The state herald., 1890-05-30

Ouc uuy SAW MI DOWsct sup III
front of the house and give 1t careful
looking over, and when he came in
asked:
"You are not thinking of making
any ,tepairsi ate your usr
'sWcll, not exactly repairs, but
was just thinking that l could make
great Improvement"
.:How?'
i'The paint bassi,'t held It's COLOR. md
I think shall have the house gone
over again-just a light coat, you
know"
"AIr. Bowscr, this house was
painted only six months ago. At that
lime we had half dozen mon around
here for nearly month";
eyes, but the color has faded"
"Didnt warn YOU Mt the tine that
It Would fddeF And didn't cverybous
laugh ut the idea of your putting pea
green on red brick house?"
"No, ma'am, they didn't! Every
body complimentcd my taste. Eve
hid dozen people of cultivation and
taste tell me that 1t was perfect har-
nony, and that there was nothing In
Town to match it. But it's Just like
you. Whenever desire to make nll
Improvement you ure the drag on ine"
"But let 1t go until spring, hhy-
how"
"Mrs., Bowser. did you ever hear
The W6ra ,etOiioniyf"
eyes, SIR"
"But you evidently do not understand
what 1t means, in broad sense, to sell
where you can sell the highest and buy
where yoh can buy the cheapest, The
painting season is about closed, lots oil
men are out of work, and | can get
this house painted now $40 cheaper
than next spring. Isn't $40 worth
saving?'
"Ycs, but the house doesn't need
it,"
"Not In your Judgment, perhaps.
People who were brought up In log
houses in the country have tastes pc
culiarly their own. The house will be
painted"
lie crossed his hands under his cont
tails. paced up and down the sitting
room, and; of course, sunk into In:
Significance and dtopped tli6 subject,
TWO days later four or five hard look
ing fellows with paint on their clothes
came up and looked the outside of the
house over. At brief intervals they
consulted together and made figures OF,
the back gate, AT othcr brief intei's
walls they measured the width and
length OF The liolisc with il tapclinc.
After three hours hard work they
came to u conclusion of some sort md
then went oil. to the barn to rest their
tired brains and wait for Mr.. Bowscr
to appear. When he came home he
confabbed with them for half an hour,
made more figures on tile back gate,
and finally told them TO go ahead.
"Thcy won't make the least mus.
around,' he said as he came. ill.,
"Thcy'll skim right over in about two
days, and you'll hardly know they have
been here"
II was Useless to say ANYTHING ate,
the bargain had been made. and so
held my tongue. Next morning 0
wagon came with three long ladders
two short ones, four step-laddcrs, two
saw-horscs, twenty-five paint buckets,
four pals, and SO many cans and
brushes that got tired of counting
them. expected TO see fully fiftcer
painters come with the outfit, but tel
must have got lost OH their way up
The five were enough, however; Il
take possession of the barn; the kItclieI
aud The basement.
CLOCKS MS il they wouldn't be ovcl
n day and half" said Mr.. Bowser II,
he started of down town.
II looked TO me as IL they meant Il
take whole weel, for It, md [ went
out 10 interview the boss ON tht sub.
jcct. lie did some more measuring
with tapc-linc, put down some NOR,
figures on the back gate, counted hi,
long and short ladders over. and finally
replied
al did say two weeks ut first. ma am
but il the weather holds good | think
twelve days will see the last Of IT,"
"Twelve days?'
"Not over thirteen, anyhow"
care you doing this by the jobr"
"Oh, no. mn'am. Some Of thu
scrubs take jobs and rush 'cm through
md cheat folk, In the most horribl,
hamper, but we don't; ". work b,
the day and do our work WELL"
Then began circus which LASTED
Just seventeen days without chang,
of programme. Every painter wcn
down into the basement 10 inspect til,
walls of the house. They were gon,
Just half an hour. When they re-
appeared they inspected the interior
of the barn, and were invisible for ,
long hour. Then they came out and
managed to raise ladder against III,
side of the house. They might posi-.
bly, have raised another during the fore.
noon. but Ole of them fortunately oh
served that the frs, ladder was little
shaky. This brought about consulta.
ton, aud the ladder was taken dow
aud Inspected. by vote of three Il
two. IL was decided that one OF III,
rungs was loose. Then the live put Ia
Just mn hour aud half hunting foi
hammer aud nails. gluc-pois, wedges,
crowbars. Jack-scrcws, piIc-drivcrs and
other articles deemed necessary To max,
repairs. When Mr.. Bowscr came HON,
To dinner not II thing had been done IN
the way of painting. | complained OF
this, but he replied:
"Oh. give them i.sliow. They hay,
got To got ready. When once ihcy
START they win move like cyclone"
"Why did YOU hire them by the dnyp
"To get good work.
During the afternoon the painters
raised n second ladder, mixed about q
gallon of color, drank four pints Of
Mr.. Bowscr's bottled beer, and care.
fully inspected and gave each Other
their individual opinions on the ng,
and nationality Of the kitchen girl.
Half an hour before Mr.. lIowsci
| came home one of them carefully and