Daily camera., 1900-09-04

: zy"Oh, you don't need to do that. I'd
just call you white" he said.
mo, would you? That's good Of
you," she murmured, gratefully; "but
there's something else that bothered
me. don't know the year of my
BIRTH"
~ The census man looked weary.
"Could you give guess at your age?"
he asked, apologetically
"Oh. yes, I'm 80, but l can't sub
tract"
."You don't look it, said the man, po-
litely.
"Well, l don't know. may look as if
l could subtract. but I'm sure I don't
look as if could divide"
Have you got profession, ma'am?'
''They say being charming is WON.
ans profession. You might put that
down."
:, He shook his head with uncomph-
mentary decision.
"pont you do anything else2"
"Oh, 1 paint poor pictures between
times" she admitted,
"Are you single, ma'am?"
"Do you suppose I'd make profes.
sion of being charming if l weren't
single?"
He admitted the force of the logic.
"Now about the lady of the house,
miss?''
"She's out"
eyes, but you can tell me all have
TO know"
"she's awfully white; but I don't
know how old she ts.'
Cant you guess?"
"Oh, yes, can guess, Thirty-6ve's
good, respectable, incorporating
sort Of an age. Call her 49,"
''Where was she born?"
II don't know. She's lived in WASH
ington and Denver and Boston and Co.
lumbus, o., and Jersey City. You can
take your choice"
"You don't know in which Of them
she was born?"
mo. i know where she'd rather
have been born than anywhere else?'
The census man cheered up.
"Where?"
. "Virginia. She just pointedly does
adore Virginia.
''AH right. III put her down in vir-
ginia."
"That'Il be a real comfort to her."
said the boarder.
whats your servants name?
Her first names Norah."
Don't you know the ast?"
'No; and she's gone out. What do
you think her name ought to be after
Norah? Murphy would be all right.
wouldn't it?"
why, yes; I guess I'll put it Muir
ply. l don't want to come back again,
you see. 1 amt making much out of
my district. The families are so small"
He looked distinctly abused; and the
boarder promptly apologized.
I'm awfuAy sorry there amt more
Of us," she said, humbly.
"Oh, it can't be helped" he sighed.
Nov, my cousin, he's over in the ten
ement district, 70 and 80 folks in one
house; and, if they amt in. you can put
them in. Folks will believe anything
about a tenement house. l told my
cousin I wasn't doin' very well, that
there was only private houses and fur
nished room places in my district, and
he says: why, furnished rooms is a
cinch. You couldn't do better except
in tenements. Mix up German and
Irish Names he says, and scatter
them around in those furnished rooms,
and nobody can jump on YOU But they
did get jumped on once, for that sort Of
business, and guess I'll just get what
can on the square. There's so many
maiden ladies and widows running
these boarding houses and room places,
though, and they're SO touchy about
their ages. I wish I'd had tenement
district"
II wish you had" said the boarder,
with deep sympathy.
you've been real pleasant and help
ful. There amt many that's as help
full as you."
I'm such good cause, couldn' con-
scientiously be anything else," said the
boarder, loftily. "It's privilege to as
sist the, government in amassing all
this valuable information"
"Yes'm," said the census man, as he
closed the door behind him.