Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-04
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Paradise on Easy Terms.


Paradise on Easy Terms
Young Mrs. Reynolds sat on the
steps of her new bungalow. home OF
her own with all the conveniences OF
q city apartment-gas, hot and cold
water, modern plumbing. Only fifty
minutes from Herald square, yet re-
moved from the strife and turmoil OF
the crowded metropolis. A place to
rear children where they could romp
and play. Close to schools and
churches. Excellent markets. Half an
acre of ground to raise her own vege-
tables and chickens. A fine view OF
the bay and plenty of good air. A
r spot to live as God meant her to live.
Only five hundred dollars down and
the rest the same as rent!
Glorious aggrandizement OF subur-
ban life; vivid picture from the land
sharks brush. The painter struggles
TO express on canvas the subtle power
of nature; with what facile flow Of
verbal coloring does this other artist
reveal Its charm!
Jane wanted q home and so did
Bob, her husband, and. with their linn
dted means, that meant a home in the
suburbs. At the first inspection Of
this modern Elysium the agent per.
8uaded Reynolds to invest What bet
ter could they do, he argued. The
pretty little house. new and clean and
40 easy to care for. And the land:
why. that alone was worth the price.
Think Of the saving q gaAden would
mean and what q Joy those newlaid
eggs! Jane. somehow. was not riot.
,ously enthusiastic. but Bob was and
she acquiesced. The task of moving
had fallen to her. for her husbands
duties kept him at the ONCE even on
such Q momentous occasion 40 this.
"Oh. II the vans would only come"
she sighed. what In the world can
have happenedf It Ii four O'Clock and
they promised to have them here by
noon"
Down the road. the one that the
Utopian Land company's map digni-
Ned - Sunset street, there appeared
Q vision Of hope. A soiled. swagger-
ing. red-faced. blue-aproned vision.
There's one Of the movers now"
'exclaimed the young wife. She ad-
,vanced to meet him.
Goodness, what makes you 30 late?
Mr.. Green said you'd be here by
twelve o'clock How will we ever get
moved In tonight?'
That's what's bothering me, mad
am The trucks are down at the On.
trance to this paradise and Rockefel-
Ter himself doesn't own enough gaso-
line to get them up through the sand.
The boss said they was finished
streets. They're finished the way they
were when Staten island was discov.
cred. but that's all. We've been try.
Ing for hours. putting boards in front
OF the wheels. but it's no go. I've got
to get teams from somewhere. Thatu
be extra That's why I came ND to
zee you. IL 1t all right?"
"Oh. don't know. l guess %. You'll
have to settle that with Mr.. Reynolds.
But for mercy sakes do anything nee.
easary to get 10 moved In. I've waited
here for four hours"
We'll do our best ma'am. but FIJI
take some time yet And I dont
hanker after many Of these Staten
island Jobs"
Ma Reynolds went back for another
tnspsction.
1T ID pretty" she said. but it's q
little lonesoi-.e. II they would only
hurry! And do wish Bob could have
got on He would have stirred those
stupid men up some way"
She had spent the hours Of her long
vigil planning place for all their
goods and chattels. She had az com.
lplets . picture Of the ensemble an a
stage manager has Of his setting. That
ought to expedite matters. abe
sthought when the furniture did come.
After what seemed another intermi.
nable wait she sighted an approaching
wagon. II was an ordinary truckman's
cart such - II used In construction
work. II was piled high with bureaus.
tables. chairs and boxes in a iumbled.
anomalous mass that augured many
breaks and scratches.
This Ii the best could do. ma'am."
called the driver. a. he brought the
load to q halt at the door. There
Amt . moving van within ave miles
and it'd be dark before we got one.
But we'll get you In all right"
"Oh. do be careful. won't you?" she
answered. II wouldn't heap things
90"
Startling feats Of prestidigitation
and the energy moving men are wont
to display when their task is nearing
an end soon disposed of the load. The
contents Of the last wagon were dis
appearing when Reynolds arrived. He
had had hard day at the office and
. tiresome trip on subway, ferry and
trolley that seemed doubly long be-
cause Of the suspense. But he bound
Cd into the house like q schoolboy and.
ignoring the presence of the movers,
clasped his wife In his arms and i'm
planted resounding kiss.
Hello. honey" he cried a. he 70
leased her and stood surveying the
room. Isn't this great! A castle al
our own!" Then-as he looked at her
land q tired. dirty. but beautiful
little queen. And she II Just going to
sit down and not stir another time un-
I'll slaves have done her bidding and
served her . royal repast Of"
BOLOGNA and potato salad. my