Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
is A BIG ADVERTISER.
MISS SUE GREENLEAF'S MIS-
SlONARY WORK,
Ruauing a in Texss-Physicai
Force Rids Her Domicile Of a Too
%Conndlng Dead : Head
Great scheme.

room frame house on Main street
| set my basket down on the sidewalk
and tried to take in the situat. on
The locality was not strictly first.
class II We coniiue ourselves to th Q
definition given by society but | am
authority for saying that the moral
tty Of the propeietors was iirst,
class" which | learned by living with
them. ! had just passed d restaurant
where another unique sign met my
eyes. Please Arrest All People
Who say they Can Get u Better Meal
for p Cents than We Serve" /
asked the proprietor how business
was and from the number oil people
| saw eating ana going 10. no GER
tainly told the truth when he said
Big rush here ri the time mann. You
see we advertise lots = pointing 70 tho
sign, and that draws Il crowd III
nothin' else do / nodded my head
in confirmation and went on. Seeing
the second sign | thought Ii Is i
patent truth that in this world OF sal.
tishness we are blind 10 the condi-
ton OF u mex door neighbor who Is
often in need % something to eat
took up my basket and went in the
restaurant. | told the woman who
was running the place that Ia like tD
get dinner. She said her price vas
two bits IL | had that much. ii not
whatever change | had would do.
| heayed i sigh rs / looseued the
strings OF my QUICKEN purse | took
from my basket and said. us | handed
her the two. bits No wonder Your
place is for rent II this Is the way you
DO business all OF the tiula
She said that times were hard hero
and Shcn people came ia il WINS Il
sign that they were hungry. and sho
didn't like to turn them out empty. /
asked her il she paid her grocery
bills; # she didn't | told her she was
stealing from her grocer to feed beg
gars.
Then and there / decided 70 rent
the place and give tho good soul then
on the way to the poor farm. i few
lessons in domestic economy.
When had flushed trying to cnt
the two bits dinner ! said s
you wan to rent this place do you1
How much do you ask for it includ.
Ing the furniture. which / suppose i,
yours2' She told me that she paid
twenty dollars per month for tic two
rooms and lowed that fifteen more
was not too much for the furniture.
! soon made nm estimate Of her furni.
ture as follows Two pine table,,
three dollars, two red table cloth.
n dollar; six steel knives and forks.
seventy. five cents. Six gubis:- hre
cents; kitchen furniture and chairs
twenty five dollars Total. thirty
dollars and twenty five cents
No madam. / said when had
finished the calculation Il can paw
you twenty.i vG dollars only FOR the
house aud use Of your furniture.
will give you three dollars 4 week.
and your husbands board TO work for
The contract was made and | took
possession immed iatcty. / had never
been called very large but this woman
pulled when she tried to reach around
10 tie my duckon apron on and said.
How much does yer weighgt
told her | only weighed two hun.
dred and twenty five pounds now nv
long walks hal q tendency to decrease
my weight that | had fallen OIL sew.
cnty- tive pounds since | started out
TWO months ago. My new friend
seemed Mortified at the great loss Of
flesh and told me she didn't believe
she would like to take ny trip On
foot. thought not. for nj that rate
there would be only fifteen pounds
left. all told. or her.
At half past i've / was ready 10
serve supper
| had hung on tho wall 50 ma
nottos full Of thought II no. yery
noeticaL The tables yet longwisc 81
The room SO | hung ono which read
Honesty is the best policy. Pay
before you eat. Is the rule or this
house. z where all customers could
sec it.
My first customer q foreigner al
kind, came il casting .id.
y]ianccs at me and sat down. asfted
MIN Il ne wanted to pay for his
He said he didn't have any
money; would pay for IL another
lime. ! pointed to the sign; he said
uHIu y maze = worth OF
Inference and for me to step around
ind get lis supper. / leaned over
and took him BY the car and with nv
other hand patted him on the
shoulder and said: Come. nv
gentle sir get out'' He roughly
hook me oil and owore huge oaths nj Z
nc. With that / again took hold or {
lis ear with one hand aud another {
rood hold on the lapel Of his coat !
the other hand. ] completed tho !
OF getting him outside of my
l0micitc, and to prohibit him re- j
| took the threc.leggcd
tool and sat down on it in front Of 9
he door ana lcvclcd % six shooter at
i'm. Finally hc skulted Off | called
0 him and said: IN you return. iii
what you need / am ont :
n the missionary business and intend :
0 give tho proper dose to each /.
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