The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-11-17
THE LANDLORD
By LOUISE OLIVER.

When moving time came It was UNI
'Ortunate for Corhelia that both her
ihfehts had to he away
30 with black Judas and his wife,
Violet, she had managed to get eiilfiili
rugs and furniture into shape for
transportation across the city to the
cOzy new bungalow in the hillside
above the river.
For days Cornelia had scoufed
agehties aid Scanned lists, waded
through mud and lost hef way, fiiined
clothes and caught colds and alto
gether st had been most dlshearten-
ing process. But her courage re-
molned mistaken and her will at last
found II why, fol- Ole day she came
b6foss what she waiited-ekdetiyl A
bunghi0w oil d hillside With Il superb
View Of the. river. This was no mere
house, 1t was explained to her at the
Office the owner having built it for
himself, but he was an Englishman
and had gone to war and was now
somewhere hi the trenches in France.
Moving day TAME. Cornelia rose Mt
six and after a hurled breakfast took
the car to her future home.
The conductor began to call sta
tons instead Of streets. At one of
these Cornella got off and made her
way along the roads toward the haven
on the hill that was to be her home.
She mounted the steps of the ter
race and took ont her key. Then the
hum OF powerful motor caught her
ear. Down the road wei'c Coming two
immense trucks loaded With furniture
Then around the corner of the house
came a man who called, ''HellO, Dor
gam Come on and help me get a
door open. forgot to get the keys!
Then, seeing Cornelia with her key in
the lock, lie hurried up the steps.
n doitt quite understand" said
Cornelia. II rented this house a week
ing There seems to be some mis-
take"
The man regarded her quietly for a
minute. She was very pretty, was
! Cornella-very-an one would have
said that his mind was not entirely
upon the fuct that someone else was
trying to move into the same domicile
with hlmsclfl
"what shall we do to McAipin &
Cor asked the man quletlyi ''They
assured me the property was without
tenant and that l could certainly
move in However, to annihilate them
won't help hatters much, will it? And
for us to demOllsh one another
wouldn't do either, would 1t, because
he paused an Instant, "weil, be-
cause 1t wouldn't, You said we were
moving iii. THAT implies d famllyf'
Yes; my father and ihotlier and
brother. am COrnelia Andersott."
$50, you see, to do away With you
still leaves a father and mother and
brother. Now with me It's different,
I'm alone And if sou will only look
\, ut me with a little more tolerance
will beat hasty retreat and take my
cook stove and rocking chairs along
with me-"
Corhella, completely Modified, held
out the key, "Under the circum-
stances we have no more right to the
house than you have. I can't possibly
move our furniture into 1t ki1Owihg
that am leaving an American and q
gentleman out in the cold without any
home"
They laughed together. But" he
protested, you wouldn't exactly be
leaving me without n home. really
was only going to use the place as a
sort of storage house for my things
for the time being-nOt home, you
see, at least for some time to come
Besides, I'm not altogether an Amerl
can gentleman. I'm an English sol
der just now"
'Then yOu-then this is your house
You are my landlOrd2"
Don't call me that, please-it
sounds so unfriendly."
''But the house is yours They TOLD
me all about you at the Officel"
'True enough! But that hasn't any
thing to do with the case. I'm home
on sick leave. I'm going back soon
All I'm. doing now is to make havoc
of other peoples plans. So I'm better
out Of the way"
Cornelia thought a minute. Then
There's an immense atticl Would
that be of any use?"
He caught her meaning. "rhat's 1
bully idea Don't you need 1.-THE
garnet, l meanT
"No, indeed We'd be glad to have
you use itw
"Thanks, awfully. Then it's set
tied Ill tell DOrgan he can put thu
things In. must be off on the On'
o'clock train and I've some business
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