Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
TIM, CREDITOR.
BY RAYMOND wEsTHILL.


the other creditor was the landlord.
Tim had been pounding on the
door some minutes when the landlord
came.
"Is there no one in?" inquired that
person as he discovered Tim there.
Now She's never in when want
me money" said Tim. "She looked
der papers alright"
And she never paid you anything?'
kin get no money outer her now. She
mus spen' it all fer beer now; she's
alwiz got der price of pint"
How much does she owe you?"
"On'y a dollar forty-sevin. She
used ter owe me two dollars an forty
SEWN cents. Dat was when she lived
in Gardiner street. two flights up. !
hun'red an f1ftyfour flights er stairs
ter sell dem papers, an laid out one
doller an thirteen an er half cents
ter git dem-an' den didn't git paid
ALL"
81 would come here every week
until she gave me the rest, if l were
you
Yer wouldn't git it den, fer l went
ter her house in Gardner street twen'y
three times in two months an all got
was so cents"
Some people haven't any hearts, "
remarked the landlord as Tim paused.
dat wus sixty-siX fights er stairs
eha
enyer, but 1 wusn't goner give it up
an | found out where she moved. She
lived dare SEWN months an l never
got nothin' from her. 1t wus two
flights dare. and went up sixty-nine
times an dat makes a hun'red an
Den she moved ter Wilton street an
der frs tree months l didn't get
nothin'. l tried nineteen times an it
wus tree flights dare-dat makes
fifty SEWN flights more. Mex time |
went she said she'd gim me ten cents
er week till it wus all paid. She on'y
GIN me thirdly cents in two months.
I'm tired countin der stalrs-I don t
know how much dat made Now she's
here an I've bin comm her fer four
months.
"An'," he continued, getting quito
In rage; 'some of her excusis WIS
fierce. She tol me frs dat der firm
didn't pay her husban' yet for two
months, an dat she wus ter law about
1t. Den dat gag wore out, an when
Mr.. Braid'd come ter der door an see
me he'd say Mrs. Braid jist went out,
boy; she's got all der money wild her;
come round termorrer,' and when
Mrs. Braid'd come ter der door she'd
say Why Mr. Braid jist went out.
Didn't yer meet him? l haven't a
penny in der house. Sorry; yer'll
have ter come in termorrer.'
"Such mean proceedings" inter-
Osed the landlord with disgust.
"Oh, dat amt all. One day | got
dem mixed up. Mr.. Braid said dat
Mrs. Braid was sleepin' an bercause
she had neuralger he didn't want
ter wake her up. l went der mex
day an she says Why didn't yer call
er little earlier yesterd'y. l jist went
out when yer came Nothin' but 'er
big lie"
did you tell her you caught herr"
'Naw-wouldn't be no use"
During the last of the conversation
the landlord had taken tub that had
stood against the front door of Mrs.
Braid's apartment and placed it
against the rear door.
She'll know who put that there"
he said assuredly. She'll be down
to my Office tonight without fail to
pay the rent. She doesn't fool with
me-"
The next time Tim found Mrs.
Braid in, and she promised to pay
every cent on Wednesday afternoon
at three o'clock, four weeks from
now"
That afternoon Mrs. Braid was pre-.
pairing to make "call," and thereby
evade the newsboy, when the landlord
came. She had appeared at his Office
thrice with excuses, but no money. He
must have his money. She found sub
terfuge in: II have only a ten dollar
bill" He insisted upon getting change,
while she argued that she had an i'm
portant engagement and could not
tarry a moment He threatened to
put her and her possessions on the
sidewalk if she did not settle. She
finally handed him the ten dollar bill,
though not before she had gotten rid
of the OBTAINING dilemma That was
disposed of by her careless nature
when she said:
"Put the change under the mat. It'll
be dollar and half-eight fifty for
the rent"
1T will not be safe there"
"Oh yes it will. I've placed things
there loads of times"
About twenty minutes after Mrs.
Braid had sauntered out of the house
Tim, fifteen minutes late, was rap
ping at her door; but, of course, it
remained closed. He made up his
mind to fool her ''jist onst" in his life,
so he placed the tub where the land
lord had nut it.