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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
REAL ESTATE FOB BALE
Improved
J 9 o O. o O o o z D o
=. E. LAMBERT.

, E. F. LAMBERT.
$50 Guaranty Bnilding.
NJ Call Or write. Do 1t today.
J, Sic, 500 buys a fine hat building on Girard
) built 81 pressed brick; ali modern and
, up to-date; hardwood finish through 4
) out. and new. Pays over II per cent
) ss1. 600 buys ans piece OF Income prop
. erty on Hennepin av; an Al location;
D ID built OF pressed brick; all new and
e. a5 naus net sseh aee es 8 aoS
) growing, property advancing, will sell
) Tor $4,000 In q few years; It Is Is
8 SIS, 900 on the property for ten years;
o solid Investment si s5$ ~
0 S425 buys one acre on Seth av N, between
. covered with hardwood timberi at end
0 Of Goth az car line: adjoining new,
o residence Of Frank d. Brown. Terms,
$40 sash as $40 bsraa six az
Q 81 car, line: lies fine: all covered with
a ss.s sn s Adsm aust who esT 1sss
0 81 building a. new. house. TERMS $50
Q cash. and $50 every SIX months; "a
o great bargain. f'sA sE
0 5000 buys three-quarters Of an acre on
o @ Minnehaha av. northeast corner OF
Q 41st: fine location for either store
bargain sure sasy
0 dale, New Brighton; eight acres nn,
0 der cultivation, with fruit trees and
Q viii pay for your land; just a few
o rods from a. pickle factory. small
Q payment down will handle it; golden
o opportunity for man Of moderate
o means who is struggling in the city
Q s7oo II buys US one acre on soth av S.. be-
o tween 41st and AID SITS; deep, black,
Q rich soil: lies level as tennis court;
Q ga q splendid location: one block from
Q y: Minnehaha car line; terms, 800 cash,
o and $50 every six months: great
Q $3.50 buys six acres. 42dN st and 2sth
o av s. near Ainnehaha car line, With
sDsndd Sans sos sfe pe f Seuse
windmill. all in good condition; ~
Q acres In Strawberries, raspberries, cur
. rants, plums. ETC.; fine grove OF cut
o Of the avenue. and the grounds are be-
Q @ decked with various bulbs. lovely
o tulips. daffodils and flowers that bloom
o in the spring; was formerly owned by
. Mr.. Mendenhall. the. florist: for
. r. place to Live In It is Eden. most
a hs5 snd Ssl g1aonr spot ysSr na fe
o and as an investment it is as solid as
the rock Of Gibraltar; viii sell for
. ! ings alone v Worth $500: viii make a
$500 loan on thf property @Tfe for five
. at Lake Minnetonka; one mile east of
3 Excelsior, cash income last year
81, 800; land slopes in right direction;
o good seven-room house, stone founda-
o ton and cellar; barn; living, bubbl-
ing spring at your door. The buildings
: are surrounded with rich evergreen
hedge and various shrubs and roses;
0 a 400 apple trees. 100 plum, ], 200 cur
o rants. 300 gooseberries, 1000 grape
D vines, latest varieties: took the first
Q premium at st. Louis exposition; two
D acres strawberries: three acres rasp-
berries. 1t is a most charming and
70 delightful spot. Natures gift. A
b great bargain. :. -"
o o 90 o O 90 0 Q
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" BUY A HOME FOR EASTER. n. 4.
81, 90O-7 rooms lot 46x177 to alley; on Polk ct.
S 5000 rooms lot 48x1T7 to alley; two blocks
from Central and 26th.
81 COOS rooms. near Central and 10th az NEi
good house, It's cheap.
81, 5000 rooms, has city water, sewer, On 18th
av NE, near Taylor.
81 6OO-S rooms water up and down stairs; rents
III SIT per month; is on 26th av near jack
son st; it's very low at this: III
81, 6OO-7 rooms, near school, churches store, on
25th av near Central. Ia
81 ,OO0-Near Central and ed av; nice rooms
81. 65O-s large rooms, one block from Central
and Tyler. = 8-.
So, 1O0-s large rooms, water up and down, gas,
large lot, good sheds, on goth aV near
. ia Central. ...5, 49, =. -
ST .SoO-Two-family house near Central, near
: 500 shops; barn, good location and Well
~, built house.
s., ooo-8 rooms, has bath. city water; good
basement on Taylor near 9th; large LOT,
!& all street improvements In street.
ST 5oO-6-room house and good barn on Taylor
~ near 9th; large lot
So 900 takes two 5o-foot lots, 7-room house and
=" barn: it's east front and all kinds or nice
81 trees and shrubbery. It's nice home.
If wishing to sell, rent or buy, call ano
see what I have to OFFER. Office open Gay
and evening No trouble to show property.
Call for numbers. Both phones. ss.
: T. L. Palmer, 2411 Central Az.
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REAL ESTATE r OR SALE
Improved.
Continued

i. e .. Bs saS 4 Co. &
327 Andrus Building.
$2,5OO--1O22 T. seth st, lot 6Oxl20, ~
rooms. partly modern. $1,000 cash.
So, 9OO-S42l Aldrich ay 8, rooms, nearly
new. thoroughly modern except
81 heat. S1.1O0 cash, mortgage
$1,S0O. z
$a,Ooo-Harriet ay near s9th ct, 2 large
lots and new S-rooln, modern
house. except heat; $1,000 cash,
balance monthly. 4ES .St b
q 81, OOO-2437 Lyndale av 8, modern,
i. nearly new S-roomE house, one
half cash. 5sig#
81, ooo-Aldrich av. S near Path st. duplex
8 rooms each; modern except
y s IL rooms, thoroughly modern
.5 and first-class condition; lot Tx
12O.
s4.5oo-Kno4 av \, near 18th q. a, e
rooms, nearly new, one of the
best houses In Oak Park.
"a. 750-Duplex, Park av near Lake st,
EsEF rooms each apartment. thor
oughly modern, separate heating
$5.soo-Eowry Hill, 10 rooms. nearly
new, thoroughly modern, large
lot good barn; must be sold,
see us for this bargain.
! So OOo-Near Irving av s and 2oth st,
rooms new, thoroughly well
~ built. and modern. sS 4Eg
$7,OOO-Duplex, 10 rooms, new, Park av ,
,.s.z inside SD st; fine income, $1,000
, under cost; easy terms. s
$7,90O-One of the finest little 1O-room
houses on Lowry Hill; ask for
t."s@ particulars. r
, So Lot Bargains aE&4
$500 each for lots in block. Sc, Columbia
Knights. aN:,
, $276- S4x12S, 49th st sand Edina road.
$3OO-6x128 Bryant av N and 33d st.
$45O-41x126, corner LIST av S and Both ST.
$685. lots 40x136 each, Blaisdell and
$6O0-5Ox1l8, Portland av and 3Ith st. &.
$S50-40x11S, Aldrich av s and 26th st. .
81, O50-45x11s, Irving av s between
81st and 32d SITS. &,
, $1,250-5Ox16s, Irving, av s between 22d
} and oath sts. - ST. ~. n
!, $1,7bO-50X15O, Aldrich av between
Lincoln and Fra nklin. &.
, n. @. Bruner Co.,, 827 Andrus Bldg.
\ a a q q q q q q o.
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y REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Improved.
Continued.

$l0. DOC. 90 &. 3.
VIII purchase one. ofs the most comniete homes
In the city, built OF brick ~ large I9oinn;
lot 6Ox165 in the vicinity OF blalsdeu Hlu
st Vine place. The arrangement or TINS
house is perfect, the material nsed n. ~
cont y uctton is the hnest tne Mar N.Y.
50, 10000 ,,,,,. ID. !.
For beautiful home In Southeast Minneaponissii
FIVE blocks from University, puiit sofa li
OF brown stone, has " rooms. eleganuS
nnisheu IN seiected naru sWoou, easI Aiont'
lot 7ox182' - IL. - s.
,,,,,, - ooooo -. .,,st co,,.
VIII bny lSrooM dupiex mouse. 5ust hI Gu
PleIed' IN snnnys a iiaa a,ea ,sn.t n
rnd ,n w trhth nm sord FRAT a. net
~ e SHEs,tsI =. g., noL cnrnnlate
yer construG.eu. rntshsu IN. ~ oa IN @ rnons
S,,inha apd ittics risi,as oh tenant seven
isn.u ~ as,io. $3.50 ,sA IaS ,o,,ndrv stove
rooms and f twa snence not water heating
l9ons aII. WI nusneu NV isi,d dnn e
Rlants IropOSilLlons OF tnIS hin ,, All ti,,s
iast.. SEQ me hionoay y you WIS.," WISH eiis
bargain. . - -, !, a s.. {
NJ 81 ,da.1 NV SUnnvs,a. bn,,t two
ZOE an laeal nome ~. s Suts stf. GmI
years ago on cas-. aroni ioI, 1 90 Spi-
~ as 49, 2. - ,a I. - ,;,i.t soIa
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WALTER L. BADGER,
.@' Oneida Bldg,


i...L $l5, 0OO.. fa. 4s%
Corner Portland av and 10th st.. 1872 It.
frontage on 10th st by 1T It. on Portland:
5ay; double and single house on premises;
this is one of the, best locations to. be found
for nat or apartment house; right in the
heart of the city,, will take part payment IN
we'll located unimproyed property.
: 81, 800. 81 III. 8: z
For an all modern 10-room house, includ-
ing reception hall. parlor,., library or music
room and large dining room; also five good
chambers on second floor; and bath with open
plumbing; house is piped and wired for gas
and electric light with combination fixtures;
newly decorated throughout; good; east front
: lot; located in one of our best. residence
sections in the city. Owner very anxious to
sell. A*- : % 2*Es. - >S,-25115. -s.'
:aeg. II S232 Dupont av g.. r.. q
Here is an elegant six-room ala modern
house; hot water heat, built only three years
ago; fine location and an elegant home; owner
leaving city and anxious to sell; price SIS, 500;
look it over and then see us. 90 -
81 - p. 1916 Linden ay -, st
Eight room all modern improved house, good
location and right down town, no car fare;
owner nonresident and anxious to sell. Make
us an Offer a. E, IS
: For an all modern Groom house on Port
land av near 26th, st; owner has left the. city
and is very DESTROYS Of selling. 10y r+ti4s
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o1rAI1TY HOMES.

Our Quality Homes" are first In ma:
terial," first In construction, first In finish,
them. Why? Because they are built BY day
labor, the material is all good. even roof
- boards are matched sheeting, mill work high
grade and trimmings and decorations very
fne. 80 S:'<sS 49, ~|'24 * e
We are now building a Quality Home
at 1916 Garfield av. Watch the construction
from start to finish. Hardwood finish all
over: Can be sold at a bargain when quality
is considered. A cheaply built house Is dear
at any price. 80. -
$2,e75-A 7-room Quality Home, This house
will be finished, complete, in about ten
days. It's built ION honor, from Gel,
80 lar to chimney-top. Modern except
heat. Parlor. library and dining room
finished in hardwood. Hardwood floors
all over. All finished hand smoothed
Best open plumbing. All hardwood
doors have solid bronze trimmings. Gas
fixtures, storm sash, screens and win
dow shades. Fine basement Will be
beautifully decorated and If bought at
you can select your own decora-
tions. Very fine high lot This is
choice, go
$247e-A new Groom house, modern except
heat, with rooms all on one floor; beau
tifully decorated, full line :sof gas fix
- lures and window shades;Sf parlor : H.
brary and dining room finished in hard
; ~ wood; hardwood floors; good bathroom,
":s with latest open plumbing; storm sash
/" ? and screens;% very large attic; a model
a.. Of convenience for housework and heat
=, ing; lot 40x167 toa16-ft: alley; two blocks
=. from best line in the city, easy
terms. -
81, 4oo-s2oo cash, balance monthly: 1o.roon
house, only two years old; small lot but
o.. house could not be built for less than
... $1,000 arranged for two families; q
snap; on Interurban car line. .,s..a.
IS, 750-$75O cash, balance monthly; q very
fine duplex house in f1rst-class location
rents for $50 per year; nonresident
wants to sell. 49, - 49, @E+
ofto
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Q Q % o o o o o o o o o 9
ssooosVEns Av NEAR 18th ST 10
ton, with park frontage; choice To- Z
cation. > ,.-Sg- 80 -.
J, s7,soo-New, elegant home Of eight rooms, q
hard wood finish and floors; hot water (
heat, bathroom connections, with cis-s
tern and city water; elegant view Of
, Lake Calhoun; lot 50x12s; can't be-
J beat for location and price. No. 1909 (
Irving av s. : ',.' -
!, $1,000 Eight rooms, modern, combination
hest. electric light; every thing first
class; near Irving av and 25th st:
} Sc, 500-Modern S-room house, electric
, light. combination heat, near Irving
, av 8 and 25th st. -
!, $5,oo0-Modern house, with first and sec
, ond floor porches, unobstructed view
, Of Lake Calhoun good barn and large Z
D lot No.. 1901 Irving av S. ~s4..t -
b $3,900-I4inden Hills modern home Of
, eight rooms hardwood finish and
D floors: hot water heat; lot 50x170;
D nothing better in this choice location
D "a for price. No. .4109 Upton az So /
0 $3,6Oo-Fine modern East Side home, 8
D rooms, hot water heat, lot 46x190,
3 , 252s Taylor st NE; a bargain. =.
D $2.40o-New, 5-room cottage and large
o attic; hardwood floors. city water, :
!, 49, full basement s4s7 Bryant Bryan az 90 s. -.
0 chicken house, fine fruit and shade
Q trees; two blocks from Nieollet car
IN Masho nGnsa Park, cttv va.
o ter and all improvements in: street;
], -, 80 large LOT, No. 1892 Pleasant ay s.
I, Snap for some one. Is. saaFs{
Q 81, 2oo-Eight rooms. Oliver avs N, near !
1, IS 9th; terms easy. - VI
8 81 .soo-six rooms, on 9Th st near 18th :
o av N. -Sr
n SO. COOS rooms, good condition, large lot,
7, Il :seast 'front.' on Harriet av near 37th. s
3 S2.2O0-6 rooms, on Oliver av N. Large
= lot. tsF<- e'sz
So aoo 81 IT modern 'e, . rooms corner
q So 25o-Partly modern, s rooms, 18th az
B Sc. @$ =
B So 500 rooms, modern Oak Park 7th
y ss,75o-sfodern, 8 rooms, Knox az s near
D $40. ooo-New extra fine, 10 rooms, on Irv-.
a ing nv s, near Franklin. ri Ntts
u 81 Sloane SlcCulloch Agency,
n Oneida Block, 104 9TH at s.
Is 8 20 o 20 90 so O. 90 o o
Is 90 o o o Q o % Q
s WE BUY OR Build HOMES ON EASY
PAYMENT PLAN.
rs payments. IS for each 81 600 per month.
lis You may have any amount from $500 up.
is You select your place and your plans for
rs building. We draw the plans for you
Ik without expense to you; you select. your
& contractor. We furnish the money. s
II ALI on Your Own Time.
lb we do business anywhere In Minnesota
5 North and South Dakota. .3
American Real Estate Investment Loan CO.,
4s743e ,Andr1s Building.
Minneapolis, Ainn.
IL
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FOR =@sALE-EIGHTRo0M HOUSE. FULLY
modern including heat. up-to-date s in every
respect; east from; nice lawn and trees; LOT
58x152; going for $500, part or all cash.
Call and see the place, 4130 Upton Nv 3,
Lake Harriet, = 33.s. sas. :.
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contir,led.
INVESTORS e ATTENTION.

sH4s.#E E4NVE6xUdS,s AVTENIlON.
Fl AZ my. business interest cali me to Spo-
kane. will offer for sale my two new double
dwellings. built by me last year by day
hardwood floors throughout four hot water
plants, storm sash, screens, gas fixtures, gas
ranges, shades, curtain rods, four llaundries,
street and paid for. and nroperty Is within
walking distance; rents $3.50 year; price
S SM,ooo' half cash, balance w per cent;
houses cannot be built for less than $12, 900.
Interested address 242, Journal. So !.
9. w. WELLS, sos PHoENTx.
81 600-Choice lot, Sd av near 26th ST. 81, 900
Corner Stevens av and 9th st. 81, 5OO-Lot
on LIST av near 25th st i 81 900 takes choice
lot on Garfield av near Path st. $500, fne cor
tner on Bath ct and Oakland av $S50--Corner
Park ay and Both st.. $800--Lot on Columbus
av near Lake st. $800-Ftne lot on Chicago ay
near 31st ct. S400-Lot on Grand ay near 82d
Ct; $165 buys q lot in Bakers 4th addition.
$lb-Lot in Potter &. Thompson's addition; has
stone walk. Can sell you bargain on easy
payments.
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FOR SALE-NEw s-RooM HOUSE, 8BS2 9Th Az
s, modern except heat, hardwood finish and
floors; open nickel plumbing, beautifully deco
rated, full basement, cemented; wired for
electricity, china closet, .watermeter, storm
windows, etc., So, 500, or S., 800. for best hot
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90 90 % o o co o. O. 90 o.
FOR. SALE-NEw MODERN HOUSE OF
eight rooms and bath, combination heat
hardwood floors throughout, sideboard
built In, combtna ton stairs, toilet and .
Laundry in basement; entire attic plas-
tered and finished; gas fixtures, shades,
storm sash and screens; house decorated
and ready for occupancy; house located
( at 1922 Columbus av. Inquire of owner,
( 1885 Columbus ay; house open for inspec-
tion Sunday. 49,
O % 90 !. n n n
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So $500 BUYS LARGE LOT AND TWO SEVEN
room houses. in good repair; always rented; on
9th st. inside 10th az n; owner: Frank y.
Durgin, 317 New York Life building.
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THE PLUMBING IN 17os CLINTON Av,
which Is for sale. has been examined, tested
and put in proper repair by R. G.. Black &
Co. plumbing and heating contractors, 100
18th st s, tel. SS47. You make no mistake in
buying this property SO far as the plumbing
is concerned. We have a bargain list of
houses in which we have made tests which can
be had free on application. Ask us how, we
help owners sell their property. No COM
mission TX %5t 49,. 81 II 90 prsa -r
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Improved.
Continued.

50 800 GOOD NEW, WELL built, STRICTLY
Bryant az n. near a2d I AZ Al. =
81, 700-Look this up; eight-room house, large
barn. chicken house. good cellar, WELL
cistsrn and two lots: Z decided bargains;
two blocks from 9th av car line.
~ Gross & Manthey rs
s 1909 washington az N !
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MAKE ME AN OFFER FOR 67-FooT BUsI-
ness lot, fronting south Plymouth be-
tween 9Th st and Lyndale house on prop
erty renting for $40 per month; this is very
desirable; will sell at much, less than ad-
joining property can be bought for need the
money; If you are looking for something good
and for investment you will make no mistake
on this. See owner, Geo. P. Schultz, N. W.
Phone NJ. 236S-L2 or care of Deere & Weber
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of an uncle, who had left her something more
than a quarter of million dollars in perfectly
good money. 1t seems that the uncle had gone
to New Zealand, when his niece yet in her
mothers arms and had, after the usual vicissi-
tudes of the miner, succeeded in amassing con-
siderable fortune. For many years he had failed
to communicate with his relatives, and indeed
Miss MacLear not sure whether Uncle Michael
the top of the earth under it, until
his lawyers informed her that she was an heiress
Of course he might have left his fortune to the
and women with whom he had lived, whoh shared
through long illness, but Uncle Michael believed
that blood thicker than gratitude and hence left
his fortune to girl he had twenty years before
at her mothers breast. The newspaper assured its
readers that Miss MacLear took her good fortune
calmly that is, calmly girl can who is in the
midst of packing large trunk, incidental to NOV
ing from cheap west side boarding house to a
prominent Broadway hotel. In concluding the
article the reporter quoted Miss MacLears answer
to his question to whether she would return to
her work spend the rest of her life in idleness
go Return to the shop?' Miss MacLear smiled
archly at the reporter. Why should |! The law
yers handed me handsome advance in crisp yellow
backs, and perfectly willing that my successor
should have the broken ink eraser and the paper
cuffs left in the upper drawer of my desk. No.
and again the fortunate young woman smiled at
the thoughts of the days that WERE I've put away
the rubber tired runabout in the barn-hereafter
it's the bright red auto life for mine-one clutch and
the third speed only.
That's just like her. :" said Slobe. Always bright
and gay She's right It's the bright red auto for hers
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER 2. 1906

then it suddenly came upon him that whatever
kindly feelings she had had for him must now be
gone, and gone for good. Nellie MacLear not
the girl to be insulted and to have borrowed money
from her to pay his way to court another girl
surely insult enough: But when he got back he
would tell her ALL tell her how the trip to Coalview
had only shown him how he really loved her, and
how he would henceforward work and save with the
idea of some day taking her out to see life with only
himself guide.
Early Monday morning he started for the city,
and looked YEARLY out for the last time the slate
mines and the coal hills of Coalview His trip, in
the eyes of the world-the Morrows and the clerks
back in the office in particuar-had been failure,
but to him it had not been failure Was he not
then on his way back to herr From the seat
at his side he picked up New York morning paper,
and for at least minute he gazed steadfastly at
two-column picture of girl on the first page. The
head lines danced up and down, and the girls nose
and mouth wggled SO that they and the big letters
became all confused, and for moment Sobe put
down the paper again and drew his coat sleeve
across his eyes
When he looked at it again there longer
any confusion. The letters of the head lines were
all in their proper places, and below them was the
smiling eyes the somewhat tilted nose, and the
cupid bow lips of Nellie MacLear. The article
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was evident that Slobe had not made his scheme
entirely plain
But" continued the speaker, the carrying
out of this somewhat sentimental program requires
a certain amount of ready cash, which | regret to
say have not got. By somewhat careful calcu-
1ation l find that to do the trip properly would
cost about fifteen dollars. Should my quest prove
successful could easily pay back this sum, well
as the eighty-seven dollars; that is, if the young
lady did not Intentionally deceive to the out
put of the mine. am putting before you simple
case of speculation. Do you care to risk fifteen
dollars in an effort to get back eighty-seven! My
part in the affair is purely sentimental one; yours,
commercial The chance would cost you three
dollars per- will now leave the ROOM and you can
discuss the pros and freely. l think, however,
/ should put this unfavorably as possible
and say second visit to Coalview might be neces-
Sary."
Slobe left the room, and when he returned, at
a call from one of the clerks Miss MacLear was
looking into the mirror, arranging black picture
hat at the most becoming angle. The others were
gone On his desk several dollar notes held down
BY little pile of silver quarters and halt dollars.
AS the train approached Coalview, it seemed to
the young man looking out of smoking car win
dow as if he had been suddenly dropped into great
basin, miles in diameter, of which the sides
were entirely composed of mined coal and slate
quarres. Of grass and trees there seemed to be
none Just mountains of black coal and gray slate.
But as the train joted its way up to the little red
station; Slobe much color in the dress and hat
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Mrs Morrow sat with folded hands rocking in
a rocking chair at the end then came Mr. Morrow,
smoking large cigar, his feet high the railing;
next was Miss Morrow, demure in her dinity
and the immediate proximity of her family; and at
her side Slobe, putting thoughtfully on a long
chain of American cigarettes.
Before the young man had gazed, even in the
presence of the Morrow family the black hill of
coal for five minutes, and long before he had finished
his second cigarette, he had determined that the
earliest train from Coalview Monday morning
started entirely too late for him. He city
man. and the only use he could see for coal noun
tain, if it his coal mountain to
feed it to gas jet Broadway. His feelings
toward the coal baron and the coal barons daughter
were only feelings of infinite pity.
Sobe tried hard to be amusing and interesting.
but whenever he looked out on the coal bank it
difficult, and whenever he thought that he had for
moment considered the possibility of settling in
Coalvew he smiled cynical smile. Throughout
the long evening and during the unhappy breaks
in the futile family conversation, he yearned to be
back with the bright lights of the great Thorough
fare of New York, the theaters, the restaurants,
there in the midst of it all with Miss Nellie MacLear
at his side In every picture his mind painted there
always the bright colored cheeks and the
dmpled chin and the laughing Irish eyes of the girl
whom he had known SO long and had so little appre-
ciated.
When he went to his room that night he wondered
why he had been dull and had SO long failed to
understand his good fortune for now that he looked
back on it with seeing eyes, he knew how much she
had favored him in preference to other men. And