The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-17

if you girls will follow my diret
tiOns, We can take that S35 AN
furnish that room"
How ~ ! queried helplessly v
while Harrie evidently thought
OF no use to say any more to Il gin
who talked such absurd nonsens
as furnishing Il parlor with $35.
We were three orphan sisters
keeping h"uSetogether on an incom
SO ridiculously small that any outla,
for new furniture was quite out o
the question and yet the one drsir
of our three hearts was to furniSl
our parlor, pretty room, but bar
as any barn. We had convent
emily appointed kitchen, and ;
cOol, clean dining room where w
sat in the afternoons with our sew
ing. Our bedrooms were comfort
ably furnished, but for the parlo
we had not SO much us a table.
Tomorrow our quarterly inc0m,
was due, but that We must live uI
tor the next three months. So the
S35 lett over from this quarter was
all we could possibly count on, and
that seemed too small sum to
think of in connection with the
furnishing of our front room.
Bess was our head and shoulders,
our right hand, our mainstay and
her capabilities in the way of get
ging something out of nothing
were truly remarkable, as witness.
cd by the fact of her possessing
more money at the end of the quar-
ter than both her sisters; though
we had all the same allowance tor
our personal expenses and Brssie's
were the heaviest, on account OF
her being the largest aud requiring
the most dress material. Yet, in
spite of Bessie's genius, the furn.
ishing of that front room seemed
exceedingly problematical.
"Thrre is my contribution to the
funds" remarked BesS, placing her
twenty dollars on the step. | de-
posted my ten beside it, ahd Har-
lie followed with her five.
Then we looked at BeSSa and await
ed an explanation.
~ have been reading in the
magazine" said BeSS. "about n wo-
man who furnished her parlor for
fifty dollars, and had the prettiest
room in the town."
"But we have only thirty five
dollars" suggested |.
"And forty three cents" supple
mented Harrie.
Well, that woman bought some
things which we need not buy" re.
piled Bess. $40 be sure. she had
u set of lovely old chairs, which
belonged to her great grandmother,
and which have just come into
fashion, and somebody gave her il
pair of pictures, and somebody else
presented her statuette, and"
"Do stop, Bessw | cried, i'm.
ploringly; while Harrie went off in
IA violent explosion of laughter.
81 don't suppose anybody will
give us a picture or beg the priv
lege of Keeping piano in our front |
room," said BesS, candidly +; sal.
though that happened to the woman
in the magazine. What | want is |
Ben Bradshaw's plane aud saw, and |
Ben himself TO operate them, and
: II old barrel or two"
81 suppose Ben aud his tools can
be- had tor thank you," remarked
Harrir, "and there are barrels
enough in the woodShed. They
are good enough, too. What are
you going to do with them, Bessie 7"
"You shall see, said Bessie
smiling wisely. "At present let us
go up to Merrion's aud get some of
that lovely straw mating tor the
hoor.n
"Straw mating will do very
we'll tor the present." said |; "but
when it comes cold weather."
We must not begin to think #
:old weather in May" interrupted
Bessie. Perhaps by November
some good luck will bring us Il car
,et. In summer mating is posi-.
i've luxury"
We went to put on our things, of
,surse, preparatory to visiting the
carpet store, for We always obeyed
}esSie's order.
When we returned from the ex.
edition, we were accompanied by
man with u wheelbarrow |; aud in
hat barrow were twenty six yards ,
f blue and cream cOlorcd mating,
f nice quality, which we had
ought for fifty cents a yard; also ,
light rolls of pretty gray wall pa
er, at fifty cents roll. When
he paper was up and the mating {
,as down, our front room was very
lean and cool to look at.
but We could look at the pretty
,atting and blue-gray paper in
lerriou's store just as well," said :,
Iarrie. Aud l don't see where We !,
re to get any furniture. Our an. :
pstOrs did not leave us any antique :
hairs.
awe will make the curtains !,
rst," said Bessie cheerfully, COM +
lg in at that moment with her hat !
II and bundle in her hands. /,
I've just been down street aud h
ought the materials.n
And Bessie opeued her bundle