The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03

s ..... To Let
* # - a2GJFLA.w 10 $3.50 I-4l.@1.
It Changed the Lie Of a cluubmruan.
RI. a Spinster Wa, Also In
.1T~ va, tere.ted n i -. g@ ~,
q =a'' By r. 4. Mitchell u
Copyright by American Press Asso-
-atR nlst.l citation. 1911. EaASt.
By F: 4. Mitchell u
jenkins was an eminently respecta-
BILE bachelor of fortv-trapl, .e4,i

Jenkins was an eminently respecta-
BILE bachelor of forty. hraqlt .aa
One day he received an invitation to
go with. a friend who lived in the
suburbs for dinner and the night, The
difference between d house with q .wo.
man in 1t, to- say nothing Of several
impish, children, and his own solitary
apartments was appalling. In his own
bedroom he would awaken in the
morning amid n tomblike silence. In
this abode. Of a family he lay awake
for nearly an hour listening to unceas-
ing sounds that seemed like music to
him. .. .s.isr
There were. a constant opening. and
shutting of doors, water pouring in
a bathroom, children running children
shouting, children lscsc!ded. children
petted;; niowla Ffew"deap tones From Il
father warming Johnny ehat1iH A1ba
didn't stoplfublifs and dress himself
he would get.a spanking and 7now a
feminine call tooeEdie1sto t'teome and
let ;me-do your hair 1t was the con-
trast of this life about him-this- union
of hearts and interrsts-With his silent
chamber that, made him yearn for
the one and hate the other.
Jenkins returned to the city, spent
the day in his Office, went to his room
-heaving a sigh as he entered it
dressed for the evening and started for
his club. Shortly before, reaching it
he passed a neat looking two story
stone front dwelling in a window Of
which was a placard '"To Let" He
stood leaning on his zane looking at
the house; then went OF muttering:
"It's no use. I've no Wife" f--.
He went on to his club, sat down in
the .reading room and listlcssly took up
a paper. But he did not read. He
was going over the women of his ac-
quaintance in a vain effort to pick out
one he could love, n with whom he
could make Il home This, too, was a
failure. They all seemed to him like
SO many wax. figures in Il show win
dow. No responsive chord to draw
him to, any Of them or them to him,
The next morning passing the house
to let he thought that, after all, 1t
would be better than his Don and he
would go in and look at it. At the
moment a feminine voice said to him:
."rhere doesn't appear to be any word
on the noticeiwhere to apply"
jenkins turned and saw a young wo-
man whose appearance. was as refined
us, heriYoiee. Her attention was all di7
rected to the. house, and Jenkins bel
lieved that she had made the obserya,
ton. to herself rather than to him.
Nevertheless lie raised Ills hat and
soid.i.t fe5 g1fi0F Hf7at ~ ~. iifh1i
4"Perha1'ss;; there being no@such direc-
tons, it mems that one may inquire
within" be3tf a~'32fsEss a8la sssa ass
sit dpesn't4matters" said the. lady,
still making her replies more to herself
than him. ,,,.,..,,l 7s,ts arg. s.,i.
The words We're Spoken in = sams
tone with which the day before. he had
said, to himself; "itt's no use :.. II. l!9
Sa an rim, ring Il il ); you r'"liii like" said al Jenkins Minis - =
ID, a;o 2 thank s!El.:y YOU VOL. Never mind on my
ACCOUNT o, a. az sc.4 "a ;.siev
n.5iIms Intending to make. inquiries. for @,
myself, though ! have no definite IDEA,
Of taking. a house. l don't mt need don one,n, i,
Nor rI."rl IN .s.4 ;is.t71
He vent wen Il Up on t., the st { and r ans
the, bell, His summons was answered
by.,a middle aged person who lived in
the basement. evidently a caretpker.
The lady waited for jenkins to act as
spokesman, but he hesitated. He did
not know whether to say this lady
Wishes aStis;hfN les no FEC. = -lleo,oelEs~-safl=--- 7 TIE lie - hoHseTz"or-1s'I
sgish 70 IooastsatabtAMae 4toudHseasaHta e taateaar afst
would be assuming what he had not
been authorized to assume; the second
would look as if he proposed to staaaffd
in the lady's way. He compromising
"We would like to look at the houSa,"
he said. a.
4 "ol.a Walk I'M" \ s sEaHHH#aHE
j Hcu !, as,6sfs w 4 ai,asls ~ w4 " through446Ae
aparRRe VI " ''nz u th%itss sIRF, PaT ;k2 !,
ssThepH l#dmg sAAlnM uizHlairs; ''Faasii1r
I5bedrBD nA W hMMeR ThMa front! raam
will A " s etssna BEAUTIFUL Rom for You
sy'l'' z44sEffffFssHHasetnisdi little rd d.l
adjoining is just big enough for fahe
children, if you have them. The1e's
/ alSother small OF back that would
make. a good nursery and a gueyts'
room. The bathroom is at the end#of
the hail." aAsass
If the poor woman had been cog
ygizannt aesafs tHIe ternible blundcr she Vas
| d aalshss Sslfe would have been deefay
painsdsS And yetHsslle would have hlad
1id y cause aI to3F Be pfassfffined. Though Jon
llins put on a wooden expression, there
was a very pleasant feeling about his
Heart. Though the lady blushedga
rosy red. there was a suspicion qAs a
smile playing on her lips. 4
"IIow many children have, you,
ma'am?w asked the woman, suddealy
breaking in upon her descriptiondssof
fl,n hoi1Sp