Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1888 — A MEAN BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER. [ARTICLE]

A MEAN BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER.

‘,T’m glad all the boarders are going to be here to Thanksgiving dinner;.”'said one boarder to another. “Why, wlmt difference does Us make?” asked his companion in misery. “Ola you seo last Thanksgiving they nearly’ all went out to dinner aud tho landlady fed tlio balance of us on the same every day kind of truck, remarking, ’that there were so few of us it didn’t pay to-get up a 1 aige dinner.”" She will have no such excuse this year." ‘.‘Yes, but slio will, though,” was tbo other’s quick answer; “site just tohl roe that as all the boarders are going to remain Lome to dinner Thanksgiving sho couldn’t afford to make any spread.” Then the two locked’ arms and With dered down to the nearest lunch counter