Our Neighbors in the Corner House

Excerpt from Our Neighbors in the Corner House The corner house is taken at last," said my wife one evening, looking up at me from her sewing; "I saw furniture going in to-day." "I give the landlord joy," was my answer. "You are thinking of the rent." My wife smiled. "Yes. His interest on the investment will be light this year." "While I am thinking of the tenants, and wondering what kind of neighbors we are to have." "Woman-like," said I; "have you seen anything of them yet?" "A carriage brought two ladies there. I happened to be at the window and saw the face of one of them as they alighted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.