Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-26

req mouse Will Whito WoouwoIA 49,
wrought-iron rods 10 hold the portico
up-such rs now built In about fort
night On a valuable freehold plot In
rising nejshborhood near London. The
garden was full Of buttercups and NOR
tar. %
Well" said the builder with voice
In which pride and power were equal
ly blended. mot much more to be
done now. All you want 10 char
woman for u couple OF days. and you
can have the pisnols going and hot
bath"
Piano" said my wife. who dislikes
new inventions and has had good
teachers.
"Or the piano" said the dealer. not
at all discouraged.
hut what about the manner" the
forman asked.
BY some extraordinary chance we
had forgotten the name, and In this
case \ name was Imperative, because
the house is in one Of those roads
in which the houses are only haff
built and the cows are grazing to-day
where q house may be tomorrow OF
the day after. Numbering such roads
is impossible.
My wife looked at nae and looked
at my wife.
What about Believer" said the
foreman.
a very good name" said tho
builder.
Our house" said the architects
nephew, lis called Holiisdene.'
Not bad name either" said tho
builder.
Il like Bellevue" said the foreman.
The only thing against Bellevue.
| said. lis that there 10 one in the next
|. road"
The foreman admitted that this was
a drawback.
The houses on each side OF US"
said the architects nephew, ARE La
Residenza and Rondeboseh."
Il don't care for those said the
foreman.
Opposite said the architects
nepheW, Is heathefSiue.
May | ask where you live" my
wife asked hiai. sweetly enough-to
him, but to me. who know her tones
better, dangerously.
AT Turham Green" he said. There
are tine houses there"
'Isa't there a Sea view!" my wife
went or.
Il don't remember" said tho archi
tect's nephew. but I'm sure there
must be-
That's not 20 good ~ Bellevue"
said the foreman, but it's not bad
Sea View"
How would Brickfield View do"
my wife asked, s~ee,iy still.
builder, will ~ be beautiful houses
and gardea in y few months time
and then what would be the sense of
your name? don't think Brickfeld
View is good At ALL
avoided my wifs's eyes.
Mothers sister," said the archi.
tects nephew, lives At the Rowans."
This gave the builder an idea.
w hat tree is that he asked. point
ing TO the only shrub on the estate.
told him chestnut.
Then why not call 1t the Chest.
nnts?" he suggested.
told him that in view OF my call
ing, which is humorous literature
(more or lesst, Ii would be impossible.
He did not understand.
explained q little more.
"Oh," he said, you mean your jokes
aren't new. But that's all right Peo-
pie will like them all the more
The architects nephew said that
friend of his lived in house called
San Souoi.
The foreman said that he had been
working ut some alterations q little
while agO-a new room for a nursery,
as a matter Of fact-at a house la
Acacia avenue, for az nice and liberal
gentleman and lady as he ever met,
and this house was called the Nest.
After Bellevue he said he thought the
Nest as pretty as anything could be.
The builder agreed; but he added 1
that Nests weren't for everybody. 4
There we're couples suited to Nests
and couples that the name wouldn't
suit at all. Nothing could have been
clearer from his tone than that he
thought my wife and were the last
people to come under the designation
Of Nesters.
The architects nephew said that
there was house At Bedford park
called Chatsworth.
May ask" the builder said, with
a smile that was meant to be arch and
winning. but was only repuisive.
where the lady and gentleman passed
their honeymoon? Sometimes that
helps"
AT Bath" | said.
II seemed to depress him and II de.
pressed even more the foreman, whose
ears we're twitching for Bellagio.
My father and mother" said the
architects nephew, went to Ilkley."