Show wa MIR 19 BY sale when mrs brighton saw the for sale sign on her beautiful suburban lot he was wroth the idea ideal she of I 1 that horrid real estate man selling 4 my P property without een even con suiting me about it ten minutes minute 2 bater a much corn com posed lady entered the real estate ot of fice flee of 0 john le FOR I 1 Mess urier ler and tak ri V ing a seat suave L ly y asked what Is the price of the lot tot at the corner of park 4 4 boulevard and al den streeta park boulevard and alden street repeated the real estate man t irn ing ov erthe loca tion in his mind er I 1 don t be lieve you want that lot madam now here Is something in much u c h better and for less money but I 1 want that particular corner insisted the worn wom an with a deter mined air really it 0 adim to be absolutely honest with ou on I 1 haven t that lot tor for sale admitted mr le Mess urier ler regrets illy but your tor for sale sign Is on the property insisted the lad lady firmly my sigua I 1 yes sir your sign and now I 1 want ant to know what you mean by put ting byoir yo ir signs on my property with out first consulting me I 1 don t want to sell that lot I 1 love it art im I 1 I 1 es it isn t tor for sale at any price do you understand 7 jimmie called the real estate age agent nt come here A freckle faced lad of seventeen slouched up to his employer employers s des did you put a sign on the corner of park boulevard and alden streeta I 1 dunno did you ou iut jut a sign on the prop erty catter corner from the old bridged yes sir I 1 told you to put t on the appo site corner now don t you see the trouble you have got me inton the boy looked sheepish oh never mind mr le Mess Mes urier surfer cooed mrs brighton in a conciliatory voice maybe you d better sell it anyhow if 0 o oi t can my husband saya says he guesses we will build on our other lot it Is really amusing aim ising remarked the real estate man te ling me abo it it 11 what funny notions no eions city people have of suburban property they come out to the suburbs some bright june morning when all the world is a song and they buy a lot and go home happa the next time aney come out they bring somebody who just woi wot ddn t live away from the city tor for anything maybe it rains or somebody ha d a load of cans on their lot or something inartistic has hag been discovered about the loca lion tion As a result the par purchaser chaser who aa as so halpy 1 ai pv in the new possession comes in n and puts the lot back on the market t city people are thoughtless too about suburban purchases one young couple bought a lot cleared it and were as happy as clams getting ready to build then all at once they thought how late it would be before they the could get home during the opera season As a result they threw up all the plans they had made and went rent back to their herring box in the city hello here heres s the mall mail opening a letter now what do you think of thata he handed be a communication postmarked chicago I 1 read dear sir be sure and don t bell sell my lot at the corner of park boulevard and AI al den street my husband and I 1 have decided we will build on it this sea son it was signed by mrs brighton ashes she s changed her mind again I 1 chortled but too late grinned the real es tate man I 1 sold the lot yesterday lyre strums A baass band Is said to have ex a fire in new orleans by playing roll jordan roll u A u A new york woman wants 15 for two kisses aw come off I 1 could make arrangements for almost any nice young man to get kissed all his life for that amount st A frenchwoman tells my wife through the newspapers that no worn wom an can dress properly tor for less than 10 a year gee I 1 t have spent that last two dollars for flower seeds u u the cost of living has reached the climax and Is now on the wane says a chicago newspaper and yesterday the meat trust made me pay 74 cents for two pounds of beefsteak that must hane been the apex to the cli ell max BYRON WILLIA williama 4 |