The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-05
The House on
the Conner


in her proudest way, My daughter,
Mrs. Kenneth Dunlap just as if she
had achieved great triumph in hay-
| ing a son-in-law."
1T may be the same old story of
daughter remaining daughter for
The rest of ner existance. but a son
forgetting his filial duties after he be-
! comes a benedict. At any rate you're
| married now for better or worse"
well, she doesn't like me any the
better, lydia We are as antip5dal
as the north and south poles"
Not very pleasant" interrupted her
friend, "but the distance is so great
| between you and your husbands rela-
| tives that there's no danger of your
| conflicting often. Is that the reason
you rented this bungalow on the other
side of nowhere?"
YES, but don't breathe it to a soul
what rank hypocrite l am. Ken
meth hasn't the faintest idea of the
reason and | wouldn't have him learn
Of the state of affairs for all that was
| in the heavens above or the earth be-
|
low"
Men are so credulous. Does he adj
nire you for living on the outskirts Of
| the town.
Surely Kenneth is most lavish in
| his praise OF my willingness to live
so far from the shopping district and
| fer the different inconvenience Of the
| ;rII nr IL u "
find the air so salubrious, why rave
over the little vegetable garden and
never murmur why the maid leaves"
"Here comes your husband now"
said Lydia looking out the window.
Married life agrees with him. He
looks as happy as bird.
Kenneth bounded up the steps Of
the house and into the room, greeted
his wife affectionately and shook
the hands Of their guest heartily, EN-
phasizing how glad he was of the
chance to show their hospitality.
you look ready to explode" said
his wife. Whats the news? From
your looks it certainly must be good
news.
Kenneth nodded his head.
Dearest, don't try to guess yoa
couldn't ran nearly all the way to
tell you"
Don't keep us in suspense" plead
ed Hermina. "Have you inherited a
fortune?"
Kenneth, how lonely you must be
in this little suburb. Every time
| passed that vacant house on the cor
ner | thought If only Hermina had
some of her own family living there. y
what has that to do with our good
AS she finished Kenneth gave one
long low whistle, which expressed all
degrees of surprise and amazement.
'But the people who have rented
that house are not the kind you refer
to. They're our relatives. My moth
er, father and sister
your parents have taken that
place!" calculated the astonished
young wife trying to look pleased.
isn't it splendid that mother will
be right here to assist in all your
domestic troubles? | wager she'll he
here more than at home" he added
enthusiastically.
81 suppose she will" said Lydia
with a keen look at her hostess.
"Only last week your mother said
she couldn't see why we lived so fal
from town; said she didn't consider a
frame house healthy; that the market
was too far distant, and lastly. the
rent was so exhorbitant that only eX
travagant young couples could ailord
to pay it
"You see the railroad company il
going to build new depot and needs
the ground" explained Kenneth
where their house stands, so they
paid them AN enormous sum if they
would vacate Immediately"
"Why did they decide on that par
ticular house?" questioned Hermina
when they 'phoned the news t.
me, suggested that one immedi
ately."
did your mother consent immedi
ately?"
"Yes, when I mentioned how 6e
lighted you would be to have them IL
the vicinity, and repeated that you
remarked the other evening when W.
passed by, that green house with tht
shade trees in front of it would b'
ideal for your folks
| I'll be back in a iiffy. Just goin'
over to the house to look 1t over,
he answered. "Ill bring the famil.
back for dinner"
"You poor grill" said Lydia, sym
pathetically, as Hermina's face show
ed her chagrin and disappointment a
, soon as her husbands back wa
turned. did you ever hear of tn
science of propinquity?'
mo, never"
at means that people often grow
like ca y other when they are In eacl
, others company very often. You cal
/ discover If there's anything to 1t whel
} your husbands mother lives so nea
you"
IT'S not that, my dear" declared
O Kenneth's wife, "but | have fam
) suspicion that Kenneth feared hi
5 mother-in.law had her eyes on tina
: house, and that's the reason he wa
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