The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-04
A BOARDING HOUSE ROMANCE



To be .sfs. . opis .sid Il .a shsu
tia, Mr. fontsise's daughters shoold sios
20 los 10 life - 10 deal cal their hos
isiiiy Tor Goney, Bs, Missy .sid ~
NIFTY has great deal oi con mo5 sense
ibsi .e a nss live. snd .ll tie seuteeI eo
psny that esme 70 yisIl ns wouldLi pm, !
ageh a. copper ia oar pockets tss.r
coal snd taxes. Mrs Hall sbo lived eel
door to us, ssiG che ttew 80 soaldh
Hsks II pay No one bot 80 experience
boasetteptr eonld make il pay Mrs lis
kept eol9ted msn TO open the door an
ssit 90 the lsbie. aud called ber foatiee
bosrdets fss seleci friends. Add She
Nifty pul op The lntle tao sisn. "Bosr
ING, st the fisht Of the door, as 900 cam
op the steps. Mrs. Hall elevated &
pstticisu nose sud muttefed somstbinI
about low and common. But, as Mlh.
said sbs, vac the use a beiog shove sou
businsssi IL wss boarding house, ant
sll The big words 10 the dietionery woult
cot mske stythieR elee Of il.
Mrs Haii ssid that ths Fottsiue girl
wers very queer. Miss Cyntbis Cildsei
though ibs, 1t would hsve been much
nicer aud more select TO do hne sewing OF
se, place as eovrrness or something oi
thst sort. which wouldn't have beeen quite
so pubic Old Squire Fernlesi said bis
dang shter shouldn't Vi IL = boarding house
Keeper, and Dr. Millstt looked the other
way. when be brought bis fashion able rev
bride TO town aud me, NIFTY face to face
IN the street
DJsr mel said NIFTY laughing. What a
queer world this is2
Bat ! was angry enough to cry,
No matter NIFTY. said | we'll teach
them that We can be quite independen,
without tbeml
Well. Ms time went on W. had several
bosrders. 0d Mr.. Pet,igrew and his
niece Clsrisss the two Mr.. Henleys and
the minister's niese, who gave lessons 10
wax 61wers and water color psintipes.
Oar rooms we're full, all except the little
one over the wing.
X he, said NIFTY trinmphsntly, We are
making money pnt elev, dollars 10 the
savings bank, to day, over nd above sll
expenses for the past munlhl
| dare say Mrs. Hall saves more than
that said |.
Thick very likely, said NIFTY. Only,
you see. Mrs. Hall does everything on
ersuder scale than We can pretend to keep
up With. We do our own marketing. wash
and iron our own table linen and slit the
ashes, on the sly, behind the ie CO, while
Miss Hcnrietts Hall is praclicirg The
Msiien's Prayer on the piano
But then, observed | we are not such |
dne ladies as Mrs Hall snd Miss Henri
etts. We are only two poor lttls old |
msidp, who ire obliged to earn oar own
living
Kate, You are not 40 old Indignantly
cried ont Nifty.
And You sre ss fresh as rosebud beside
Henrietta Hall, said !, pstting her cheek
Do you kuow, dear, think hard work
agrees with both OF u.l
SO things went or, until one summer
evening, We were sitting out on orr steps,
v hen there was quite com notion 10 the
Brussels csrpeted hall Of our neighbor,
Mrs. Hall.
Vi course be must go, Mira H,ll's voice {
hrilly announced. II was a crest impo ,
itIon on me, that he should ever come &
'trei | supposed be was an author or ,
awyer or some such serteel occupation, a
nd now, you see, he's nothing but paint O
ri A common pailtsrl
An artist, ms'op, suggested Mr., Birds 1,
~,
And where's the difference should like i
, kno~p sputtered Mrs Hall. Except A
ne has ut least daily wages to depend il
pom and the other hasn't And nov here
G lie, down With scarlet fever or small poI
some such hideous aiment and
Oaly mslisnat form Of Intermittent
yer, ma'em, sgsin meeky put In Mr.. /,
irdsey. n
No mstter what name they call 1t by, n
ia tie lsudlady, waxing hotter and hot 81
the s,dor OF discussion. eon't keep a,
,spi,sl here, and il did | woulut bsr
IT any ,ucb low tfsshl SO the ,oontr be a,
.css G q the better shall be pleased. a,
Bot where is be TO gop ssked young y
alderman, who was b,lsnciug himself on h,
e balcony rails. cigar 10 mouth. BE has X,
J friends thst any body knows OF, and ',
All the more reason | should get him III
my hands as quickly as possible. said m
re-. Hall. The idea OF my becoming re
opsible for the 'unersl expenses Of - n,
Hush Waller will beer you interrupted n,
r. Birdsey. HIS window 10 wide open m
| don't care II be does hear ms | snsp a.,
d Mrs. Halt He ought TO have been m
hsmed oi himself, coming here under le,
ch circnmstsnces as this Bat be ciesrs.
h or we'll. before sunset this very night n,
Iere are public hospitals enough. | sup scI
se.
Plenty OF 'ep, said Mr.. Birisey. dryly; al
a while be IL waiting for ell the red tape m,
ns 10 be gone through With, ia order an,
gain sdmiseiSn. be will most likely die 80,
the street. Tn
Well. let hin die, said Mrs. Hall That a.,
10 business Of nine thst kpow Of mn
nifty locked at ne looked ., NIFTY. r.,
= eyes both .psrkled mute teIesrsphic ..v
sssses 10 each other and rose up and 10,
he. on, Of the choking, Indignant inlI
al heat