The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-31
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Charlie ngton, Advertising
mana ger Tor The Daily News, glanced
IN surprise from the want nd he held
I'M his hand osthe pretty young lady
who had Just HANDED; III to him. Vas
this pretty; young person trying ito
work some kind OF a new.fangied
graft on him? a She was inserting an
advertisement In the News Offering
to rent his own house! Inwardly
Wellington could not help smiling at
her audacity. 4 iiais "
is this 5correct!" Charlie asked, j,
reading the ad to her. .Wanted-To
rent house at SO. Elm street. Box. 10, !,
care the News e..
.Yes. that's right the girl replied.
S'SYou'yeigot the right number, SO Elm
street" s
Charlie gasped. What nerve. and.
what a pretty woman to have such:
nerve! Surely II wasn't possible that
she was guilty OF any attempted graft,
she must be the innocent victim OF,
some unscrunuious gang, he reasoned.
Again Charlie smiled to himself. 1t
was such an impossible graft. With
all the vacant houses in town, IL was
well.nigh impossible to rent "a house
He himself could not find q tenant for.
No. &c Elm street. How then was the
girl going TO do It and where did she
expect to make any money? {; 4 /
Within the next few days the girl
called several times for answers to
her ads but none came. In, this time
she md Charlie became very well &C.
quainted. Charlie grew to care for
her considerably. At last an answer
arrived. The girl read the letter aloud
to Charlie. I'll "A
II am; interested In your &C, !" the
letter read. III you will call at 36
Elm street this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock we will talk things over. Have
Charlie Wellington, ofthe News Office.
who is my agent, call5Ylth you. Yours
truly, Clyde Matthew'S ny
"Will you 60 with inc ?" the girl
asked, when she had finished.
Sure" answered Charlie.
On the way to the house Charlie
managed to convey to the girl an Ink.
ling Of the feeling he had for her. TO
MS delight she apparently reciprocal
cd this feeling. No ono was waiting
for thcm at the house when they ar.
rived there. Charlie opened the front
door and they inspected the interior
1T was a most delightful. cosy little
place. s,$i i (. Y .ii:5
4"oh, I'm in love with it!"' cried the
girl. Bl5: , ,:'.. :, 1
Again doubts assailed Charlie. Was
it possible that she was CRATER?
He. could not believe it; but at least
he could find out once and for all.
S''Do, you know?" he said: II have
deceived YOU. There Is no Clyde Mat;
thews! am the owner OF this housed"
"You?" cried the. girl. Il
yes. answered Charlie and then;
dogsedly went on. "and | wish you'd
explain to me what you mean byraad-
vertIsing for rent a house which does
not belong to you and for which you
aren't renting agent.
why she cried, Il: wasn't adyer.
Using to secure a tenant for your!
house, was advertising to find the
( owner--none of the n'eighbors knew
who the! owner was. Look at my ad
agaln,-7-don't YOU see advertise that
] want to rent this house7-that ]. want
to occupy it?" l,S 5i
Welt" gasped Charlie. and then a
great light flashed into his eyes. III
YOU like this house SO much" he
cried why can't you-why can't we
marry and live - i,{ ID
He stopped, overcome with embar.
rassment Then he laughed happily.
The girls look was sufficient answer
to his unfinished question. Crank H.
Williams. Il
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