought to
have thought Of that in the frs. place"
called on an agent the next day,
md had some conversation with him.
''If you will tell me about what sum
you wish to pay for a house, Mr.. -"
'.Wilkins is my name"
"Mr. wilkins, have no doubt l can
,uit you to t."
] named sum little in advance of
what have paid the past year for the
rouse l now occupy: and the agent re-
,licd:
There is house i'm one of the best
in town which is to be
Eacated in about ten days, which 1 can
ct you have at the price you narnc, and
Is really treasure at that figure. It
las ten large rooms. large yard. porch
. and all modern convcnicnces l can
it in every respect. sir. Its
arc such as to admit of no
riticism, and promise you, and 1
take my reputation ON the event, that
'ou will find it quite to your liking.
The rent is not low, to be sure, as
hings go. but the location is one of the
hoiccst in the city. 1t has been occu-
lied by very careful tenant to whom
70 objection is entertained that l can
earn except that he has children"
$50 have l children,"l said. very de-
isivcly; ''four of them. and intend
hat they shall occupy the same house
rita me during the next twelve
,onths, ct all hazards So if that is
he objection believe we can drop the
ubiect where it is
"Ah. yes" said the agent, blandly.
II is only an objection of principle,
owevcr. The owner is opposed TO
enting his houses to families with /,
hildrcn on principle. The house 70 |
rhich refer forms the oaly exception 7
, A,a rule hsvs no dowbt he could