The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14
(Formerly Of Raleigh, n. c.

clean and neat just as you Iino II ~
day.
"Have YOU a trunk?" inquired Miss
Matilda.
"As much as any man ought 10
have; you could slip them right unoer
the bed" a.,
what do you charge for this one?"
The landlady pursed her lips and
the patched clothes, the buckeye in
stead Of a gold charm On the rubber
links Of his watch chain, the frayed
and faded tie. and the dull honesty
OF his brown eyes
III you will be here permanently !
can make it to you for IS a week."
The mans face darkened. Miss
Matilda, reading the signs quickly, at
once opened the next door -.
This n is only $4-a trifle small
er, but there is a roomy closet.
Haven't you got any for $3?"
''Three dollars!" Miss Matilda
smiled her surprise rather tina
frowned it. "You don't find rooms like
this for So on Mo~rningside."
announced the gentleman with con-
viction. "Id like to have it, but"
Nov, if you wouldn't object to a
roommate, Mr.. T
DOOM"
Thank you. Now. as I was say
ing, Mr.. Doom, IL you wouldn't OBJ
ject to a roommate, o could get
this double room for IS a week.
Plenty OF space for an extra bed. I've
had some roomers for years; they all
like it here. They say it is the best
strictly bachelor apartments, YOU
know. They are all bachelors"
Miss Matilda spoke feelingly OF
her m And she did have a
sympathetic heart, but her sympa-
thies and her Unborn frugal instincts
were constantly at war within hel
soul.
That's a pretty dog" remarked
Mr.. Doom, glancing down at Fiji
that he could not pay more than s;
a week for a room, and that any dis
lcussion Of the matter was a waste 0.
time.
What do you think about getting
roommate, Mr.. Dooi ,"
Mr.. Doom jumped. Miss Matild:
seemed to be reading his thoughts.
} Il don't know he said %sheepishly
1--WE been trying to get one for som
> extra dollar a week spells cereal with
out milk for breakfast and a plate o
, Bostons for lunch instead Of q steak.
> Inadvertently, Mr.. Doom struck tn
lsympathetic chord in Miss Matilda
8 personal cosmos. The note vibrate
Through her in such a warmth Of pit
e that she barely escaped Offering hi1
the 81 room for So. But the vibra
ton was not warm enough to TAX
o tho chill Of frugality wi Of her Cor
necticut c~orpuscles.
Il might reserve h double rool
Tor you for q few days while yo
d look around for q party to come
d with you she suggested by way
y compromise.
That's fair enough" smiled NJ
d Doom. and SO engagingly that Mi
d Matilda found herself again perilous
n near the 50 offer.
e Drop in tomorrow and let me he;
% how you get along" she requested.
y Doom promised that he would.
1T Miss Matilda thought a great de
IN about him even after he had gon
IL 1t seemed unfair that she should
to eating cream with her cereal, al
er bacon and eggs and coffee for brea.
ID fast, while Mr.. Doom was munchi,
IN bread anu butter, an3 for dinner M
Or Doom must sit down to beans viii
she nibbled asparagus and lamb choI
tn The next morning. in anticipate
OF Mr.. DoOin's return, Miss NATL,
q went to the hairdresser's for the sc
lond time in her life. She carried Fl
er While she gazed in wonder at t
waves of a permanent MARCEL tn
w were being dexterOusly burned in
0u her hair. Fiji. 'unaccustomed to bel,
neglected for SO long a time, wand
50 ed out in search Of freedom and a
lis venture.
Miss Matilda spent the remaini
an hours OF the afternoon and event
ch on the streets. aimlessly calling F
es and imploring every delivery mi
re newspaper-boy. and patrolman S
n. met to ind her Fla. She returned
her rooms long after Mr.. Doom h
n come and gone, weeping softly and
terly miserable.
During h night she slept little. S
he arose early, and before ten O'Clock 8
It had placed an advertisement for +
in every metropolitan daily, she nc
In fed Police Headquarters. she h
handbills printed and distributed. a
cd Patrick O'GOSman, on peg post
ow MOrningside Park. was rsuad