The morning call., 1892-06-12

ia the middle. That was all the help !
wanted from him. l took one Of the hoops
he had taken of, cut it in half aud tackled
il across the tops of the remaining slaves
of the sawed-Off end. That was the back
of my chair. Then | took the barrel head
fastened It together and fitted a rim insice
the barrel on level with the sawed-0ff
edge. It didn't fill out, bat l knew the up
hOstering would, and | steaded the barrel
with small nails. | fastened some small
spiral springs TO the board, and, taking ac-
curate measurements, / went to the uphOlst-
eTer and had him make cushions for back
aud seat. These were stuffed with good
hair, as / expected my chair 10 last life
time, and TO be worth good cushion.
They cost me $40, but that was only a
small part Of S25 After that l got some
handsome crimson stuff and covered the
outside of the barrel, letting full valance
fall down all around the lower part. ! nm
ished that with heavy fringe and it looked
lovely. I covered the cushions also, and
after a good deal Of trouble l got them
fitted in and fastened securely. | finished
all the edges with heavy cord, and with
big tassel at each corner of the back / had
the most unique-lOoking chair you can i'm
aglne. 1t did look so rich, and if YOU sat in
certain position 10 was delightfully."- COM
Portable. The springs made it perfectly
lovefy, and | saved 50 cut OF my $50, for it
only cost me SO.
again. and | didn't say ANYTHING as l
wanted to surprise him. Well, Uncle Ben
came just before suppertime, and we had
nice supper and a lovely evening. l made
up my mind he should be pleased with
Georges wife, and think he was Finally
he went up to bed and George and / locked
up the house and had just gone to our own
room when we heard an uEeartbly yell
from Uncle Ben's apartment, and after that
such humping and kicking you'd have
thought the house was coming down.
George rushed upstairs and / followed
There was Uncle Ben stuck fast in the easy
cnalr, only his heels and legs visible, the rest
Of his body being doubled up as he
sat on the bottom OF the barrel, his
head pushed down till it rested between his
knees. And the way he was talking was
perfectly awful. George pulled him out
and got him on his feet, and then / saw that
/ had forgot all about staying the sawed OF
slaves and they had spread apart and letthe
seat fall through as Uncle Ben sat in it
smoking his pipe before going to bed. He
was so angry ne packed his vaise and made
George send for a hack to take him 10 a
hotel, and said If we had wanted to kill him
we might have found some less Outlandish
way to do it. George talked and scolded at
me, like the brute he is, and threatened TO
burn every paper that came to the house,
but Pm sure anybody might have for
gotten a trifie like that, and how could
nave told that Uncle Ben would 90
through it so unfortunately However. he
has abused me for the last time. | shall be
Independent hereafter The Ladies' Home
counsellor always has adepartment OF hints
to literary workers and | have been reudng
| Il very carefully lately and mean to engage
in literary work hereafter, and support N.Y.
| self and children George may find some
one else to abuse"
Just here l reached my station and left
the train. Was the little woman an excep-
tional fool or were the results of her expe-
riments exceptional? Only the many
thousand and odd fair readers of the ridicu-
lOus newspapers supposed TO be adapted 20
| the feminine mind can answer tho ouerv.
ADEGINE Z. KNAPP,