Evening journal., 1897-08-07
THE MAN WHO BOARDS.
Some Things That Make Him {
template Matrimony.

template Matrimony.
The troubles of a man who boa
begin with A and end with u and
tween is a pandora box full of diff,
ties.
Now there is the question of tow
Jones is decent enough to take a b h
at irregular intervals of some "a ho
and has some fine, large "altogeih
bath towels which he intends ST
cheer but not irritate after he ri.
dripping like a mermaid or a h,
drowned cat, from the chill morn
tub. But they disappear and in th
place he finds some heavy pocket ha
kerchiefs, with large holes in the
which he ascertains are sufficient to 4 /
him down to the third floating rib wi
he uses extraordinary prudence and
remote and fringy corners. Otherw
he must start the day feeling as thou
he was in heavy perspiration. 1t q
courages the aquatic duty of a citiz
Then there is the matter of match
This is a small but at times burnt
question. When a man comes in tir,
puts on slippers and gets out the ligl
est novel on his shelves and snugg
down in a big chair for a long, gu
evening and q pipe, and careless
reaching for the match safe finds
empty, he sits for moment in few,
ish frame of mind. Then he rises S,
emnly and goes down three flights
stairs for matches, but finds the box
empty and the landlady gone to bed.
In the darkness of the lower ha
alone with some dozen vicious rockiI
chairs clustered around his unprotect
ankles, he Ihurmurs a blessing on L
lady and her assistant and laborious
ascends 70 search the bathroom. Foil
there he prowls into another's rool
which he finds has new and feminil
occupant and precipitately retires, fe,
ing that worst of anguish-humili
tion. He cusses the pipe and throws Il
book into a corner, and the lamp tn.
displays a fading tendency.
Grim, haggard, furious, lie stan
watching the glow turn a siekly pail
and flicker, then burn in q ring
smudgy fire at the wick. He remeI
bers that he has asked the chambe
maid at four different and fervid tim
to keep that lamp full of oil and ey,
slipped a quarter into her hand hopi1
it would work a change. Againis he
the darkness and all the evil that is
his nature (or has been instilled the
by having TO eat warmed-over ia
roast beef under the guise of steaI
seethes in his chest.
Some of the troubles are small, III
the piece of chicken at the Sunday di
ner, and there are others which a
great and vast like the Monadno
block. With Jones one of these latt
is difference of opinion respecting L
most convenient, desirable and ali
! gether choice location for the was
stand. He has certain preferenc
which in his timid, hesitating way
exhibits by putting the stand where
wants it. He takes q proud. complace
survey of his domestic domain as
leaves in the morning. At night he
turns to find that the washstand is {
cupying another site. He puts it ba
and continues doing it for three suec,
sive nights and then comes a til
when flesh can bear no more and
tralnps downstairs and demands TO S
the chambermaid.
She is out and he forgets it in {
morning, but that night his furnitu
is in the prim, maddening regulari
which he detests and the maid is
raigned. She could not open the wal
robe door, she explains, with the was
stand where it was. Open the wal
robe dOorl What was that girl goi
into that place every day for and &
ting his coats white with lint from I
! dust cloth2
And then Jones goes away and sui
and meditates matrimony.-Chica