Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-22
DIDN'T sNCN neR own HOME
They Had just Moved In. and All the
Houses In the Row Were Alike.

They Had just Moved In. and All the
Houses In the Row Were Alike.
"Oh, dear; oh, dcarr groaned
young Mrs. Lambkin rs sho returned
from hor first outing aftor thoy had
moved. why do they mako all the
houses In a row exactly alike? Algy
Is so afraid that / will blunder into
somebody olso's house by mistake.
OF course when wo lived in n fat it
was diiforont matter-you had
only to climb the steps until they
stopped, and there you wero. Lot
me SEQ now, did Algy say it was the
third from the one with the lilac
bush in the front yard or tho fourth?
My goodness There are three houses
with lilac bushes in the front yard.
What shall do?"
She glanced cautiously about her
to sec If any one was aware of her
dilemma, but no one was in sight.
why didn't l remember to look
at tho number before started? And,
oh, if had only staid at home today
and put up my parlor curtains, I'd
have had n landmark to guide me!
To think that don't know which
house live in! What will Algy say
to me?"
Trying to look unconscious, sho
walked to the other end of the block
and back again, seeking for somo
sign of personal belongings, but in
vain.
Whatever shall l do?" she groan-
ed. "Oh, my goodness! There's
somebody peeping from behind that
curtain, and she nervously walked
on. II cant very vol ring the bells
at all of the houses in tho row and
ask if l live thoro. No. I'll walk
back and take another look l told
Algy l didn't like to 1.-Two in n house
just like everybody else, but no said
nobody with any sense could posi-,
bly, make mistake and go into the
wrong one. There comes n police.
man. I'll ask him. l won't ask for
our own house, of course. He would
think me crazy if / did, but Algy
said that u Mr.. Johnson lived two
doors away. l can tell by that. OH
Ger, can you tell mo which house
Mr.. Johnson lives imp"
1.-TWO Mr.. Johnsons live in this
yere block. Which wan d we want?"
II don't know"
well, wan of 'em lives at 90 and
wan at los, and he passed on.
"Ch, dear, I'm just rs badly off as
ever" she groaned. II shall never
hear the last of this from Algy. Why
didn t / ask the policeman where the
Lambkins live. l forgot that he
wouldn't know ! am Mrs. Lambkin. "
Several window curtains were
huttering by this time as she again
walked to the end of the block, and
she was aware that each one partial.
ly concealed new neighbor. AS she
turned to go back she caught sight
of her husband running up the steps
to ono of the houses She ran fran.
tically toward him, calling loudly,
but in vain, for he disappeared with.
out hearing her.
| Which one did he go into?" she
moaned. WAS it tho one in the mid.
die or tn, rne next to it? If go into
the wrong one now, he'll be sure tc
SEQ me, and l shall never hear the
last of it. Well, there's no help fol-
It, l can't stay out here all night
so Ill try this one"
AS she assembled the front stem.
she was met by her husband coming
down with a very red face.
why, Algy," she cried, I'm glat
you are at home, but are you goinl
out again at once?"
mo, I'm not" growled Algy
I'm going in next door. These con
founded houses are so much alik,
that you can't tell t'other from
which"
"Well, Algernon Lambkin," Sc
renely replied his wife, Il did thinl
you had sense enough to know your
own house when you came to it"
And both of them looked CAREFUL,
at the number over their door a.
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