Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-10

nave HluCh tiffe ht my iiN'' 2''o~'
place"
Away he trudged. much comforted
and sustained as regarded his inner man-
"Joe. Joer shrieked Miss Francesca
Dean. coming into tho room few min
utos later, what have you donei Eaten
up all tho company luncheonS Oh. you
Ereedy"-
IL didn't DO no such thing" shouted
Joe from IN upper room. where he was
| Transforming himself from An amateur
journeyman painter 70 modern tennis
player. "What are you talking abortY
''Some ono haa eaten his hll! c:ied
Miss Francesca Just look at the
tabler
Then it's some tramp sDeaked Ia
through the door that left open to dry
tho paint bawled Joe, sfniting his leg.
And while tho Dean family wero en-
deavoring 10 repair damages the task OF
housecleaning went swimmingly On at
tho Chipley domicilo. only two doors
away. tho girls and their mother scarce
ly taking ump 30 sit down and oat their
hasty pudding. which, by the way, got
scorched through Mauds oyerdeyotion
10 putting tho chints curtains At the
pastors study windowa
But hasten AZ they would. the newly
whitewashed walls were scarcely dry,
and tho furniture not yet rearranged,
when dusk descended on the scene and
Rev. Milo Milner came IN.
"Oh, take care. Mr.. Milperl" ez-
claimed Maud. "the door-the paint Is
fresh"
Mr. Miner solemnly advanced into
tho area of tho lamplight, and twist
ing himself around 10 get at the skirts
Of his coat eyed them disconsolately.
"More paint" said ne. "Blue painti"
"No," said Marion. "Grecn."
Tho two colors wero ludicrously alike
by lamplight. Tho green might be mis-
taken for lively blue-the blue for q
dull green.
"Blucr' said tho pastor firmly. DO
you think haven't tho use Of my eyesy"
"Grecn." persisted Marian. 1know.
because put It on myself"
1T Is not well." said Rov. Miner,
"for tho young to DC too positive
but truth II truth." said Maud
"And while I'm about H." said Mr..
Milner, now thoroughly oxasporated, II
deem 10 my duty 10 remonstrate with
you concerning tho extravagant and IN
warranted style Of diet In which you in
dulge during my absencer
II don't know what you rnran, said
Mrs. Chipley, feebly catching her breath.
"Iasty pudding and milk can't be
called extravaganza" hazarded Maud
''Scorched at that murmured Ma
nan.
"Roast grouse and currant jelly" said
the pastor. Chicken salad and sponge
cake. And-here again | trust 10 the
evidence Of my eyesight-all set out 90
your Oh butterfly pattern china. l
know. bccause ato OF 1t myself"
"You-you got into the wrong house."
gasped Maud.
1T was tho house with tho blue door,,
serenoly uttered Mr.. Miner, "a IL this
were an incontrovertible argument
Marian clappcd her hands hyster-
ically.
Mamma" sho cried; Maud, Mr..
Miner was the tramp who ate mp Miss
Deans company luncheon. That was
Just whist Francesca Dean told mo they
had prepared! And on our butterfly
china toor'
1T was the house with the blue door,"
stubbornly replied Ne. Miner.
But Joo Dean painted their door blue
todayr- exclaimed Marian. "And |
painted ours green
The pastor sank Imply into chair.
"Then,- he said, "Ivo got green and
blue paint both or the skirts Cf my coat,
and l have made a dreadful blunder in
the bargain! And ! must go at once and
apologize 30 the Dean family; but not
until you, my kind friends, have for
given me for my meddling interfer-
ence.s
"But really" said mischievous Maud.
"hnsty pudding isn't an extravaganza"
Mrs. Chipley and Marian fastened to
deprecate the pastors humility, and ne
went sadly TO make his peace with Miss
Francesca Dean.
1T Is kind o. queer" said Deacon
Philpott. talking the matter over some
days afterward "The dominic, he
plumb admits that he's sort O. absent
minded, and needs q wife 10 keep him
straight. And III bot oven on pretty
Miss Maud and Francesca Dean
The deacon, however, was wrong for
once In his life. Pastor Miner did get
married, but 1t was neither TO blue eyed
Francesca nor dark orbed Maud Like
sensible man no proposed TO Widow
Chipley herself, and was accepted at
once.
But II Mrs. Miner does not object,
he said, with duo courtesy, II should
like to have tho front door painted blue
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