Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-18
Mr.. Bowser Papers a Room.
DETROIT FREE PRESS


aud his old clothes aud that bedroom were
IN some way connected
''lou-you are going to the Office this
morning. l queried
40, maa
Iou are not going to make gaTdeu:"
Hardly. / propose TO finish up that
bedroom"
How
"Well, 1 shall paper the walls, to begin
with
Mr Bowseg, I wish you wouldn't
teiephOned for Il papei-hauger yesterday
ana he will be here Tomorrow
And 1 stopped last evening and told
him not to come up. / propose 10 have
that job done ia style.
But you can't hang paper
"Oh, | can't} Prepare yourself for sur
prise party. Mrs. Bowser, don't propose
to have no wild-eyed wallpaper artist
around here for ten days to do what can
accomplish in one. ."
to attempt it, You viii only make a fail
ure Of it aud then blame me.
There will be neither failure nor blame
about it. I'll show you the paper"
IL had it hidden in the BAN. When lie
brought it in and displayed it l felt like
crying 1t was dark, cheap paper, Of
pattern several years old, and | was pre-
pared for his announcement that it was
Job lot which he had secured at five cents
roll
''Mr Bowser, that room ought to have
gilt paper
Had 1 rushed OF as you do, Mrs. Bow
ser, 1 should have got gilt. Do you know
what the most eminent chemists of the
day declare' They say that gilt paper in
bedroom shorten5 life by many years"
AT this stuff viii probably prolong it''
Very likely"
"Wcll, it ought to! Anyone who would
select such paper ought to live 500 years
aud be ashamed of himself every dayw
Mrs. Bowser, if you happen to have
outrageous taste in these matters / am not
to blame. 1 don't propose to have my
house turned into a museum just because
you have no idea Of harmony Wait until
the room is do1e, and then If you agree
with me that it is the pIetti-st bedroom
you ever stepped into I'll buy you "a new
spring hat
He went ahead, Of course, and left him
alone for couple of hours. When | went
up he had two strips on, aud was standing
back to survey them. Two more strips,
which had been pasted and then pulled off
again lay ON the floor.
The corner Of the room is not exactly
plumb, you know" he said. Those brick
layers and carpenters never get within two
inches of true"
"No | suppose not / have read that
paper-hangers make this same discovery.
What's this paper doing on the foor!"
"Oh, got enough so 1 could expert
meIt d little There is no great rush, you
know 1t isn't case Of life and death
and propose to develop some artistic
ideas as / 60 along"
"WelI, you have made a good start at it.
That second strip is on wrongsi side up
'0What2'
Look for yourself Here is the vine
and here the leaves. The leaves on one
stnp are at the top, and on the other at the
bottom"
Not much! Your eyes arc out Of true,
and one Of them sees higher than the 9th
er Ii you will now be 50 kind as TO dis
appear / will work out some new ideas"
An hour later there was crash upstairs
which awoke the baby, frightened the cat
into falling Off the windoW-sill and caused
the cook to fly into the sitting-room and
call out that "sinclone" had struck the
house and brought down every chimney.
hurried upstairs to Mr. Bowser He sat
in a chair trying to smile and look uncon-
ceTned, but one Of the steps of the ladder
was gone and l knew that he had come
down like a load of stone.
"Did you callf | asked
Met oh, no. / am studying on an
idea"
There was paste on his Il air ana pieces
Of wallpaper sticking to bis back, but /
withdrew w-thoat further remark. When
he came down at noon / was in hopes he
| had abandoned the work. 1t was evident
he had lame back, and he dragged one
leg as he walked and i thought it fitting
| opportunity to say;
II wouldn't bother with that room any
more if I were you. / presume y0u are
wanted at the Office"
"DO youf The Office Is locked up and
have the key in my pocket"
"But why not get paper hangerP"
Because l am going to do it myself I
| find that | am little short Of paper and
guess III telephone for more
| He gave an order for four double rolls
aud after dinner went back 10 his labors
locking the door 80 that | could not see
| his work. About mid-alternoon, however,
as | listened at the door, 1 heard him
| growing:
Hang that carpenter! He didn't get
this wall within two feet OF straight, and
that last strip has got 10 come oli!7
Just before supper he came down and
| telephone for two more rolls of paper and
| forty feet more of border, but he looked 40
pale faced and stoop shouldered and done
out that hadn't the heart 20 say anything
about the room He fell asleep in his
chair while reading the paper and every
| few moments uttered groan OF n sigh
He was paste aud paper, and could hard
| ~ get upstairs from the lamcncaa in his
| legs aud back Next morning, as he seem
| ed undecided whether 10 GO to the Office or
upstairs I asked II | ahonldn't telephone
tor the paper hanger. That decided him
and he replied:
II wouldn't be as jealoua minded as you
are. Aira. gowser, Tor all the money in the
world You are shaking in your shoes for
fear that / sill do really nice bit of
work
IT was 4 o'clock IN the afternoon before
we would allow me to enter the room and
then he announced it's completion.
Just give me a fair and honest opinion
Of il without reference to relationship" he
said as he stood in the center of the room
aud looked around.
he had been armed with Lnile to cut
my throat / should have been compelled 10
laugh Seven Of the strips were wrong
eud up. Four OF FIVE Of them were on
crooked. He had Tapped the paper on TO
the base and window castings, and his Dor