Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-02-28
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he iippJllEhtf Dy joseph ID i5OWltHJ
It. When Aunt Louisa died and left II
o.. $4,000. Charlie and agreed that thu
time had come for him to write hii
- longdreamed-of novel
IL In accordance with this decision oul
desire for a wider acquaintance with a
certain "colored gentleman" led us
the following June. to the little town
OF Delvoir, in the southern part of Del
. aware. We chose this place because,
;, while not too far south, it still abound
ed in negroes, in all stages of natural
and uncultivated picturesqueness.
Il don't reckon you'll find any
empty houses right now observed
/, our host of the hotel, doubtfully in
answer TO our queries; but mebbe
Their mought be one or two. Annie"
as his wife passed through the hall
'wher's Their any empty houses at?"
Il expect that brick house of Mike
Boylan's is to let" she replied; and
turning to lis, she added: "Boylan
keeps little store mp yon street
He'll show you the house-it's a right
nice place
It was thus we CHANGED to meet |
Michael Boylan-a sour, scowling, |
avaricious, hitler to-unheard-of type of |
Hibernianism, waiting, rich and ripe,
FOR the pencil of the cartoonist.
He's a perfectly horrible old man."
| said to Charlie, an hour later, on
my return from visit to old Boylan
but the house suits us, and it's the
only one we can get anyway. We
needn't have anything to do with him.
OF course" Alas! | knew not then.
Michael Boylanl
The local rent laws. We found. were
peculiar. Houses were let, on the first
OF each October, for the year begin
nlng on the first of January following.
tenants were required to sign at that
lime, contract which absolutely
pound them. with all their belongings.
o pay the years rent, whether they
ised the house or not But what |
JARED we for rent laws? We were
Dung and happy. and had high. I'M
haken hopes. to say nothing of the
5'OOO in the bank. We signed a con-
ract, taking the house for the remain.
er of the year.
The summer slipped happily awav |.
marble made rapid progress with the Is
ook, and during the last of Septem.
81 we began TO consider the details +
our next move In all this time we
I'd seen little of our landlord. Charlie 81
ID paid the rent promptly on the
st OF each month, stopping for the
lrpose at the little store while ont
the morning walk he always took
ice or twice, however. | had caught.
I'm the kitchen window. the CLEAN :
white teeth and the flash of stormy :
es above the green thorn hedge at
end of the back yard. Wants T.
now tn tinants kapes tn yar-rd." III
would soliloquize amusedly.
While we were deeply absorbed in tbe
SPECIFY hlttlng, | heard. of l
morning, heavy footsteps upon the ne
Oh and a fumbling at the dining ire,
m door | opened it. and there an
49,. ~ DoSiah' more lowering and upo
In rint was due yistiddvy he mea
~led Indignantly, shaking his head CON,
stepping back as if tried beyond shut
urance. van,
IN, was it?' | responded, weakly. gasT
ne appalling consciousness that f
oelng dunned for the rent NV worl
l had become blank to all else. Boyl
nightly for comnosnre an
",'enu 10 II at once. He has prob Old
forgotten all about it," said his
bolstered dignity. live
hesltated, putting out his breath let h
Inpatient jerks Procrastination Roge
lis matter was plainly abborrent hous,
H. but | stood firm, and at last Mike
an angry ~Wun," he turned re, first
ntly away morr,
led to Charlie. Dear bow" wv
lained. YOU forgot to paw the you
and that dreadful old man has will |
oene here after it, You cant if he
how cross he looked Write n Cbo
Tor the money and III 90 down quite
I'M ing h,
en- placed in his outstretcbed ease.
the precious check for s12 his o'clocl
vas study of ecstasy! seized
z" Gays later man called one ing 81
Don and asked to see Charlie forgot
sihess' l am the legal adyis. flushed
Npi"ineu' pompously, of your Ten
rd' Mr. Michael Boylan. He is room ,
surprised and panied at vonr fled oil
decision to leave town. you glover
irse acquainted YOURSELF he in the
80 ',noo'hiy' with the local teeth,
iws' when you came here TO 70. Charlie
"u "'e' therefore, aware that slip
'equireu 10 give to land TAX
on the LIST of October. written cd curt
Dy means OF third person of twas
ltention 10 vacate his property saws if
lst OF January following. Fail. bodv
DO this is tacit agreement TO didn't !
e IN possession Of the propertv 1re ?,
sition OF my client is therefore and tnr
on have given him no such no. nansed -.
H. ne has relied on your ten. To-, 70