Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-04-13
Glrtpire,
ExanlpIe Tor Landlords.

hre; we'll, Mary, not such a had dey 70
business, after ell +" And he threw of hi
snow sPrinkled oVercoRt, laying 1t down Of
the snug looking lounge his wife had draw
before the IRE for his own accommodation
while the snowy particles fell in shower owe
the warm cushion. 'gaf
How, John2' replied his wife, as All,
looked up with CHEEKY smile
This is rent day, you know, and collecting
rent fs not always prosperous business. It's
like pulling tooth, to get money from som,
people. Nov, there's old Rugsles, he gives
the money as grudgingly as though he was
not ablelto pay three times the amount, which
l know he is And Joe Winch, suppose he
did have hard time to raise ii, but be made
qoite as hard a job of paying it.P 4.aq =
oh, never mind, husband hope Won
weren't hard on HIM work is dull, you know,
and money difficult to get" ias'ia .q.-.sil.a
acknowledge the truth OF the conclud
\ ing portion OF your remark money is hard To
get, even when il ia honestly due--and go |
found It to day, But succeeded tolorably
after all. Even the Widow Webb paid to the
LAST :. cent, and that was more than had hop.
"oh, John r said his wife, in depreca.
tory tone ~
Mr.. Early seemed to vince a little under
the implied reproof, and so said, apparently
g"Why Mary businessis business, ana whv
else p
Now, Mr. Early was not, by any means. a
hard.hehrted man. Yet {fortune had dplacel
himinthe position of landlord; and between
tenants that couldn't pay, and tenants that
wouldn't pay, he had finally been drilled into
an outward seeming Of hardness Whenever
he anticipated uncommon officially in the
discharge Of his duties, hs repeated to him.
sell the old maxim that "business is business,
and steeled himself to the task
! Yet his wife knew that within this toupb
shell there was the soft kernel Of a heart, for
she had more than once found il. and so after
short time OF silence and reelection on Her
part, she resolved totry If she could not reach
1t AGAIN. i.1t,fiL
John" said she, how much was her
/ "Poh nothing Don't trouble yourself
about that. Why, it wasn't as much as that
last silk OF yours cost and you know you
teaSed me into bpying that, saying the sum
was such tri6e"
We'll how much was t2"' persisted Mrs
IF you must know, the quarters rent
amounted to fifteen dollars; and she paid it,
too, without word of grumbling'"
1t is a smallsnm to you and 10 me, l
know but do yen not think she must have
struggled TO raise it. ..
, }'Business -is.business, you know, ana It is
DOT in my way to think how the money is
raised, so that it IS raised.R % iiL r =
"Oh, John + again repeated his wife.
There was kind OF magic in these words
They possessed power over him, which she
vas aware ct, aud he felt. iir}ii OtaN
We'll, never mind Mary don't trouble |
yourself about It, It's all over now, and :
iant be helped Only, if you say so, won't =
be- quite as hard next time l'it-t QssII. Il
cii do say 80, John" said she, rising with /.
I womanlike instinct, aud seating herself !
beside him, feeling that ifshs wished to gain o
der point, she must make use OF u wife q best
aFguments," rs;.g-BE E4e I'D
"fhere,: said she, as she wound her fn,
'rs caraasingiy through his hair; ~ know : !,
'pu did not mean to--be so exacting, but '
'ou we're so, after all heard only a day =
y two ago, that Mrs. Webb and her daughter !" =
lAd very hard timeto get along this Fall .
helr, only dependence for support is their =
leedle and that you kuoY' isa very slender ="
me. Now, they have both oVeFworked them.
elves to raise this money that You have rel
elved to-day, and Kate has been sick, and
ears are entertained that she, will go into ~
eoline PiaAt JAi1 1Sht EIi3e
$50 bad as that did not know IT," ,
u Know you didn'g for 1 am sure You
ave too good heart TO drive a poor girl into
er grave, and leave a widowed mother h
riendless and alone in the world, iust for the @
AXE OF a few dollars which you would never .
Hiss it you did not have. Now, do you not ei
hiHk yon. snght to maxi atneads in aome way o
u your thoughtless act Of cruelty ?" "
why yes, If only knew how. II you 4
hoese, you can take the money back again, W
nd tell them wouldn't have been in such a !.
urry about the rent, if had known Just how n, n
10 case stood J.t.
well, give il to me. My how full your ia
ocket book is = she exclaimed, in affected ra
onder, as he unrolled the ponderous port te
no, stuffed and crammed with notes and H
lYer THANK you But so long As you n,
ave your money out you may as we'll give :,
% little more at once, and II will save me N
le trouble OF asking you again. There, -
pot Scowl so. It's Only a tribe | want n
OF 80 much as those fnrs will cost that &C
% are going to buy me for Christmas vi
resent Il
"Furs WheW | hadn't heard of them 40
fore" s~-~~t1S - " '''' =
1oh, ! know you haven't yet, she replied, n,
'axingly, "but you will between now aud ~ ~
hriPtnaATTanlsss zen give ne .vhat money! ~
vans nov ha me see; the furs you are -
'ing to buy me will cost seventy five dollars ki
i let you off till next Winter Il you will give
e--oh, don't stare so--thirty five dollars
w snl fii "''taN1 f'if"
''rhirty.6ve dollarsl What in" tr
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