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70 UNFOLDING TALES owned four adjoining houses and already two were sold; the other two were for sale. In vain we sought for a home elsewhere either to rent or buy, but no desirable place was available. At length we decided to purchase one of the two remaining houses in the row. It was an exact duplicate of the one in which we had lived for five years hence everything would fit perfectly. My sister went to the tenants and asked them if they wished to buy it and they said they could not purchase it. After the sale was arranged, these people refused to leave and even carried the matter into court. My sister being a government employee, which the tenants were not, she was granted priority. The purchase was made in March 1918 and it was not until the 18th of June that we were able to take possession. Then we discovered that this house was not in nearly as good condition as the one we had left. While we had lived there for five years we had taken good care of it. Our present home had been occupied by two or three families, and when the last tenants found they must leave they did everything possible to wreck the place. However, we were thankful to be in our own home and hoped to soon repair the damages. In the meantime, my sister's Chief at the Pension Office, Mr. David Braun, found himself in a bad situation. The house in which he and his wife were living was sold and he was forced to buy. They purchased the one remaining house in our row, and met with the same stubborn resistance from the occupants who refused to move out. The purchaser of our home had been very considerate, knowing that we would move as soon as we could get possession of our property. But Mr. and Mrs. Braun were being made most uncomfortable. After a family conference we allowed the Brauns to move in with us, with all their household belongings, Thus it came about that the furniture of two families was packed into one six room house -- and so we lived during the summer of 1918. The Brauns were fine people, staunch Roman Catholics but that made no difference with us. My father, then in his eighty seventh year, welcomed them cordially
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70 UNFOLDING TALES owned four adjoining houses and already two were sold; the other two were for sale. In vain we sought for a home elsewhere either to rent or buy, but no desirable place was available. At length we decided to purchase one of the two remaining houses in the row. It was an exact duplicate of the one in which we had lived for five years hence everything would fit perfectly. My sister went to the tenants and asked them if they wished to buy it and they said they could not purchase it. After the sale was arranged, these people refused to leave and even carried the matter into court. My sister being a government employee, which the tenants were not, she was granted priority. The purchase was made in March 1918 and it was not until the 18th of June that we were able to take possession. Then we discovered that this house was not in nearly as good condition as the one we had left. While we had lived there for five years we had taken good care of it. Our present home had been occupied by two or three families, and when the last tenants found they must leave they did everything possible to wreck the place. However, we were thankful to be in our own home and hoped to soon repair the damages. In the meantime, my sister's Chief at the Pension Office, Mr. David Braun, found himself in a bad situation. The house in which he and his wife were living was sold and he was forced to buy. They purchased the one remaining house in our row, and met with the same stubborn resistance from the occupants who refused to move out. The purchaser of our home had been very considerate, knowing that we would move as soon as we could get possession of our property. But Mr. and Mrs. Braun were being made most uncomfortable. After a family conference we allowed the Brauns to move in with us, with all their household belongings, Thus it came about that the furniture of two families was packed into one six room house -- and so we lived during the summer of 1918. The Brauns were fine people, staunch Roman Catholics but that made no difference with us. My father, then in his eighty seventh year, welcomed them cordially
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