The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-01
The Effects of a
 Club Breakfast
By EDWARD T. STEWART

had seen, every morning. that if hs0oC- dered a breakfast made up Of dinerent dishes he would have enough for. half a dozen. persons and at great cost so he gave hlssusuaF order, E0at1nealE and coffee" Hs ate alquartsr ofsthef cat meal and left the table unsatished, muttering anathemas against the man. agement for not serving asIitnersnt kind of breakfast. rr
 I'm going into. bachelor quarters, 1" be said to himself, land keep cook"
 Going to bis office by a different route from the usual one, he passed a house on which was sign, '+To Let" It was dainty edifice- and would furnish him with, just, about the room he needed. Pushing the, bell button, the summons was, answered by a~Wo- man just as dainty as the, house She was in mourning. Bowling told her he was thinking of taking house and was invited inside. After he had been informed as to the number of rooms, rental, etc, he remarked:
 'T-wonder that you can benz to part with such a pleasantlnttle home"
 Tears stood in the lady's eyes Rs she replied that she had. been married a year before and her husband had died soon after the expiration of the honey moon. She had not been able to tear herself away from the home in which she had been so happy. and would not do so now, but she had found living alone improbable.
 "The rental would be satisfactory to me-" said Bowling. May 1 look through the premtsesr
 The widow led him from the living room to the dining room. On the table was a breakfast that made bis mouth water--a dish of fruit, a silver of ba- con, an omelet, with R little parsley to garnish It, and slices of toast. The cof- fee urn was of artistic shape, and the cups were Dresden china.
 q was just sitting down to breakfast when you called" !" said the lady.
 Isn't 1t an elaborate breakfast for one person?" asked Dowling.
 T eat little or nothing between breakfast and dinner, Twas the reply.
 Bowling looked longingly at the yi- Rnds. =:
 Madam" he said, T have just break lasted at my club. have had my a-.A ,,,,r,o ,R r,,kr,ool oy,d- ,y TT, rnany for the rest If you will permit me to finish the meal here of these. EiandS l will rent your house at the price you ask, with a liberal, bonus"
 The widow seeing the hungry look on Dowllng's face, assented and, set ting a plate for him, seated herself be- fore the coffee urn. There was no bountiful supply for healthy man of thirty, but everything was so delicious that the quality made up for the lack of quantity.
 T supposed" she said, sthat club table comprised every delicacy, no mat ter how costly"
 "No matter how costly is correct" :" replied Bowling. "As to delicacy, you have been misinformed."
 Bowling spent an hour at the table, but the principal part of 1t was in chatting with the widow. When he arose to go he said that be would call again in the evening with lease and the transaction would be completed.
 But you have not seen the upper part of the house, said the lady.
 I've seen the breakfast room and eaten in it." replied Bowling. with such a delightful lower story those above cannot need an examination"
 "When will you require possessionT
 "That depends"
 The widow would have asked "On whatP" had not Dowlings look be- trayed what was In his mind. She dared not go further, for his expression said plainly, "Just as soon as you will con sent to remain with me here in we'd lock"
 Bowling called in the evening with a blank lease, which he filled in and signed, and the widow signed it. and then be handed her a check for the first months rent, with an additional S1O.
 Whats the S1O for?"
 Bowling didn't like to~.say that 1t was for the breakfast, so he said that 1t was to bind the bargain. ID
 q suppose" said the lady ruefully, ''that must move out at once"
 Remain as long us you like"
 The terms did not suit the widow at all. She had no idea of remaining in her house while receiving rent for 1t, so she handed back the check, Dowt ing persuaded her to let the lease stand, payment of rent to begin when i possession was given.
 Meanwhile he spent most of his even ings calling on, his landlady and within fortnight proposed to, her. She spent a week looking up his credentials, then threw of her mourning for her first husband and began work kEon . trous- seaua for thevsecoDd. T Therlease that had been, drawn up between them was torn up,- and a document, was drawn by an attorney to take its place. In mar rying the widow relinqutshed a DOT ton of the property left her by her husband. But Bowling was wealthy, and his wife retRinedE the' house in which he had found her.
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