Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-17
THE oRLIGING LADY BoARDER
She Just, Took Things as She Found Them and aH ade no Fuss.
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Them and Made no Fuss. From the Detroit Free Press "Oh, I'll not be the least trouble. J l said the lady boarder, who had whsedled | the mistress of select boarding house | into taking her TOT six months although
 the mistress had said that she never, never | would take another woman to board.
 ssI don't blame you for not wanting te | board women," said the lady boarder, while laying of her wrap in her room, ssmost of them are SO troublesome and ! fnicky, but I think you'll find I'm not one of that sort. I just take things as I find them and make no fuss at all. Now,
 I'll just wash my hands, and-o. could stead of this cocoanut kind?''
 'sI'l1 see," said the landlady.
 ':And about the towels-I never use crash quite so rough as this, and I'd like Turkish
 towel on the rack all the time" s'Well"
 be troublesome after I once get settled,
 and I-don't you think this dressing case would look better on this side of the roomf'
 q don't know.n
 "Seems to me it would. Supposing you call a servant up and let us see how ii will look moved; and while she's here be- lieye I'll change the bed to the other corner that is, if you've no objections" "Oh, none at all"
 "Thank you. I don't really care much, but then-O, would it be too much trouble to have cup of hot water sent up to my room an hour before each meala I think it does me good"
 sI suppose can arrange that," says the landlady, gloomily. Thanks; you are kind Now, guess I'll 70, wonder if there is any hot water in the bathrooma Ia like to run in and just wash out few little things that never send to the laundry: And wonder if I'd be much in the way if ran do VII into the kitchen and ironed them when they're dry? I'll not be a bit of trouble"
 "The cook may object" says the landlady, blandly. ftI don't mind myself" s'Oh, I'll get around her easy enough. Trust me for that. I always do out my
 handkerchi-fs and small pieces wherever board, and To, while I think of it, I'd like to mention that never drink anything but green tea, and if it wouldn't be too much trouble I'd like my bread without bit of salt in it. Perhaps it's only 8 notion, but can't eat salted bread"
 s'I hardly know how to manage that" says the landlady dubfously. 70, it'll be easy enough. When you bake just make one loaf without salt ill it. Sect hope you won't take bit of trouble on my account if I'm sometimes too late for my
 meals. Sometimes may be out shopping or may feel little lazy in the morning and
 won't get up, but I'll soon find out where
 things are in the pantry, and will just help myself without troubling anyone" This strikes the landlady so dumb that she
 can say nothing, and the obliging boarder
 gui1elessly rattles on.
 "I like hot cakes for breakfast the year round, and, somehow, no kind of steak
 agrees with me but sirloin. Would you
 mind ringing for servant and having her
 lower the window little from the top? O, see the blankets on the bed are white. It's only a foolish notion of mine, but I really
 prefer red blankets; and see you have woven wire springs. Could you as well as not ex-
 change them for the spiral springsa I much prefer them and T." But the landlady, being new in the business, has gone from the room in a dazed condition of mind,
 while the lady boaraer reduces her wants to writing as they occur to her during the dav