Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
my dear Mrs. Roberts, I have

my dear Mrs. Roberts, I have a
! favor to ask.
"It would do no good to talk to me-"
she replied.
will you do me the favor to hand
me a statement of my Indebtedness?
l believe / owe you for five or six
weeks board. If not too much
trouble"
You owe for twelve weeks, and it
won't do any good to talk"
"If not too much trouble" continued
the major with dignity, Il should like
a statement. 1t may be twelve weeks,
as you say. l pay but little attention
to these trifes. Indeed, you may make
it out for twelve weeks, and then I
will draw you a check for the amount.
1 have been very busy, as you know.
and if l have caused you any incon-
venience / am sorry for it,"
"You-you will pay!" gasped the
landlady, as she stood and stared at
him.
Should you want three months in
advance you can have it as well. So
long as I'm drawing a check l might
as we'll make it for 5000 as $75 or
800. It might be we'll, while am eat
ing my dinner, for you to return my
trunk to my room and give the police
man a hint to move en-. Come to my
room half an hour hence"
The major not only ate a square
meal but ate it with his usual dignity,
and he was far fom %betraying the fact
that his feelings had been injured by
the landlady following him. The look
the landlady's want Of confidence in his
financial integrity. Soon after he had
finished and assembled to his room the
look of determination had been replac-
Cd by ore Of anxiety and solicitation.
you, you see, you owe for twelve
weeks" she explained as she handed
him the bill.
"Exactly-I sce," he replied, as he
received it. Twelve weeks at seven
dollars a week is S84. Sorry if you
have been inconvenience. Don't you
want 5000.
"Oh, major. I'm sorry if 1 hurt your
feelings" she protested.
Il must say that my feelings have
been lacerated to an extent, but 1 am
to blame for it. l will write you a
check for 1874. Should you want q loan
during the nonth-s200-s500-S1,00 600
please let me know. There you are
my dear woman-there you are. 1t is
your due, and l am glad to hand it to
you, but must confess that your want
of confidence in my financial integrity
is something Of a shock to me. One
should pay for his room and beard Of
course but there is one originating evol-
wing, promoting and organizing to the
extent Of millions
Il know, MAORI know" interrupt
ed the landlady, "but I'm no business
oman l couldn't tell about your
schemes. You took me in on two of
them, and l was to make millions, but
l haven't seen even a dollar yet"
But you didn't secure any stock.
You delayed until frozen cut. l let you
in On the ground floor, but you didn't
come to time"
WAS that it," she asked, as she
nervously played with the check. 81
asked some OF the boarders about it,
and they said your schemes were all
wind"
The major looked at her in a plying
way for a couple of minutes, and then
got up and walked to and fro for a
time before he said:
My dear woman, you have common
sense. II you didn't have you couldn't
run a boarding house. You must let
common sense guide you in all things.
On two occasions, owing to your conf
dence in my financial integrity, l have
set out to make you a millionaire.
Your timidity has been the stumbling
block. Let me present you a few facts.