The sun., 1896-09-22
A LoNG-sUFFERING WIFE.
SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE
WAETED, BUI COULDN'T GET II.

Behavior or che Part or Her Husban
that Finally Exhausted Her Patiene'
~ am Roing to begin housekeeping. shal
have my dining room up stairs, and shall q
up Turkish room. and, most important o
all, must have storeroom. am going to bu
my groceries in large quantities at wholesale
| I shall need q large stororoom. l think
will be better TO take q small house. HOY
do you go about IL when you want TO take
small house2"
Thus young wife. The sentences quoto
are not summary Of several conversation
on tho subject. but were uttered in a string AN,
almost in breath, because the young wifi
knew exactly what she wanted, and had tn
rare faculty Of being able TO express her desire
| clearly and succinctly. The husband knew
enough of the WAYS of the world TO be awart
Of the fact that tho proper thing to do wher
you wanted q emall house was to ask q rea
estate agent for one. The real estate agen
happened to have on hand exactly what wal
wanted. 60 they went to SEQ It,
The real estate agent began his work on tn,
outside, and frat tried TO count the number OF
oolors with which the house was painted. Then
ho dwelt upon the solidty OF the foundations,
and said that the kitchen range was now. Then
ho show ID them through the perlor aud dining
room on the same fiooor. and dilated upon the
ouporior cnhTdCtSr OF tno Wln"OW CntCneb 1OF
keeping out sneak thieves. and proved that
the burglar alarm was in good working order.
He took them up TO the attic and thumped the
roof to show that II was sound. and then down
into tho cellar to see how dry It was. and what
furnace there was. Then he exhibited the sani-
tary plumbing and the washtubs and:.the ser
wants stairs anu tho buffers pantry and tho
tradesmens entrance and the gas bills for .
year past and the open hreplaces lined with
tiles and the new gas fixtures and many other
things. and then turned upon his customers
with triumphan face and said:
Pretty neat affair, isn't it2"
Yes" replied the husband enthusiastically.
But the young wife's face was dark with sus-
plcion. which coon grew into conviction as she
demanded:
Where is the steam heatp"
The agent with all the triumph knocked out
of his face, explained that there wasn't any
steam heat, but that the furnace was only
three years old, and had already been repaired
seventeen times. and had cost twi,e its origi-
nal pric" in furnacemen's bills. and go It must
surely be in good order now: and besides there
were so many open freplaces that the furnace
must be capable OF keeping the house comfort 4
able with their aid. and, any way, they would
find gas stoves cheap and convenient, II they
should be needed. and lastly they could have
weather strips placed on all the doors and win
dows va At q C comparatively slight ex oense.
Weather strips don't cost anything like tkey
used to. he said in conclusion.
But, But the young wife replied that she ex-
II know perfectly well what Iwant." she
'aid. and | should not be content here with |
out steam heat. Itisn necessary for any house."
orted that he had nineteen other houses to |
ct and twenty-seven more to sell at fasu- |
suburban paradises where they try to mNke |
{ AN object to YOU not to pay rent but to |
'wn your own hpmel and none Of them had |
lean i ga q, neat ana on the whole he was mighty
1T was clearly impossible that we should |
vard. ''and 50 perhaps it was quite as we'll
hat we didn't find steam heat in the house."
bs Wills s,tss tSs young wife knew exactly what
TODD the condition. she had set for herself
learly up to that point. Having now a full
eat he emphasized the point 10th to the NJ next rsal
state agent tn whom he applied. BY lucky
hsnSe this his, agent happened TO have on hand
ook the couple to see the property
To satisfy them ut the start upon the i'm
hem the big boilers and the drtyfsesd s sa0nSe irs
ow many tons Of coal tn" boilers % com eonsumsd 5nsm
month, and pointed out the new tangled
evlces e s.o on the ., steam radiators to prevent
( the tenants kept the steam shut to of fn1II All
inter. 40 well heated and comfortable was
nd showed how snugly the windows we're
tied to prevent draughts. and how the rooms
ere ,, ntted d,. with apparatus Tor ventilating
y saying with decision and conviction:
-, II you You want to be snug and comfortab BILE,
There's certainly lots OF steam heat" OF.
al med tho husband enthusiastically.
But the young wife was looking about her
puzzled manner.
,",Wherc are the stairs?" she asked.
.[S sut mt this H., is ia flst and fats don't have
sssiTs aess, is iox5D the LADY wantsi" exclaimed
nd there's flight Of stairs to each storr' r'Sf
low our tenants the privilege Of using ing the tho
. objection to their walking from the bottom
dals the top and back again nalf n dozen times
Pardon me-" said the young wife with dig.
ty. II do not care TO walk up and down ,
airs just for the sake ot doing it. and have
ould not feel myself at home unless / had ;
srs ton to run up T., and down when elt like it.
No ..A ma'am.," replied the agent. crestfallen,
raid Ta'nn that saId sb. the WIZ yEuns wife
lIged to you for your trouble. Good dav YY"re
Tho young wife had an extremely good fem. ,
r and was d,s reasonable and patient and cen.
taxing her to such a place and for not
ying Ing better attention to what she wanted.
~ ' 70 do vns she reaiized that the proper h
,nted most carefully so that he should havs o
san same clear S ar dsa M Of the desired home that
d demonstrated that while steam heat bhES. Ws: 4
very well In its way. stIirs were a prims I,
cessity and that what she wanted was n
mbination Of stairs and steam heat. Sba q
ought she had explained ali that beforeo q
!, : she supposed that his mind was occupied b
IN business matters at tho time and ba
INT hear what she was saying and AZ she hhe il
uld forgive him, Tho husband profted a
;, ~ ms lesson 80 we'll that although a small
covered one. ' W Ai'u' no ci
= ! happened that the real estate agent WIN
the letting of this house knew a Int d.
cut stairs. rhe man who built the house, ioe
4. 4 peen pee interested In stairs, too, and mad n
li' the KS, stairs with break In the middle, so u
the staircases appeared to be twice oS oS ei
g as they were in reality. This inyoiveS s C!
wing large well up through the middle of 81
mouse and In turn the Well made Ihs bn, VI al
'ier In summer ana In winter. Thercforree Of
steam heat had been put in IN r,',ors con,,s ~