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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
CHAPTER XIII.
TOMATOES OATH.


At sunrise on the following day I lit
q fire by which to prepare soup for the
senior, who still slept, and as l was en-
gagged thus saw the lady Maya walk
ing toward me and noticed that her
hands and feet were swollen.
Sonora" said, bowling before her,
81 humbly congratulate you upon your
courage and your escape from great
dangers. Last night l said words to
you in my grief that should not have
been spoken, for it Is my fault that l
am apt to be unjust to women. Now l
crave your pardon, and I will add that
II in atonement for my past injustice l
can serve you in any way now and
afterward pray you to command me. !"
She listened, and answered:
II thank you for your kind words,
Don Ignatio. If you wish to show your
self my friend it is in your power to do
so. You have guessed my secret, there
fore l am not ashamed to repeat that
the senior yonder has become every
thing to me, though as yet I may be
little to him. l ask you then to swear
upon the Heart that you will do moth
ing to separate us, that whatever may
be our need you will help us by all
means in your reach"
You ask me to swear large oath,
sonora, and one that deals with the fu-
ture, of which we have no knowledge"
answered, hesitating.
81 do, senior; but remember, were it
not for me at this moment your friend
who sleeps yonder like a child would
be stiff in death. Remember, also, that
you have ends to gain in the City of
the Heart, where it will be well for you
to have me as friend should we ever
live to reach it."
"There is no need to threaten me,
senora," answered, II promise that l
will not stand between you and the
senior. But see, he awakes, and his
soup is ready"
She took the pot off the fire, SKINNED
it, and poured the contents into gourd.
Then she walked to the hammock and
said: "Senor, here is your soup"
He was but newly awakened, and
| looked at her vacantly.
''Ten me, Maya" he said, "what has
happened?"
Last evening" she began, Sin pick
| ing flower for me you were bitten by
snake and very nearly died"
| 81 know" he answered. $50 on"
"After the danger of the poison was
past you became thirsty, so thirsty that
you were dying of it, and there was no
water to give you"
Yes. Ees>ss be said; 1t was aronv i
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
.RT OF THE WORLD.
az II. RIDER HAGGARD.
Story, Taken From Manuscript Bequeathed by 10 I'D
Mexican Indian to His Friend and comrade, an
Engllshman Named Jones.

COPYRIGHTED. 1894. By Il Rider Haggard
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02

Continued next Sunday.
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City NlcknanleS.

Washington, the city Of magnificent
distances; Pittsburg, the iron city;
New Haven, the city OF el1ns; Cincin-
natl, porkopolis (the name has some
times been applied to Chicago) ; An
cient Rome, the mistress of the world ;
Aberdeen, the granite city Indianap-
oils, the railroad city; Raleigh, N.
c., the city Of oaks; Chicago, the gar
den city; London, the modern
Babylon; Baltimore, the monumental
city; St. Louis, the mound city;
Boston, the hub OF the universe /;
Brooklyn, the city of churches Brus-
sells, Little Paris (the name is some
times applied to Milan) ; New York
city, Gotham.
Detroit is known as the city OF the
straits, Lowell as che city of s%pindles,
Boston, the city of notions, the Puri-
tan city. the city of culture, the mod
ern Athens and the hub OF the uni
berse; Philadelphia as the city of
brotherly love and the Quaker city,
New Orleans as the crescent city,
Cleveland and Portland as the forest
cities, Springfield, ILL.,, as the flower
city, Rochester as the -four city, Han
nibal as the bluff city, Buffalo as the
queen city of the lakes, Plttsburg as
the smoky city, Keokuk as the gate
city, Cincinnati as the queen city of
the West, Bangor as the queen city C
the East, Nashville asthe city of rocks
and Louisville as falls city.-Boston
Journal.
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Where s.Cnestnuts', Came From.

The origin of the term "chestnuts"
is varied. One explanation is this:
William Dillon wrote o melodrama
entitled "The Broken Sword" Two
principal characters in it are Captain
Zavier and the Comedian Pablo. The
former is q sort of Baron Munchausen,
and in relating his exploits says: 81
entered the woods of Collaway, when
suddenly from the thick boughs of a
cork tree" Pablo interrupts: ga
chestnut, Captain, a chestnut"
"Bah!" replies the other. "Booby,
I say a cork tree"
ga chestnut" reiterates Pablo. 81
should know as we'll as you, having
heard you tell the tale these twenty
seven times"
Now, the introduction of the word
in its slang sense is attributed to Will
lam Warren, the veteran comedian Of
the Boston Museum. He had often
played the part of Pablo, and in 1885
was the guest at q dinner. when one Of
the gentlemen present told a story of
doubtful age and originality. GA
CHESTNUT" quoted Mr.. Warren, in e
murmuring tone 81 have heard you
tell the tale these twenty-seven times"
The application of the lines pleased
the rest of the party. and when they
separated each helped to spread the
story and Mr.. Warren's commentary.
The other theory, that it originated
from the Philadelphia Chestnut
Theatre jokes, is not SO plausible
Detroit Free Press.
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Vocal gymnastics for the Lungs,

There is a feature of vocal music
that has been somewhat overlooked.
DR.. Hodghead, the well-know physi-
clan, is the originator OF this theory
Of "vocal gymnastics"
"Consider vocal exercise from %
physical standpoint" said he, ''and it
is most beneficial. Swimming, horse
back riding, tennis, ETC., are all splen-
did muscle developers, but vocal exer-
else has probably more effect on lung
building than any of these. 1t intro
duces q large amount of fresh ~airrsnto
the lungs, and not only are this air
v~esicles caused to expand, but Sonew
v~esicles are forinhet> Of course to
nave the desired erect presupposez
that the exercises are taken in a room
where there is plenty If pure, fresh
air, and it is equally, if Ait more i'm
portant, that one should breathe prop
erly.
eff" continued the doctor. s'peo-
pie would do vocal exercises just as a
gymnastic practice their health would
be much improved. If you have the
least bit of a vocal spark in you, if
you have q voice SO small Or thin OF
hard that you a never charm an
audience, or e sing IN o parlor, do
vocal exercises anyhow, just as you
would go rowing or fencing, Or take
any other gymnastic exercise.
81 do not claim, by any means,
that vocal gymnastics will cure con
sumption, but i would be q splendid
exercise for a child with an inherited
tendency towards consumption to
take, provided it was taken properly
and regularly.
"Each person must be his own
judge as to the proper length of time
for the exercise. One should stop the
moment he feels in the least fatigued."
San Francisco Examiner.
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Every political campaign has it's pc.
culiar supe1stitions. These supersti-
tions are often powerful agents in
bringing men to the polls and serve to
win votes where logic proves inef-
fectual. When Franklin Pierce en-.
tered the Presidential race some forty
years ago, relates the Atlanta Consti-
tuition, it was discovered that his
initials, 81. p" we're identical with
those of fourteenth President. In like
manner 1t N4s also found that the let.
tiers composite gus ful! name mum.
bered exactly foasseet AZ is the Presi-
dent toe5T elected was t1sr.tourtcenth
in regular"A occession. ths startling
discovery had a most potential effect
upon the canpain.
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If the Japanese are cleaning out the
Chinese in the South of Formoss, it is
because these people are in league
with the savage natives. The policy
Of Japan in Korea as we'll as in For.
mosa, has been fair and merciful. In
Korea no slaughter of natives or Chi
nese was permitted unless bushwack-
ing occurred; then the Japanese were
merciless, as they had q right to be.
In Formosa they have carried out the
same policy, but they have met more
savagery. Their losses have been
mainly due to ambuscades of small
forces and stragglers, and to the dead
~ fevers of the island. The Chinese
naturally resent the encroachment of
the Japanese. and it is probable that
they have adopted the guerrilla meth.
DDS OF the head.hunting savages. In
this case they will be exterminated,
for the conquerors have an Oriental
way Of wiping out opposition that
is baEharous, but very effective.
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Many Varieties OF Lemons.

The person whose knowledge of
lemons is limited to an occasional
purchase of a dozen will be surprised
to know that there are seventeen dis
tinct varieties grown in California and
Florida. These differ in size, shape,
quality Of skin and in keeping quail
ties. But there are only four varie-
ties that have any degree Of popular
ity in California. These are the
Eureka, Lisbon, Villa Franco and
Bonnie Brae. The Eureka has proved
the best bearer in California. No one
knows exactly how long q lemon tree
that has care and cultivation will con-
tinue to bear fruit. The franciscan
monks kept no records of the fruit
trees growing about the missions. So
far as known, q lemon tree will bear in
California for sforty-five or fifty
years. There are in the less fertile
soils of Sicily and Corsica several trees
over a century old still bearing. A
tree in California will bear some fruit
the fourth year from its planting IN
the orchard, and when it is eight
years old it will bear nearly four
boxes of fruit each year. When it is
twelve years old it has reached its full
vigor; but it is not for twenty or
more years yet that it begins to show
signs Of old age. The oldest known
lemon tree in California is that in the
mission gardens at Santa Barbara. 1t
wss probably planted about 1921. 1t
has assgood foliage and looks strong
and sturdy, but it has borne only a
dozen or SO lemons in the last fifteen
years. When it was twenty years old
it bore half q ton Of fruit in m sea-
son, but not Of good quality.
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Habits Of Whales.

The food of whales has long been
known to consist Of minute sea crusta-
Gee. Mr.. Gray was familiar not only
with the whales food, but observed
its ann of feeding and the way in
which it took its nap latter meals"
ono doubt" he wrote, "whales are
very particular in the quality of their
food, for they are never to be found
feeding where the water IS dirty, but
almost invariably in clean, clear,
dark. blue or light ~olive-green water.
The usual way in which @ whale feeds
is to chose a spot where the food Is
plentiful and swim backward and for
word for 200 or 800 yards, with the
nose Just under water. They invari-
ably swim from n side Of the beat
back again to where they started from
with their mouths open. Then they
close their jaws and swallow the food
caught.
"They will go on in this way feed
ing for an hour Or more; after this
they will disappear under the nearest
ice and sleep there until they come
out for exercise or for another meal.
Unlike other warm-blooded animals,
they 10 not require to breathe
through their nostrils while aleep,
and they do not do so. Whales can
sleep as we'll under water as they do
upon the surface, as 1 have often seen
them disappear under solid ice and re-
main there for many hours at q time.
Sometimes they fall asleep with their
heads down and only their tails stand
ing out of the water. THE Spec
iatnr.
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The Modern Kings Jester.

Kaiser Wilhelm is now on board the
Hohenzollern on his annual cruise
from Wilhelmshaven, and will be
away for six weeks, most of which
time will be spent off the Norwegian
coast. Herr o Hulsen, the director
of the Wiesbaden Theatre, who is one
of the Kaiser's special favorites, has
gone eth His Majesty, his duty being
to provide original amusement for his
Imperialmaster during the evenings
and should there be bad weather.
One of Herr Won Hulsen's accom-
plishments-that of doing skillful
card tricks-is said to have won him
the Emperor's favor, and His Majesty
expects new tricks every time he
meets his friend. Herr Won Hulsen IS
also q clever theatre manager, is good
at amateur as we'll as professional the.
atricals, is extremely musical aud is
an amusing companion.
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Inckine Birds as Dancers.

The power of the hooking bird to
anuse folks is not confined to its abll-
tiles as a rich voiced singer. The
more birds are studied the more the
students wonder what they can't do.
Birds with some marked characteris-
ties are sometimes neglected in other
respects than their regularity, and SO
it happens that the hooking bird is
better known as an initiative singer
than as an original one, and that it
was q dancer as much almost as e
heron OF crane few were aware.
The hooking birds dance methodi-
oally, like woodsmen in q square
dance, rather than with the wild gyra-
tons of a darky hoe down. They keep
their bodies stiff, with head and tails
erect, their wings dropping and feath-
ers hattened out, something like the
English sparrow when hopping about
before its sweetheart; but the spar
rows feathers are thrown out usually
instead of being tiattened against the
body.
Two Of the mocking birds make q
set, and they bound along, jumping
rather high, but not far. going from
L end Of the playground to the
other, one behind the other about q
foot, and each one at the end OF the
piaysroun turns in a circle slowly
and with dignity, and goes back again.
Sometimes they stop and look at some
distant OBJECT, day dreaming, ap-
~parently, then away they go again.
Mr.. Blake tells about q hen that was
disturbed by tho actions Of a pair of
mocking birds in their dance, where
upon she left her brood of chickens
and charged the couple with clucks
and huttering feathers. Up went the
hooking birds with true mocking bird
talk, scolding and suffering Of the
hen until they fairly drove her away.
Popular Science Monthly.
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The question of the "stoppins"
capacity OF a bullet, fred from the
rifle which is now the standard arm of
British infantry. has attached a some
what acute stage. Wherever the rife
has been used againsta savage foe, it
has proved comparatively ineffective.
Unless the bullet s~triEA4a~xital organ,
it no more stopsAI wounded fR ans
charge than wHssu a popguD.
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A BIRD IN HAND.

"Blanohe, DEAR" said the watchful
aunt to her niece, "lon't YOU think
that Fred spends too much money
upon you?"
"Do you think SO, aunty?"
"Indeed | do, Blanche. I've been
noticing, and ] think he's really ex.
t%ravagant. You ought to check him
and tell him to save his money. You
will need a good deal when you go to
housekeeping, and 1t is far better for
him to put in bank the money he is
now spending On carriage rides and
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A SONG FOR E:cMELATED,
A song-a song for Homeland,

A song-a song for Homeland,
The land where VIC were born;
OF broad and fertile p~rairies
Where grows the golden corn
OF wheataelds like an ocean,.
OF hills where grow the pine
The land that we are proud Of.
Your own dear land and mine.
A song-a song for Homeland,
The land Of wheat AMI corn,
With milk ard honey flowing
The land where we were bornl
A song-a song for Homeland,
Nc other land so dear;
No other hills are fairer.
No other skies SO clear.
We love her wales and valleys,
Each snow-tipped mountain dome
Oh. native land, from true hearts
We sing this song of home
A song-a song for Homeland,
The land of wheat and corn.
With milk and honey flowing
The land where we were born.
~.
A song-a song for Homeland
Land OF the Golden Fleece.
Whose hillsides laugh with plenty,
Whose valleys smile with peace.
Sometimes our feet may wander
To far lands, east OF west,
But still our feet may wander
We love the Homeland best!
4 song-a song for Homeland,
The land Of wheat and corn,
viii milk and honey flowing
The land where we were born!-
-Eben E. Rexford, in Youths Companion
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afterward had the pleasure of see.
ing Mrs. Annie Roses brown suit.
Need I say it vas as far superior to
mine as q brand new three.dollar-a.
yard material, covered with expensive
trimmings, could be to a seventy-five.
cent merino which was in its second
season.
"Never mind" said my lover, as ]
pointed out the difference "you shall
have as many rufles and founces as
you like hereafter, but this brown
dress is simply perfect, for it contains
MY Rose."-Saturday Night.
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A ~vexatious question just now
among cyclists and retrospective cyclists
is the price that a irst-class wheel
will bring in 1897, remarks the New
York Sun. Whether one may be had
then Tor the anne price OF less than it
fetches now, or whether the price will
be advanced, no one seems able to tell
absolutely. The oldest makers of 500
wheels say that it would be disastrous
to their business to sell machines at
the low figure which several younger
manufacturers have named, and at the
same time furnish each customer with
q guarantee. On-the other hand, it is
said in some quarters that enough
money is made by many of the con
Germs which have cut their prices to
warrant their continuing tho expert.
ment next year. It is understood al
50 that certain Of them have promised
to offer eve better wholIs at a
cheaper price next year - now.
Experienced wheelmen seehdulow to
believe that the d,Fstence "a lluality
OF the component parts OF higt4 grade
bicycles is 50 marked as sonic of The
makers OF those machines would have
the public believe it is. These riders
say that skilful workmanship is re-
quired in the construction Of all dura.
BILE wheels. and if it is true that some
OF the high.grade wheel makers en-
ploy more skilful workmen than
others, the fact is often indiscernible
both in their wheels appearance and
use. Whether the wooden bicycles
which are promised next year will
materially affect the M,eel trade, re.
mains to be seen. THERE Gates say
that the wheels will haZh,many ad.
vantsges over those w;Sn metar1rames.
Nobody was surprised when wheels Of
disputed quality were sold at a low
price, but now that those of a stand
ard make can be boughtfor half price,
everybody is set to thinking. When
the stock OF wheels now selling SO
cheaply is exhausted, cyclists wonder
what move the dealers will make then.
Persons who will want wheels next
year are probably safe if they wait till
thsn bsfore buying.
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"The present trouble is that there
,re too many men for the number of
lbs" said the amateur lecturer on
the situation.
"And that amt all, mister" inter
rupted Dismal Dawson. sAnother
trouble is that there is too much work
to the job after q man gifts it."-In-
dianapolis Journl. Y
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lunoheons and tickets to this thing
and that than to be squandering it.
Think over the matter a minnie or
two, dear, and you will see it as I
see it,"
ooh, I've thought about it already,
aunty. I'd take your advice if | were
absolutely certain that we shall be
married, but I've been engaged be-
fore, aunty, and [ don't intend to adj
wise any young nan again to econo-
mize for some other girls benefit. "-
Harper's Bazaar.
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Queer Present.

A queer present has just been made
to the President of the French Re-
public by NJ. Paul Robiquet. It is a
miniature of the ebony coffin of Ma
poleon I, about a fifth OF the size of
the real one aud made of the same
wood. M. Robiquet is the grandson
of Edward LIE Marchand, an old Water
loo officer, who was charged by Louis
Philippe to construct this coffin for
the prisoner Of st. Helena. This sin
gular gift has been placed in a glas
case in Che Musee d'Artillerie, by the
side OF the holdings OF the Elnperor's
face and hand.
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HER SYSTEM OF oRrHoeRapHv.

Mamma--"Well, Elsie, what did
you learn at school to.day?"
Elsie Jagged six)-"Learned to
SPELL"
Mamma-"Now, what did you
learn to spell!'
Elsie-s'Man."
Mamma-"And how do you spell
mani"
Elsie (promptly)-s'M An, man."
Mamma-''Now, how do you spell
'boy?'"
Elsie latter q moments h%esitation)
1.-THE same way, only in little let
tiers. "-Washington Times.
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A Rejected Statue.

The statue of Cardinal Newman,
which was offered to and refused by
the University of Oxford, England,
has been set up on a vacant plot of
ground adjoining the priests house at
the Brompton Oratory. The statue is
of white stont, some thirty feet in
height, and consists OF q pedestal with
s%culptured dado surmounted by four
columns. on which is placed q figure
OF Our Lady. The Cardinal is repre-
sented seated.
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CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE.

"You remember when I proposed
to your" said the young husband.
II believe 1 do recollect something
of the SORT" answered the young
wife.
"And you told me I would have to
see your mother :
eyes"
81 must I'VE misunderstood you. I
never dreamed that it was the pro-
gramme that I should see your mother
every day l came home."-Indians
apolis Journal.
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The iron ore mines of the Lake
Superior regions have, since their dis.
coyery, produced nearly 1000, 900, 900
tons of ore. Six'y-tESS %, cent. of
this vast amount has been mired and
converted into iron and steel within
H. Lad I'm raor.
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The first of a series of memorial
tablets was put in position the other
da- at the public library, Kansas City,
Mo. 1t was in memory of Horace
Greeley, but the name was spelled
'Greely."
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MOTHERS MAGIC.

Mrs. Mann-'sHere's a pie your
mother brought in to-day. 1 suppose
you will have a piece"
Mr.. Mann-"Will I? Well, I guess!
All, that's the stuff! IT you could
only make pies like mother. Hetty!"
Mrs. Mann-''Yes, as I was going to
say, your mother brought this in to-
day. She saw it at the bakers as she
passed by, and went in and bought it.
She'll be real glad you like it."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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AN uNFoETuSA~r coy 1EST.

Parson Jones-"It is S. re to happen
when I have prepared aRarticularly
good sermon, tnst mEa5ongregation
is small, and large .Tsh I have q poor
one." =
Parson Smith (inte1&ing to be COM
plimentary)-'I hav{been told that
the house is always full when you
preach."-Boston Transcript.
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The silver coinage of France con-
tains only forty per cent. of its face
value in silver. The qaoyernment re-
fuses to accept frg.lcs bearing the
efigy Of Charles &e Tenth, Louis
Philippe, and Napoleon the Third
without the inurel leaf.
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IN THE ART

Peasant Woman noticing a mau
copying one of the old masters
"Why do they paint this picture
twice."
Her Husband-'Why, thet is ob-
vious. When the new picture is done
they hang that on the wall and throw
the old one aWay."-Fllegende Blaet.
ter.
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q GOT RID OF THE CHAPERON.

81 thought I saw you riding alone
with a gentleman last evening""
s'You did"
"But does your mother let you go
bicycling with gentlemen without o
chaperon?"
''No, indeed!"
"But you had none"
ooh, We had when we started, but
we punctured her tire to get rid OF
her. "-Chicago Post.
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The Ashes OF a Prince

When Prince Philibert of Oranges
grave was found to be empty at
Paaua recently, the city officials be-
gan to hunt for him, and have low
presented to the Dutch authorities q
small casket containing the Princes
ashes. It seems that his BODY was
crematea IN 1880, after the siege of
Florence.
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HAD NO USE 0 IT.

Chappy-"Ma told me to call here
and ask you if you couldn't give me
something for my head"
Doctor Blunt-"You run home ami
tell your ma I wouldn't take it as a
gift.'-Harper's Bazaar.
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TOa1MY'S IDEA.

Mamma-'Every good deed you do
is marked down, Tommy, and if you
do enough of them yon will some day
have a mansion in the sky"
Tommy-''But I don't want a house
built on the installment plan.'-Ilfe.