Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
He Believes Papers Nov.

"Ginme your ia d :" exclaimed q some
what exci.cl inI:. i B.! as he bounded into
The Chronicle osicr ~; evening. "1ou're
right, You are AMI "a Il, down to tell you
60. It's true, every "Dtl of it.
"Yes," IN lrmurel the local, with q graft
Eel air; SO he Iii ,:.,.. ed the old gentleman
20 sc It, thinking, Eo doubt, it WAS !,is last
article Oh theevi.s G. ;atemperance .L.i
fetch h:n.
ak :, sir; it's jis, as YOU say. didn't
use 10 blicrc in ~, newspapers, but do
now, an coalo u 20 tell You about it.
Twasn't a Gurncd thing but broken lock,
dive sce. ca We : Ut out for the nearest
carpenter to come c:rl fix it all right
Wei. thqt ,npv c19'; he lookel at the
door. turnr., II, -, ',Es knob couple Of
times, said spm ,,,'A,; ,bous them 'a1.tice
locks md :hn SOL. away. In .. IA
hour lie can, Ls,., With little :. lse-
meat he ca, 81 a -. AID which il adj
II informed VS. :. .auine.' one G the
r,.,1l"r kin rs,. y BURGERS. Il pat
that .---.Gf.:. !! II. Z lie key-ho.e, Tied
AMI t.vis Z, t e. a. an hour. then gave
ts the va,EI',:c 90. .'....'ion that that lock
ha,i been i. ken c.-r since it was put on
In fact, IL, o.; = ,.one them thai way,
these se.ol -t.tsi I.e ltnics He guessed
the on y I o: =. . do was to take OF
tn. facing. o"cvo 20 and get the TOOLS
Al al ,his .ue L., o., / woman came down
sta,:s an: " ultc 80 know il she was ever
goi :: to be !c. = through, that door
Now If th,r's anyr i +, do hate, it is TO
&c, til. Old llly o., 'rowl'ny. She don't
groy7l e,sy, J. : wAcu sac does commence,
oh, lord! N,rl, il "bout half an hour tho
fellow crrc-~' a." =. He had about forty
too.s Of :. .:e:.. It's, now scattered
around. L. jamm mammoth screw
driver in bv:Ncen ), door and facing, and
pried On il u:.tl e.. facing gave way in
half Go2>A places; then he took another
instrument, an VIII 4 hammer, succceIei
in smashing the catch OF the lock, render
ing it perfectly unfit for further use; then
he gathered up his i,,.s and remarked that
1t WAS two late 10 20 ..ything further that
y ~
H forgot to r. rn next morning, and
. be sent for lie messenger was in
mel, at his sAo,, .l.,c he was not in, bu.
,,u +. como over ~ .p,l US he returned In
,o;.. two horrs :" gain appeared upon
one, toJA ta.c a.. sure OF the lock, ana
----ppeare:.
"Aftcr CT her hal hour Of suspe hs
brought the new lock then worked around
ct TIE door. blessed ii, other carpenters in
general, cut the MOI. CO to ht the o;k, and
then found out TIL. he had left-Aand
lock when he wan,ei right-hand one.
The old lady came Gown again about this
time, and said that the next time wantol
. lock fixed she'd move out for couple Of
weeks.
FINALLY, after desacing the moulding all
round, getting the knob little higher and
the keyhole little lover than originally,
or 90 as to leave unrainted spots showing.
he gave US the cheering information that
his work was finished. and he would send
up the bill.
"Now, hadn't believed what you had
been saying about plumbers and their bills /;
but when saw that bill it convinced me-
To one mortice lock, s. so; removing old
one, 81; half dozen screws, rs cents; tims
Of carptute, and assistant, - IS; total.
SO NO. 10 which, might add. spelling two
yards Of Brussels carpet, S.; dsfacing
moulding. etc., t2-and irritating my vito
past all redemp ion.
"It's fact, truth, every word Of IL, and
you can count If my believing all you say
hereafter" Chronicle.