"Now you'll be able to pay the rent, Timothy," said Mrs. Crump,
cheerfully.
"Yes; and it's the last quarter I shall pay to Mr. Colman, if I can
help it."
"Why, where are you going?" inquired Jack.
"To the corner house belonging to Mr. Harrison, that is, if it is
not already engaged. I think I will go and see about it at once. If
Mr. Colman should come in while I am gone, tell him I will be back
directly; I don't wish you to tell him of the change in our
circumstances."
The cooper found Mr. Harrison at home.
"I called to inquire," commenced the cooper, "whether you had let
that house of yours on the corner of the street."
"Not as yet," was the reply.
"What rent do you ask?"
"Twenty dollars a quarter," said Mr. Harrison; "that I consider
reasonable."
"It is satisfactory to me," was the cooper's reply, "and, if you
have no objections to me as a tenant, I will engage it at once."
"Far from having any objections, Mr. Crump," was the courteous
reply, "I shall be glad to secure so good a tenant. Will you go over
and look at the house?"
"Not now, sir; I am somewhat in haste. When can we move in?"
"To-day, if you like."
His errand satisfactorily accomplished, the cooper returned home.
Meanwhile the landlord had called.
He was a little surprised to find that Mrs. Crump, instead of
looking depressed, looked cheerful, rather than otherwise.
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