kers; It's w hen you buy a piece of
property yourself.”
"W ell," 1 says, glvln' it up, "I reckon
I’ll have to w ait for my pay till I've
done tlie Job.”
I got tip a n d w a s goln’ ou t when
Amelia said:
" H o w soon a re you goiu’ to send u
feller?"
“ I dunno. Somehow I d o n ’t like the
transaction. Seem s to me tie'll git the
I was Hillin' w ith Amelia before the
lion’s share."
fireplace, with the lugs givlu’ out u
“Well, Mr. G riinshaw , since you look
cheerful heut. Amelia d idn’t seem a t It t h a t way I don’t kn o w b u t I
happy, though, and 1 asked her why ought to m ake It m ore to y our Interest
to do th e job.
I m ight double the
she looked so m elancholy-like
"I'll tell you, Mr. (¡rim slm w,” she said. commission, one-half payable in ad
"Did you ever h ea r the song, ‘S o One vance."
“ Now you're s h o u tin ’,” I said, and
to Love, None to C aress?’ Well, t h a t ’s
the way I feel.
F a t h e r ever since instead of goln’ a w a y I s a t do w n a g ’in
m other’s dcuth has hvon restless and and tu k th e first half o’ m y com mis
cross, und now lie's goiu’ to give me slon. It ta s te d so good t h a t I began
a stepm other. 1 h a v e n 't a n y b rothers right off to b a n k e r for th e o th e r half
or siste rs to love, an d I'm goiu’ to have of m y pay.
"A m elia,” 1 says, "you couldn’t pay
a stepm other to hate."
"Why, Amelia,” says 1. " th e thing for It all in advance, could you?”
“ S a rta ln not. W h a t would th e re b.>
you to do is to get m arried."
to
hold you to y our work?"
“ How can I do th a t w ith nobody to
I
tlm rt awhile, and then 1 said:
m a rry me?” she asked, aw ful sad.
“
Supposin'
I m ake the deal for my
" Ilo w you talk!" s ay s 1. “ You know
self.”
mighty well there's lots of fellers th a t
“ W h a t do you m ean by tlm t? ”
would he glad to git you."
"I m ean supposin’ I jist ta k e the
“ I'd like to know where they are. If
oth er feller by the nape o’ the neck
you know any sieh I wish you'd send
and put him out. Then, instead o'
cm around.”
a c tin ’ as his broker. I uequire th e prop
"Nnrtnin. I'll git you a husband in
e rty in my own nam e."
no time. Air you p a r tic u la r about his
" L a n d Bakes, Mr. G riin sh aw !”
bein’ good lookin' or h avin' a farm of
T h a t w a s all the ta lk in ’ w e done.
his own or a n y th in g like th a t? "
! w as hungry for a n o th e r kiss, a n d 1
“ No, I ain 't partic u la r, leastw ays 1
tuk her in my a r m s and hud a dozen
won’t be If you can tlx me out before
w ithout stoppln*.
paw brings th a t red headed w id d e r ln to
“Good gracious, Mr. G riinshaw , wliai
the house, 'c a m e 1 know I've got to git you doin’?” she says.
out when she comes in.”
" I ’m m u k ln ’ a fust p ay m en t to bind
“ How much time is there?"
the bargain."
“ Well, 1 h eard paw say the oth er day
Amelia and I w as m arried before her
th a t he calc'In ted to be m arried before fa th e r brought th e ste p m o th e r to ids
the end o’ next m onth.”
house, and Amelia found a home with
“ Supposin' 1 send you a feller th a t me. One of her old flames on our wed
suits you and you suit him. w hat is dill’ day claimed a right to kiss the
th e re in It for me?”
bride.
"I do n 't see w hat I can do for you.
“ W hat did you do to earn it?" says
Mr. G rlnishaw , sccln' th a t I hav e n 't 1 to ldu,.
got a cent in the world, end th ere Isn't
Amelia oust out Inrtin.
any fa v o r I know of th at 1 can do
you. Hut I snpj o o" looking down at
the floor "h a v in ' m ade th e match,
Wisdom is th e n a m e some m en apply
you'd be cut tied t ■ • kiss tin* bride."
to
th e ir self-conceit.
T h is bothered me a lot. 1 w as to
lix up a m atch by which a n o th e r feller
M an propose*—b u t wom an steps in
n ils to git all the kisses he1 w anted for and does th e rest.
a lifetime, and I was to git one kiss
oil the weddin' day.
" It seem s to me. Amelia." 1 says,
" th a t's like soilin' a m an a h mse
n o th a lot o' money for a commission
l i e gits a whole house, und the broker
gits a few dollars.''
"You foie it," said Amelia, " th a t the
broker don't w ant all the houses he
sells. W hat would lie do w ith 'em?
1 losides, win'll a m .ii lu lls a house it
arg y s that lie’s able t<> ow n a house
ami w a n ts a house, and w a n ts that
l aitlciihir house. 1 don't see that the
b roker ea rn s a n y th in g more th a n his
< oninilsslon. Do yon?"
- FO R-
"I don't see us lie d o e s ." says I,
s e ra tc h in ’ my head.
And I didn't.
I low s< niever. 1 «oiildn't git It out o'
my noddle that I w as goln' to g't the
little end o' the bargain, lint 1 felt
sorry for Amelia, pow erful sorry, for
I'd bad a ste p m o th e r ni.xself.
" Is it c u sto m ary ." s a y s I. "to pay
a com m ission 1 ef> re th e tra n s a c t Ion's
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"Not at nil.” said Amelia
“T h a t
w ouldn't do.”
"W hy not?"
Safe atol C o m fo rta b le
"Well, the broker, havin' got Ills pay.
w ouldn't ta k e any pains in the m a t
ter."
" I f lie dtdu t do Ids work lie might
re tu r n wlmt he'd received."
" In th at ■ ase he'd glt double pay for
nothin ti it Is. If his com m ission was
a kiss.”
" Is n 't th e re som epin am o n g business
men like payin' part down, the rest
w hen th e deal has gone through?"
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