Middletown transcript., 1895-11-16
Don t 1 tell you I've the refusal of it?
Show me the premises at once"


"There's no 'ii' in the question, .
says she, as short as pie crust. "You
may take down the To Let,' my good
woman."
| curtsies very low, but say to my.
self, "Not if know it, ma'am, with.
out orders from the agent himself"
Away went the lady with the curly
hair and rose-red cheeks, and l was
just putting on my hat to run round to
the House Agency, when in comes Mr..
Eagle himself, all smiles.
Well, Mrs. Pounce," says he, $50
the house is letl"
"To my thinking, sir ''this is very
perplexing. At what time was this
parsonage here?'
"The clock struck twelve, SIR" says
1, "Just as he went away"
Mr.. Eagle hit himself blow over
the forehead like play-actor.
"Confusion worse cenfoundedl''
says he. sit was twelve precisely
when my customer, left the office. We
can't split the house in two, can weP
Well, we must tell your old gentleman
just how it happ Lei. dare say he will
be reasonable about it.''
But he wasn't reasonable. Mfr.
Eagle told me afterward; he never saw
any one in such rage.
"I've taken the house, ,"says he, "and
I'll have it, cost was it may. Do you
say that the rent as two hundred
poundsp I'll give you two hundred
and fifty down; if my claim and that
of this lady are equally good, the ques-
tion Of price must settle it,"
Well we supposed, me and Mr.. Ea-
gle, as that was the end of the mat ter.
But not bit of it. The lady came
that same afternoon, with an uphol-
sterer and tape-measure to see about
the carpets.
"Two hundred and fifty pounds, in
deed!" says she, with toss of her
her curls. "It will take more than
paltry two hundred pounds to unsettle
my plans. I'll give three hundred
sooner than l'll lose the house."
When my old gentleman hears this,
he grinds his teeth in manner as was
fearful to hear
"It's my house," says he, 'and 1
will have it! Three hundred and fifty
pounds, Eaglep
"Come," " says Mr.. Eagle" matters
are getting lively. Real estate is look
ing up in the market"
But you should have heard what
whistle he gave when l told him, the
very next day, that the curtly lady had
authorized me to offer four hundred.
'sl'll not stand this any longer,
says MIR. Eagle, jumping mp and send
ing the papers fly ing all over the office
table, Pve conscience, if Fa q has
made real estate agent of me. Tell
her to come around this afternoon and
sign the lease. Four bundled pounds
is twice what We asked, and we asked
all the property was worth to begin-
with"
So the curtly lady had her own way,
after all. The bald-headed old gentle
man stamped about in a pretty rage
when he heard as the house was let.
''l'll sue the agency" says he. I'll
have the house if it costs me all I'm
worth"
"Oh. hush. STRIP says 1, all in a
tremble. Here come Miss Wix now.n
"Who ?" says he.
"Miss Wix," says I. The lady who
has taken the house."
l got behind the door, fully expect
ing scene, after what had come and
gone. But to my surprise, she gave a
little shrek and few into his arms.
''Dear Josiah !" says she.
dearest Barbara !'' says he.
"How on earth came you herep"
says she.
81 was looking for desirable resi-
dence for you, my own angel" says he.
"You dlck!" says she.
"And 1 Thought this would exactly
suit you." says he.
"Oh," says she, ''it does, and I've
taken it at four hundred pounds year.
1t seems good deal of money to pay,
but I've been driven to it by horrld
Did cormorant who was determined to
have the house at any price. How-
ever"
EBarbara," says the old gentleman,
wiz "a little gasping sound in his
throat, as if he was swallowing a
Jump, s'that horrid old cormorant was
Il"
"You don't mean-''says she.
"That we have been bidding gainst
ZACH other" says the old gentleman.
Yes, we have.''
Sand was going to give you a
pleasant SURPRISE"
So that settled matters. They were
married in month, and they came
here to live. OF all my experience in
louse-letting this beat everything, and
% everybody says as hears the story.
'TATE OF ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO. l..
LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank ]. Chenney makes oath that he is
he senior partner of the firm off. J. Chem
ley &C.,, doing business in the City of To-
edo, County and State aforesaid, and that