New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-20

II fast fattening friend came to me and asked
me in painting accents TO give him a sovereign
remedy to reduce his girth 1 should recommend
him 10 go house hunting IN a respectable quarter
of London with moderate limit the rent he
offered. II that friend enemy-as some
times happens-I should make the suggestion with
double fervor- So. I think would Camilla.
We had returned from our Continental honey
moon. and were staying at highly respectable
establishment which wavered between a boarding
house and a hotel. But this strictly tempo
rary We. and more especially Camilla,
having a house Of own That is to say,
-FOUR days in the week Camilla having
a house: on two days she Ionged for a fat and ON
the remaining day could only Oe satisfied with
half house
So it was with no desire TO reduce our weight or
morufy our pride that we first walked into house
agents office. Qn the Wild West, I believe. a
hIShwayman is known a road ageLt.'D This
office was like the vestibule OF a palace with
tesselated floor and steps 1t had been raining and
camilla nearly plunged nose first into the bosom
OF the clerk in charge. Perhaps he dsspsed Us az
persons unused to dwelling in marble halls and
hIIed with the sordd hope Of securing quarters for
less than EDO year. At any rate. he shifted with
cold prde-unIess it was from cold without the
pride-and answered our inquiry as to houses by
readln8 description OF fats in Green Shrub Gar
house days; the nat day was yesterday BESIDES
81 re agents seemed to want to send to Green
expression on their faces-a mild and deprecstting
smile accompanied by a sIght and conscious cough
she mas heard people say things about Green SHRUB
On this occasion she sternIy reminded the shifting
looking up particulars OF houses she sxsd T td
plans Of new block OF flats hanging (tbe plans
opinions of yesterday; Camilla is very changeabls;
come to vary suddenly in husbands as in hats
Augustus. dear" she said as we slid humblv out
OF the tes5eated temple with order to view a
s9eSa az an +19 j year ! know Of much nicer
opposite He hasn't got big Office. but he's most
day just to ask if he had aRy chea On a y s
SAID ne hadn't anything that would quite suit me-
q was not surprisedJ. but he might have a small
And to-day said with dignity you want
convertible house that would turn into fat when
e entered t the new agents once let her do &c
shared the office with a fine old Vanished map
evidently took me for Camillas younger brother
in tone OF paternaI condescsnsion CamIlIa's
mouth mouth gGlVered ana introduced the words. my
ton We received orders to see numDer OF houses
They made wonder whether the British builder
ever employs an architect. or. indeed. has any
them. We found houses in which the Goals had to
De caraIeG through inc CHING room ana me pain
only cupboard big enough for Iarder was in the
congruitles that should hardly nave smiled to see
the dustbin in the drawing room
When there was no little eccentricfty Of con-
struction Camilla found fatal defect not obvi
oTs Saf bg oes WITCH was h6G on w as
isolated and would be cold: II was too TO the
week or two OF steady hunting we had only
found one dwelling that really satisfied Our-her-
The house was empty and had been so FOR a few
months. but this OF itself too common TO cause
suspicion The rent suited our means; the street
table and a main thOTOughraTe where
yellow omnibUses increasingly, with an occa-
tached but sheltered with a back garden Just
large enough not 70 play lawn tennis in TO Dc
sure this garden ended low class street full OF
dirty shops overhowing INTO Stals on SaIvrt ~
palng was high, with spikes on the top, ana thers
were trees rising stu higher.
old fashioned comfort even IN It's emptiness me
house next Il also empty. but Camilla PTe-
a room which she intended to At up with rugs
and-and things you know by which round mat
Sf we had uraStcaiv decided to take the house
and were already choosing wall papers and cur
tains IN the shop windows - ~. t,.
We taking stroll together one ralId ev sa
and Camilla insisted going 70 look At oIr future
home II want TO try and imagine US IN II she e1-
planned "aud then W. can see what II looks IKE az
early 7 ventured to suggest that did not Suppose
there was much difference ara tnat houses rs. f. %
generally throw out fresh story IN me night Ut
blossom out into night blooming balconies
You have no ina gnatiOnT' said Camilla scorn-
fully and bowed TO the censure; coIhEeLSsu VII
her I have none. which IS perhaps as well Tor oo1h
How nice II will be-" said Camilla tuckins her
arm through mine by way OF tonins down lls
eriditv Of her last remark when we get into our
own dear little house, Or fiat, continued so0Io
voce for she was 7 felt sure quite capable o.
CHANGING her mind before we signed the agreement
sSyVbat ala Won saw she asked. with danger
note 1n her eI voice. II was only remarking the
1T thought vou said fat" she persisted. 1T was
ve-v fat Z answered Camilla turned round 20
look but the passerby was lost IN shadow RATS