The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-06-14
The Obliging Lady Boarder.

80, I'll not be the least trouble, said
the lady boarder, who had wheedled
the mistress of a select clearinghouse
into taking her for six months, al
though the mistress had said that she
never. never would take another wo-
man 10 board.
Il don't blame YOU for not wanting
to board women" said the lady board
er, while laying off her wrap in her
room, ''most of them are 50 trouble
some and tinicky, but | think you'll
find I'm not of that sort. | Just take
things as | find them and make no fuss
at all. Now, I'll just wash my hands,
and-O, could you get me little white
CASTLE soap instead of this cocoanut-oil
kind?n
I'm see," said the landlady.
"And about the towels-I never use
crash quite so rough as this. and I'd like
Il Turkish towel on the rack all the
time
"Well.n
Thank YOU. I'm determined not to
be troublesome after | once get settled,
and don't you think this dressing
case would look better on this side of
the room?n
i tOU KNOW.
Seems to me it would. Supposing
you call a servant up and let Us see how
itwould look moved; and while she's
here l believe I'll change the bed to
the other corner-that is, if you've no
Objections y
30, none at all.
"Thank you. | don't really care
much, but then-O, would it be too
much trouble to have a cup of hot wa
ter up to my room an hour before each
meal? | think it does me good"
Il suppose | can arrange that" says
the landlady gloomily.
Thanks; yOu are so kind. Now, /
guess no, wonder if there's any hot.
water in the bathroom? I'd like to run
in and just wash out a few little things
that / never send to the laundry. And
l wonder ii Id be much in the way if
] ran down into the kitchen and ironed
them when they're dry? III not be a
bit of trouble"
"The cook may object" says the
landlady, blandly. Il don't mind my
self
20, I'll get around her easy enough
Trust me for that. always do out my
handkerchiefs and small pieces wher-
ever | board, and 10, while I think
of it. I'd like to mention that I never
drink anything but green tea. and if it
wouldn't be too much trouble I'd like
my bread made without bit of salt in
it. Perhaps its only notion, but |
can't eat salted bread"
Il hardly know how to manage
that" says the landlady, dubiously
80, that,ll be easy enough. When
You bake just make one loaf without
salt in it. See? | hope you won't take
a bit Of trouble on my account if I'm
sometimes too late for mymeals. Some
times | may be out shopping or may
feel a 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 any
one"
This strikes the Iandlady 50 dumb
that she cansay nothing, and the oblig-
boarder guiltlessly rattles on.
4 like hot cakes for breakfast the
year round, and, somehow, no kind of
steak agrees with me but sirloin. Would
you mind ringing for a servant and
having ker lower the window little
from the top? o, see the blankets on
the bed are white It's only foolish
notion Of mine, but l really prefer red
blankets; and see you have woven
wire springs. Could you as well as not
exchange them for the spiral springs?
l much prefer them. and i" but
the landlady, being new in the bust
ness, had gone from the room in a daz-
ed condition of mind, while the lady
boarder reduces her wants to writing as
they occur to her during the day.-De-
tro6 Free Press.