The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21
LESSON TO THE BOARDERS.
Them by Long-sun.ring
Newspaper Man.


iaudlady did the mischief. The new
boarder up to that time had come il
every morning for his breakfast and
several evenings every week for hii
dinner. and. aside from being 81 AIRED al
by the other boarders. had Jared quite
well, as well as most men do whoss
families are away.
The morning after the evening wheI
the message was delivered he came tc
breakfast as usual, and soon discovered
that lie had gained In Importance with
his fellow boarders. They seemed &c
take more than ordinary interest in
him and lis business.
why, isn't III strange" said the land
lady's daughter, 1--WE never knew you
were newspaper man until last night
1t must be just splendid to work on
paper. | suppose you get all the the.
alter tickets you want. don't you?"
Yes said the scribe, continuing hii
breakfast.
Then the burly man, who was a cloth.
ing manufacturer and called pants
"pontz" and store "stoor" and per
cent. per teent," leaned over toward
the newspaper man and in a confden-
tial way sked: Say. does your pa per
pay nowadays?" ard when an evasive
answer was given followed up his in
vestigation by asking: Don't the war
make great difference in your bust.
ness?"
Before an answer could be given &c
the last question young man with n
high collar and an air born or ignor-
ance. iasolence and cigarettes deliv-
cred a short address on his estimate OF
the various New York newspape
then the landlady asked from behind
stack OF berry plates If it was diff
fcult matter TO get passes to Long
Branch. and the small boy. who was the
"pontz" man in miniature, wanted to
know If the unfortunate newspaper
man could not get him pass TO ad
him to the navy yard; he wanted TO sec
the Texas.
The young woman at the upper end
OF the table, whose husband is ION the
road for a business house. and the
man with thin voice and shiny coat
who reicices in the title of the Ia nd
lady's husband. were making eyes in
the direction Of the unfortunate news
paper man and evidently waiting their
turn to say something to him. but he
realized the danger and fled.
The same party assembled around
the breakfast table the next morning
aud the same impertinent questions
were about 10 be hurled al him. as the
scribe thought by the way all looked
nj Him when he entered the room. To
tell his Ia ole companions that they had
no more right 10 make inquiry as 10 his
business than he had to pry into theirs
might have led to controversy. So he
simply turned the tables on them and
began by asking the man who kept a
stoor" how much profit he made on
his wares. and whether he was solve mt
at the present time. Then. after a
pause he turned TO the landlady and
asked IL she would give friend whom
ne would send weeks board for no h.
Ing. OF course not-how could he ask
such a thing--how could she?-and
while the others were wondering what
had come over the usually quiet news
paper man he asked the various per.
sons around the board some OF the
NEST impcrtinent questions as TO their
private and business affairs. His les
son evidently had its effect, because
during the week he remained there
after his business identity had been
discovered no one asked him questions
about newspaper matters, the manage
ment OF his paper, its circulation. its
policy, etc, his method having demon
strated, possibly, that a newspaper
mfa has some rights which "boarders'
must res pect.-N. Y. Tribune.