Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-12-02
of a Landlord, who was
compelled to pay his oWn Ten
ants Rent out of his own Peck

ets
A short period previous to the enact
ment of the present law in favor OF the
tenant, landlord owning some nineteen
or twenty houses in the lower part of the
city, always bringing him in remunera-
tive rents, and often times exhorbitant,
particularly in fashionable business loca-
tions, was in the habit of giving one whole
days grace to his tenants; but never faild
on the second morning, to take his rent
roll, and his light barouche wagon, to
drive round to all his tenants, and as he
rigidly required payment on that day, ev-
cry one expected to beprepared to meet him.
/ poor widow occupied one ofhis stores,
some 10 by IS feet, for which she paid
four hundred dollars per annum. On the
first day of February, she called on this
excellent but inexorable landlord, and
told him that in consequence of the death
of her mother, whose funeral expenses
she had with great difficulty borne, she
could not pay her rent on the second of
February, as she expected,
He argued the matter, and assured her
1t would be just as easy to pay it then as
to wait. She demonstrated, and besought
him with tears to allow her to give him
some part Of it, and wait on her few
days for the balance To this earnest
and pathetic appeal, he morosely replied:
I don't want any blubbering, or any
scenes enacted here; if you can't pay that
rent, then must send landlords S war;
rant, and make you Saying this, he a.
rose and opened the door, not wishing to
give her a chance to reply, and left the
room.
His wife, who had hitherto remained
silent, now came forward, and addressing
herself to the widow, whose name was
Mrs. Clark, kindly asked:
what is the amount Of rent that is due,
madam!
'0ne hundred dollars, ma'am, and
she added, 4 cannot possibly
pay It, know l cannot
The landlords wife was a young crea-
ture, that had been born and lived all her
days in the same house, and to her the
idea Of family being sold out was awful.
And, although she had been but a short
time married, she knew that her husband
was inezorable. She had witnessed the
interview, had heard the reasons, and
was determined not only to obey the die
tates Of humanity, but play practical
Joke on her husband Assisting the wild
ow to put on her cloak, and accompany
ing her to tie door, she said to her in
an under tone
How long, madam, before you will
find it convenient to pay your rent?'
Really, madam, there is nothing do
ing in millinery, you know, until after
the middle of March. l think by the
goth can say positively that I can do it..
After a moments reflection, she said to
her:
Call upon me- priyataly tomorrow
at eight o'clock
As the landlord was accustomed to al
low his wife several hundred dollars
year, to appropriate as she pleased, she
did not find it difficult to propose to him
10 lend her, for a couple Of months,
hundred dollars.
Il hope, my dear added she, that my
credit is good, for six weeks or two
months, for that amount.
lie complied, but not without casting
many an inquiring glance at his amiable
wife. He felt as if he would like to know
what she wanted it for, yet he gave it to
her without having his curiosity gratifed.
Promptly, at the time appointed, Mrs.
Clark came; in the meantime, the young
wife had enclosed the required hundred
dollars in note, and with that delicacy
which distinguishes true liberality, as the
widow was preparing to leave, she slipped
It into her hand. This day, with all this
landlords tenants, it was quarter day
An hour afterwards, with rent roll and
receipt book, the landlord was on his way,
With an intention to call on his widow
irst, with fixed purpose, in default of
prompt payment, to issue landlords
warrant. The wife heard nothing furth-