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


There is another element / have
to contend with-deliberate and in
territorial inlpositors, and the bother of
1t Is they are SO clever, with sincerity
so apparent, so interested in this and
that-stationary wash tubs, style of
architecture, location, etc., that even
a Sherlock Holmes would be misled.
l particularly remember one party be-
longing to this ingenious order-three
women and two men. They wanted
to settle in Sunny South; it was so
perfectly lovely They liked to hear
the little brides sing to hear the
hum of the honey bee,' and they did
SO much enjoy the smell of the oda'
OF orange blossoms Well, hired a
three-seater, spent one day showing
then property on one side of the city
and another in going over the remain
ing area. The last day was exceed
ingly warm, and was so sure of maxi
ing good thing out of them treated
the entire party to ice cream soda.
They were delighted; in fact, went
into raptures over several places;
said they would talk the matter over
and let me know in a day or two what
they would do. Not long after while
waiting for a car unseen but seeing.
l recognized my people and overheard
them laughingly say to some friends.
If you want to see the town just go
round to the Office of ]. H. G. & Co.
They drove us around for two days.
1t didn't cost us a cent and we had
a glorious time. It's foolish to pay
carriage hire when you can ride for
nothing. You'll have to bluff a little,
pretend you want to buy something,
but that's easy"
Run Under Him.
"1r he real estate business a pleas
ant one? Have I had any trouble?
The dignified senior partner of the
firm of Blank & Co. looked danger
ously explosive for moment. I step
ped behind a chair and cautiously
Slipped a steel paper cutter from the
table into my pocket. One never
knows what will happen. He gulped
a groan and an expletive or two, after
trouble used to he with people who
tried to cheat me out of my commits
sion. had a customer, Mr.. Shot,
who decided to buy a home; offered to
pay $500 down; the balance to be paid
at the rate of $25 per month, interest
per cent. Well, went to the owner,
Mr.. Splank, who insisted that he must
have $500 cash for himself, as he had
a payment to meet; that the buyer
must pay $500 down, in order to cover
my commission. The buyer had about
decided to pay 5000 down, though it
would cause him Inconvenience, when
somehow or other he discovered the
name and address of the man who
owned the house. Unknown to me,
they met and held consultation, the
owner telling the buyer that he must
have 5000 down, if he paid my COM
mission, which amounted to 500. AZ
ter this conference the buyer came to
me and offered me $40 to drop out of
the deal. I told him l would have
the 500 to which I was entitled or
nothing. He said: Very we'll, the deal
is off, then Next day Mr.. Splank
phoned that the house was sold. 1
investigated and found that my GUS
toner had his uncle buy the place
for him. When I insisted on having
my commission, Mr.. Splank smiled and
suggested that l rub my head with
kerosene to get the bugs out I did
mot get my money, but spoiled his
smile for a day or two at least, which
consoled me somewhat for the loss OF
my money. Since then have learned
to have all owners of property sign
agreements by which 1 can compel
them to pay full commission"