The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-08-05
Just Playing Off
The Young Couple Inspected a High
Class Apartment.
Ready" said she, my ARgeline.
Class Apartment.

Ready" said she, my Angelina.
Ready" said l.
And after l had set my silk hat at
an even more exquisitely dignified In
clnation, Angelina and l Jared forth,
full of certain purpose and seeking
fearful joy.
Now, today" she said, I'VE VIII
only look at those apartments that
have view over the river"
I'D rather have view over the
park" l objected.
Whereupon she gave me a look and
simultaneously We bent our steps to-
ward the river.
Don't you think river view is bet
ter?" she asked.
80, much better!" 1 agreed.
$50 romantic!" murmured Angelina.
Whereupon l placed my hat at the
most gallant possible angle.
$50 beautiful" murmured Angelina.
And in spirit l clasped my hands
and rolled my eyes, simpering little.
perhaps, when Angelina looked at me.
and swinging my stick with the -four
ish of excruciation.
"Aud SO inspiring" murmured An.
geline.
And after l had put my hat straight
and hunched my shoulders to the prop
err degree, | walked along with my
eyes upon the ground, dragging my
feet little, and with dark and
bgooding aspect between my brows.
Angelina stopped before a marble
palace which was adorned by legend
that highclass apartment was here
to be let
"Now!" she said, look rich!"
And as l obediently assumed an as
pect of wealth beyond the dreams OF
avarice, we assembled the marble
steps.
Advancing through the inner por.
tails, looking rich and dignitied be-
yond comparison, We allowed the liV.
cried attendant to approach us and
to request the favor of our wishes and
desires.
How large is this apartment to
let?" then made query.
Ten rooms" he answered.
VERY small" sighed she, my An.
geline.
Has it a river View" demanded.
IAN extra fine view," he assured US,
From how many rooms can the
river be SEEM"
uLNro,,, two -
ooh, dear!" sighed she, my An.
geline.
do l understand you to say l de-
handed, wagging my head till he
looked at my hat; do l understand
you to say that you can only see the
river from two Of the rooms?"
Yes, sir" he answered, in growing
alarm.
And that if one were in any OF the
other eight rooms, and wished to view
the river, one would have to go into
one of the two rooms?"
Eyes, sir" he miserably answered
We'll" | remarked, after a respect.
full pause, Il suppose we might as
we'll look at it,
And making a secret pantomime to
her, my Angelina, with my thumb and
my finger, we entered the waiting ele'
vator and were slowly borne aloft.
co." said Angeline, unguarding her
nose at last as we entered the vacant
apartment, lis this it?'
And as for me, l tapped the floor
with my stick in a knowing sort of
way.
1.-TWO servants rooms" announced
the attendant.
only two?" cried Angelina,
And taking me aside she lifted her
eyes to me in innocence and pathet
ically whispered:
Then where in the world could we
put Marie?"
Two baths" announced the attend.
ant, with growing respect.
only two!" l exclaimed.
And with a thoughtful gesture with
my stick, l remarked to the river
view:
It's standing source of wonder to
me how some folks manage to keep
clean,"
The grand piano" said Angelina
rejecting, could stand here"
Yes" l protested, moodily enough ;
but where would you put the ormolu
clock?"
THE colonial suite could come in
here" unused Angelina, land the chip.
pendale pieces in there"
But where" l complained. but
where would you put the gobelins?
True" unused Angelina, Il hadn't
thought of them!"
How much?" l asked, setting the
attendant with my eye, how much Is
this apartments"
Twenty five hundred" said he.
Haven't YOU" said |, something
larger? Something. say about $4,000
mo, sir" he sadly mentioned; this
Is the largest we've got"
But when we got home at last to a
certain snug little three-rOom fiat (as
snug and as comfy as Angeline alone
| knows how to make it,, and when An.
gelne had adorned herself with her