The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-26

nare Mistaken for Tramp Difficulties Dealing
binaion Between Owner and Buyer to Knock Fees.

plague, and after her. Although
used all my persuasive powers to con-
vince her that mosquitoes we're harm
less and thoroughly good-natured Gull
icid dipterous little insects, she put
her fingers In her ears and groaned,
Take me home quick. I'll pack my
things and go right back to New York
so there! Ill not live In this awful
country another day."
Not long ago an old lady with a
woe-begone face and hat tipped at a
discouraged angle, came moping along.
She looked as limp and sad as crepe
on a doorknob. She said she wanted
to buy lot with gas an Electricity,
close in; that she would go as high
as $500 for fifty-foot lot If the
neighborhood suited her; must have
lots of folks close by, SOS not to get
lonesome. She informed me at once
that her great grandfather had
been captain of the Sixty-seventh
infantry, that her aunt Sally
was an operate singer, her
uncle John a hypnotist and her
youngest daughter graduate of a
young ladies' cemetery. felt quite
bashful in the presence of one SO IA
vored with illustrious relatives. l
asked what part of town she liked
best. She said she kinder liked it
somewhere near a prominent corner.
She was painfully surprised when /
told her property at this point was
worth several hundred dollars front
foot. She said that was little higher
than she cared to go, asked me to
show her something else if 1 had 1t.
l had some subdivision lots for a hun
dred dollars each a little way out.
sent for the auto. She wanted to know
if it went by gas or electricity. told
her the hind wheels went by gas and
the front wheels by electricity. She
seemer quite satisfied and got right in.
AS we whizzed along in the machine,
she shrieked in my ear at almost ev-
cry crossing: Gas and Electricity
here?' She seemed much relieved
when l told her there was. Reaching
the subdivision, her first words were:
Gas an Electricity here? There amt?
Then I'll just stay right where am
in them rented rooms. amt no use
fer place that amt got gas an
'lectricity.'
A Bad Experience.
"a real estate anecdote you want?
WE'LL" said the manager of another
firm, 'my queerest and saddest exper-
fence was this: Things had been pretty
dull for week or two-sort Of corpse
like. One afternoon as / sat alone
in my Office, counting the flies as they
dropped and stuck on the fly paper
and wondering from whence was COM
ing the wherewithal to buy baby
shoes, beefsteak, lager beer and other
like necessities, a man stopped to read
the sign on the window and look at
the pictures of houses for sale, which
had arranged artistically, hoping to
catch 'tenderfeet.' After looking for 4
moment, he strolled leisurely inside
l thought he was going to ask me for
a quarter with which to get supper
and a nights lodging. / shivered with
apprehension, realizing my great emp
tyness. But he didn't He wasted no
time. He began business at once by
asking If l had any land to sell.
told him had a few. He said: Let
me see them He didn't look like he
had penny in the world. His shoes
were down at the heels, his trousers
fringed, and his hat looked like it had
Travelled several miles in Kansas
cyclone. thought I'd have little
fun with him, so took him to see a
fine business lot, price $4,000. He
looked it over, stepped it of, and with
out further preamble said he'd take
it, meanwhile pulling from his pocket
roll of bills from which he counted
the price. Showing the remainder of
the roll, which was not small by any
means, back into his pocket, he said:
Got anything else?' AS soon as 1
caught my breath and self-possession
and had pinched myself to see if l was
awake, told him l had. Well, that
was a great day for me, or, rather, it
promised to be. That fellow bought
$4,000 worth of property, paying cash
on the spot, before he had even SO
much as a receipt to show for it. He
took great fancy to piece of acreage
and paid me for it. This property
! belonged to wamon who had listed it
with me that morning, before starting
for beach town. In past transactions
l had found her tricky and slippery
and totally unreliable. / couldn't rest
until l got deed from her. SO I
hurried and told her had sold her
land, and as proof showed her the
money. She decided right away that
| she must be selling too cheap, said
she must have $1,000 more. She was
obdurate. could do nothing with
her. 1t was with considerable trepi-
dalton that l reported to my man the
following morning He was furious,
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