The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-11

Hooking there and then, and for tho
al, sSe days George Barstow and Joe
their liking up and down with his
when thi looking over garden fences
cot them He asked everybody Q see
other houses white Car with one blue
IN no new anHd every time e came
IN be occunied his cad over the bar
IN hint at this theSid, 1t was as likely
that the purchasers v
In shortly. To press thcat 'ad disap-
have seemed to be doubtanaing al 70
and never In their lives hang tne CAT
OF them ever spoken to q w, wneA
class called gentleman" exceVing
Difference and humility. Just
The house had basement, abSII..
two feet below the street line, and Il
single story, about six feet above It,
reached by flight Of steps. In addi-
ton there was an attic, made by the
peak Of the roof, and having one small
window In each end. The street In
front OF the house was unpaved and
unlighted, and the view from Il con-
sisted Of few exactly similar houses
scattered here and there upon lots
grown up with dingy brown weeds.
The house inside contained four
rooms, plastered white; the basement
was but a frame, the walls being un-
plastered and the floor not laid. The
agent explained that the houses were
built that way, as the purchasers gen
orally preferred to finish the base
ments to suit their own taste. Tho
attic was also unfinished--th family
had been figuring that In case of an
emergency they could rent this attic,
but they found that there was not
even floor, nothing but joists, and
beneath them the lath and plaster of
the ceiling below. All of this, how
ever, did not chill their ardor as much
as might have been expected, because
of the volubility OF the agent. There
was no end to the advantages of the
house, as he set them forth, and no
was not silent for an instant: no
showed them everything, down to the
locks on the doors and the catches ON
the windows, and how to work them.
He showed them the sink In the kitch-
en-, with running water and faucet,
something which Teta Elzbieta had
never In her widest dreams hoped
to possess. After discovery such as
that II would have seemed ungrateful
to find any fault, and 80 they tried to
shut their eyes to other defects.
Still they were peasant people, and
they hung on to their money by M
stinct; 1t was quite In vain that the
agent limited at promptness--the
would see, they would see, they told
him, they could not decide until they
had had more time. And so they
went home again, and all day and
evening there were figuring and de-
batting II was an agony to them TO
have to make up their minds in a mat
ter such as this They never could
agree all together; there were 80
many arguments upon each side, and
one would be obstinate, and no sooner
would the rest have convinced him
than II would transpire that his argu-
ments had caused another to waver.
. Once, In the evening, when they were
all In harmony, and the house was as
good as bought. Szedvilas came in AMI
upset them again. Szedvilas had no
use for property-owning. He told them
cruel stories OF people who had been
done to death in this buying z.
home" swindle They would be al.
most sure to get into tight place
and lose all their money; and there
was no end Of expense that ona
could never foresee; and the house
might be good-for-nothing from top 10
bottom--how was poor man IN
know? Then, too, they would swim.
die you with the contract how
was a poor man to understand any.
thing about contract? Il was all
nothing but robbery, and there was
no safety but In keeping out of It.
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