The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-11

Then there was the Young man and
his sister. They liked the connecting
rooms upstairs. He worked on morn
ing paper and she was stenographer.
The snst exposure he thought would
not permit Of his sleeping late in the
morning. and IL would be cold in win
ter for his sister during the day and
early evening. No. the rooms upstairs
wouldn't do for them. and as for those
On the ground floor they had no furni-
ture.
About noon there came , man with
little boy.
He was widower. but he looked as
though il were not owing To any fault
OF his own While he talked with Susan
his son dug nice little hicks in the win
dow sin with n new jack-knife. He
liked the rooms very much, but his wife
had left on his hands a lot of dishes and
there appeared to he no place to hang
them or rrrunge them al all. Susan
told him of our large woodshed, but he
said that he could never think of the
light Of his life's" things being put out
in the woodshed, so he didn't take the
rooms.
Then there were two ancient school
teachers. They liked the rooms up
stairs. but could not see how their
piano could be moved there. Susan
couldn't either, they went away.
About four in the afternoon a young
man aud his wife came up the front
steps and raug the bell.
They wanted two unfurnished rooms
and wanted them right away. They
wanted running water, stationary
wa sh-Si and. u mantel. and Il gas CRATE.
usecharacterist ties were of our rooms
exactly. From behind the curtains !
saw Susan's color grow flush with in
lerest as she thought: We'll, they're
gone this time. sure"
She talked with this couple long
time She came down dollar
month when they faltered. and finally
when they went out the front door and
she had slammed il after them, she
raIne into the parlor and sank into
chair near the table.
What was the matter with them?"
asked.
They didn't like the ceiling chande-
lirrs They wanted wall brackets.
They sald IL it were not for those
chandeliers they would take the rooms
at our own price"
saw the carewern look in Susan's
ey es and began TO feel real pity for her.
Poor little girl | thought, it's shame
for her to run up and down those stairs
so much
And II was in the midst OF my pity
uuexpressed that the bell rang again.
This time it was man and his wife
desiring unfurnished apartments.
Susan trudged down the hall again.
She opened the doors, turned on the gas
in the CRATE. raised the shades and
| lighted the jets. The couple were de-
lighted from the outset. They talked
of everything. They wanted to know
il Susan would put down mating in
| the littlc bed chamber. OF course Susan
would. Anything TO choke OFF the re
suits of that advertisement of three
lines
Well. they would go out and figure it
| all up and would they be given the re-
fusal of the rooms until the next noonf
And this time when Susan came into
the parlor her face beamed.
They're coming tomorrow noon,
| she said. "and then there only remains
tie two upstairs. Oh, Reuben, l do
hope"
She did not finish. The bell had tink-
| led again.
= "An upstairs room" heard her say.
Yes"
They came back down after about
ten minutes. Again heard words, this
time spoken by masculine voice of
| singular gentleness. Very well. l
| shall move in tomorrow afternoon. ]
expect my wife here in week and If
t =. second room upstairs is not rented
| shall probably take that also.
Susan could hardly wait to close the
| door after the second real renter. She
came bounding into the parlor, her
| eyes as bright as two stars. "Oh, Reu-
| henr' she exclaimed, 1--WE rented them.
lie says he will move in tomorrow
afternoon, aud, with those in the down
stairs rooms nj noon. that leaves only
| the one hall bedroom on the second
floor. And can rent that, too, I know"
Ibid they leave any money to hold
the rooms?" l asked
Her face fell for moment. NO"
| she replied. IL never thought to ask
| them" And then with more eager
ness: "ButI know they'll come, for the
people who looked al the rooms down
stairs measured for the carpets and
| talked about where they would stand
their table ana all that. and the man