The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-07
a snnerntitious Tenant.

The relations between landlords and
tenants would be far more amicable than
they commonly are if both sides were
not 80 often exacting and hard to please.
One party is inclined to think he gets TOO
little rent, and is called upon to make
repairs too often, in view OF his heaVy
taxes, and becomes gloomy over the
perishable nature of dwellings made Win
hands; and the other party thinks thas
his repeated payments OF rent "ouru
eventually amount to more than the o"e 81,
ing cost when it was new; ana sun,
though a tenant his whole life, ne cannoI
Law claim to a splinter of it: and ne sees
no reason why his landlord should % r.
luctant to mai, any repairs he may ASH,
considering that it is but On improvement
mon the landlords own property that ne
requests. Thus their conflicting interests
seldom leave both parties satisfied.
Not long since certain housekeepell
called and thoroughly inspected an ola
but substantial and well-repaired mousse 10
let. and seemed thoroughly satisfied VIII
if when the landlord CHANGED TO relnaih :
that his last tenant was gentleman OF
high respectabiltv, and had lived thele
for ovor thirty wears without ever desiring
| to change. %,
uWhv. madam, it wasn't his fault nor
nina He lived here and died here"
An instant change darkened the Lao y .
countenance, and she gave a sinall sn1 Mn
"Oh." cried she, "dear me Dt cnu
here? Then this house will never 10 loi
me. 7 don't want to live IN mousse "heie
ANYBODY has ever died"
at don't hurt house any, ma am, 10
have person die in it,"
"You may think so, but think IL un,
lucky. Besides, if l live here, l should
always be thinking of the dead man. l
feel faint now, while think of it."
nThe man wasn't murdered, ma'am. he
died natural DEATH" :,
g T presume so: but still I think it is
unlucky to have any one die in house.
"People must die somewhere, ma'am."
81 know"
"And we certainly don't want to die
out of DOORS"
81 know it," repeated the lady, firmly;
"but that don't alter it bit. L always
said. and always shall, that / never would
and never could live where a person had
been and died, if 1 knew it. 0, horror
how could l ever come in and out OF
front door where body had been carried
how could I enter a room where
man had died, and been laid out, stone
cold-and I suppose he was decorated in
the parlor for visitors-best room, Of
course"
"But what of that? Once gone, he'll
never come back to bite YOU"
al know it; but there the life has de-
parted out of him, and out Of the house
that's what think Of it, if express my
self-and when the life goes out, it seems
to me as if it left unluckiness behind"
"Then this is very unlucky world,
ma'am; for unnumbered millions have left
it in the same unlucky way; and there
must be great many unlucky houses in
this unfortunate scene Of mortality"
81 suppose so, though never thought
of that before"
eve are living in little better than a
graveyard, ma'am. / have no doubt that
the world has been SCARED all over with
graves, so many have got into this ugly
habit of dying. Life comes and goes like
the old woman's soap.
"You appear to be acknowledgement
man. l wish could take things so easy"
81 am $3.50, ma'am, for the matter of
that. But since you have this supcrsti-
tious dislike Of place where the life Of
human being has departed, what is your
opinion of births ma'am"
"Births? Oh, dear, law, sir They
are lucky. I always hold to that. |
shouldn't want to live in a better place
than where there had been plenty of
births. That is life! That is life coming
in; and life is lucky"
"Then | can refer you to house that /
think would suit you. There were ten
births in that housc-all children Of one
family"
"Tcn children born in one house? oh,
heavenly goodness! That was lucky
house, indeed. And where is it ?'
"This is the house, ma'am, and the chill
drcn of the gentleman who died here"
con" exclaimed the lady, heaving a
sigh of amazement, and throwing up her
hands with q stare, as If cndcaVorlng to
strike the balance between life and death.
81 hope you're Il true American, ma'am,
and believe that the majority ought to
rule. Only one life departed in this house,
and ten came in. One life balances one
death, and nine lives majority in favor of
good luck TO the house. What do you
say"
The lady smiled, and said she would
take it.
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