Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-12-07
PUZZLED THE CENSUS MAN.
4 Young Woman's Hopeless Struggle
to Fill Out the Schedule of
questions.

one of the blanks when tie bell rang,
and she greeted the mild-mannt:sd
census taker with efTusion, SAYS the
New York Sun.
you've come just in time TO save my
iotttring reason she said. cordially.
Hey" said the census man. who
evidently Wasn't used to being treated
with airy frivolity.
I've been trying TO fill this thing
out truthfully. and it's so hard to be
scrupulouSly truthful. Now. about my
colo-. You see. I'm in a ~truu.i;.Un
stage between my winter color auG NV
summer cu.or. My :rccklcs aren't very
b"d yet: but | guess Brown and lemon
color you'd hi; me off al right"
Siv look,d very serious and sadly
pu.,i,d. and the ems uun. whose
s,i.-- uf humor wasn't his strong point.
has',u,d To explain.
-. you Gou't need To do that. I'd
jr,' all o white" he said.
80. would YOU? That's GOOD az
Nca." he murmu: cd, gratefully; but
there's sumrthiug else that bothered
ne. | don't know the year Of my
birth"
In" census man looked weary.
Could you give Il guess al your age"
he a..:,d. apologctically.
Oh. yes. I'm 80. but | can sub
tract
YOU don't look it," said, the man, po-
lir,Iy.
! We'll. | don't know. | may look asst
| could subtract. but I'm sure ! don't
look as il ! could GiyiGr."
"I.oyc you got q profession. ma'am?"
They say being charming is a WON
ans profession. You might put that
! da.- H."
u" shook his head with uncompli-
mcu,arN decision.
"Don'r you do anything else"
%. | paint poor pictures between
time" sh, admitted.
"''r Nru Jingle. ma'am?"
no ii suppose I'd make Il profcs-
sion IT being charming il | weren't
sir=l, ."
lie admitted the force of the logic.
"Nrw about the lady OF the house,
mis-
".-hy's out"
"Its. hut you can tell me all l have
Ia Suow.'
Sis awmlly white; but 1 don't
know huw old she is"
Cant you guess?"
"Oh. yy>. : can guess. Thirty-five's n
coed. respectable, uncOmpromising
A"rt "i an age. Call her 3D.
"N!crc "as Sne horm?"
y 81 cont know. she's lived in Wash
iT"i.n and Denver and Boston and Co.
inMh"s. a. and Jersey City. You can
take sea. ch"icc.'
You don't know in which Of them
she was h"ru"'
"N". ! Aa"w where shed rather
have been born than anywhere clsc?"
lh" CENSUS man chccred up.
Where:
Virginia. She just pOintedly does
hhorc ' !@lnia.'
AN right. III put her down in Nir.
gihia.'
"lhGiN D." n real comfort to her"
said ih' h'I der.
what DIR SERVANTS name?"
Her names Norah."
.Do" snow The i"st?'
NO: he's gone out. What do
20" -. name ought TO he after
Nora. ply would be- all right.
"oui,"; "
why s.; ! guess I'll put il Muir.
ply. I don't want To ON back again.
you see. ! amt making much out Of
my uis'rlci. la" families are 50 small"
ne '""h'' distinctly abused; and the
"onrHer promptly apologiIcd.
I'm awfully sorry there amt more
III us shr s"id. hunibly.
avn II cant he helped" he sighed.
Now my cousin, he's over in the ten
'"''ht "IsirIct. 30 and 50 folks in one
mouse; ana. IT they nin'tin- YOU can put
'n''h H. FOLKS VIII believe anything
"oou' n tenement house. | told my
COUSIN i WaSnt dom very .Cl that
w" was VII! Prl'n'c houses and fur
n' io"'m p''c'S IN my district. and
,"sH, why, furnished rooms is n
.'"."' 10" co"ldh I do better except
Im.t,","e"'S. WIN up Herman and
49, ""'"'S' ne says mud scatter
wv "'"',"" III nose furnished rooms,
',s """""' '"n jump on YOU i'ut they
!""I'u vi once Tor that sort Of
Im"' Nv" ! guess u just get what
.nn VI" we square There's 80 many
m,a"" I"r.'S an" WIDOWS running
,,.'- "'',"E "".seS ana room places.
,L;s", '" '"cI re- so tuuciy about
,ws,.S WIS" " hhd Il tenement
.,