The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-01-31
SHE HAS A GRIEVANCE
BY MARY BAILEY.

STOOD cOnVerSlng across the low rail-
ing that divided her back porch from
the next one in the Garibaldi flats.
Wouldn't l, just! Him talking so
smooth and pleasant and nodding his
head: Yes, Mrs. Regain Certainly,
Mrs. Regan!' as though his mouth was
full of butteri
81 was just going through the base
ment of the laundry, when l saw him
talking to the janHor and the janitor
a calling him Mr.. Phelps as polite. as
could be. 1t flashed over me here was
my chance.
Il went right up to him when 1
heard the name. Are you the Mr..
Phelps that owns the building?' says
/. Are you the landlord?' Yes,
madam says he, kind of startled like.
Mr.. Kelly, the agent being sick,
thought I'd come around myself and
have a look at things
WE'LL says l, I'm glad to have a
few words with you. Not wanting to
say anything against any one when
he's not here, won't tell you how that
man Kelly has deceived and brow
beaten me and said yes and acted mo-
to few simple little requests had
to make. If that man Kelly was to be
asked his own name point blank he'd
say it was Jones just because he hates
to tell the truth!
Look at my gas stove! / says.
NO. / says impatient, for Mr.. Phelps
| looked around the basement kind of
| wild, as though he expected to see the
stove there among the laundry tubs,
it amt here, but I'll be glad to show it
to you! Here am I, working myself
to skin and bone trying to keep the
nickel on that stove bright and it
looks like old junk And he up and
says he won't furnish new one be-
cause this was new last year. And
me asking him polite and gentle for
new shelves in the pantry every time
I've laid eyes on him, and him saying
he'd see about it and he hasn't!
These shelves are two inches too wide
for any shelf paper andIm neat wo-
man and 1 don't like dust over next
the wall, even if it doesn't show!
Now, l put it to you, Mr.. Phelps,
/ says, is that any way to treat a
tenant as pays prompt each month";
"No, no, indeed!' Mr.. Phelps an
swered, breathless like. If you'll ex-
cuse me
"'Just minute I says, taking him
by the arm. While you're here 1 want
you to come upstairs and look at the
wall paper in my parlor. I've had
Mr.. Kelly look at 1t every time I've
seen him and he's agreed that should
have it done over and then he doesn't
do it! OF course, picked it out when
I came in and that was all right, but
how did l know my daughter Mamie
was going to get craze to have her
hair dyed that reddish tint? You can
seen for youself, Mr.. Phelps, how red
hair won't go at all with this pinkish
paper Mamie has an artistic temp'ra-
ment and she says every time she has
to come into this room it makes her
feel faint and she is neglecting her
piano practice something shocking
just because she can't stand her hair
next to this paper.
Henry Dilbeck, the plumber
around the corner l says, is paying
particular attention to Mamie and
goodness knows, she may lose him
feeling so awful about the paper and
not being able to concentrate her at
tention on him as she ought, men be
ing so keen on being made fuss
over! Any man with a heart, Mr.
Phelps 1 says, would feel sorry fol
Mamie and not let the price Of few
rolls of paper spoil her life, poor girl
Though don't see why she picked
out that shade of red for her hair
even if 1t is stylish. When will 20,
send the paperhangers. Mr.. Phelps
HE said at once that he'd see ant
started to go, but l stopped him.
said that besides the gas stove ant
the paper and the pantry shelves
wanted the floors done over and new
window shades and new gas-fxture
in the dining room like they have a
Mrs. Casey's in the next street, an
that there ought to be a new carpe
down the front stairs. All he did wa
nod and say yes and agree with m
| anu tOlU HUI tudI u0 was Soutle
man with sense and Kelly might wei
take lesson from him.
when 1 was opening closet doc
to show him where I needed ne,
hooks he opened the front door an
slid out
Il waited and waited a week 70
the paperhangers and the new stow
and things and nothing happened
and then 1 looked in the telephon
book and called up Mr.. Phelps Office
No dealing with that Kelly for m
when / can get the owner!
What do you suppose got? Som
snip of girl says: Mr.. Phelps lei
word to tell Mrs. Regan that he'd gon
to the middle of Africa for ten year
and was likely to be delayed gettil
back and for Mrs. Regain to please Sc
Mr.. Kel]y!'
Kelly! You can't trust any of 'en
says I. But wouldn't like to tell M