The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-13
CONVERSATION HABIT.


INTO talk with the man holding down
no chair In front of me. The weather
vas the entering wedge. and he began
{. and nj that. for l wasn't really In
any unusually loquacious mood. Then
he baseball situation held us for
while. after which. IN the smoking com
snr;ment. over the weeds, We driited
% W. Bryan. r. Ruzveit. Joebailey. ana
he rest OF the stock conversation OF the
lay
From that we fell To talking over
some things we'd noticed In New York.
lie observed rs a thing that had struck
iim with establishment that fiat rents
u New York are considerably cheaper
han fat rents In washington-the
Iame being strictly true. NJ you can
tick n pin In and make note ont.
.or I'm digging up SIS month In
Washington for n fiat that l could rent
N New York for $50 ut the very out
eide.
well. when this travelling mate got
IN To the subject OF flats i was there.
FOR I've been "a fiatter In Washington
Sor long while and moreover. the Hat
hing was n topic that happened to
De uppcrmost In my own mind right at
that time.
And another difference between
renting n fiat In New York and renting
me In Washington l said when we'd
got into the swing OF that subject. is
that I'm New York they don't make you
Sign any lease, whereas I'm Washington
hey nail you OF the lease thing for a
year
That's right he replied. they sure
DO
And that fool lease signing ar
.angement I'm Washington In NIL blamed
rot. at that went on. warming up.
Rot for this reason, that they can't
hold n fellow To one OF those leases.
They're not worth the paper they're
printed on. No account In the world
when Il comes to- holding man In a
fiat that he wants to vacate.'
Now. I don't know 80 much about
that. said my chair car mate. 1t seems
to me that I've heard of fellows being
held tight by those Hat leases In Wash
ington.'
"'Have, hey?' said I. We'll. they'd
never hold me on one OF EN-. and that's
"A cinch When I wanted tn move. I'd
Just move, and that 'ud be all about IL.
or course. 1 wouldn't jump right I'm on
the agent and tell him that l intended
10 deliberately burst my years lease
/ and that I was going tn move To some
other fiat that suited me better. But
ind one all right.
Maybe said he. sort Of pondering-
ly. Now, bow do you Imagine you'd
go about IL. for instance2'
We'll. said I. IN tell you just how
am going about Il. I'm going to do a
bit of pcrsonally-conducted lease-bust-
, ing In little old Washington mex; week.
Moved into our present Hat In May last.
and. or course. had to sign years
I lease. Isn't such a bad Hat. consider
I Ing the big fiat rentals in Washington.
ut that, but there's one just completed
| farther uptown that my wife and like
/ "A heap better and we're going To take n
| nat In that new apartment house. And
! I'm going To- make the move all right.
| I'm spite Of the fact that therell be
seven months yet To run on the lease
Z 81 the Hat I'm occupying now. for were
/ going TO move In October. Now. there'll
be some extra difficulty In doing this.
! but Ill overcome the difficulties. II
I the nathouSe that l am In now were
one OF the kind whore the furniture
could he removed right down the stairs.
II would be easy. and ia only have 20
4 tell the agent that | was going 10 move.
and then move. But it's one OF the
I big nathouses and our apartment Is on
/ the sixth floor. and the furniture can
b only be removed by way OF the freight
Z elevator In the rear. Now. two or three
! other fellows that have tried to bust
I their leases I'm that apartment house
have been up against Il just for that
I reason. on the days when they wanted
| to move out. why. the freight elevator
! happened" TO be out OF order and not
\ working. IL kept on happening" "a
/ be out OF order and not working just
as long as those ease-busters had II In
I mind to move. and IL didn't get In order
again till they'd finally made up their
minds that they wouldn't be able {,
| get their furniture and gear out anc
had notified the agent that they hat
/ concluded to stick TO their flats Till IN,
expiration OF their leases.
We'll I can beat that game. I'm
going right smack to the agent with Q
/ long face and n poor mouth. sort o.
/ and I'm going to tell him that OWNS
/ to- reverses. or specializing or some
thing. I'm down and out financially
that I'm all I'm: that l haven't th'
price OF another months rent I'm ms
! jeans and no way az getting Il: tina
/ I'll have To be getting out OF Washing
ton To some other town To get goin;
again. and 30 on. That'll be drawing
the long NOV. OF course. and IL won
be what you could call strictly ethical
but ethics be blowed I'm u case where
bloated landlord has the gall To fore,
me To put my name To "A paper stipulat
/
for whole year whether like 70 o
not. That's the way I'm going to Il,
! IL. ethics or no ethics. and I'll get ava!
with IL. too. They're not going To hol,
a man that hasn't got anything will
which 90 dig up his fiat rent. are they
| They're not going To hang onto his fur
! niture and keep II I'm his Hat. lettin,
| the fat remain untenanted. II It's pu
| TO them that no more rent'll be forth
coming from the present incumbent
! are they | guess not
We'll. ] dunno replied my travel
/ ing mate. gnawing refiectively on hi
cigar end. and presently we change,
! the subject and after n bit the traiI
I pulled into Washington.
II should have said before that W,
neglected To- exchange cards.
HIN. Ye-eh. Well. yesterday after
noon i swung into the office or tn,
AGENT OF my fiat. all prepared and re
hearsed TO give him my tale OF woe
/ looking TO the busting of my fiat lease
My travelling mate OF ten days az,
was sitting I'm the big chair I'm from
OF the big desk OF the agent. lie wa!
the new agent. He'd taken the ole
agents job "A few days after I'd pal,
/ my last months rent and hadn't hap
! pened TO run across him ia the fla
| building before yesterday.
"As soon as he wheeled I'm the bl,
! chair and recognized me. large
/ fat, oily smile appeared on his map.
grinned back At him. looking. no doubt
/ like an even worse fool than 1 am.