The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-23
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Sat last we have found 1.-THE place
we have SO long sought-my ideal!"
Mrs Gotcush settled back in her lux
urious Morris chair and gazed happily
around the palatiaI apartment into
which the family had just moved.
Things were as yet bit disordered,
the lares we're piled on the piano and
some of the penants had fallen off the
van and been carried away by street
urchins, but Mrs. Gotcush was hap
py. She had discovered the ideal ap-
partment-
Just look at those windows" she
exclaimed, turning to her patient hus-
band who was laboriously trying to
match up the pieces of his meerchaum
pipe and mend it with mucilage. Two
windows in every room and all of
them looking on the street. And high
enough to be above the dust and
the street noises! Had you ever
thought of that, Henry?"
eyes, my dear" said Mr.. Gotcush,
they're very desirable, I'm sure
"Desirable!" she echoed with more
or less hauteur. its simply perfect!
And the floors have ALL been done
over, the decorating is exactly what
selected, and they've even put the
extra bolt on the door of the dumb
waiter! The elevated is just far
enough away so we won't be annoyed
by the rattle, and still we don't have
to walk two or three blocks to reach
it. That new simplex automatic self
feeding gas-range is going TO be just
what I've always wanted and never
could get before, and a Subway sta
ticn only a block away l can scarce
~ believe that we are getting all this
for only a hundred and fifty dollars a
MONTH"
That's the part I have no { 1culty
about believing" ventured Ie aus
band. 81 think it would be very pleas
ant here if it was only southern ex-
posure so that we could get little
sunshine"
mo sunshinel" she whispered
hoarseIy. 81 never thought of thatl
We nave at the end of the month
when our concession is up"
It was a month later. Once more
the Gotcush vine and f1g-tree had been
rudely transplanted by the strongarm
gilIies Of the van company. Once
more the household goods were en-
shrined in desirable elevator apart
ment with shower-bath and mailing
chute.
y thank heavens we are settled at
Iast!" exclaimed Mrs. Gotcush, allow
ing her glance of satisfaction to rest
upon both pieces of her pier mirror,
where they were propped against the
tapestry. This Is the ideal apartment!
Henry, would never have forgiven
you if you had let this chance slip
through my fingers"
Mr.. Gotcush looked up with the pa
tient smile which his friends had come
to know and love.
81 wouldn't be surprised, Serena"
he said eloquently.
The harsh strokes of the gong from
the street below interrupted her
cheerful chatter. Without moments
hesitation she looked out through the
southern exposure and Their with E
low moan sank back into the arms OF
her accomplishing husband.
"fFs the hurry wagon" she murnur-
ed when she had mastered her first
emotion, "they are raiding the apart
ment below usi"
Little remains to be told.
The full flush Of summer was upon
the great city. Hundreds Of thou
sands Of earnest husbands toiled
through the long sweltering days. sup
ported only by the humble highbal or
the equally transformations gin rickey,
while their wives sent them postcards
from the country saying: I'VE are
having a bully time. Sorry you are
not here" Not so Henry Gotcush and
family, Not SO by several sos. Hap
PLY installed at last in the ideal
apartment, after weary weeks OF
search and inquiry, they looked for
ward to the calorfc period without
dimay.
Henry" said, Mrs. Gotcush, laying
her hand lightly on that OF her hus-
band and idly amassing tive-dollar
bin which he was counting at the mo-
ment, "the thing that is going to make
this apartment absolutely ideal for us
] this summer Is that 1t ls SO cool ana
quiet, Sunshine in the parlor is all
well enough, but you don't want it
blazing into your bedroom at five
o'clock in the morning, and 1t will be
perfectly lovely having the bedroom
on the side Of the house overlooking
that big stretch OF vacant property.
Il had thought Of that" admitted
Mr.. Gotcush: "and besides, that will
give us fine view all the time"
"Viewl" she echoed: THE finest
view on Washington Heights! Why
we can see more than mile across
open property And think of the cool
breeze that will sweep in there, tool
/ tell you, this is ideall And there is
no chance Of any queer neighbors--
away up here in this new part OF
town. That's another delight, my
dearl"
A Joyous silence fell for a few min
.,fas Then At was rlIdeIy shattered