Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-24

' begun Yet. Just you look on and see me do if you want to know how live man can Work. J Up the ladder he rapidly assembled with ap- parent carelessness as to his footing descend- ing and re ascending repeatedly, til his ma terials were all upon the roof, down which he occasionally slip, ed, in order to ke-o alive her horror snl now he began to rn and tear away in rampant style. till he h,d male bare d considerable space ani then lie shnutel oa, to he; that several of the boari, ,ukel rotten. and he accordingly sm.shed holes though them, and tore then oE, hurIins then down Tn oahsarou' pr1xin.tY to her v.fj h,.,l. then s'liiny down to the SD ,ls at tls eav,s to ail zest 10 ths pertora4le.s.
 Good ueavens 1T You don't take care you II fail oif the r',of. Don't you think you had better co ne | ,vn ;snl leave of " ,rk for to-day! 1 thlnk You are trying to io too much Ut onc'. foa are excite al all out of brs.s and mast be ws1S by this ,:n.. Con. Josa and take luncheon, at ls.st." :" No lunch for me nor Il dinner either, till l finish my j'b. As to the roof, I guess I'll let that reinain as it Is. for the present, because it looks like rain, an want t, p4iut the chin ueys before they get Vet ' Il is sprinkllng now. Come down, jast felt q drop ou my uoss. You'll get Wet ! throuyh.'
 No. I'll hurry. Boost on :hs ladder,
 while haul 1t up. III begin at the top of the chimneys
 l Alter tremendous exertions and some tumb
 ling on the roof, the L.dItr Was raised and 1 planted against one chimney, and ,he indus 1 trIous lazy man mounted with his piin,po and had painted as many ss d dozen Lllck. when the pot dropped from bis hAuds, bounced 1 upon tue spout, rebounded. fell Over tu ,lv ground, and spoit bis Wife $ silk drass with its spnttcrnys.
 You've rpoilt my dress r cried she spreading it.
 Srrry, bat I'm more sorry to lose tn, t"iot for di' think to get all the tops pai, l ed :,ctnre they were too wet. Never mlid csn conc down and % over and greasn ti wpahercock ou !hr barn so it viii turn arr th*u, rain or no raip, caa gr, iu all that coal and thrn cAn cul,ie inside and whlta% il allL pnp,r Al the house ua. before Li@ht To, don't find Ii, ch,ll i1 Led added i,e, as ht l. srenIed to !tr'a JFrmc, g. i'll he does .o:, things up hrnwn. at any rAte--uh or This hat exclamation was cuusel by his f. ing purposely from the ladder, when two feel from ,he ground
 |" believe I've broke my leg. or ny erm, o' my back. or selaetbiRg. Ebba ! Iha; vas a, awful hoist, tell you. But must fx hat weatke-cork."
 And he litnped, groaninx, toward tho bara to get the grease, telling her tp lug the ladder after l,inI.
 L. I can't If. it alone, and you'll never be able tu climb the staff. with your lame body and it is now raining faster. Come in now aud wait for the first fair day. You've done too much already"
 With much apparent reluctance. he allowed himself to bs persuaded, and re entered the houss with her, grooming, panting, and blow ing.
 :" Let me down easy into the easy-chair. Eb ba. Lo--O! o och Ah l'm injured inter naly suspect. Dear me and nothing fin. ished yet, urless it's me. I'm bumped all over My brain swims. my heart palpipat's. and I've got twnees--mur.er !-tbrough my liver. Ny ankles wrenched. my neck's stiff my right shoulders sprained. and c,n't See we'll out o my eyes. Did you speak or can't hear we'll cant smell that hartshorn at all. and that wine tastes like water. o Lord :! l believe lvs made a general average of myself this time but wouldn't grnmb'e much at that if hat only accomplished what had set out to do.' For Il month after that, Mrs. Lapdown wort herself out in attending upon the complaining man and during that time. she came to tie conclusion that the remedy of industry Wat: worse than the disease she had hoped it woult cure and having mads up her mind that som' | people are born lazy, and that ke was one 0 them, sue hoped lie would never be industriou:
 again aud, thus far, her wish has been tnl
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