Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-06-12
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81 have st last managed TO GET out 81
he Boarding. house business and Jan
assure you that nothing OF earth VIII
.ndacs ne to take Il up again for nv.re
I I ean help IT," said Mrs. Perry 70 the
iii isn't iivirg-n's simply . trying
existence. and that's oil" she COZ.
Iinued.
Every time you pick up . paper. 81.
most, you come across some horr!o
,oks % the poor boarding. keeper
about tough beef and ancient turkeys:
cut how rarely q word about the tough
,oarders Lboarders who drd FAULT with
everything. their room. the service. and
particularly the food.
Il Let me tell you little story Illus
:ra:.Ce what land!sdies have TO put up
with
"A nice boarder that I had was sueh .
lear little widow. Young Handsome.
and so charming the young u en-and
I'D ones too. for thai MATERIAL oces
pronounced her.
She brougn. her child q little girl Of
years and . maid with her. and took
my best room for herself and . very
good ore for the maid. She also had
little sky terrier
Her references eouldnr have been
better, and besides she had friends
q the best society.'
%! course she vas the most admired
.acy 70 the house: I'll the men. youhg
and old married and single. were crazy
sner her and singular Is Il may seem.
.As women we're too ehs paid Ter
ooard frcnp pity for three or four weeks
AID lad numerous extras She seem ed
% have all the money she wanted And
more TOO.
On. GAY she came 20 me and said II
vas . good deal OF trouble for her
20 cay sach week. As she only drew
aer money once . month shs hated. she
said to keep 90 much on hand, therefore
would i be Just as convenient for nee to
take ,t once mcntht
Certainly had ne objections. As
II began 10 BE- aeaf the time Tor her
oil TO BE- dss I noticed that she acted
orce OF .w.Ce
Everybody waa leepiy sympathetic.
but al thai could BE- gotten from Ger WAS
that abe was worried but thought every.
thing would % soon all hight We
m.s.nt trouble ourselves socvi hsr,
she wasn't worth ~ Was aN 'spiy 70
Inquiries.
come to hef room. shs WAS crying sp.
parently very bitterly. Between Ter sobs
she managed to tell me thai The bank
In which she had kept her money had
failed and abe bad lost every dollar
What vas she TO DOT
IL told her to take things sasy and
perhaps .ometh!ng would turn up. Y.s
she .ho1ght her friends would ae.p
her 81 course told be. that she vas
perfectly Welcome to remain where che
was = few days or week, anil she
had made some arrangements
II thought 1t least she night nave
offered TO .kange her rooms Tor smaller
ones 90 Is o give me . shance 70
let them But she did cot, And not
only that but she found fault with the
table and -eally made herself very as.
agreeable. ard then vas making her I
present u ser ooa.d.
She xept this up anHi ,ould 1o'
stan! 4 iay orysr ~ithoIt ,sivicc All
s.gn u oay.as " 'c 'eav!ng Then
spoke 20 ger 1907 All so rescue !
my remarks. At this I told her she
must go and that would feel obliged to
keep her luggage until she settled her
bill.
"She smiled and said. very WE'LL and
left that night-child, maid. dog and
all. Out she went straight to rival
boarding house nearby and took several
Of my best boardcrs, too.
"She told them that her remittance
had been only two days late, and that
had not only refused to wait that short
time for her money. bnt had insulted
her by calling her a sharper and good
ness what all.
You can imagine what a storm such
story created, and my men boarders
were especially furious ut me.
And what do you suppose I found
In that woman's trunks? Two or three
Hat irons-to make them heavy. l
suppose-several old dresses and lot
of newspapers. suppose her maid
must have been systematically carry
Ing away oil her handsome dresses for
some time"