Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-08

''WelI, your heart's desire is grant ed," the complaisant husband an- nounced as he carved the steak. "I sold this house today, Catalpa! I found . buyer who didn't mind at all that it is so big and such a care and who didn't seem to give whoop for the servant question: It's done"
 "HolabirdY gasped the graceful wife, dropping her napkin and staring at him with distracted eyes. Do you mean to say you have sold the house over our heads and that we are homeless? That this place isn't ours any longer-
 q declarei" the complaisant husband declared in great surprise. T thought when I broke the glad news you would burst into grateful tears and hurl your self upon my neck! You've been saying three times a day for the last five years that you did wish we could get rid Of this millstone of mausoleum! In the first place we could get along with two less bedrooms and then it was such long old thing and you had to walk miles to get from the front room on the second floor downstairs to the kitchen. thought you'd be pleaRsd" But you needn't have been so aprupt about it!" the graceful wife said trenn- ulously, fishing for her handkerchief. You might have taken more time and let us think it over! Why, there are so many things to ee considered! I think it is just awful of you to have done such a thing. Holabird! You never even telephoned!'
 "GeeP said the astounded small son Have we gotta move? What'H the baseball club do without me and I'm the captain and everything? An I just got my workbench fixed up down in the basement-"
 | q can't be hearing alright" the com plaisant fathera remarked, shaking his
 head at his child. "only last Sunday you said Gee, wouldn't it be nice to live I over on the north side next the park
 where Artie lives!"
 | T never heard anything more dread full" the daughter of the house brekt
 in tragically, having got her breath a 1 last. Tt does seem to me you mlgh have considered the rest of the family
 a little bit instead of just yourself Be | cause you want to- move is no reason for tearing us all up! Why, nobody Il the world will ever come to see m
 new!> Why, I've just met that perfeetl! grand Lemuel Artichoke, and he is rigI. around the corner, and he has jus l 4Ol IucO 1ioort OL SSAS' VI
 every night, and it isn't-@
 Really, you amaze me, Tapieca," tn lcomplaisant father repreached her mild | ly. Ever since your best friend, Mar gerine, moved over to the north side
 have heard nothing except the utterl grand location Margarine now lived il
 and how nice it was to feel oneself sur rounded by one's own class, instead 6 living in such a hit-and-miss locality a we did! You said you were just ashana ed to have the girls meet here fo
 the card club, and it was so unpregFes | sive never to move, and that when " did move and get in a decent place yo
 were going to get an enameled he6rooI
 set with the money grandfather ser
 you, and that you were just sick of thi old place, anyhow--
 "I am sure I never made any sue
 remarks his daughter told him firmi and aggrievedly. You just imagir
 things! Of course I should be glad { } move in time, but there is no sens Irushing things and Lemael gets hem !, SO late from his office that if I were c the north side he never in the worl