Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-03-11
HOUSE TO LET.

ding her orangc-oolored cAp.strlngs
they put me ln--the house ansnc,
aid-to take care Of the house, viii
bright-paintcd Ito let" stuck Nd 4,
'front.' OF the area windows, and Goa
and honso rent free Which | dom
deny my dear, Is an object to u lon,
female like mo. with neither chicl
nor child and my own way 10 max,
In the world, with fine laundro.,ins
out of the question on account oI
rheumatism In the inpcr Joints.
You look like respectable rsrson.
Mrs. Pounce, that ha. seen 'be,ts,
days was what tho housc.agsnt said
when he handed over the keys, and. y
Gays he. II think we may trust you "a
take good care Of our doors,eps and
windows. show applicants over the
house and answer all questions.
You may say so, sir" says !. with
q courtesy; there's many houses I've
had charge OF and never "A fault has
been found yet And this shant bo
the first ono" Gays !.
we've large business. SAYS Mr..
Eagle. "and II you give satl,faction.
Mrs Pounce, "says he. as civil spoken
as possible, "it's likely youIl never
be without a roof TO your head"
Well, my dear, Of all nice houses.
and I've seen many In my day-thi.
was the incest. Brown.stone front,
with hay window and snug garden
planted all in box borders. hot and
cold water all through, little con-
tervatory with an archcd glass roof
at the rear and the hall noor covered
with real Minton tiles, rs made you
think you was walking on pictures;
walls painted with oupids and vcnuses
and garlands OF flowers and dados OF
hardwood all throughout. Neighbor-
hood most desirable; drainage and
sewerage perfect and churches con-
vcnicntly near. Excuse me. my dear,
II sounds lite an advertisements. but
Mr.. Eagle. the agent. wrote IL down
Tor me and I never rested until I had
committed II all to memory so ! could
speak II OF easy like. without stops
or bitches. And this I will say. "a
cant be said OF all advertisements,
there wasn't word in the agents
description but what tho house bore
out.
And tho board hadn't been up
twcnty-fOur hours before there WAS \
rush 10 look a. the house. Young
married folks as wanted to give up
apartments; old married folks as
wasn't suited with their location;
soarding-nouse keepers as made bo-
lieve they were private families; and
private families as wanted To takc IA
few scicN bddrH~rs hut the rent
was put up tolerably high and most of
EN- dropped OF after Id named tho
sum.
Mover mind. Mrs. Pounco-ncver
mind" says Mr.. Eagle. rubbing his
hands. "lts n house theroll be no
difficulty In letting without any re-
duction OF rent. just wait" says he,
"until the spring sets In"
But opo day In trots an old gentle
man with gold spec taoles and smooth
shavcn face and "business" written In
every wrinkle OF his forehead.
This house TO let ma am ?" says he.
"Yes, SIR" says I.
"Can ] look at IT," says he.
Certainly. SIR" says l. ! began, |
10 smooth as oil. about the hot and
cold water. tho marble-foored bath. |
room and tho Minton tiles. when, all |
Of q sudden. he put up both bands In |
. warning sort OF way.
"Thatl do, ma'am." says he,
"thatll do. I've eyes and can seo for
myself"
Certainly, sir" says |; but I won't
deny a. was taken aback by that
queer, dictatorial way OF his.
ANY ghosts abou, this place,
ma ami" says he.
"Sirp" says |,
Ghosts" says he. out loud and
sharp. Mysterious iootstops-lurk.
ing shadows. clanking chains at mid.
night"
"Mercy, no, sir" says I. beginning
10 feel IN flesh creep oil over.
"Rats3' says he.
Certainly not, says l. with solid
cellar floor and sealed
"iIcetlesP" says he.
Look for yourself, sir," says l,
'ridllng up g little.
II like tho house." says he, after
ie had gone smiling about the drain
'ipes aud pcercd into the GOAL cellar
md wine vault and sounded the oop-
Der boiler with his knuckles, Just for
VI the wo.'ld as II he Was In tho
business. You may tell
he agent Iii take Il. II he and can
iome 10 terms shout ,he rent. When
hall you see himP"
"Most likely this afternoon, sir"
"I'll crop In nj his Office tomorrow
Il nine" says he, I'm going 70 DO
married." says ho, a. composed - II
10 were saying that he was going 70
axe q blue pill And the house
gili suit my wiie's ideas. She thinks
.s're going 10 board, "" says he. WITH
N odd sort Of ohuckls In his throat,
and she's not BIT pleased with the
dea. tn be q pleasant surprise for
Ier." says he.
Well, no sooner had be gone than
n comes u stout, middle.aged lady,
n black silk dross. rows Of ourls on
ither side of her face and cheeks 40
cd as any cabbage SosS.
~ have Jus. sons IRON Mr. kAglss ]