Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-10
A BOARDING.
HOUSE ROMANCE.
We kept a boarding house, Mitt,
$3.50

and 1.
To be sure, people said it was a
shame that Mr.. Fontaines daughters
should stoop SO low in life as to deal
out their hospitality for money. But
NIFTY said-and NIFTY has great deal
OF common sense-that we must live.
and all the genteel company that came
to visit us wouldn't put SO much rs a
copper In our pockets toward coal and
taxes. Mrs. Hall, who lived next door
70 US. said she knew we wouldn't
make It pay. No one but an expert
enced h0usekeeper could make 1t nav.
ME-. Hall kept colored man to open
me door and wait on the table, and
called her fourteen boarders n few Sc
iect friends" And when NIFTY put up
the little tin sign, Boarding. at. the
right OF the door. rs you came UP the
steps. Mrs. Hall elevated her patrician
nose and muttered something about
low and common" But, rs NIFTY said,
what was the use of being above your
business? 1t was clearinghouse,
and al the big words in the dictionary
~ Sy.m y .uns e.se VI IT,
.,s,. Aaal sa'd that the Fentaine
c ~, we're very queer Miss Cynthia
Caldwell thought that 1t would have
zen lnucn nicer ana more select to do
dne sewing, or get a place as gov
erness or something Of that sort, which
~ n na,e peen qui1e so public.
sns a sI.e nlea1 saia MS daughters
.H., :. , sisi. poaruing-house Keep
80 . - A,ieul lookea tne other
~. 49, 49,. "nen he prougnt ms rashionable
- s.s. .'ue ~ Wwn una met NIFTY face
.nss. ..sr. s
i,.whst !. go saM M.ty, laughing.
49,. queer Worid TINS isT
an 1nS.y enough 70 cry
~ e1s Mitty SAID \, wen
$500, L ..l ula. We Gun De quite indie
VII "l .,'' tnein.
~en' as time Went on we had sew
his r,ooa e C,..,. u,u MI fettgrew and
,. .s a,e.o o'arissa--tne TWO Mr.. Hen
,ss.o s.u .ue Mi.,'s'ers niece, VINO gave
as,S... s ~ "nA MOVERS anu water-coior
49,. ~, ~. roo"s We're ruil, all
up ne niue one over the wing.
Aate sald NIFTY triumphantly,
All. ~ - aAs money. = put eleven
oSa. "a .Se savings pahk, to-day,
~. s.a u ose al expenses Tor the
~ nu.
ie say MIS-. dail saves more
81 . ..a salu !;
CO., nA lAeiy, SAID NIFTY.
go. go wv see sifs. nan does every
s.n.s " = slhlluer scaie tnan we can
nss,,a.,. ~ Aeep up WIN. we 10 our
~ IT, s "a ,s. anu iron our own ia.
$500 en y. anu s'l. 'he asnes, on the sly,
n,1u 'ne renee, WINE Miss Henriet-
,r. nsa ~ 10 =, practlcms ihe Maiden's
AYE on Ine piano.
- a.. observer !, we are not
$500, 49,. 'au M 70 sirs. nan ana MISS
Ia go Nc are on,y TWO poor iittie
mn ,s.,n," "no are op'lseo 70 earn our
"ra.a
49,. 80 We noe ~ GU hald! lh-
ASaA. ef.eu OUT ail't.ty
tn. nau you are as Iresn Us q rosebud
,es.ue nerlet.a aail said l, pat
lug Ier cneeK. DO you know, dear,
30, 1 VIVA ''sfees WIN Doth OF
9. 49,.
. ~ .n.nss wen. On, untli one summer
49, " were slttihs OUT on our
1870 wen ,nele was quite q commo-
s u0. - ne nrusseis-carpeted nail OF
ou ~, .eisnuor' Airs' nan
svu u,', ne must go Mrs. HAIRS
w. sniy announced. ~ was a
seae inposi.lcn on me- tnat ne should
ove. come mere. supposed he was an
au,nol VI AWyer OF some such gen
-, occupau.on, anu now, you see he's
a aons pu' palnter' A common
ps.n.ol.
p,rds,an s'' n@ a'p' suggested MI.