New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-20
the refusal Of PCTTTRE on MY


'tbut what it let alread y. n
Let already says she with a sort
ofscream. But that's Impossible!
Don't I tell you I've the refusal of it?
Show ME the premises at once. s
Well, / was in a pretty puzzle, as
you may believe; but went all over
the house with the curly lady, and.
she declared it met her fancy exact
".
.sP ossession on the first Of May I
SUPPOSE says she.
Yes, ma am, says ], eff -
says she, as short as pie-c crust. You
may take down the TO Let, mygood
woman.
courtesies very low, but / says to
myself: Not if I knows it, ma am
without orders from the agent him
sci"
Away went the lady with the curly
hair and the rose-red cheeks, and /
was just putting on my hat to run
round to the house agency, when in
comes Mr.. Eagle himself, all smiles.
well, Mrs. Pounce,' said he, $50
the house is let?"
'1To my thinking, sir, said I, tits
let twice over. =
And / up and told him aboutmy old
gentleman.
Dear me, says he, stthis is per.
picking. At what time was this person
age here.
s0The clock struck twelve, Sir, says
/, "iust as he went away. =
Mr.. Eagle struck himself a blow over
1o Il 1;i,rs Z, III - - ~ :, :,
Confusion worse confounded!'
says ne. 1t was twelve precisely, when
my customer left the coffee. We can't
split the house in two, can we?" says
he. ssWell, we must tell your old gen
tleman just how it happened. Idare-
say he'll be reasonable about it."
But he wasn't reasonable, Mr..
Eagle told me afterwards; he never
saw anyone in such a rage.
I've taken the house says he.
"and I'll have it, cost what it may.
Do you say that the rent is two
hundred pounds? I'll give you two
hundred and fifty down; if my claim
and that Of this lady are equally
good, the question OF price must settle
it.
Well, we supposed-me and Mr..
Eagle-as that was the end OF the
matter. But not a bit Oft. The
lady came that same afternoon with
an upholsterer and tape-measure to
see about the carpets.
1.-Two hundred and fifty pounds,
lndeed!" says she, with a toss OF her
4curls. 1t will take more than a pal
try two hundred and fifty pounds to
unsettle my plans. III give three
hundred sooner than I'll lose the
housed"
When my old gentleman hears this,
he grinds his teeth in amanner as was
fearful to hear.
IIt's my house" says he, "and /
will have it! Three hundred and fifty
pounds, Eagle!'
Come" says Mr. Eagle, matters
are getting lively. Real estate is look
ing up in the market, 2 says he.
But you should have heard what a
whistle he gave when / told him, the
very next day, that the curly lady.
had authorized me to offer four hun
dred.
'I'll not stand this any longer
says Mr.: Eagle, jumping up and send
ing the papers flying all over the Office
table. I've a conscience, if Fate has
made q real estate agent of me. Tell
her to come round this afternoon and
sign the lease. Four hundred pounds
is twice what we asked, and we asked
all the property was worth to begin
with"
So the curly lady had her own way,
after all.
The bald-headed old gentleman
stamped about in a pretty rage when
he heard as the house was let.
"Tll sue the agency" says be. sI'll
have the house fit costs me all I'm
worth!''
ooh, hnsh, sir, hush" says /, all in.
a tremble. "Here comes Miss Wiix
noWp'
"Who?" says he.
miss Wiz" says {. sThe lady as
has taken the house!o
And got behind the door, fully
expecting a scene after all that had
come and gone. But to my surprise,
she gave a little shrek, and flew into
his arms.
Dear Josiah! says she.
Dearest Barbarap' says he.
"How on earth came you here9s':
says she.
81 was looking for a desirable resi-
dence for you, my own angel" says
he.
"You ducl!' says she.
"And I thought this would exactly
suit you" says he.
aOh!' says she, ut does. And I've
taken it at four hundred pounds a
year. It seems a good deal OF money
to pay, but I've been driven3to it by
a horrid old cormorant who was de-
termined to have the house at any
price! However - =
Barbara, says the old gentleman,
with a gasping sound in his throat, as
If he was swallowing a lump, that
cormorant was ]!
"You don't mean says she.
That we've been bidding against
each other" says the old gentleman.
Yes, we have"
And was going to give you a
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