Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-16
RENTING A'FuRN,sHeD FLAT.
Experience OF San Francisco Couple
That May BE Duplicated Elise where.

experience OF q san francisco Couple
That May BE Duplicated Else where.
San Francisco Chronicle: About two
months ago a gentleman and his wife,
who have been residing iu tho vicinity
OF Los Angeles for many years, arranged
to take up their residence in this city.
They lived in "boom" land before tho
blizzard of initiation struck it. and re-
solving to profit by the abnormal rise in
valuations, disposed Of their lots and
houses mt II very fair profit. Having an
eye for future Investments in northern
California, they came to San Francisco.
From street to street tho couple wand
cred in search Of residence, until one
day they found a Hat of four rooms duly
advertised and announced rs being to
let furnished complete. The landlord
was sought, and he, polite and accom-
modating, told his would-be tenants
that the fiat was to let on account of the
former occupants leaving town.
The Los Angeles couple viewed the
rooms and were very much pleased with
the looks of the apartments. But it is
better to narrate the story from this
point rs it was told Chronicle reporter
by the lady:
1--WE hired the fat-it is on McAllis-
ter street-and concluded to move in
after the place was cleaned up. / en-
gagged a Japanese boy and white cook,
and they started to do the work. On
the first day that we were in the rooms
l was arranging some books on II table
and had to pull it away from the wall.
To my astOnishment back legs fell down
and the top collapsed with the load of
literature. This was the first surprise
| sent the Japanese boy fora carpenter,
and while he was gone went to the
kitchen to see how dinner was getting
on. Surprise number two awaited me
here. I found the cook in state of eX-
citement. She had taken the vegetable
dishs from tho cupboard, and when
lifting tho covers the dishes had
fallen to pieces with a crash. | didn't
know what to do, and returning to the
parlor sat down on Il fancy carved rock
ing chair. Ominous cracking noises
began to manifest rs / took my seat,
and suddenly the entire chair fell to
pieces. 1t had been simply glued to-
gether, i had a good cry, and then my
husband came home. Went down town
to u restaurant to dinner and comfOrted
ourselves on the way homo to tho flat
that the kind landlord would make
things all right. Let's play II hand at,
casino before we retire. said my hus-
band, drawing an ebony card table from
the wall. Scarcely had the table been
placed in position than it, too, fell to
pieces, showing the manner in which it
had been fastened. The legs and joints
had bits of paper pasted on to hold them
in place. This was tho last straw and
we went to bed. 1 had better pass over
the quality of the mattresses and pillows
on that bed. The springs were worn out
and stuck into our back and ribs as we
vainly endeavored to find q comfortable
angle.
''The next morning tho door bell kept
up continuous ring. The callers were
duns looking for the last tenants, and as
climax, when we returned home after
breakfast we found big, fat-looking.
dirty man sitting before the kitchen
range, smoking vile smelling cigars.
He announced himself as q deputy sher-
itf in charge, and proposed to remain
where he was until the judgment was
satisfied.
what judgmentp" we both asked
aghast, I'VE don't owe anything
"No, but the last tenants did for the
furniture," was the reply.
'"Then the furniture don't belong to
the landlord
81 should say not. Here's the bill for
$780," said the sheriff's deputy, handing
us document bearing the name of u
firm that rents secondhand furniture.
''This incident filled our cup of woe,
and the next morning we returned to
the Palace hotel, resolved to never
againt rent furnished fiat"