Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-08-12
HER FIRST LESSON.
She Learned from 1t n Truth as Un'
chanGeable ms the Heavens.

She Learned from 1t n Truth as I'm
changeable ms the Heavens.
The small, anxious woman who was
keeping the boarding house suspected
that he was a crank the moment she
saw him. What first excited her sus-
picion was the fact that, although he
WAS very thin, he habitually wore a
frock coat. There is something about
n thin man in Prince Albert coat that
invariably excites the distrust of his
fellow men. She was not surprised
when this boarder came to her with the
announcement that he was going to
leave.
I'm very sorry" she lswered. 81
have done my best to make it comfort
able"
"You have, indeed. have been pro-
foundry impressed by your solicitude
for my well being and assure you that
as journey onward through life, per-
haps never to encounter this boarding
house again, it will be sweetly refresh
ing to recall that sometime and some
where I have known landlady who
gave a thought to her boarders other
than to keep tab on when the rent came
due"
The lady heaved little sigh and
blushed.
''If you feel that way about it," she
said, 81 don't see why you are going to
leave u.s."
81 can't stand suspense" was the an
swer. present discomfort is better
than complete ease combined with a
future that bristles with the terrors of
uncertainty. I am becoming attached
to this place. Iwould rather move now
and break the ties while they are still
slender than linger till the frost comes
again and be obliged to have my traps
carted around town while I seek other
lodgings in cold weather"
"But 1 don't see why you will have
to move at ALL"
"You are not experienced in running
boarding house"
Its true that have been engaged in
this business only short time. But !
don't see how you found it out, I
thought I was providing exceedingly
good accommodations"
eyes. The excellence of the estab
lishment in all its branches was what
first excited my suspicion. Then I re-
solvedtoput you to the test. Iknewthat
I could determine with absolute accur-
acy whether you were novice and ali
4, - 10 lo%o mo
the results of early enthusiasm. You
will remember that this morning sale
something at breakfast about the cof-
fees being rather slow to settle"
Eyes. 1t seemed little heartless OF
you to call attention to it before folks,
and l gave the cook good talking to
about it. I am sure it will not occur
again."
The thin boarder looked down upon
her and smiled indulgently.
at is too bad" he commented, "that
this solicitude which does you so much
credit should have been the means of
my detecting your secret. Had you
been old in the business, when you
heard me say that it took the coffee
long time to settle, you would have cast
an icy look around the table and said
that it reminded you of some people.
That is form of repartee that was in
vented shortly after Adam and Eve left
the Garden of Eden to look for other ac-
commoda tions, and no one but q begin
ner would have let the opening pass.
am sorry, but I prefer the peace of
mind that comes from a settled policy
to basking in the sunshine of luxury
only to see it, day by day, obscuredby
the shadow of mercenary economy.
This evening 1 will pay you the seven
dollars and a half that owe you and
then we will part"
\ long, hard line that had never been
there before came into the face Of the
little landlady. She had taken her first
lesson in the eternal truth that the
more one tries to please people the less
one is likely to succeed.-Detroit Free
Press.