The Owosso times., 1882-02-24
THE DECEITFUL CAR
PET.

THE DECEITFUL CAR
PET.
4 want to make father birthda
present. Something that will be com
fort the year through. Oh dear! it i
80 hard to find anything for man,
and Belts hand went up preparation,
to reckoning this class of her father
possessions on her fingers. Dressing
gowns, slippers, shaving-case (he never
shaves himselt), smeking-cap land ht
never smokes), cigar-case land he never
owns weed), napkin-ring, and 81
forth. Now what shall | buy himp il
the question:
DO you intend to buy it with your
savings, or ask your father for some OF
his hard earnings, and go off and gel
what will be only bother to himP'
No indeed, to the latter idea, Cousin
Sarah. BY extreme care we have saved
respectable sum from our wages as
hOusekeepers and maids-of-all. work
and will take this way to return it to
gsther, for the dear soul has been too
generous with us. Now it was only
yesterday he said he was ashamed of
our dining-room carpet, it's rags and
Obliterated posies took off his appetite.
You know, Cousin Sarah, father is SEN
sitive to such things, as all poor, refined
folks are. But he shook his head, say
ing we must worry through with it this
winter. know he hates to ask any
one home to dinner, we are so shabby
In this particular. / believe my new
curtains and wall paper are mistake;
they make the floor hideous by con-
trast. 'One good thing always calls for
another
How much money have you, Bett P
We jointly, sister and 1, have twen-
ty dollars
Join your funds and buy a carpet,
which will be treat for all Of
you
Buy a. carpet with that amount,
Cousin SarahP'
You can have your floor we'll covered,
and not spend all your money
1T takes thirty yards of common
width, and / should have to give eighty
cents a yard, at the least; that
would be four dollars more than we
possess
Cousin Sarah was standing by the
IRE, eating an apple. 'False-hearted,'
she exclaimed, tossing the worthless
remains into the CRATE. AS your
carpet can be, if you so will, without
the slightest drawback to its service
ableness--a deceitful carpet, 1 will
call it, but there is no reproach in the
term here. / had such carpet
once
How much will this piece Of deceit
costp'
Let me figure little. 1 can get you
up a carpet which will be sunshiny
and attractive for between eighteen
and nineteen dollars
Tt figures up well, as did the Baptist
gold-mine poor mother put her little all
into, a few years before she left us.
But must know for sure before in
vesting single wage as old Betty
says. This housekeeping experience
has made us close calculators and won
derfully cautious
You have good carpet-lining under
this"-
Thingness Of the now put in
Bett.
Z am glad you retain 50 much of
your Concord philosophical lore. Well,
your carpet has a lining-so much in.
Take the best of your old carpet, rip it
apart and have Betty wash it, then
sew it together in square-piece dimen-
sions that I will give you. Your father
will understand that it is up for repairs
merely. We will buy fifteen yards of
eighty.cent carpeting; small figure
and durable colors. That is for the
border Of room. Then buy seventeen
yards of a new kind called linen tapes
try, which will wear most forever
though it costs only thirty-seven cents
yard. 1t is pretty, and extremely
useful for crumb-cloths. Now, you see
you can have your old carpet in the
middle, to join the new, and the crumb
cloth will cover the unmatched pair.
A dining-room carpet ought to come uT
twice year to be shaken; now these
pieces and the light covering can bt
easily managed by Betty, with your
help; there is the saving of mans
labor
Bett wrote her sister Maggie, who
vas visiting an aunt; and the absen
partner heartily agreeing, Bett ant
Cousin Sarah started off in quest o
material for the deceitful carpet. Thor
Ii but one place in Boston where tn
linen tapestry can be procured, but thi
they easily found, bought. and wen
home to make when Mr.. MarchlaD'
was at his store
Three days. before the birthday. MI
Marchland came home with the new
that his brother Jim had opened hi
heart and promised turkey for tn
occasion, adding
And now, Bett, If wasn't ashame
of our ragged carpet, I would invite
friend or two besides him to dir
ner.'
Invite your friends; l will engage
have the carpet without holes sal
Bett, proudly.
Il don't see how you can do so an
yet keep it from looking like Joseph
coat; but have learned from the pa'
not to be surprised at anything, whe
two women owning brain apiece col
suit together
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