Show SHE HAS A GRIEVANCE by MARY BAILEY wouldn t 11 I 1 like to get my hanin bands on an that landlord thought though ejaculated mrs regan with deep yearning she sh tood stood conversing across the low ratling that divided her back porch from the next one in the garibaldi flats goulda wouldn t 1 just him talking so no smooth and pleasant and nodding his head ead yes yea mrs regan I 1 certainly h mrs regail I 1 as a though his mouth hai A as full of buttell 1 I is was an just going through the basement of the laundry when I 1 saw aw him talking to the janitor and the janitor a calling him mr phelps as polite be ai could be Iti lashed over me here wa as my mv chance I 1 went right up to him when I 1 heard the name came are you the mr phelps that owns ons the building says I 1 are you the landlord yes ye madam says bays he kind of startled like mr kelly the agent being sick I 1 thought id I 1 d come around myself and haye have a look at things well says bay 1 I 1 I m glad to have a few words with mith you not wanting to say bay anything against any one when hen hes not her heie e I 1 won A on t tell you how that lian kelly has deceived and brow beaton beaten me and said besand ye yes sand and acted no to to IL a few ew simple little requests I 1 had to make jf it that man kelly was nas to bo be asked his bis 0 own a name point blank bed he d say it was as jones just because he ha hates to tell the truth I 1 look at my za ga eto atoo al I 1 says bay no I 1 bays impatient for mr air phelps looked around the basement kind of wild ild ab he expected to see bee the stove there among the laundry tubs it aln ala t here but be glad to show it to out ou here am I 1 working corking myself to skin and bone trying to keep the nickel on that stoke stoe bright and it looks like old junk and he be up and says bays he be won t furnish a new one because this was new last year and me asking him polite and gentle for new shelves in the pantry every time iva I 1 ve laid eyes on him and him baying hed see about it and he hasa tt tl these shelves are two inches too wide for any shelf paper and I 1 m a neat woman 0 o and I 1 don t like dust over next the wall even if it deeon t show now I 1 put it to ou mr phelps I 1 says la Is that any way to treat a tenant as pays prompt each mouth month no no indeed mr air phelps answered breathless like if excuse me just a minute I 1 I 1 says taking him by the arm while you re here I 1 want you to come upstairs and look at the wall paper in my parlor I 1 ve bad mr kelly look at it every time ive seen him and hes agreed that I 1 should have it done over and then he doean t do it of course I 1 picked it out when I 1 came in and that was vas all right but how did I 1 know my daughter manila mamie was waa going to got feet a craze to have her hair dyed that reddish tint you ell caa seen for youself mr air phelps how bow red hair wont on t go at all with this pinkish paper mamie has au an artistic temam merit ment and she says every time she has baa to come into this room it makes her feel faint and she is neglecting her piano practice something shocking just because she cant can t stand her half hair next to this 1 laper aper ll henry enry dilbeck the plumber around the corrier corner I 1 sas sao is paying particular attention to mamie and goodness knows knos she may lose him feeling so awful about the paper and not being able to concentrate her attention on him as she ought men being so keen on being made a fuss overt overl any man aith with a heart mr phelps Phelp fl I 1 says would feel sorry for mamie and not let the price of a few rolls of paper spoil hir life poor girl though I 1 don t see why she picked out that shade of led for her hair even if it la is stylish NN hen will you send the piper paperhangers hangers mr air phelps ile ho said at once hat tied he d see and started to go but I 1 stopped him blin I 1 said that tee gas stove and the paper and the pantry shelves I 1 wanted anted the floors done over and new window shades arid and new gas fixtures in the dining room like they have at mrs casey B e in the next street and that there ought to be a new neu carpet down doun the front all he did was nod bod and say yes and agree mith walh me and I 1 told him that he was as a gentleman with ith sense and kelly might well take a lesson from hini him NN hen I 1 was opening a closet door to show hini him abete I 1 needed new hooks he opened the front door and slid out I 1 waited and wall a week for the paperhangers and the new stove and things and nc rg happened and then I 1 looked in the telephone book and called up mr air phelps office no dealing with that kelly for me m when I 1 can get tho the ov nerl ner V what hat do you suppose I 1 trot pott some snip of a girl says mr phelps left word to tell mrs regan that he be d gone to the middle of africa for ten tea years and was likely to be delayed gettin back and for mrs mra regan to please see mr kelly I 1 kelly I 1 you can t trust any ut of elsm era says ay a I 1 but wouldn t I 1 like to tell mr phelps what I 1 think of him he worn kelly chilano dally daily news new |