The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-11-12
MISS BLINK Ann
MRS. BLINEY

Inc ioung Couple had sDan,
day looking for a house tba r'u'
suit their desires and tboIs so
Couple purse. At length thew !. 10y
they had found it. 1t was an ia suO
set in several acres Of sm
orchard and grove land, held e..
ulative hope while the house Y
was rented, But the young WON. ~
estate agent who had accor.N Y
them had surprised them h. r'a
truth and candor when she baa !,
ed how impossible it was for ~ sla'
Young Couple to spend an entlra
in a house only two of whose ., ~
had any connection with a furra.
Their surprise was greater HOW
when upon their return to tho !.
woman's office they saw her ~
treatment of two possible clients
women-who were waiting there
Really, Miss Blink and n
Blinky," she had said, Il don't Az
that | have anything today that va-
suit you or warrant my spenG-
further time with you"
After Miss Blink and Mrs. Rh
had gone the Young Couple looked
the agent with very large eyes
The young woman smiled.
Il know what you were thipk,,
she said.
mo, we weren't" said the YonE
Couple. N
but it's like this" resumed 4
young woman. Every spring N,
Blink and Mrs. Blinky, the one an \
maid and the other a widow, turn !
regularly at all of the real estate
fees. They are taken-that is, M
were in the beginning-to all Of h
places on our books that are on al
1t doesn't seem to matter to bn
whether the house is large or snsp
they are equally interested in the h
cottage and the $25, 900 corner Dm
erty.
For time l thought they wen
merely buyers in earnest who wen
very hard to suit They showed Ia
keenest interest in all details. Am
place | remember Mrs. Blinky asked
Where do you keep the rags tha
you have used to oil the f1oors?"
1.-THE woman opened closet door,
There she said.
Il thought so, Mrs. Blinky said
"They ought to be burned and not left
around to start spontaneous cOnbH
tions. | always burn mine
Shall we go upstairs and see Il,
bedrooms? l asked.
Miss Blink and Mrs. Blinky bot
frowned upon the poor woman of th
house.
don't think that it is necessar
for us to go upstairs, said Miss Blinl
Mrs. Blinky added:
We would never consider buyinl
a house where the woman Of TIL
house'-she didn't say 1ady-leaYe.
her oil rags like that
AT the time l thought this manifest
alton was only a bit of odd prejudice
determined to stick to Miss Bllnl
and Mrs. Blinky, for / thought thai
when they did like a place they wOut
like it good and hard and be willing Il
pay good price.
But another occasion soon gave mi
a glimmer. We were looking at
house much too pretentious for th
people who were living in it, who wer
wild to sell. The woman came dow
and went with us through it. Every
thing seemed to be going we'll whel
there came a howl from a small De
serted baby on the upper floor.
Mrs. Blinky's maternal instinct al
serted itself.
Young woman, said she, get bac
to that baby. You are anxious to sci
your house, but you shouldn't neglec
your small duty upstairs
Some days later Miss Blink an
Mrs. Blinky again appeared in my o.
nee. They wanted to see a manslO
where a murder had been committed
Although l explained that the house
though vacant, wasn't yet on the mai
ket, they persisted. Then, in the ligh
OF my former experiences, / saw whs
they were.
Il said to them:
Don't you think that it's rattle
rough on young, Woodworking won
an to take up her time and effort wit
something that seems to constitu'
your sole amusement in life? Yd
know that neither of you wants t
buy; that you are merely amusinI
1T is amusing Mrs. Blinky ad
Yet, you see, they came again to
day."
Yes, and l suppose they will ever
lastlngly keep up such curiosity-sati'
Tying adventures while their strengt
holds out"
Henry's Answer.
Senator FOrakar uyos falling