The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-11-22
wATER IN ouR GILLIAN.


wheo Msade aud mored into the liisl'
boase shich 20 nos oceapy ssked ih'
sgect 10 The cicaresi language could eou
nabd whether the cellar Vas dry. and thu
old bsss~. mouth liar replied that il was
This reminded him that be uss little d.,
himssif. 4pd while be withdrew 10 moistet
his psschea interior With quarter thst
happened to nnd concealed 10 my cloth
log. Msnds and talked the ms,ter over
ssl decided 10 tsks the house.
II vax some little time bsfore We discov
cred that our cellar hsd holes 10 1t. We
were occupied With the arrangement, OF our
houseLo old goods. aud With the problem Of
making psrlor carpet, cut for floor six
teen by eleven feet. cover . floor fifteen
feet squsre. with bay window 10 il
Maud said il could be done. She dragged
out some Of the higher mathematics she
learned Il vassar, brushed the dust OF
them. and then figured II ont this way:
The old room Was one foot longer and
eleven feet vide gain Of eleven square
feet for the old room, and the new one
Vas one foot shorter and fifteen feet vide
loss OF fifteen square feet Tor the new
room.
Therefore, - the old one VAS eleven
feet bigger than the new. and at the same
time the new vas fifteen feet smaller than
tho old, the total difference must be twen.
~ six square feet. which was more than
enough TO cover the bay window. In spite
OF these figures there was always bare
spot somew here, no matter how Maude ar
ranged her carpet She finally bought
mat as . temporary expedient to cover that
hole until she could take up into quadratic
equations and lose II. Meanwhile she re-
marked that il knew ~ much Is q COW
sbout tscking down carpets she wouldn't
have TO make Ill those hard figures.
tried 70 make the multiplication table
prove me an innocent man, but Maude
kusw better, and she said so many hard
things on the subject that. in spirit OF
true Christian humility. went out and
bought pesce Offering, consisting Of one
dozen soft shell crabs for breakfast, Maude
"a so fond OF crabs that she had rather eat
one than quarrel with her husband.
never knew woman who was that way
before. She thanked me for my thought
fulness and Immediately after dinner she
sat down with her cook book and looked
up the best way to prepare them. h
Kstys going to the ball this evening {
said Maude, and It's just possible that
may have 10 cook breakfast tomorrow.
Katy had forgotten to bring up the coal, q
70 while Maude went for the waterproof |
took the coal scuttle and q candle and q
descended the stairs. AT the bottom ] b
stepped into eighteen inches OF water that d
was cold enough 10 skate on. Then ! sat q
down ON the stairs snd emptied quart Of +
water out Of my slippers. il
Howdy. said Maude At the head Of the Il
'tairs, what are you swearing about in thai o
'rightful manner a
This blamed cellar is full OF water. z
Oh, dear, oh. dearl cried Msude. they II
III be drowned. 81
Who'll be drowned? u
My crabs. Iput them down there to
Ieep cool. Go right in and get them be
ore it's too late.
Go grabbing in this dirty water? ]
,uess not. said !. q
Howdy, you must; said Msude. II :.
rould be iDhuman to let the poor things 81
lrown. y
Drown? Do crabs live in the water or =
q brown stone front when they're st :
ome? I'm struck on your natural his :,
ory. Let me get up those stairs. There : :
re iccles on my stockings. ! !,
Wait there and Ill get you q candle, said Y
isude; SO l sat down on the stair and :,
ugsed my GOLD feet took Of my wet =
rolled up my pantsloons. and ~
hen fished for the coal scuttle. There M
'as box about half way between the i
lairs and the coal hesp. II was . large
OF. .snd 1t appeared to be OF trustworthy 4,
harscter. Imade jump for it and lit :.
here, but didn't remain. The box Was
oating. Its appearance Of dignity and :.
rmness bsd been hollow sham. When
struck II, the further side sunk suddenly :.
bout foot, and slid right on over into =, -
,e water. Then climbed back upon =
10 box, and endesvoied TO reprove Maude
Z her heartless mirth, but I couldn' 81
,ite reach her with the shovel. l then ne
rnsd my attention TO the oslheap, and
scovered that il. too, was Just out oil w
nee. I called Maude's attention 10 this, I"
"a she remarked that the problem was po
~ 10 get il into the range. This was so COZ
"a shst began to spstter Msude with
. coal shovel. but she threatened TO take ne'
q candle mp stairs, and leave me down in'
ere 10 the dark. 90 l desisted. Ia the !"
urse OF the discussion. however.I fell of H.
Q boz again. NV
Theirs; you're Into il nov, and you !
ight a. we'll wade. said Maude. ss
accepted the suggestion and 6Iled the str
uttle with coal. Then wsded back to mo
Q stsirs.
Did you catch spy Of thems asked ricl
AudeL the
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