The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-23
MISS BLINK AND
MRS. BLINKY

The Young Couple had spent the
day looking for house that would
suit their desires and their Young
Couple purse. At length they thought
they had found It. Ii was an old house
set In several acres OF suburban
orchard and grove land held for spec
ulative hope while the house itself
was rented. But the young woman real
estate agent who had accompanied
them had surprised them by her
truth and candor when she had show.
ed how impossible 1t was for even a
Young Couple to spend an entire year
In a house only two OF whose rooms
had any connection with furnace.
Their surprise was greater, however
when upon their return to the young
womans office they saw her abrupt
treatment Of two possible clientsalso
women--who were waiting there.
Really, Miss Blink and Mrs.
Blinky," she had said. Il don't think
that | have anything today that would
suit you or warrant my spending
| further time with you"
After Miss Blink and Mrs. Blnky
had gone the Young Couple looked at
the agent with very large eyes.
The young woman smiled.
Il know what you were thinking"
she said.
mo, we weren't" said the Young
Couple.
But it's like this" resumed the
young woman. Every spring Miss
Blink and Mrs. Blinky, the one an old
maid and the other widow, turn up
regularly at all of the real estate Of
fees. They are taken-that is, they
We're in the beginning-to all of the
places on our books that are on sale.
1t doesn't seem to matter to them
whether the house IL large or small;
they are equally interested in the sS,-
cottage and the $25,000 corner prop
erty.
For a time / thought they were
merely buyers In earnest who were
very hard to suit. They showed the
keenest interest in all details. At one
place | remember Mrs. Blinky asked:
Where do you keep the rags that
you have used to oil the floors?"
The woman opened closet door.
There, she said.
"T thought so, Mrs. Blinky said.
"They ought to be burned and not LETT
around TO start spontaneous combus-
t;one I l.,ya,s, b,rs, s,aipa
Shall we go upstairs and see the
bedrooms?' asked.
Miss Blink and Mrs. Blinky both
frowned upon the poor woman of the
house.
II don't think that 1t Is necessary
for us to go upstairs, said Miss Blink.
Mrs. Blinky added:
"'yUe .xes.-il. r,nuar cnn ciE~- h--.t-i--r,
a house where the woman of the
house'-she didn't say 'lady'--leaves
her oil rags like that
"At the time ! thought this manifest
alton was only bit Of odd prejudice.
| determined to stick to Miss Blink
and Mrs. Blinky, for | thought that
when they did like place they would
like 1t good and hard and be willing to
pay good price.
"But another occasion soon gave me /,
a gllmmer. We were looking at a
house much too pretentious for the /
people who were living in it, who were /
wild to SELL The woman came dowa
and went with us through 1t. Every !
thing seemed to be going we'll when !
there came a howl from small de- /
serted baby on the upper floor.
Mrs. Blinky's maternal instinct as
serted itself.
Young woman, said she, get back |
to that baby You are anxious to sell |
your house, but you shouldn't neglect !
your small duty upstairs
Some days later Miss Blink and |
Mrs. Blinky again appeared in my Of |
hce. They wanted to see a mansion |
where a murder had been committed. !
Although | explained that the house,
though vacant, wasn't yet on the mar.
ket, they persisted. Then. in the light
IF my former experiences, saw what
they were.
Il said to them:
Don't you think that it's rather
rough on young, Woodworking wom-
an to take up her time and effort with
that seems to constitute
your sole amusement in life? You
know that neither of you wants to
buy; that you are merely Amusing
yourselves
1T is amusing Mrs. Bllnky adj
mitted.
yet, you see. they came again to-
lay"
Yes. and I suppose they will ever.
astingly keep up such euriosity-satis.
Tying adventures while their strength
holds out"
Henry's Answer.