Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-15
THE 0BLIsfsG LADY BoARDER
she just Took Things as She Found The m
and m Ade No Fuss.

DeIIOlt rIeo Etcn6.
"Oh, I'll not be the least trouble" said
the lady boarder, who had wheedled the
mistress Of select boarding house into
taking her for six months, although the
mistress had said that she never, never
would take another woman to board.
ar don't blame you for not wanting to
bosrd women, "said the lady boarder while
laying OF her wrap in her room, "most
of them are so troublesome and flnicky,
but think you'll find Tn not one OF that
sort. 1 just take things as 1 find them,
and make no fuss at all. Now, I'll just
wash my hands, and-oh, could you get
me little white CASTLE soap instead OF
this cocoauut oil kind?"
s'I'n see," said the landIsdy.
"And about the towels-I never use
crash quite SO rough as this, and I'd like
q Turkish towel on the rack all the time"
"Well." -....
"Thenk you. I'm determined not to
be troublesome after I once get settled,
and don't you think his dressing. case
would look better on this side OF the
room?"
"I don't know"
"Seems to me 1t would. Supposilg
you call q servant up and let Us see how
it will look moved; and while she's here
believe I'll change the bed to the other
corner-that is, If you've no objections.
80, none at ALL"
"Thsnk you. don't really care much,
but then-O, would 1t be too much trouble
to have q cup Of hot water sent up to my
room an hour before each meal2 l think
1t does me good"
81 suppose can arrange that" says
the landlsdy gloomily.
"Thsnks; you are kind. Now guess
I'll-O, wonder II here's any hot water
10 the bath .room2 I'd like to run in and
Just wash out a few little things that
never send to the laundry. And wonder
If I'd be much in the way if ran down
into the kitchen aud ironed them when
they're dry2 I'll not be bit Of trouble"
"The cook may object" says the land
lady, blandly. "I don't mind myself"
40, I'll get around her easy enough.
Trust me for that. l always do out my
handkerchiefs and small pieces wherever
bosrd, and 10, while think OF 1t, I'd
like to mention that never drink any
thing but green tea, and II 1t wouldn't be
too much trouble I'd like my bread nsde
Wv VI pole III iSAhops ~ o
only 8 notion, but 1 can't eat sailed
bread"
az hardly know how to mansge that"
says the lspdlady obviously.
"Oh, It'll be easy enough. When you
bake Just make one lost without salt in It,
See7 hope you won't take 8 bit Of
trouble on my account II I'm sometimes
too late for my meals. Sometimes l 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 any one"
This strikes the lsndlady so dumb that
she can say nothing, and the obliging
boarder guilessly rsttles on.
81 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 her
lower the window 3 little from the top?
o, see the blankets on the bed are
white. It's only foolish notion OF mine,
but I really prefer red blankets; and I
see you h.ve woven-wire springs. Gould
you as we'll as not exchange them for the
spiral springs? I much prefer them and
/" but the landlady, being new In the
business, has gone from the room in q
dszed condition Of mind, while the lady
bosrder reduces her wants to writing as
they occur to her dur1ng the day.