. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . pedition since Terry had mentioned desire to see chicken farms and hisown profession of ignorance of the subject. Hewas always game for a drive behin 1 Irish Girl;that had been the main incentive to his martyr-dom to old friendship. He ha(lnt hankeredafter the post of chicken farm ])il<it. but for somestrange reason the latter role didnt seem nearlyso unattractive. lie was about to vouchsafe hisfirst installment of chicken farm informationwhen the girl surprised him
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . pedition since Terry had mentioned desire to see chicken farms and hisown profession of ignorance of the subject. Hewas always game for a drive behin 1 Irish Girl;that had been the main incentive to his martyr-dom to old friendship. He ha(lnt hankeredafter the post of chicken farm ])il<it. but for somestrange reason the latter role didnt seem nearlyso unattractive. lie was about to vouchsafe hisfirst installment of chicken farm informationwhen the girl surprised him with this (|iiestion:Have you worked for Mr. Trevor very long?Why, yes, Latham answered, for sometime—off and on. Doesnt he give you steady employment ?Latham had been nonjilussed for a , he rather liked the piquancy of the he fell readily iiUo the sjiirit of it. Xo. I cant say that lie does, was his re-joinder. Oh, thats too had. tiu- girl symp| business good? Why. ves, he replied : its better than girl paused a bit before pursuing. Per- €l^e cSuburftanitf. a »ooiiip S;omc .it iJtttjtrteooti (^Blainfitlb), £. J. haps, she reasoned, if she manifested thispersonal interest in ilie man he might he aHttle more commnnicative on the suhject ofchicken farms. Arent yon and Air. irevnr on friendlvterms. she ventured. ■-My. yes. ptriectlv. Latham repliedquickly. •■\\ere the best of friends. Hegives me all the work I want. Oh, I see, said the girl, and made upher mind that this tack was not apt to bearresults. .Surely this person was mightilyindependent. It seemed futile to (incssewith such a disposition, so she trie I boldertactics. Would you mind driving me to wherethere are small chicken farms—that issmall farms suitaljle for mv ijurpose? sheasked. Id he delighted, Latham asserted, andimmediately set the girl to wondering whatmanner of man this was who, one momentseemed just what any livery driver mio-htbe and in the b
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