Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1887 — An Embarrassed Boarder. [ARTICLE]

An Embarrassed Boarder.

I “I honestly declare I never felt so : really ashamed in all my life,” said the . too-sweet traveling man to a near acI qnaintance, “as I did the other night | You know, I’ve been boarding up on | Michigan avenue, andj you know, I 1 didn’t happen to think of the rent for i two or three weeks; maybe it was four | or five; anyhow, Inoticed that thelandJ lady’s daughter—she’s a real sweet girl, i the landlady’s daughter is. She never plays the piano after 9 o’clock p. m., and she never talks about things a fellow can’t understand. As I was saying, I noticed a chilliness about her that made me want to go to an ice-house and get warm. I thought maybe I’d I better show the young lady some polite attention, so I asked if she would go to the theater some ovening.” “What did she say?” “Why, she said she’d ask her ma; so she left the parlor, and in a few minutes came back again. “ ‘Did your ma consent?’ I inquired. “‘Not exactly,’she said; ‘ma says that you’d better just hand me the money for the tickets and supper and car-fare, and let it go on your board bill.’ “It made me terribly angry, but of course I couldn’t say anything.” “ Well, have you settled the bill yet ?” “Er-no; no, but I’m thinking real seriously about moving.” Merchant Traveler. When irritation of (he throat causes a tickling cough, use Red Star Cough Cure, which will effect immed ate and permanent relief. One of Brooklyn’s Board of Health officers recommends it as purely vegetable aud perfectly harmless. Price, 25 cents.