Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-26

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to Make Sure That They Were N
the Right Place.
Wise is the man who, if fate decree:
| that he shall dwell in a fiat, takes
| pains to master all details by which his
own domicile may be distinguished
from that of his next door neighbor
| For if he fails to do so strange things
may transpire, as this story will dem
onstrate.
! 1t happened only few nights age
and in Woodlawn. which is veritable
! wilderness of fiat buildings of all sizes
and designs. One of the old fashioned
| structures is particularly confusing. II
has an infinity of length. in which
there are six entrances, all much alike.
each giving ingress and egress to the
tenants of eight flats.
Two or three weeks ago a family
took up its abode in the building, oc-
cupying the ground floor fiat on the east
side of the fourth entrance from the
east end of the building That sounds
easy enough.
So far all well and good. But ON the
night in question the family. consisting
of rather young father. good look
ing young mother and little girl went
to the theater. leaving the fat in
charge of the brother of the pater-
familias, young man of some q years
Qnh triftQd with fnt 81,
Der.
1t was late when the family return
ed-nearly l o'clock. in fact. How it
happened no one knows, but they all
missed the count and turned in at the
fifth entrance from the east end Of the
building instead of the fourth. A
ring at the doorbell at first brought
no reply. They were vexed, for they
had no latchkey with them. A few
more rings. however, brought an an
swer.
The door was opened an inch and
sleepy male voice said, who is it,"
why, it's US, of course" was the an
swer. What did you think it was.
burglars?"
And with this remark the man push
ed on through the door, followed at
once by his wife and little girl. into
the dimly lighted parlor. In the middle
of the room stood dazed looking indi-
vtdual. with sleep heavy lids and
frowzled hair. attired only in rather
brief night garment.
pQ wing M mora attention to hQr cI,r-
posed hrOther-in-law the woman took
off her hat and began making herself
otherwise quite ut home.
At last the figure in the middle of the
room spoke. This is what he remarked:
'If you folks want anything here, or
if can do anything for you, please tell
me and I'll try and accommodate you
AS sure as fate, that voice was q
strange voice.
.'Why, isn't this No 511?" the man
asked.
"No; it's No. 515. if you please
They stood not on the order of their
going. but went at once. Not. however.
before the woman had picked up her
hat and sundry other articles of wear
ing apparel and had grabbed a fright
ened little girl by the arm.
The next evening an extremely en-
barrassed young man made a brief call
to apologize for blunder he attributed
to lack of acquaintance with the ap-
pearance of the building at night. The
apology was accepted in good part.
1t is said that people in the same fat
building never got acquainted with
each other. The young man who was
for a brother and brother-in-
law now is wondering whether that
call was the end or only the beginning
of social relations between the two
families. AS he is the older tenant, he
says the problem is one his wife must
Tribune.