Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-16
tanned THE LANDLORD.
Species of wild Animal That the sufs
fering suburbanite Had HARD
Time With.

For years his family had roamed the
suburban range. Constant conflict
with human beings had developed their
craftiness and cunning until they |
gould scent an irate tenant ten blocks |
away. Naturally, having inherited
the piled-up caution Of generations OF
landlord ancestors, he was the ne Plus
ultra Of dodgers, writes Josh WINK IN
the Baltimore American.
had been on his trail three months
before / got sight Of him. One morn
ing, early, | peered from my wlnao"
and saw him looking at the house.
But before | could slip on some clothes
and rush to the door he was gone, leay-
ing nothing but the long stretch Of
trolley rails to mark his course.
One day l got connections with MN
on the telephone, but no sooner haa
| tried him with gentle lure, suggest
| ing that the hall needed repairing
than he was off like shot. had cen
trail ring his bell until central grew
more than usually curt, but could not
again draw him from his lair that Gay.
Truly, his caution was past UNDER
standing. Shrewdly baited letters
were dropped in his path every week.
limiting at willingness to pay more
rent if he would put more paper on the
hall and have the woodwork yarnlshea,
but lie shifted distainfully at them, ana
sent his agent for the money.
There were Others in the range who
hunted him, but / had marked INN
for my own. The others went pluh-
deringly about the chase. 1hey
tramped in serried columns tothe very
door Of his private office, but the
anemic private secretary was always
ready to throw them off the scent
: Once. one Of them was brash enough
, TO walk past the private secretary anu
into the private Office, But the place
was empty. The game had flown. haa
/ the man known as much as aboul
: wild animals he would have realized
] that this species always provides y
!, self with means of escape, even IRON
! its begt-hidden Businesses.
As for me, I was patient and bldee
!. nv time On an evening in December
: / met him in the theater lobby an'
asked him for a match TO llght u!
cigar. | could see by his start o. sur
! prise that be knew me for an enemy
:, vet | regulated my conduct in such
. way as to throw him Oft. pretende'
= not 10 know him. / drew him into
> conversation that developed the rae
that we had many likes and dislike
- in common. After that it was easy I
a GET near to him when next met hir
% on the street, and from that to a
be exchange of introduetions was slmpll'
A. ity itself. But it took me Who'll
"A wear to lead up to the point of askin
~ him to call. Then | had him out
IN dinner. Took him over the house, sti
70 pretending ignorance of his idenut
in Pointed out what should be done an
on bewailed the fact that my genero'
Nc landlord was so pressed for time tn
re- he could not come to see for himseI
- A few days later he wrote me TIL
no he had seen my landlord and taken Il
"a liberty of suggesting for me that Il
No repairs wanted should be made al
~ that they would be attended to at one
ew Then was my time. Iclosed in on hi
ait next time / saw him.
or Now, he will come 70 me and ia
as money from my hand.
nd That is why am the wonder, 81
pair and envy of all the others on 1
ter suburban range.