Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
A Suburban
Diplorrla1ist.
By Elizabeth Ll.lscln Gould.

Toppan on the evening of his return
from visit to his nephew without
J knowing that he had enjoyed the week
I've got little something to tell you
about my new NIECE" he said to Cap
!. tain Saunders and Captain Bolles.
when his wife had thoughtfully depart
ed to neighbor's house, and left him
with his two friends.
"Tell on" said the two captains,
promptly. "You let us light up, and
then you needn't lcok for anything in
the line of Interruptions" added Car
tain Bolles. well nod if we see oc-
casion."
"You know I've always had some
doubts what kind of a wife feller
like Henry, with his head way up in
the clouds, would pick him out" said
Mr.. Toppan, and the captains nod
ded.
well, guess Providence had hand
in the choosing OF Emily" continued
the host. "She's as neat a little craft
as ever set eyes on, and she's got
frst-class head-piece, what's more,
They're living about ten miles out
of the city, in mighty pretty little
suburb, and they've got the corner 10!
in a coed ncighborhood-nice houses
on both streets.
81 said to Henry, Doesn't it cost ye
pretty steep? For knew his writing
didn't bring him in any great of an
income yet, though he's coming on
And he said, 1t don't cost what you'd
think twould In fact, this wasn't
considered a very desirable lot til!
I Emily got to work on it,
4 "Well, of course Il wanted to know
the meaning of that So he told me
just what happened. Seems they want.
+; ed to be about that far from town.
and they met the agent for a lot OF
new houses somewhere, and he tolc,
J.'em Of this place. Said he and his.
wife had lived there for a few month";
and then moved IN town, and twas
pretty place. So they went right along
out to sec it. The rent was reasonable,
so reasonable that Emily got kind Oh
thoughtful. Henry was for taking it.
as he always does good things, as II the
ravens had fetched it to him. But
Emilys built diifcrene.
"Shc looked the agent right in the
eye, and she said What's the out
about it?' And he saw 'twasn't any
use to make up any pretty stories Or
4 -,
truth.
"'You see that big house down
thcre?' he said. Well, that man pays
ron; for three of these houses, his
own and two married sons and he
keeps hens
Henry said Emily began to smile
and nod.
And every afternoon when they're
let out they make right for this corner
lot says the agent y don't know
what 'tis attracts 'em so, whether It's
the slope, OF the grass is greener, OF
what, but here's where they land, and
scratch and dig till they're called
home for supper. And he says he can
not help it-small fowl have got to
have their liberty And my wife
likes a flower garden and smooth
grass
"I see,' Emily said, when he stop
ned. so do like a garden, and |
shall have pretty one here And that
very day Henry signed five years
lease. with q couple Of portable hen.
houses thrown in.
"'Going to keep kens?' the agent
asked her, when she bartered for thu
hen houses, and Emily smiled and
said, For while, maybe
'sIIcnry was kind CT uneasy till she
explained her plans to him, for he's no
farmer, nor he never took to hens.
But he saw the light after she'd talked
to him a while. They did their work
and moving mornings till the day they
moved in-that was their first after
noon. Emily took a rest after dinner,
and when she got up and looked cut on
the lawn. there sure enough, was a
whole posse O. hens and some chick
ems! Henry set their portable hen
houses up that night, and next morn
ing farmer brought them some hens
and put 'em in the houses, likewise
chickens. Henry superintended the
Job. Emily never went near 'em nor
asked question.
"That afternoon Henry let out thei:
live stock while Emily was taking her
rest. Then he sat down and wrote for
an hour or so in complete little place
they call his study, at the back O
the house. When Emily walked UP she
went in there and rumpled up his
hair and told hint he'd written long
enough, and to lay off and take a
snooze before tea-time, same, as was
their usral arrangement.
"I'll call the hens and feed 'em, and
get 'em under cover says Emily
Ihat'll be my part of the work
"Well. Henry said he stretched ou'
on the lounge she has all fixed up coy
for him, and fell off into doze. Wher
he walked up twas most dark, and ht
lay there listening to voices, Emily, !:
and mans. Enlily's was cool .ant