Cañon City record., 1899-02-09
TO RENT.--RooMs
"0r COURSE we can do H. WI,
BY Kenneth H.rford.

I "
What could I say to thatf
Susan had made up her mind and that
was the end of it,
But" ventured, ''the work Think
| CT the work"
THAT is why favor the plan. 1t will
give me something TO do when you are
away"
This with . certain cutting tone, -
much as to say. ''and you are away
most Of the time
very weI," / agreed, '.it shall be
az you say. Wen take the house and
You can rent the four rooms if you
| want to-
And just think" she went on. -we1l
| get all the rent back. Then we will
get our shelter for nothing"
| "Please don't call our home shelter "
begged, whereat she offered: well.
You make enough week to get that
some weeks; and the shelter is all that
remains for me to think Of"
Very WELL said l. "we'll move"
And we did.
Three days later, after the carpets
had been cut over and mating had
been bought for the hall bedroom up
stairs, we were snugly-or. at least
IleasantIy-housed at 23l Sunny street
Hanging the pictures and learning
the ins and outs of the gas furnace had
tired Susan. SO we agreed TO put on plac-
ing TIE advertisement in the paper un-
til the following Sunday. The Satur-
day night before, we walked down to
the office and gave the young man be-
hind the counter IS cents in exchange
for q slip saying that we had taken
shout an eighth of an inch of space for
one day-in the paper of the following
morning.
Susan went about it all enthusiast
ically. and she was up al the first cry
Of the newsboys the next morn
ing and into my pocket for q
nickel to buy that paper. She
locked through it twice by the fain:
light of the north window before she
found the advertisement We had placed
the night before. and when she did she
appeared as pleased with herself, with
i. and with the world in general, as
child in the second grade with a new
slate.
But its awfully little, don't you
thlnk, Reuben % she asked
looked at the three lines. II did
look little, but / would not have dis
couraged Susan for the world. '-oh.
there'll some one see it l ventured.
-But / want a great many to see it -
she went on Il want "a grea; many to
come so that we can select from them
! wouldn't have ordinary people in
the house for the world"
To tell the truth. had no idea that
in the city of Detroit there would be
very many people who would see those
three lines advertising the rooms we
had to rent. but i held my opinion to
myself, only venturing to remark to
Susan. standing there by the window in
the half light: You'll see.-
And she did, and that before the day
was out
We were at breakfast The chops
ere excellent, the rolls done to a turn,
and the coffee nearer like mothers than
any Susan ever before had made. The
doorben rang -Now. who in the world
can. that be?-' exclaimed Susan. drop
I piag her fork on the plate before her
sfth . clatfer-
-It may be your brother" sus-
gested.
1T isn't either" she disagreed
whereat ] suggested that one of the
best means of learning who it was
would be IN answer the bell.
The idea seemed to impress itself
upon Snsan's mind favorably. for she
did ms suggested.
listened. mouthful of chop poised
on the tip of my fork in mid air.
YES" I heard Susan say to the per-
son at tine door, I'VE have rooms to rent
Do you desire to look at the furnished
ones or the unfurnished ones?-
l smiled. Apparently the person
wished the latter. for Susan took him
or her along the hall TO the door at the
end There was silence for a moment
followed by a confusion of voices. il
seemed TO me. and then the front door
closed and Susan came back into the
dining-room-
She sat down near the register. not
at the table. though i wanted another
cup OF coffee.
What is ite' asked.
at was a man. was her reply.
That being bit unsatisfactory con-
tinued. What did he wsnt?"
Rooms
Didn't he like ours?-
He did until i told him they were
heated with natural gas, and then he
started for the door. He said his wife's
cousin was asphySiated by natural gas
once and that his wife wouldn't live in
. house where ii was used"
did he say anything else?"
ayes; he asked If this was a boarding
house, ! wouldn't have had him any
way. he seemed so snappy and never
said one thing about the pretty shades
We put up in there"
SWELL. there will be others,- said.
encouragingly. and poured q second
sup of coffee for myself
And there were. They began COM
ing steadily at nine o'clock and kept it
up all day. Susan didn't want to 20 to
church for fear that abe would miss
some one. and she knew that / could
not answer the bell if it should ring.
There was, first, woman with =
whitfield nose and crescent earrings.
She wanted the unfurnished rooms to
open q palmistry parior. and Su. an
said she was not in the ofiee-renting
business. The woman with the nose
and the crescents left the house IN a
hun. remorking. as she passed Susan
In the hall, that she wouldn't live un-
der the same roof with her.
Then there was the young man and
his sister. They liked the connecting