Show 7 1 A SHREWD 1 OLD OLD LANDLORD in maine blaine a shrewd old landlord noted for foit his hii driving A ah karp Tarp arp bar bargains gains gaina JI and ard whose object was always to lease hia hla bouse boube for a term of years to a responsible tenant rented a house in portland last winter to a diminutive frenchman after the leases were drawn and duly executed and the tenant moved into his rew quarters upon kindi kindl kindling ing fire sn in the house it was waa found that the chimney draw and the buld bui but d ng was wag filled with smoke the window bagnes tattled in the wind at night and the cold air rushed in through a hundred crevices about the houss house until now unnoticed the bno eno melted upon the roof and add the he at attics attica ties wore were dr drenched inched f from rom leakage leak gge 1 I have heen been vat you call suck guck in dam maison n muttered ar our owr victim to him bim himself self seit a week atter after afterward vard but ve 94 aeo aso vat ve sal bal see bee next ir orning he bb arose aa 1 right lit and early and passing down be to d the landlord ah ah abl bon boa jour monsieur 11 1 1 salti said baid lie he I 1 in n hla hia happiest happ icet n good day bir sir how do you like your your house bonse ah ab monsieur elegant beautieu fu magni ficen eh jea bien monsieur I 1 have but ze one rc gretl ah ab what vi hat hal ia is that Monsie urI url air ail live in zit zat house but hut tres tree little yeary year how BC 1 I have find by byvoet vot you sal ial call z ac lease jease zat zal YOU jou have bare give me ze zelt zeli house ouse but for tree jear year and I 1 ver mooch sorrow for zat but yog yon can have it longer if it you wish ah ab monsieur bal sal be bever uever ver vir mooch glad if I 1 can have zat gat house bouse so ion lon long iong aa as 1 I pleas eh monsieur oh certainly certainly sir bir tres bien I 1 bal pal valk vik rite to your ybur office and you sal give giva me vot lot you call ze lease for that maison jes soi so 50 I iong long aig da as I 1 bal eal rant ze as house bouse eh monaie ut certainly sirl you can stay there your lifetime if you like 71 the old lease was destroyed and a dewone was delivered in form to the fierch gentleman and the nf at morning our crafty landlord received the following i ote mith with the money for eight days rent monsieur AlOns leur I 1 tl have bave ve been smoke I 1 have been drowned I 1 have been frees frem to death in ze ze I 1 house bouse zat 1 I hire of you sou tor for ze period as I 1 in may ay delre deare de ire lre I 1 have stay in ze dam house jes so long as I 1 please and ze bearer of zis zia vill give you ze keyl baa ban jour jours monsieur |