New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27

able to keep there We can GIT our Doard
we wish. an all for very reasonable sum. "anu
you to go around with me after tea am see en- SO
we put on our things and went around. gentlemau
showed 'em to u.s. an quite taken with the looks
OF em. Hot an cold water, pianer an plaher-iaWp.
nice fOldin bed, easy chairs, etc.
s'posc the rooms II be well heated ~ asked
casually like n0cln they felt ruthcr chilly.
"Ccrt'nly; Wen make ZEN IS comfortable 5 We
cam" he answered
How are they heated?'
From the range downstairs
But how does the heat git up herel see no ress
lister or other openn'"
Through the fireplace
grew a little suspicious py this time, an deter
mined to have the matter settled so went TO the
fireplace to investigate.
"Why, It's all tight IS drum here now does
The heat git through! Have you ever had the room
heated In this manner at all! What connection has
the range downstairs with this rOom anyway, I'd like
to know"
The gentleman gave ruther sickly smile when he
found he was cornered "Why," says he the stove.
pipe from kitchen range connects with this chimney
huc an the pipes from the furnace run under this
floor"
"Jest so: an you expect that will heat this room
enough to make it comfortable for Mandy to sit In
| all day. Now, see here like the rooms as far as
we can Judge, an 4 You'll put IN nice parlor stove
an furnish the fire for the sum your vile stated To-
day, when she said the were well heated, wen
take ZEN but you mustn't try any experiments with
gas stoves or nutlIin of the kind, won't come
step I'll stop In Saturday mornin', an II you nave
ii fixed to suit us we'll move right In II not Wen 90
somewhere else. Hows that suit your ma,
"Al right. I'll guarantee 10 have the stove nteo
up You suggest, am well do all we can TO please
you an your wife.
When Saturday mornn' 1 called an found
everything in good shape. l went back an told
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| expressman. When l entered new rooms that
evenln' found MANDY sttn by the stove the evenlp
paper in her hand, an air Of genuine peace an
comfort seemed to pcrvade the room that charmed
me. in few mnits we were called 10 supper, an
when we entered the dnIn'-room were introduced to
the other boarders-a gentleman an wife an three
milk for my tea. an lookn' down the table saw u
he'd kindly pass the milk to me: .
:" The what 2" says he. with look OF amazement-
for Heavens sake don't insult an honest COW by CALM
this MUD milk still this IS good deal better per- u h
| 10 the lacteal fluid. sunday eyenil' We
had what the landlady called tea biscuits on
would have rightly named them hanback, b. the way,
the same Identical plate of biscuits has graced Tho
good landlady had of consultin individual tastes
an preferences very noticeable. She always
Tor dessert As soon as she found out that boarder
preferred pie Instead o puddn' or vice versy, that
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he or she did rot Ike placed beside their plate, In
the dessert untascd II would then be taken away
am placed before some ono dinn' later. an IN this
manner one piece OF pie Dr dish u puddin would do
duty before three four plates before beln' eaten,
an the amiablc landlady would congratulate herself
| upon her ability max, little dessert 60 good
WAYS. In three weeks We were heartily sick Of Out
boardn' place an Mandy started out 10 find anoherj
| After two or three days search she finally decides
that She had at last found Jest what she wanted
| Its sech a nice louise Zcb. an It's furnished
elegantly. ! there Jest 5 they had the table
for dinner, an the china an silverwarc Jest madi
it look gorgcous.' Again We packed our trunk an.
set out for the promised land-or ruther boarding.
| furnished. The table certainly looked beautiful when
we went down to din1cr. But alas. for a poOt
| hungry mortal. the food very scanty. one y
the b0ardcr said we'd learn that the nice dishes
an silyerWarc supposed 10 satisfy our appee>,
as we'd never gt enough 10 eat 70 satisfy them
About an hour after dinner says TO Mandy;
| Come Mandy put on your bonnet an We il "a
| out 10 a restaurant an git sumhin' 70 eat. I'm 4
hungry = bear 80.
We STAYED Just one week in our boardin -housc with
evenln' an got a good dinner or We could not lav3
| stayed that long jest as Mandy was starn' II
look up another received word from thd
family We with last winter that they had rooml
watn' for US. With Joyful hearts Mandy an I
packed our TRUNK and set out for the old place whcp
| we are now settled. snug an comfortable rs We
| could wish, an 'Ma.dy says she feels perfectly ~
home once more.