St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-08
A STATEN ISLAND ROMANCE.
\ Woman of Business Is a Woman
AffarA All

49, haunted 1t in
the faces of their wives for the last
three days, says the New York World.
The heroine of this tale is a young
woman. and pretty woman. and a
business woman. Nobody disputes the
first two claims. and it is only recently
that a doubt of the last has crossed the
Staten island mind. The lady dealt in
real estate, and we are informed OH
high authority that she has had an office
and safe and large number of blue
maps, and that she was in the habit of
thinking very frequently. 1t is men
toned that Oh one or two occasions she
absent-mndedly cut up the maps for
dress patterns, but this is little thing
which might happen to any OF US, and
quite too trivial FOR consideration in
connection with so painful case.
About two months ago young man
called on Miss Blank, which was very
wise and pleasant thing for him to do.
Having called once he was sensible
enough to see when he was well off.
and so he called again. and on another
evening, and some more, and Miss
Blanks interest in the real estate bust
ness sensibly decreased. She thought
as often as before, but her thoughts
took different channel. This is where
we take the side of Miss Blank as
against the views of editors who seem
to think that she should have attended
to her real estate business and let the
young man go. Those editors have
never been women.
The depth and ferveucy of the young
mans affection was soon shown. He
| asked her to marry him, and she ac-
cepted him with promptness and great
joy. 1t was the lady's ill-fortune that
the spring boom struck her real estate
just at this time, when she could not
reasonably be expected 10 attend to it.
The very day following her engagement
four men came to her in search of coun-
try homes. and she rented them cot
tage. Living over again, as she was,
the scene Of the evening before, it was
very natural that she should rent the
same cottage to each man. And this is
precisely what the youngswoman did.
The men moved in on Friday of last
week, ali four of them simultaneously.
Each was slightly surprised to find the
other three present, but each decided to
take possession himself and let the
dealer explain her error to those left
outside. So they all went in together.
Front door, back door, basement and
windows were utilized, while the
earthly possessions of four separate
families went in together. The scene
was in many ways a sad one. Even the
simple villagers, who watched it from
afar, were touched.
1t was probably about this time that
Miss Blanks young man heard some
thing and FASTENED 70 her home. Gently,
as only lover can. he broke it to her
that there seemed to be reasons why she
should go far away for few weeks and
visit her aunt.
Miss Blank is at her aunt's now. and
she says she can't exactly understand
how it, all came about, but that "some-
body must have made mistake some
where:''
And this is exactly how the mistake
occurred. 1t all goes to show that a
woman is q woman, whether she's in the
real estate business or in the parlor.
And those who can read between the
lines may fancy that Miss Blank will
make her young man better wife than
if she rented four houses to those fOu L
men at. an advance of 50 per cent on
regular summer prices.