Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-01
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
 By M QUAD Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit-
 erary Press.

The house and the hill were situated in a town in the state of Ohio. The hill is there yet. but there is no house on it. Twenty years ago a stranger went to the town and bought the hill and built frame house there. When the house was about completed he died. It was a decaying wreck when along came a Mir. Bushwick from no one knew where and bought the prop erty for $1OO. As soon as he had the deed he offered it to any villager for $500 and was laughed at as weak in the top story.
 Failing to effect sale, MT. Bushwick had the house put in repair and an- nounced that he intended to live there. He also announced that he should use it as an observatory. Of course the villagers knew what an observatory was. When MT. Bushwick's telescope and tripod arrived and were set up on the veranda he permitted the villagers to have a look-not at the heavens. but at the earth. They could almost see the housefies in the town beneath their feet.
 Gentlemen" said Mir. Bushwick when all was ready, "the price of this property is $4O0 It will increase s10o per week until sold"
 Of course he was ioony, but so long as he appeared harmless the people would only laugh at him. The first one to make a discovery was a Mir. Graham. He was an old man. and he had an old wife. They were always wrangling, more or less. When they had wrangled about so long each time he would box her ears. Two days aft CT the observatory" had been estab- lished and as the old couple sat on the piazza of their house a wrangle took place. After a bit the husband looked around, and, seeing no one passing. he administered a cuff. A moment later he happened to look up on the | hill and saw that the telescope was trained upon him. If there was any doubt that MT. Bushwick had seen that cuff inflicted 1t was dispelled by the waving of small white flag.
 Elder Thompson was good man, a very good man, as all elders should be and are. He was sitting in his back yard under an apple tree, thinking how good and peaceful and nice it was to be real good. when a humble bee came along and lifted him once for his mothers sake. After coming down from his high jump the elder oh f4r down a panel of the fence and ran his dog into the house. It was no more than a good man should do, but when he looked up and saw that accusing telescope and white flag he felt hurt and conscience stricken.
 A dozen other things of the kind happened during the first week. and then the citizens decided that an ob- servatory was unlawful. They con, suited lawyer, and he smiled at them. He told them the town could be sur. rounded by observatories and not con- fict with any law. Then it was thought best to make up a shake purse and buy Mfr Bushwick out.
 "Gentlemen," said the telescope man when they approached him on the sub .ect. ''the price of this property is $500. Take 1t or leave it."
 But you have no right to be spying on our homes" was retorted.
 ''Thcre is no spying. I am simply surveying the earth before me. If any of you happen to come within my range of vision cannot help it. l do not think I shall write book on what see. l may, but do not think so.''
 The citizens refused to pay the sum named and went down the hill to their homes, while MT. Bushwick returned to his post and his telescope. One of the residents of the village was an old maid named Miss Saunderson. She had a home of her own. She was fond of strolling in her garden. A MT. Bios som, who lived next door, was fond of | leaning over the line fence and quot | ing poetry to her. His wife had warn ed him to stop it or she would quote something to him, but on a certain aft ernoon he forgot the warning and was repeating "Sheridan's Ride" to Miss | Saunderson when there came wife, club and a cataclysm. The telescope | took it all in. The white flag waved | joyously. Dozens of people saw ii | wave and went hunting for the cause. ! and there was some more to talk about. Two or three days later con-
 mittee climbed the hill with $500 in its
 hind pocket and told Mir. Bushwick to | take 1t and get out.
 "Gentlemen. am sorry if you have been put to any trouble" he kindly re-
 piled. but the figure on the property
 Is sGOO. You see. a sort of real estate | boom has set in."
 The committee hemmed and hawed
 and refused to pay. Two days after | rar,nr+ cr,raad ha