Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-06-26
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowser.

WHtH ne came down ami
:" q nc hau on mis- old clothes Some change
d. haa been made In the house bv which n,
o. had gained new bedroom. and /, a. ono
H. o,,uired TO me that Mr. Bowser and hi
= o'u ciothcs and that bedroom were In som,
is way connected :" 'o'i'
e. ou are not going to the Office mi,
e morning Iqueried. '''
er mo maam."
=, ,.t III are not going to make garden?"
d bedroom" '' up taa'
l. "How?"
. with" "a"s 10 oeSin
Mr. Bowser, wish you wouldn't 7
y teirphoned for paper hanger YESTERDAY
a''u ne VIII be here to ornorrow.
ana stopped last evening and told
, ,h u'n not 70 come up. l propose to have
l that job done IN style" nave
i hut you can't hang paper"
! 'oh, can't? Prepare yours.1f for
surprise party Mrs Bowsef, don't pro.
pose 70 have no wildeyed wall paper artIs,
"iounu mere Tor ten days to do what can
accomplish in one" what 'ai
Mr Bowser. | solemnly warn YOU no,
TO attempt it. You will only maxi a faiI
ure OF II, and then blame me
mere will BE- neither failure NOR bIaro
ABOUT It. III show you the paper
ne had 1t hidden in the barn When h.
; orousl'' IL IN and displayed it felt like
tit'uS III was dark, cheap paper. of .
pat'etl several years Old. and | was nr.-
PartH ior ms announcement that it VA
Joo iot which he had secured at i've cer,s
a roll ~ "'e cents
gilt paper" ~ % nave
Had rushed off as you do. Mrs
han
kho" what the most eminent chemists -
Tue day declares They say that oiIt na,er
IN bedroom >hortens life by man 80.
AND this stun will probably prolong ~.
Very likely" '''
htlI' i ought to. Any one wbo
Mou'd select such paper ought to live 50o
day" ''''i every
hFS' Bo"ser, If you happen 10 hav.
outrageous taste in these matter. am mo,
u ''''Ii'' hont propose to have nv
''"9c tuthtd INTO museum lust because |
~ ~" "a't D" ldea OF harmony Wait until
a@,r,.. - "'ht' ana then If you don't
agree " "lth ne that il is the preiti..t h.I
room YOU ever stepped into I'll INV yon )
new spring hat I'M"
re went ahead, Of course. and I.f, bir,
Aiohe i"r couple Of hours. When went .
up ne had TWO strips on. and was stsndiny D
back TO survey them. /
l"o more strips, which had been na.,.d e
'h'' thch pulled Of again, lay on the aoor
ne corner 81 the room Is not exactly Ii
p'HlHo' yoh know, he said. Those brick. IL
anu carpenters never get corner b.
!" It.ih TWO inches of true" +
No, suppose not. | have road ,h,. a,
~, -. paper hangers make the same discovery Ia
y hat TINS paper doing on the tIoor5~ ii
-'iH, l sut enough Sp tba, 7
'eI''i'eht a little There is no great rush Fl
ou Know. 1t isn't case Of III. ani II
eatH' ana propose TO develop some arts. an
&c IDEAS as 20 along" 81
>, :" 81 you nave made good start al II ba
nay second strip is on wron. id, up,r
LOOK for Yourself. Here is tn. vim. br
no mere the leaves. The leaves on ona of
If'P ar az the top, and on the other n bl,
g n"ttom. cls
Not much. Your eyes are ont or TINA
' =" u"e 81 them sees higher than the
HtF' II you will now be so kind as IN
>appear will work out some new id.ss "
~ hour later there wa. a crash unst,irs
Hich a""ke the baby, frightened the rat
1" lhItIhS on the window-sil and caused
Z e e"oA u ny into the sitting room and
II out that "siclone" had struck tn. =
Me- Oh, no; am studying On" -. r - =
ed.
There vas paste on hi, hair and pieces sp'
+ wall paper sticking 10 his back, but tie
ilhdrcw without further remark. r
When he came down at noon | was IN
opcs he had abandoned the work. II was 'e'
. idcnt he had lame back and he dragged in
NJ, leg as he walked, and thought II Sa
tting opportunity 70 say g. ia
II wouldn't bother any more with that
7 | are.
iautcd at the office. 10
DO YOU? The office is locked up and raj
ave the Key in my pocket. In
But why not get paper hanger.
because | am going TO do it myself. / 81
md that | am little short of paper, and ca
,ucss III telephone for more an
I'll. gave an order for four double rolls, H.
md after dinner went back to his laoors,
ockiug the door 50 that | could not see
lis work. About mid afternoon, however, ha
ls listened at the door, heard him grow y,
ing ri
Hang that carpenter. He didn't get :
This wall within two feet OF straight and oi
that last strip has got 10 come on" T
Just before supper he came down and l.
,elephoned for two more rolls of paper ;,
and forty feet more Of border, but he -
looked 80 pale faced, and stoop- shout a
dered, and done out that hadn't the heart Il
to say anything about the room. a,
He fell asleep in his chair while reading
the paper, and every few moments uttered "
a groan or sigh. He was paste and pa D
per from head to heels and back again, 5
and could hardly get upstairs from the II
lameness in his legs and back. |
Next morning, AS he seemed undecided :,
whether to 90 to the Office or upstairs, r
asked if shouldn't telephone for the pa
per-hanger. That decided him, and he re- /
piled =
II wouldn't be as jealous minded as you ,
are, Mrs Bowser, for all the money IN the |
world. You are shaking in your shoes for
fear that | will do really nice bit of {
work"
Ii vas four O'Clock i'll the afternoon be- ,
fore he would allow me to enter the ROOM
and then ne announced its completion.
Just give me fair and honest opinion
of it. without reference to relationship
b,. said as he stood in the centre OF the
room and looked around.
If he had been armed with knife to cut
nv throat should lave been compelled TO
laugh Seven of the strips were wrong
end up. Four or five of them were on
crooked.
He had Tapped the paper on to the base
window castings and his border was up
and down like the waves of the sea
'Have you escaped from haianlaZoo'
he demanded, as laughed until l had to
| sit down on the floor.
mir. Bowser, have request to make
I of you-perhaps dying request. Let me
/ bring in some of the neighbors TO see this!
Certainly, and if they don't say it Is
one of the neatest jobs they ever saw, III
give in"
| sent the cook out and got three of the
nearest ladies', and when they entered the
menagerie Mr. Bowser retired to dress
himself.
He wouldn't come out until they had de- |
parted. but he must have heard all that
was said At supper-time he came down
and quietly remarked g.
II suppose you want the custody OF the
child Mrs Bowser!'
What do you mean?'
why after encouraging me to spend
two days of my time in papering that room
that you might criticise my work, 1t Will
be best that we separate. During the
evening you had better make out list OF
the things YOU want to reserve
Next day the paper-hanger came up and
put on other paper. Mr.. Bowser bought
pint of linment and four porous plasters,
and there is no happier household in De
troit than that of Bowser.-Detron Free
Press.