Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-07
WHY SHE LEFT TAE FLAT.
She Could submit tn snubs, but Neigh
boriug' Was Too skueh tor Her.

soring" Was Too alueh tor Her.
They were coming down town together
In a Broadway car, and the woman in
the plush jacket was pouring her tale OF
woe into the sympathetic left ear of her
neighbor in the sealskin coat.
Yes. I've moved, she said. We've
given up fiat life and are going tolive in /
hotel for awhile. No. 1t wasn't the |
traditional causes that drove me out, /
either. Id grown used to the dumb-
waiter, had established fairly friendly
relations with the janitor, and my serv-
ant agreed beautifully with the other
servant, who washed on the same day
she did.
I'VE had lived in the fiat almost six
months. No one had called, and |,
being used to the ways of smaller cities,
had decided that the people meant TO
snub me. | didn't mind il. Harry and
| were very comfortable. had mother
with me part of the time, and-well.
everything was lovely.
lone evening was in the bathroom,
which opened off the court. | hadh
severe cold in my lungs, and | contded
the fact 10 Harry, who sat IN onr den,
further down the hall. suppose that
must have raised my voice just a little,
when Harry suggested that use goose
/ grease and replied that hadn't any in
] the house.
/ "well, my dear. in just ten minutes
the bell rang and my maid came to me
with saucer and message from the
old lady who lived in the fiat above me.
a
the message was 10 the effect that the
dear old lady had heard me express a
wish, etc, and begged ! would accept it.
II was pleased 1t was so sweet and
nice of her that tears came TO my eyes
as took the saucer and retreated intc
the bathroom again. The door had
hardly closed when-another ring, an
other maid, another saucer. this time
from the young married woman on the
top floor
How ungrateful | had beenl How
kind and truly good were all these peo
pie! NY meditations were interrupted
by another ring, another maid, anothe
supply of the goose grease. The maidei
lady who kept house for her brother has
sent il mp, and would please rub il il
well and go to bed at once. Then tn
Irish servant girl across the hall brough
some in and gave it 10 the queen of m,
kitchen, and had to take in and shel
ter two more consignments while the.
were exchanging the courtesies Of tn
evening.
"All were represented before the even
ing was over. except that the offering
varied The witower on the first foo
said his Maria had died Of neglecte
cold on the lungs, and he sent me bot
| tie of the Consumptive Sufferers Relief
: which she had found very soothing |
her last hours. A sweet old grant
mother on the second floor sent me
mustard plaster all ready for apphct
tion, and the widow who boards, wit
I her contributed box Of four grain qu
nine pills and a medical JOURNAL.
Martha and ! spent the entire ever
I ing receiving these ileighborly offering
/ while Harry sat still and chuckled. u
II o'clock we had ample stock for
small apothecary shop.
From that night everybody in tn
block regarded me rs being snatche
il from death by his or her remedy. gay
them all a common interest to discus
Harry was waylaid in the hall. Marth
was intercepted ON her way to and frol
Il the clothesline, | myself was subjectt
n TO various medical questions by Il
widower, the grandmother and Il
. young married woman ON the top tioo
Il was growing thin and pale.
!. simply had to have change Of scene
a and people. SO we moved. No. l.
a. not exaggeTsfting. haven't even dol
the subject justice"
at But the woman IN the sealskin co
thought she had. York WORTH.