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But the thing I can't stand is taking charity." "Who's asked you to take charity?" "What else would it be my living here on you?" "I can open a boardin'-house if I want to, can't I? I have a right to lend my own money, I s'pose. You can open a ledger account with me to a penny.
One minute you're sailin' into me tellin' me to heave up my job and not demean myself doin' odd jobs in a boardin'-house barn. And the next minute you're tellin' me I ought to stay to home and and help out that very boardin'-house. I won't! By by thunder-mighty, I won't! I'm goin' to that Cattle Show tomorrow if it takes my last cent." Hannah smiled.
"Well, she's too good-lookin' to be wanderin' round huntin' for a boardin'-house. You see her on the train, that's all. Starts at eight to-night. That's the one they all go by those who git out and can raise the money. She ought to leave now, 'cordin' to the regulations, but as long as you're a friend of Mr. Marny's I'll keep her here in the office till I go home at seven o'clock.
My sister she's a heap younger 'n I am and awful spry and I come down from the north of New Hampshire every winter and keep a boardin'-house in Washington so that we can see the world. We don't go home with ten dollars over railroad fare in our pockets, but we don't mind, because the farm keeps us and we've had a real good time.
And I went to the boardin'-house keeper to see if I could git her a room. But she wuz full, Miss Dagget wuz; and when anybody is full there is no more to be said; so with many groanin's from my pardner, on account of the higher price, we concluded we would git rooms at the hotel, that big roomy place, with broad piazzas runnin' round it and high ruffs.
The whiskers received another series of pulls and he regarded Thankful with the same questioning stare. "And you say," he drawled, "that you come to me just because " "Mercy on us! If you don't know why I come by this time, then " "All right, all right. I I'm talkin' to myself, I guess. Course you told me why you come. So you're cal'latin' to start a boardin'-house, eh?
But he acted dretful pretty to her, I could see that. Not findin' no fault, eatin' hash jest as calm as if he wuzn't engaged in a strange and mysterious business. For great, great is the mystery of boardin'-house hash.
Will that suit you?" "It will," said the captain, "and thank 'ee. As for turning a boardin'-house keeper, I don't think I'm cut out for it. Neither is my friend Sinton, eh?" "Certainly not," answered Ned, laughing: "we might as well become washerwomen." "You'd make a pretty good thing of it if you did," retorted Mr Thompson; "would they not, Lizette? you know more about these things than I do."
Good-by. Oh er er sometimes I'll be droppin' in to see you after you get your boardin'-house goin'. I come to East Wellmouth once in a while. Yes yes I'll come and see you. You can tell me more about Captain Abner, you know. I'd I'd like to hear what he said to you about me. Good-by."
"Well well, all right," he said. "That can be talked about later on. But how about yourself? I suppose you'll keep right on with the boardin'-house now?" "Of course." "It'll be pretty hard work for you alone, won't it? Especially if Emily and John should take a notion to get married." "Oh, well! I'm used to bein' alone. I shan't mind much. Why! here we are right at the foot of our path.
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