The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-22

Real estate dealers run up against hard
propositions" sometimes, and on this par
| ticular occasion a nice little trip had been
arranged whereby the newly weds' were
| to be shown estates ancestral and not an
cestral which had been intrusted to this
gentleman to sell, with no thought of the
situation that followed:
IF Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
will suit YOU" he was saying to Mrs.
Newly-wed, I'VE can motor out and cas-
ily see both of the country homes l have
been telling you about. The trip. Is
rather long, but my car is quite COM
fortable". and he pointed to big red
devil wagon near the curb with seats for
four.
would you mind asking my Aunt EN-
lily to go along?" asked Mrs. Newly-W Wed
timidly, hiding behind the broad shoulders
of her brand new husband. She is visit
ing us and | know she would enjoy the
trip immensely"
why, of course not" afably replied
the real estate man, whose previous IN
terview with the newly-weds was SO sat
isfactory that he considered the deal prac-
tically made. do bring Aunt Emily
along. Dee-lighted to have her!'
On the following morning promptly at
10 o'clock the real estate man appeared
in the big red devil, smiling and polite,
and carefully deposited Mr.. and Mrs.
Newly-Weds in their respective places,
and having been introduced to Aunt EN-
ily, snugly tucked that unassuming little
person away in the tonneau between the
bride and groom
80" unused the real estate man, Aunt
Emily is disposed of for day., and
FASTENED the speed of his car.
But he had reckoned without his host,
or to be exact, without Aunt Emily, for
that apparently unassuming person was
determined to see quite as much of the
proposed houses as the newly weds.
When they arrived at the first of the
two houses which were to be exhibited,
Aunt Emily Immediately got busy with
questions.
''Wouldn't an engine to pump the water
be much better than windmill?' was
the first of the series.
Don't you consider 1t mistake to
buy a house and lot with the trees all
in the back instead of on the front
lawn?'
Don't you think there is very little
verandah room for a country homer!
All of which put the real estate man
next" to the fact that Aunt Emily was
person to be reckoned with much to his
bitter sorrow and bitterer embarrassment.
Mr. and Mrs. Newly-Wed, seeing what
an adept at catechising real estate people
Aunt Emily was, resigned to her the post
of chief and only inqusitor.
They began to appreciate Aunt Emily at
her real value, and couldn't understand
ting out to buy piece of suburban
property without this delectable female.
The real estate man was furious.
He thought he had found soft snap in
the newly-weds, and here was this awful
person blocking his game.
When they got in the car to go to see
the next place he skidded along a yawn-
ing precipice, sl1irting gracefully toward
the cavernous edge which looked as if
he had designs on the life of the old
lady.
If one could have read his thoughts
they would have found him trying to
decide whether throwing Aunt Emily into
a cage of roaring lions or yet costing her
into a field among believing bulls would
be the most appropriate manner for her to
shuttle off this mortal coll.
But the man was wonder!
Real. estate men always are!
Of fha nj a
cayalierly assisted Aun; Emily from the
car. at the same time biting huge
chunks out of his lips to keep from telling
his "real name"
"Oh, John. look at that lovely gabled
roof" exclaimed Mrs. Newly-Wed, and
the real estate man took on hope once
more.
"They are the very hottest things in the
world" said Aunt Emily promptly.
"And those darling bay windows" said
Mrs Newly-Wed, unheeding her aunt's
remarks.
1.-The house faces the wrong way" an
nounced Aunt Emily, which was a point
the real estate man hoped would be over
looked.
That's considered a fine exposure in
the country" said the clever real estate
man. "Of course in the crowded city
where one gets very little fresh air and
sunshine"
Its the same in the country" contra
dcted Aunt Emily peremptorily, and the
real estate man was silenced for the
once.
"Of course If you are looking for
house with southern exposure on all four
sides and twice as many closets as
rooms" said the little bride, why of
course, Aunt Emily, you'd have to build
one''
That was fatal suggeston-about the
closets.
II never vet saw a country house with
enough closet room," began Aunt Emily
discursively. Now there was our home
at Rockmount which was the show place
for miles around in days gone by. 1t was
the most perfect country home 1 ever saw
and yet we always had trouble about that
very thing. All of us girls when our
new frocks would come from the dress
makers would just fight each other to