. Witch Winnie, the story of a "king's daughter;" . was a little plan of the girls to interest himin Jim, and it succeeded admirably. Aftera number of other questions, Mr. Roseveldtasked Jim if he could drive. I managed the milkmans nag, the boyreplied, and he was an awfully hard-mouthed, ugly brute. Then I fancy you will have no troublewith Millys pony, which is as gentle as akitten, Mr. Roseveldt replied. I want aboy in. buttons just to sit in the rumble whilethe girls drive about the country. And soJim was engaged to go to Narragansett Pier,and would have a happy summer with Millyand Adelai


. Witch Winnie, the story of a "king's daughter;" . was a little plan of the girls to interest himin Jim, and it succeeded admirably. Aftera number of other questions, Mr. Roseveldtasked Jim if he could drive. I managed the milkmans nag, the boyreplied, and he was an awfully hard-mouthed, ugly brute. Then I fancy you will have no troublewith Millys pony, which is as gentle as akitten, Mr. Roseveldt replied. I want aboy in. buttons just to sit in the rumble whilethe girls drive about the country. And soJim was engaged to go to Narragansett Pier,and would have a happy summer with Millyand Adelaide. CHAPTER X. THE LANDLORD OF RICKETT S COURT. And yet it was never in my soul To play so ill a part :But evil is wrought by want of thought As well as by want of heart. — Thos. Hood. OLOMON MEY-ER, who collect-ed the rents atRicketts Court,was looked uponby the tenantsas the landlord,though he dis-tinctly disclaim-ed that honor,explaining thathe was only theagent, empower-ed merely toreceive money, never to disburse, According to Mr. Meyer 163. LANDL ORD OF RICKE TT S CO UR 7\ \ ft -> o the landlord was a heartless miser, whomhe had entreated to make repairs and tolower rents, but who always turned a deafear to such appeals. If he, Solomon Meyer,only owned Ricketts Court, there would beno end to the reforms which his tenderheart would cause him to institute ; as itwas, there was no hope for anything of thekind ; his orders were explicit—if tenantscould not pay, they must leave. Many of the tenants believed that was really the owner of their build-ing, and that the landlord whom he repre-sented as responsible for all their discom-fort was purely imaginary, but in this theywronged the agent. Solomon Meyer hadno scruples against telling a lie wheneverit would serve his purpose, but here thetruth did very well. Ricketts Court had alandlord who, although he was not the in-human wretch which Solomon representedhim, still cared nothing for his tenants, and,while the


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