The sun., 1896-10-25
TUCK AND HIS NEIGHBORS.
HE rs IN TROUBLE WITH zHEM
OYER MS PRIVxTE AFFAIRs.
HE ERortr TO Solve the Housekeeper
Problem Not TO tho Minds of His Fair
neId Friends, and Their Formal Protests
Not 90 Ills Miudt so There They Are.

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=" 'noo o,v ne'V nv o"uo' '.""u'"E % Vi 'ne no,sn-
oor propion ~ ou' Vi muse piopo''''ors
N"'on' SO 'no f'""on .o"o,R in~s,or ueou "
say' enk"so 70 ~ W. "u'"' inp"io'hen' y"
@ei.ner @ morn no'ef oeoo'io' dangerous prou'"
p'nty io' uie'ropo'''". feS'ue"ts' oeo@uso III .no
.i'y sou hs'o' N.o" 'i0 i.u'S o'e'ne'u VI
tue peop'o om 'h. o'oeN' iouI trienus "Eo IA
hariem VT III oNhn, snu ittakes nail u uSS
Journey W e.oo' ea''' pu' peop,o neieaoouU
Nnow oo'u no.us' =. ''o' s"tinA ii.o 'ueI
eheha 10 "No'u oo'"k 'ihpa,eu on the EarruiouSS
intrusive hoEn Va "eisho'thnesS, o',"k"'.
way 'hey are Boleu Wy ."o su9'p 'po'nteu ''u"s
vi stueh'up p''ue "'. hn"in r. tusn, oue
oi the eiuerN ahu oon'p'ouous o'.iNehe VI 'n''
ioNey ''i'"Re' e'rNInE VIZ" 'ne euenk'u Vi
strons man 20 A'o'u uis"s.or rom rom onner noth'
nhas himsen nriny sp'''eu on ooth ana heio uo
Ior the ahuseu 'uspee'io" Va 'hose Vi MS heiSh-
oore "ho H"u ho n""' !" ,''' 'p''''"s,
Mr' iuoS lays uo"" ah" - p'ep"ro" 10 ueienu
AT one t'mo ne threh'ehea 10 e'np'oS nrearms
the broad proposition thet because you liVe
In the next mouse 10 man you nave no riRht 10
hn! parl III tue ku,u""'e vi n' per 'o"a' a"aire
ne oiuh'hess vi t''.e pfop'e'''o' e'""""'is' "e
taio' from one Vi ne'.ues' anu i,'os' teSpecte"
cH'zehs oi r"''n 'ne',' "A" "ho n"u o"'n 'no
hohors "no f'''''eu 'ne e'n''u''e''' Vi puo,'o
once ior many Sears' iafty "aue s"'iio Vi tno
most suos.a"t'ai Vi rathe,u o,''He"s Gasp i"l
oreatn. Ahes o"eAeu IL VII" al 'ne 'e'eue"'
energy anu ai'e''noaa @ Vi '"e e'",u' Se" I's
iahu eonse'eh'e' i"',e vas p''et ,o''e'"
ehorter auo sharper per rnaps INA" y. "ou'a pefo
been hau II not occurred wh'ie hr' iuck was SICK
IN oea. Az ''s Close MT iuek Apparen'I' n"u 'ne
victory. lie mel" MS erou"o' vi ra'neF n'' oeu'
ana tue he'Rhoors ret'Feo' "u''er'ne'
MI Iuek Is "ioo"ef' IL Is many years
since MS WHO uiea ana ieit MN with tho
pTODlem Ol tno management VI luc ilhp'siik
prick mansion IN which he lives h1 t,e corner
OF hish stteet anu NesIeEn avenue MT LUCK
ID wealthy anu ne uesfes W it'' III wv i"'h'"u
"nich coupolts WIZ MS d,k"i'y 1' euo'
sthhtiai man IN Suos'an''hi place. nc 10
proud man. as Is the right Oh man VINO lor
twenty years serNea tne town % TAX satherer
and mado the phenomenal recoru OF turning In
every penny OF each years TAX oetore the ehu
OF the year. considering THESE things IL was
but natural that when the placid course OF MT.
Tuck's life was broken by the death OF his wite
he kept as much OF the sembance or the old
regime as he could by installing ahousekeeperi in
inc DIX or1cA nous' On " "e'teIu NNonu''
There are novel writer's VINO wouia describe
ha,, p.rhan, ,h,. ia whv h, had troubl, with
nv 10 -, o N 80
the housekespers that followed one another in
| h,n. ., ,u.. hsc.r.. n, h,s wo,l,b Nr Tucl
declared %eDI once shs, money W certainly wa. M at the
| bottom OF the d difficulty. That was when one Of
III, bor..r o.,.rs alleged , nromIs, of marriage
i''e p
on his part and undertook to prove by mis- varl-
ous acts of kindiness TO her that her allegation
,os rveu fonndsd That toncht MIR Tuck wis
was "e't iou"ueu ""' ."uN"S w. , " uIH 80, -"
oom' Out u was "Isaoth Vi M ihsu'i,G'ep' N'no'
tor |. ieo a'ree'ly 10 the presen. 'rouo'e.
II Mr. uck hao oeeh oIessea VIII" "n aeauHh'-
anee WIN .he e.aer me,ter' M ne ,,,s m,nM, nave nave
been warned properly against the a!luremenls
and enticinss of widows In March Of thisyear
NJ TT ,,o,, ~ p.,,l. cal Mic, Gov nsd.
| Mr. luck won't 10 bAtlle SFeeh' Mich. ior med-
ical treatment. There he met Mrs Eta
Alien. widow. who was recommended to him
as competent honsekeeper and suitable wo-
man to be placed in charge OF his home in Far-
| 80 =. ,,,.'s - 80, e,
! Aiien' @no no i'Aeu .ne way she tA'keu' Hhe
seemed to be a sensible woman. and che sui ed
| him. Mrs. Allen agreed TO come to Fairfield
and N te.p Mr. Tucr'. nous. for him sh, h,.
a daughter 10 years old Twas agreed that ii
| Mrs Allen brought tho girl her wages as house
keeper should be 81 q week. aid both mo her
| and dauchter were TO be MI IN bers of Mr. Tu, 4
househnit. il the girl stayed in Michigan Inc
mothers Compensation was TO be S3 a week
sn to es I%H sr
cling expenses. besides buying them some
mad. Sa Win ihan
by whirh he bound himself 10 give TO her a. lis
| decease If she remained with him until that
time a note for several hundred dollars which
| he owned lie also stipuiated TO pay her fare
| back 20 Battle Creek In case she desired 10 re
| turn to that place within three months after
| canning to Fu!rfeld. But there was another
| contract Mrs Allen had to su bscribe before TAX
| lug her place a. keeper of the big brick house
| on Western avenue Here il Ia:
..,, 4, ,rr,h.r ..ro., ,,o, i,.,rnob "a. so,, n 80,
party mas 6sen imposed upon in the past part u
the considerntlon airseinrnt should that Tie
| sa d second party hereto does shall not
hereafter claim any marriage arrangement or agree
hlent WIN sa,u nrst party nor hS.e any Saiin mat
sau @ nrse pHS p nas Eve! M sssn or =" taee
any VI A1' u ~
| falrneIu agreed mat MT, lucks new mousse
Keeper WAS q sweet-tacSd little woman with n
| mighty winning, way. She went straight To the
| hearts OF the neighbors. ana after while. when
shs began 10 draw long tace and sigh and say
oh. dear they straightway took up tho
| cndRele IN her behali.
| NOW there IS ono OF ne most curious features
| or tho neighbor probiem This widow wns l.
| stranger TO these men and women. by imp!ica-
| ton and innuendo, as wen a. ny direct state.
ment. she told them stories which reflected on
ne character ana Elndl,ness Gt one OF their
| Oldest and most respected citizens, Il man
| whom they All Knew wei and with whom most
| OF them were on terms or warm personal friend
| aDDaTentlV. believed