St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-08
LOVE VS. BUSINESS.
A Combination That DOesn't Go Well
TOgether-Mlss Blanks
Experience.

I The heroine of this tale is young
woman, and a pretty woman. and a
business woman. Nobody disputes the
first two claims. and it is only recently
that doubt of the last has crossed the
mind of the public. The woman dealt
in real estate, and we are informed or
high authority that she had an office
and safe and large number of blue
maps. and that she was in the habit OF
thinking very frequently. 1t is mem
toned that on one or two occasions she
absent-mindedly cut up the maps fol
dress patterns. but this is little thing
which might happen TO any of us. and
quite too trivial for consideration in
connection with so painful a case.
A young man called on Miss Blank
which was q very wise and pleasant
thing for him to do. Having called once
he was sensible enough to see when he
was well off, and so he called again
and on another evening. and some more
And Miss Blanks interest in the real
estate business sensibly decreased. She
thought as often. as before, but her
thoughts took different channel. This
is where we take the side of Miss Blank
as against the views of editors who
seem to think that she should have at
tended to her real estate business anl
let the young man go. Those editors
have never been women.
The depth and fervency of the young
mans affection were soon shown. He
asked her to marry him, and she ac.
cepted him Nth promptnesssnd great
JOY. 1t was the lady IS i'll fortune that
the spring boom struck her real estate
just at this time, when she could not
reasonably be expected to attend to it
The very day following her engagement
try homes. and she rented them cot
tage. Living over again, as she was
the scenes of the evening before, il was
very natural that she should rent the
same cottage to each man. And this is
precisely what the young woman Gid.
The men moved in on the same day
all four of them, and simultaneously.
Each was slightly surprised to find the
other three present. but each decided to
take possession himself, and let the
dealer explain her error to those left
outside. So they all went in together
Front door, back door. basement and
windows were utilized. while the earth
ly possessions of four separate families
went through together. The scene was
in many ways a sad one. Even the
simple villagers. who watched it from
afar, were touched.
1t was probably about this time that
Miss Blanks young man heard some
thing, and fastened to her home. Gently.
as only a lover can, he broke it to hel
that there seemed to be reasons why
she should go far away for few
weeks and visit her aunt.
Miss Blank went at once to her aunt's.
and she said she couldn't exactly un-
dcrstand how it all came about, but
that somebody must have made
mistake somewhere"
And this is exactly how the mistake
occurred. 1t all goes to show that o
woman is a woman. whether she's in
the real estate business or in the par
lor. And those who can read between
the lines may fancy that Miss Blank
will make her young man better wife
If she had rented. four houses to those
four men at an advance of so per cent
on regular summer prices.-Chicagc
Record.