The House

on the pile of bricks, and the colonel proceeded stra

nel, "that you are not, in the severest

pelled in all candor to a

xact centre of a radius of eighty miles. In other words, did the power of your vision extend eighty miles you would be able to see for yourself from

r supposed it p

torious, however, that this property of yours (designated in the records as the

upting him; for I suddenly recalled th

are not met with in any other part of our growing community. Recognizing the merit of these inducements, immigration has turned its tide toward the North Shore. Ten years ago there was naught but desolation where now the dandelion blooms and the voice of the tree-toad is heard in song. What do we see about us to-day? To the north of us the roof of Martin Howard's new barn glistens under the smiling noonday s

ustling, teeming civilization. Why, my dear Baker, I would not exchange (if I were you) the opportunities now

ve I understan

t commercial wave is closely following it. Trade will soon locate its emporiums in the midst of us. Already two block

Pusheck's gr

tand will follow; then a bicycle repair-shop will spring up in our midst

could not deny this. To be frank with

of immigration, and with the tidal wave of commerce at your very door. Is your property in a position to avail you handsomely in case you accede to the demands of reason and conclude to yie

n't for sal

re property for if not for sale? You certainly do not intend to violate all the customs and traditions of th

ed us to sell," sai

hundred and thirty-nine feet to a prospective alley; this gives you one hundred feet of salable property, but with a depth that actually involves a wicked waste of land. Now suppose you were to buy the twenty-five feet that lies to th

s good and shrewd man's mean

ty into what you might call (if you chose) Baker's Subdivision: then you could parcel it off into twen

reat idea!" said I, and I

knew it would appeal to you, for you are a man of intelligenc

referring to the twenty-five fee

to have that twenty-five feet in order to make the rest of your property available. So, without saying a word about it to anybody else, I '

dred dollars a foot f

admits of giving you a frontage of two hundr

at. Well, I think very favorably of it, and I suspect Mr. Black would

in a low, mysterious tone, "and whatever else you do, don't let my partner, Leet, h

found secret!" said I,

reassuringly on the shoul

u 'll have so much money you won't know what to do with it! Why, the next thing we'll hear of you, you'll be living in a castle on a hill, with an ob

down the shady drive my heart overflowed with gratitude, and again I thanked the provi

h which permitted me to pursue unreservedly those studies and investigations which have been my delight since youth. In imagination I pictured myself the owner of a sightly residence surmounted by a s

nd of ease that are before them. They will never know what it is to toil and to eco

broad, velvety lawn under the noble trees. I was so possessed with the fascinating scheme suggested by Colonel Doller that I was even tempted to bid Uncle Si and his men quit work until I had consulted with Alice as to the feasibility of abandoning the

t for a home, not to sell. If you and Colonel Doller want to speculate

lice, d

ord of such nonsense," pe

front door bell rang and a telegraphic message was handed i

w morning to look things

ller and his pleasing panorama of potentialities. In this we see illustrated the wisdom of Providence