Show LANDLORD KNEW THE GAME spared his tenant the enumeration of the time honored and yearly bluff I 1 have called to collect the rent said the landlord yes replied the lady ol 01 the house come in now before I 1 give you the money this month I 1 just a minute madam said the landlord I 1 can save time for you I 1 know the parlor isn t fit for a pig to live in the dining room wall paper Is a shock to people of refinement the kitchen walls are a disgrace and the back porch is a menace to life and limb I 1 in also aware that you won t stay here another month unless the barber shop wallpaper in the back bed room is changed to something in a delicate pink and I 1 in next to the tact fact that you re ashamed to have people look at such gas fixtures as I 1 have pro vided I 1 in going to paint the front and bad porches and let it go at that thank you very much said the lady meekly you have saved me a lot of trouble that la Is all we really expected to have done but I 1 was afraid that I 1 should have to make the I 1 same old bluff to get that much out of you detroit free press |