to unlock it. Howeverly much we twist and fubble, it make no impression on that brassy opening.

“You have got wrong key,” say Chief Mover. “But not be dishcouraged. I was once a burglar. Therefore I can deceive that lock into opening himself.”

With talented thumbs and several pocket-knife he stroggled & ranched until—O suddenly!—Hon. Door click apart and there we stood in grandy hall resembling theaters.

But what I see there? Surprise! That home we entered were entirely filled with furniture of boastful appearance. Sofas, statues & gilty upholstery stood everywhere looking natural.

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“Last family have been too sluggish to move out in time,” glub Hon. Vanner. “Shall we throw out this proud furniture and wedge ours in?”

“Not sure,” I renig dubfully. “So many sideboards & pianos might be too heavy to throw very far. Perhapsly they are new instalment furniture bought by Hon. Sulkz to fill up.”

“Gentlemen with so much duplicate tables should lead double lives,” grubble Hon. Boss Teamer. “Shall we move inwards?”

“With immediate quickness!” I signify, making Admiral Dewey eyebrows.

So all Moving Vanners do so with immediate strength. Sooner than before all that Sulkz home was walking into midst of grandeur which look quite snobbish to see so many plain chair & table piled up in midst of that Czar of Russia parlor. No room was for another piano, yet we pile him next. Dining-room were too much crowd for second table, yet we set 2 on top of each other. Same thing must be did with beds, stoves, and wash-tubs.

When all this jobs were completely finished, that house look like a judge after Republican banquets—entirely grand, yet too filled to feel comfortable.

However! When all those Vanners say “Gid-dap!” and drove away in Gen. Direction of more beer, I sat alonesome in house. 4 hours I await idly doing nothing. What had occurred to kill all Sulkz family that they do not come to reside in this new palace? I was confused. Night25 time approach up. I could hear ghosts creaking under piano, so I lit $10000 chandelier in dining-room and ate crackers while pretending I were King of 

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