The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-01

ernoon TO searching for rooms. After
climbing the stairs of xes-n Asre~e~r
houses ne began TO speculate ssr.,r rosy tr
the wcris iandlacsex were xage Il, Lex ssseE.
nsss@1@oss, Aa-kept apartments TO Anwbos3y
AZ one Place. la = nonaess OF absent ,zssrsss-
echTss. re actually asked Ii The cock cs3zld
make good orneaes. When me sanessdy
sa3 f~s, he tod her abruptly that na
"oasoEt think OF taking rooms X was
Ga Hir tongues end 70 add fHas tire making
81 onsesets was rot ar arr 20 tse spoken OF
.sshtsy. when re resr@snbere snar iris IVES
tae very expression Mrs. EodgsoE had
once used He Determined never 70 utter
ire word "orreser" again. Weary and
crosS ne returned 10 hAs rooms. II the
morning. noisy Harriet robbed hin Of hts
sis~o, and he went faso Ills sitting rcon 10
lace cnop ara a cksor9erec desk again
sa@ii we have our customary mutton
rscF the temper sske4 hin a. o'clock.
III have al engagement today, was
the reply.
The engagement turned o1t 20 be In =
little restaurant or Great Russell street.
and, before ne realized X. the yearning Of
kss stomach had pat request FOR
cnaeiet into words. n fat creation. with
no Individuality Whatsoever. oveFsone On
osse eide ard Gnderdons OF tha other. was
psayrd before him.
Don't yoa know" he exclaimed fret
work of ART. not to be- Here ne
stopped abruptly. Blu, I viii e2t-she
thing" be added
On Saturday morning. when ne went out
TO his chop and dEsosdexed desk tao
strange trunks Il, the corner OF the sitting
room resninded him that he had not yet
engaged another lodging. Mira Hodzson
nalaS NJ s.sa hoped that his luggage was
p9cksG. a4stAe other gentleman was corr
tHx u an bc0r. The professor did not re-
fky, Ertca he lifted his cup Of tea and set
II 6own without drinking.
Then 1 may take IL TIA. you ara
ready?' she asksd-
'sNo- ksS a matter Of fact, I've been SO
bnsS that / haven't had time To look about
much sor a place. II you have - small
room that coubG have only so- a week
IL would he spoke With great reserve
bic In the natar.-an-of an accomnioda-
ton
IL happened by mere chance as Mrs
HodSson WAS careful 70 explain. that this
was possible Harriet was sent 20 help
him carry np his belongings Unen the
wreekage left hy the wayside had been
collected and everything he possessed Was
piled heiter-skelter liz ne little room on
the third floor. the professor concluded
thai ne would make no astempt 70 pus
things 10 rights for so short a stay.
He heard a cab draw Up IL front OF the
house. The new iodger must have come
prompted by a curiosity possibly inconstst-
ent with the dignity ~ the author OF Isaac
Newton and His Compeers." he went TO
the window
He stepped hack In surprise. None other
thar his mutton pie friend ~a- 10 De- his
successor ia the drawing room floor. His
misery was increased the following morn
Ing when ne saw Harriet taking ore of
Afs. Ho<zxon's works Of art In TO the one
GzH "a rnsa
enl!es OF mankind.
He now fairly hated chops and conde-
scenaed TO ask Harriet for an orneiet for
breakfast. She brought him ons-of her
OWE making. He was on the point Of tell
ing her Of something that wax not TO BE-
spoken OF lightly. hut he sighed instead.
work OF art VAS not 10 be expected from
Harriet
He I'D not 20 10 the museum, and STRAIT
sSicaiiy ccntrfvet 10 avoid a meeting with
the base tnter.oper all the week But onee
he had very narrow escape. He had 10
wait at the head OF the stairs while be saw
Mrs Hodgson help the interloper or with
his MISUNDERSTANDING proof that a man
who ate mutton pies would stop at nothing
Though ne became the terrier OF the land
ladies' of Bloomsbury SATURDAY. found him
with strange trunks IN his dlsordere1 little
room. and stiIi with 40 apartments en-
gagged.
64@F tR3+sA ttsAS ss*~NAs IS HFt4 as ltfeEf~
able
lie went downstairs and knocked o., the
door 81 Mrs. tiodgScu+s little room on the
ground floor. There was 90 answer. Har-
riet came up from the KITCHEN 20 say that
missus was making the other g@ntienan's
cGueiet. She opened tho door a!ad offered
him & chair. He waited IN yesatfon look
inE fer revenge longing - show Up the
mutton pie intsSiaper. shG secretly adoy.i
ornetets In his ,r3fe coiars Finally Mrs
Iosgson entered. flushed with the success
fal outcome OF a Work Of art
Really. Mrs. Hodgson~ said the pro-
feSsoT affabiy. Il have been 50 husv and
10 gct room requires deal Of looking
about. doesn't it,
She dsd not SaS whether IL did or not
II u would not BE- Tor much trouble
would yoa Accommodate nae againT'
Y haven't n room isst i"
i'nf N sorry
There are the hotels, professor
Mrs. HadEs0n Mrs Efozlx<orf =" he hs,rxt
osst lrasicaify, VIII you net go on making
crneiets fer me farever@'+
After little sluSalng and parryirE sh,
said iha; she would, and put the seal an
her acceptance by Immediately giving ths,
atse inSsrlcpsr weeks noitee-Taa
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