Rugs And Moving

A certain man who owns a row oí dweiling houses over in the northwest quarter of the towu has learned wisdom by bitter experience. A friend of mine went to him uot long ago to rent one of the houses. "Do you lease U by the inonth or by the year?" she inquireri. "That depends on what you are going to have on your floors. " answered the laudlord. "Are you goiug to have carpe ts?" "No, " answered my frieud; "we have rugs. " 'You'll have to sign a year's lease theu."the laudlord uiade reply, smiliug oraftily "If youboughtoarpetsanc had them fitted to the floors, I know you'd .stay in the house as long as you conld, but these rugs are too easily adjusted to auy ized room. you'll have to'sign a year's lease if you have rugs. There are seven houses in noy row, and six of them haveu't kept a teuant longer (han two years at a time for the last five vears The seventh house - well, the people in it had carpets made and laid for it five years ago, and they haven't thought of moviug! Oarpets, 111 rent bv the month; rugs, a year's lease." -