Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-10-14

t~t ana uueNt fat the cottages OH thN
ridge aud that Is your barn on this
side Ut H.. Your ground extends from
one street TO the other. and this street
il the rear because the house fronts ON
the other up on the ridge. which is
higher aud better ground"
Yes. II was perfectly plain. had
seen this identical place n short time
before. but ! had not recognized II ~
my own. because | did not then know
that I was the owner IL new house
with tenant In II. and barG. sta.
ble and shed. on my desplsed country
acre: aud all these improvements. he.
ing permanent In their nature and af.
fixed 10 my soil without my consent.
We're In law my property.
Arrived az the house. ! observed
pretty front fence newly painted. and
well.laid brick pavement leading
from the front gate To the front piazza,
In the piazza were hung az intervals
baskets of ferns ana flowers. and on
the lawn were numerous flower bels,
la tile arrangement NJ which my tenant
had displayed much taste. and In the
| choice of flowers a nice discrimination.
The house Itself was ihrcc-story
structure. quite ornamental Ia style.
ana the whole premises were very new.
In answer to the bell appeared a moth
crly lady who ushered us into the par.
Tor. which was wen. even luxuriously.
furnished. 4 soft carpet covered the
iioor. handsome pictures adorned the
walls. a piano occupied a cherry cor.
ner. ana every hing In AMI about the
place indicated that had secured q
tenant who would undoubtedly take
| good care of the premise, and was
ahundantly able to pay the rent
| The conversation which cnsued was
positively painful. II appeared that
the lady before vs. was a widow. that
/ her husband had died IN the previous
summer. leaving her Few thousand
dollars. which were MI she had: that
she desired 20 purchase q small place
in the country where she might end
her days and she had been recon
mendcd 20 this ncighborhuod, that
some friend had inquired about the
price Of the surrounding property. and
~ his suggestion. during the winter.
she had invested a few hundreds at
dollars in lot ON which. as she sup
posed. she had puilt all these improve.
ments this spring: that NJ about the
time al their completion she had
learned IN some way that she had built.
not on the property which she had
bought. but on the land adjoining; and
that ever since the discovery Of her
mistake she had been iu the creates,
distress Of mind Imaginable, because
she feared that the owner of the
ground on which she had built would
take measures To deprive her OF the
improvements she had made. and thus
sweep away nearly al that she pos
seSsed in the world. She was not IN
the least surprised when announced
myself rs the person she had 80 much
dreaded 20 see.
while the law would undoubtedly
give me all the improvements which
YOU have affixed To my soil without any
consent Oh my part" ! began. With
considerable embarrassment. ''y0t
shall continue Ia own them. My deaf
madam. do not think that would dc
you the wrong Of appropriaiing them.
"Oh. it l. terrible. sir" murmured
the much ag.tatcd little widow WITH
an evident lump In her pretty throat
"Y0u are very generous, Sir-but -oh
how will ID all end; I can not lrt you
do n. Either you must let me buy your
ground or you must buy NY house and
improvements
| FASTENED To assure her that ! would
do anything in reason.
A. the improvements were ~ much
more value than the ground. ana ~
she had selected tho place Tor home
while had bought merely ON ~ptculn'
ton. I sugg stcd that she should pur-
chase the ground During the course
~ the conversation she gradually lost
al sense 81 mcasincss. a. IL BECAME
evident to her that | did not intend To
take undue advantage 81 her error. ana
when | finally offered her ihu ground
She put purchase price upon it which
| accepted at once. Ia less Than q
week she received deed from me
conveying the her the entire premises
with ull the improvements thereon
$50 ran the decd in Zee simple: | had
b In exchange more than double The
amount az money which ! had paid
for the property less than six months
before: the poor little acre which fof
more than Two year, I could not eel
to ANYBODY 40 any price >udd MY
found most eager buyer. %, % fancy
price uf her own naming: aud ! was
pnt Ia the necessity ~ planting posts
Z at the corners ~ some other real es
tate.
That Is the story. u Is true that M
.oouer had the conveyance been effect
cd than began to wish had not done
! Il: that the widow insisted on M,
staying To dinner; AMI that after dinncI
; she drove me into town behind hei
3 spanking bays. Rut I can hardly sup
pose that you viii hc interested II
, these things The pathliudcr
Tn. Hanr.s Fashion M ola One.