Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-25
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HUNTING
HIS HONG
In the Evening He Did Not Live
Where He Had Resided In
the Morning.
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When Pete kissed his wife goodby III
the morning, his little frame house rested
on rollers. The house movers gang was
hitching clanking chains to the heavy
square timbers. and the brown horse.
with detected droop 10 his long head,
was ready to circle around the capstan
and haul Petes cottage into the street.
Don't you worry a bit. Mary" said
Pete as he picked up his dinner pail.
1.-The house mover told me that not an
inch of plaster would fall. SO long. I'll
pick you up six blocks south tonight"
"Sure thing" replied the house mover
to Pete's inquiry. This is dead easy
job. You'll find your house in the middle
of the street six blocks down there to-
night and your wife and kids all o. K.'
Pete was an iron molder, and the foun-
dry where he worked was a good hours
walk from home. He went TO his bench
in n cheerful mood. The elevated rail-
road company had paid him good, stiff
price for his lot and had offered TO move
his house free OF expense to him. Pete
took the money and bought y let cheap in
a new street. half mile nearer the foun-
dry, TWO blocks from school and with
church just around the cogner. Taking
it all i'll all. Pete considered he had
made a good bargain.
During the day Pete's thoughts were
on the little white cottage, with It's clean
muslin sash curtains and light green
shutters. slowly travelling down the
street. He could almost see Mary anx-
iousiy noting progress through the win
nt, Al
novelty, racing and tearing around
Every molder on the floor knew that
Pete's house was on the move They
discussed the matter while grouped
around the cupola waiting for the iron to
run. They were full of suggestions, and
Pete received the benefit of the concen-
trated advice of 30 sympathetic men.
The foreman once had passed through
the house moving experience, and as he
was the foreman and as his house was
two story brick his advice was regarded
as weighty and his suggestions treasured
as words of great value
After Pete had filed and emptied his
ladle a dozen times and had washed up
he started merrily to find his home
When he arrived at the corner where he
expected to meet his cottage. none ap-
peared. Pete looked north and south
through the dusk. but as far as he could
see the street was clear. A policeman
happened along.
Say, officer" exclaimed Pete, have
you seen one story white frame cottage
go by here today"
The policeman stared at Pete for a sec
ond. then replied gruff1y, What 'er you
givin me?"
That's straight said Pete, with ener-
gy. They're moving my house 1t ought
to be here, but it amt
The policeman grew sympathetic at
once. 'I've seen no house movin, but
there's some red lights over there two
blocks. Mebbe it's your house,
Pete hurried for the red lights. 1t was
house perched on rollers in the middle
of the street, but it was not his house.
He clambered over timbers, chains and
skids to the front door. for the steps hal
been amputated.
A woman with hand lamp answered
the knock
Have you seen one story frame cot
tage, white, with green shutters, and
little woman with brown hair go by this
way today?'' asked Pete hurriedly.
The woman shook her head.
NO." said she. We're movin too. Nv
man hasn't got home yet either Maybe
he's hunting for me too" and she giggled
Historically.
Pete gave her no comfort, but sprang
to the ground. Near the house was a
grocery, and there Peter inquired for his
house. No one had seen it.
"Pshaw!" said Pete. Its a light house.
and those hOuSn prnvatc hava ,,ot if ~ ~,
the lot"
He almost ran to the new site and
found it vacant. He had spent an hour
searching for the white cottage and Ma
ry. He had asked 80 persons if they had
seen white, one story cottage on tour,
and now he seated himself on the edge of
the sidewalk in front of the new lot he
had bought and tried to pull himself to-
gether. He could not understand it. He
could think of no other path over which
the house might travel.
Suddenly new idea struck him. 1.-The
fire department has made them pull the
house into a vacant lot so as not to block
the street. III start from the beginning,
and if / don't find it tonight I'll sleep in
the woodshed. They haven't moved that
anyway. Only Mary will be worried
In a quarter of an hour he was on the |
old familiar sidewalk. As he hurried |
along he closely examined every house on
both sides of the street. Absorbed in this, |
he forgot his whereabouts, and he choked |
and gulped in surprise when he suddenly
looked into tie windows of his own white |
cottage and saw Mary with her nose fiat
tened against the glass watching for him. |
The house had not been moved a foot.
Something broke" explained Mary,
helping Pete to heaping plateful of liv |
er and bacon, land the man will be back |
tomorrow. ."-EXchange.