The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-15

| AHu cut uoNH my uSeS 10 40 II. NO,
sirr'
Gwen, then, said he, there is no way
to do but TO take it apart and haul II
of"
(Which would make an awful time at
| the back Of my house while you were
LONG it," exclaimed Mrs. Carson.
! now put in word. There's only
! me thing to do that l can see" / ex-
! aimed. Il viii sell it to match factory.
I is almost all wood, and it can be cut
! in sections about two inches thick
4 then split into matches"
/ itty smiled Il should like Ia see
She said, taking away the little
q wheelbarrowsI'
., is no need of triding on TIA
said Mrs Carson. II have hau
80 s.s deal to bear, and I must bear
uo ger than is necessary, / have
geJ innuG out that i'm order to Gct water
/ pat "t my own Well / must go to the
I lack porch of q stranger Such things
! cannot bee endured. IL my son George
were here he would tell me what l ought
! to do. l shall write to him and see what
| he advises. I do not mind waiting a.
! little bit, now that ! know that Won can
! fix Mr. Warren's house so that it won't
move any farther
Thus the matter was left. Ny house
was braced that afternoon, and towards
evening | started to go to hotel in the
town to spend the night
''No, sir" said Mrs Carson. DO Won
suppose that | am going to stay here
all night with gerat empty house jam
| med up against me, and everybody know
( ing that it is empty? 1t will be the same
| as having thieves i'm my own house as to
! have them i'm yours. Nou have come
down here in Your property. aud you can
stay in il and taEc care Of it,
II don't object to that in the least"
| said My two women are here, and
l can tell them to attend to my meals.
| | haven't any chimney but | suppose
| they can make q fire some way or other"
! mo, SIR said Mrs. Carson. Il am
/ not going 10 have any strange servants
on my place. ] have just been able 10
| prevail upon my own women to go into
! the house, and I don't want any more
| trouble. Dear knows, ! have had
enough aHcady.'
But. jT dear madam" said. "you
don't want 1c to 40 to the town, and
You won't allow wc 80 have any cook
ing done bore: what nW / to dog
well" she said, you can eat with
as; it may He two or three days before
/ can heard from n.y son George, and i'm
the meantime you can live I'm your own
house and | viii take you to board That
is the best way I can see of managing
the thing; but ] ann very sure I ann not
going 10 be left hose alone u the dread
ful predicament iu which Won have put
me"
We had scarcely finished supper, when
| Jack Brandi2ar cgme 10 see me. He
laughed a good deal about my sudden
change Of base luj thought on the whole.
my house had made q very successful
move; it must be more pleasant in the
valley than up on that windy hill. Jack
was very much interested in everything.
and when Mrs. Carson and her daughter
appeared. as we were walking about
viewing the scene. I felt myself obliged
to introduce him.
Il like those ladies'" said he to me
afterwards. Il think you have chosen
very agreeable neighhors"
How do you know you like them3'
said /. You had scarcely anything to-
say to Mrs. Carson
NO to be sure.' said he; "but I ok
pected ! should like her BY the way,
10 you know how you used to talk to
near you; How would YOU like me to
come and take one of your rooms now;
might cheer you up
NO said | firmly "That cannot be
done as things are now. have as much
as / can DO to get along here by myself
Mrs Carson did not hear from her
son for nearly week and then he wrote
that he found it almost impossible TO give
hon az y. 2 a
very queer state of affairs; he had never
heard of anything like it, but he would
try and arrange business so that he could
come home in a week Of two and look into
matters.
AS / was thus compelled to force myself
upon the close neighborhood Of Mrs. Car
son and her neighbor, l endeavored to
make thing as pleasant as possible. /
brought some of my men down out Of
the vineyard and set them to repairing
fences. putting the garden in order. and
doing all that | could to remedy the dole
full condition OF things Which | had uu-
willingly brought into the back yard OF
this quiet family. | rugged up a pump
on my back porch by which the water OF
the well could be conveniently obtained,
and in every way endeayored to repair
damages.
But Mrs. Carson never ceased to talk
about the unparallel disaster which had
come upon her, and she must have had a
great deal of correspondence with her
son George, because she gave me frequent
messages from him. He could not come
on to look into the state of affairs, but
he seemed to be giving it a great deal Of
thought ana attention.
Spring weather had come again, and
it was very pleasant to help the Carson
ladies to get their flower garden in order
at least as much as was left of it-for
my house was resting upon some Of the
most important beds. AS / was obliged
to give up all present idea of doing any
thing in the way Of getting my residence
out of a place where it had no business
to be, because Mrs. Carson would not con-
sent to any plan which had been sugges-
ted. / felt that I was offering some little
compensation in identifying what seemed
to be, at that ime, my own grounds.
My labors in regard to vines, bushes,
and all that sort of thing were generally