Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-07-01
TAKING BO1RDERS.

IAh1NG BO1KDEISS.
 "I It was scandal, the neighbors said that Miss Della should be obliged to take boarders, after all she'd been through and heaven knows boardere did not help a body to work out her sal vation. And so much money in the fami- ly, too, taking it by small and large. Wasn't her Uncle Eben, over at Dover, well-to-do, and not chick of his own to care for, except the boy he had adopt ed, who was no credit to him? It was odd, now, that man with poor rela- tions should take 8 stranger when his own flesh and blood was needy; but sometimes 1t does seem as if folks had more feeling for others than for their own kith and kin. Then there were cousins in the city, forehanded and fashionable, who were never worth row of pins to Della. and there was her great-uncle Johns widow a-larkin on the Continent, a-gaming at Baden-Baden, md trying the waters of every mineral spring in the three kingdoms, for no disease under the sun but old age. She had boon known to say that her folks were too rich already, and probably she would endow some hospital with her property" Plainly, wealthy relatives were of no value to Miss Della. To be srse, she had never seen her Great-aunt since she was child, when her Uncle John had brought her into their simple life for months visit, with her French maid and dresses, her jewels and isllals, which won the heart of her name sake. Since then Uncle Johns widow lad become sort of gilded creation, al- ways young and beautiful; for, though Della had received little gifts from time 70 time across the seas for thelast fifteen years, she had neither heard nor seen anything of the being who had inspired aer youthful imagination, and was quite uncertain if such a person as Mrs. John Rocerson was in the land of the living. Dead or alive, she seemed to have made TO material difference to Delia's hum rum life After having nursed her ;ather through long sickness Della lound that he had left heavy mortgage on the homestead and her mother and herself on the high road to the poor house, unless they should bestir them i selves. As her mother was already bed ridden, the stirring naturally fell upon Delia, and she advertised for summer 1 boarders:
 CRoFrsBonoUGH, Mcleod board in the country to tho riverside, at S7 week. Large chambers, broad piazzas, fine views, berries and new milk. One mile from the station Address | DELLA RoeERsoN.
 "Cheap enough! !" commented an el- derly lady who happened upon it. "De- lia Rogerson. An old maid, suppose, obliged to look out for herself. I've a good mind to try her broad piazzas and new milk. If don't like it tere'n be nc harm done"
 And so Delia's first boarder arrived an old lady with false front hair, brown, wrinkled skin, faded eyes, black al paca gown, and a hair trunk. Delis made her as welcome as if she had been Duchess; lighted wood fire in Mrs. Clements room, as the night was damp, and brought out her daintiest cup and saucer, with the fadeless old roses wreathing them. Wonderfully kind, reflected Mrs. Clement as she combed out her wisps of gray hair and confded the false front to Q box. Wonderful l kindness for s7 week! She's new te the trade. She'll lealn better. Human nature doesn't change with attitudes She'll find it doesn't pay to consider the comfort of poverty-stricken old creat- ure." But in spite of her worldly wis dom, Mrs. Clement was forced to con. fess that Della had begun as she meant to hold ont, though other boarders came to demand her attention, to multiply l hO1 SitLC6s 1ilO lICb dAtA lahk Ol CO All1Cb ing temperaments under her roof was new experience of Della. When Mrs
 Gresome complained of the mosquitoes with an air as if Miss Rogerson were re sponsible for their creation; of the flies
 IS if they were new acquaintances; o
 want of appetite, as though Della hat agreed to supply it along with berrie ' and new milk; of tho weather, as if sh,
 had pledged herself there would be n, sudden changes to annoy her boarders
 of the shabby house and anticipated tur
 niture, "too old for comfort and not olt
 enough for fashion" Della doubtet
 if taking boarders WAS her mission } What makes you keep us, my dear? lsked Ms. Clement, after day whel verythmg and everybody had seeme,