The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-07-17
The fellow heard me and exclaimad

~, 1870" hc0ru Inc and exclaimed
In your man, ma'am?"
we Will give you your board until
you have finished the Job, and that Is
all we feel able to give you said VIII.
There's nothing mean about me-
SAL our employee. "Ill take what
can get and be satisfied.
WI procured a quantity of gray
work.
a Things come round to him who
VIII but wait" and we did wait forthe
last touch Of paint to be put upon our
domlcll. For three mortal weeksthat
poor abused man crept ND and down
a ladder that stood against the side
OF the house, at least twenty times a,
Gay. whenever he came down he rest
ed upon the grass fully half an hour
DeIore returning to his work. And af-
Ter making the ascent he seemed to be
lost In meditation for such a length of
time, that | was in constant fear he
woult fall off the ladder and break his
neck
The last stroke was added with great
reluctance-and so late in the evening,
that we felt Obliged to object to the
painter leaving until the following
morning. We had fixed up a temper
airy bed the barnforh his accommoda-
ton. About ten O'Clock Will went out
to see that everything was all right; he
arrived just in time; in a few minutes
the whole barn would have been in a
blaze.
Sir Tramp had disappeared, and is
probably at this moment telling how he
was imposed upon by two young people
who lived in elegant stile, who had hall
a million at their disposal, but who
were too NEAR to offer even thecrumbs
of their table to a gentleman in re-
duced circumstances" The house is
painted, and that is somethinggained,
though | admit the work could have
been done in a style more artistic.
Will worked early and late in the
vegetable garden back of the house,
while turned my attention toward
beautifying the interior Of ourhome.
Ihad q large trunk filled with cheese
cloth, chintz and cretonne. The arti-
cles were given me by an aunt who was
very eccentric. When heinformedme
concerning the contents of the trunk !
must admit that I felt disappointed; /
had INDUCED in the hope that aunt
Sarah's presents would be handsome
s~ilverware or china. Will declared
that I actually turned up my nose
when Iopened the trunk; and hestated
that | became positively pugnacious
when / viewed the contents. My nose
has a6ecided tendency to turn upward;
therefore / looked very severe and de-
clinedto laugh at the fun. Will assur-
ed me that he was onlyjoking, and be-
came so eloquent in his eulogistic re-
marks concerningmy nasal appendage,
that could not help laughing, and oi
course peace was restored.
Ifelt positively grateful toward aunt
Sarah when / realized that the con
tents of the trunk would enable me to
beautify my home so that it would be
a 10Y forever"
Soft, cream-tinted cheese cloth made
lovely curtains for the two windowsip
my bedroom. / cut off six yards OF
cloth for each window, hemmed the
edges, andruna drawing string through
the top, then wound the ends of the
string around two nails that were
driven firmly in the woodwork direct
" above the upper sash. | hemmed
two yards of the cloth l~engthwise, and
made q gathered lambrequin; then run
| ming q casing about three inches below
the top of che hem, to form q frill. ]
| fastened it on to the nails that sup
ported the curtain. In order to coun-
| teraet the plain effect, ! made three
| plaits in the centre and fastened them
with a large bow of blue ribbon.
I peeped through the cartain and
| saw viii standing directly in front o.
the window, evidently trying to at
! tract my attention. When he saw me
he waved his cap in the air and execut.
inc a regular wardance, in a style that
would have caused an Indian to turn
green with envy, shouted "brayol little
| one, you are making tremendous pro
gress."
Two gentlemen, drivingby the house
in q carriage, looked as though they
| III the place pIlsdb iulinolI ocy
lum. They probably imagined that J
was kept in solitary confinement. In
regard to Will, | have no doubt but
what they looked upon his antics with
intense alarm, forthey applied the whlI
to their horse, and in a short time dis
appeared in the distance.
The floors all through the house hae
been painted brown. Linseed oil vel
rubbed into the boards, would make
them as good as new.
AWAY down trunk already men
toned. I found three bright knitted
RIOS. that had been fashioned by aunt
sarah def fingers, they wereju what
I needed to lay about my room. NY
pretty cottage set, all blue and gold (s
present from Wills motherl contrast
ed beautifully with the dark floor ane
| bright rugs / did not fancy the ap
nearance OF the old, white mantel; tn.
naint was all worn of and it looked
Shabby in the extreme. Ifcovered thu
1850 c1rLh tapki0Uit under