The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-08
Sale''
Bv RosaIie G. Mendel.

house in the suburbs will get sold"
! said Mrs, Morse to her husband as she
helped pack his new wardrobe trunk.
We'll. b. jinks, hope it will" EN-.
pha,ically answered Mr.. Morse. 1T
has been on the market long enough.
goodness knows. Yesterday ! put it
in the hands of a new agent. Maybe
be will do something with it"
Il Just have feeling, somehow, that
he " i'll, said the wife.
"Just keep that feeling. dear. and
| maybe it will help matters along"
1 laagic5 Mr.. Morse: "and on the
strength OF it I'll make an agreement
with you. If that blankety blank
house is sold before my return. you
have PERMISSION to order for yourself
as handsome a cavalier as your dear
little heart desires
"Oh, you angel man. I've just been
| dying for one for ages" exclaimed
Mrs Morse, throwing her arms around
her husbands neck.
Don't count your cavalier before
it's ordered" warned Mr.. Morse.
A few days later Marjory. Mrs.
Morse's sister. came rushing into the
house, saying. isis, think your sub
urban house is going to be sold! Con
gratulations."
What makes you have such an
idea?" eagerly asked Mrs. Morse.
Il slept at Dorothy's last night. On
my way home passed the house and
saw three ladies. q man, child and
Il dog standing Oh the porch. The
man was busily engaged writing some
thing on piece Of paper And it all
looked pretty busincss-like to me.
Aren't you glad that at last you are
going to get rid Of that elephant of
a house,
Il should think am. Simply de-
lighted. It's too good to be trrio. Mar
jory, whore did Dorothy purchase her
new rayalier?"
Early the nett morning Mrs. Morse
cl,phonod to her friend hat it would
be impossible to keep the luncheon
date with her. owing to a most impor,
tant engagement. Then she told the
maid to attend to all the household
duties. as an unforeseen errand called
her away in great haste. Her con-
cert ticket for that afternoon she sent
to a neighbor. Then Mrs. Morse or
Gered a taxi to take her to the depot.
AS she boarded the suburban train
which was to take her to the "old"
house she said to herself:
IL that husband OF mine had a
grain of sense he would have told me
the new agents name. Then I could
have telephoned instead Of taking this
unnecessary trip. Men are 50 care.
less"
Her loag trip was rewarded, how
ever. when on arriving at the house
size discovered that the For Sale"
sign had beeen removed.
"Coody! Goody!" she exclaimed.
Didn't tell Dick that had feeling
It would be sold while he was gone?
He'll be so glad. I'll wire the news at
once. Then for downtown to order my
long-wished for cavalier"
The next morning Mrs. Morse rec
eeived an answer from her husband.
stating: order ravalier! l celebrat-
cd the sale last night with Bob. Love.
Dick
The following day the new agent
telephoned 10 Mrs. Morse. He said:
Il just received a letter from your hus-
band that is quite puzzling to me.
Maybe you can put some light on it.
He thanks me for selling your house
with such dispatch. don't under
stand"
You sold 1t. didn't you?"
mot that l know Of" answered the
surprised man.
why. my sister Marjory said she
saw some people looking at it. Tho
next day the For Sale was down.
Consequently. ! thought it was sold.
1t was Il perfectly natural deduction,
am sure. so l ielegraphed at once to
| Mr. Morse"
Madame, replied the voice over
the phone. the PARTY that was look.
inE at the house intends To build in the
vicinity and they were studying your
porch structure. The For Sale sign
had been pressed into Use rs a snow
shovel by some boys. Later. it was
found few blocks from the house
Up TO the present date. as far as I
know. the house is not sold. Good
by"
"Oh. Oh" cried Mrs. Morse:
then the house is not sold, after all.
| Wei. that makes II. feel kind of fool.
ish. But I've ordered my cavalier. and
Dick will think II such joke on ne
that he won't care Studied our porch
structure indeed, And pressed it in
| to use as snow shovel Absurd,
Mine was logical conclusion. ary-
way. Ard I'm going to have nv