Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-31


bisle ltgiHl The pcnirr table. putting the
articles carefully oH the floor, one bv
nne Then h. laid his cooked hat on i
clair, aud Vpcuiugl pnrtloiioof docu-
mcnts, spread them all over the large
round table,
IL IS not so easy, madame" he an
swered
He was right; it was not easy.
came ID this conclusion when he went
away, papers aud all about nightfali.
In addition To deliberately written
chapter concerning my pain, I'M
cventtul career set down in a ledger,
Sally's Gen. Boulanger carried away
three documents, promising To deco
rate them with the state seal. aud re-
turn them 10 be signed in a new place.
The first was an elaborate description
Of our family tree, no detail SO small 4
rs 10 be unwelcomc; the second was
devoted to personalities concerning /
myself my motives IN living in Paris, +
or living ut all, future intentions, as I
sets, liabilities and political views;
the third was solemn promise on my
part not IN any way To maltreat or
| abuse the Mutual Partisan company of |
Heating and Illuminating by gas, nor
10 break or steal its possessions, such
as meters, lead pipe and iron gratings.
Moreover | had personally % write
/ down III book that gas was wanted,
and that |, no other, desired this par
/ ticular gas
A few days later | thought the
chamber Of deputies had strayed from
their quarters when Sally usherel in
five large. round Frenchmen in heavy
oycrcoats and high silk hats They
were the landlord, his secretary, an
architect, a builder and a representa-
tive of the Mutual Partisan company
OF Heating, etc. Such powwow at
once began rs would pale IA ward pri-
mary The upshot OF il was Where
would | have the gas jets"
Center lights in the parlur and
dining room, said !, land side lights
in the other rooms.
A roar went up like tile board of
brokers III harvest time; they shook
their fists in each others faces and
shook their canes at me. Then they
: held each other down and argued with
: me, one time.
! | was SO small, So inexperienced /;
/ nothing but poor little forcigner!'
, Did ! know that gas was g very
/ dangerous thingf"
did ! realize that il | slept in a
, room where there was gas jet not
i one of them would be responsible for
] my hcalthf"
( But, gentlemen" | yentured to re-
mark, in America we have gas IN all
Q the bedrooms.
S "lmpossiblc!" Numbered the five.
g Contrary to all law" 1T would be
; dangerous 10 children" "t'rightful
}. catastrophes would result" "Why,
q ia America, Of New York, we are told,
i they have not even enough Of gas Il
. properly light the streets"
il Overwhelmed for time, | feebly
is wondered il we did have gas in all thc
| bedrooms The big flve, outwapily
d polite, but inwardly convinced that
3 had tried 10 deceive them squeezed
single lilc through the little doors oil
T. all my small rooms. tapping walls
ii measuring spaces. and talking against
a time. They finally consented to ont
70 gas jet ~ the dining room, one Ia tht
hall aud III the kitchen two one caci
IA. for Illuminating and cooking. Sally
Is sooucd learned TO say "gaws" ol
le 'tgozz, her equivalent for L. guz, aut
ar the word. however uttered. became til,
D. household synonym for interninable
I. French law provides that gas pip
I'd shall b. laid on the outside of walls
10 even if they are fresc0ed by Bougue
10 reau himself And Ia discourage sui
ID eide, every room where gas Is burnet
y must have grating about SIX bs
twelve inches connecting with thl
4 hall aud the hall must have gratinf
/, connecting with tie outer air. Some
% times Sally used la laugh until sht
ID cried, and stand wiping the tears away
Q with her apron, Willie She watched tlit
Q Woritmeu. \ couple Of masons woult
come and dig a hole III the wall. In 1
few days "A carpenter would come ant
n put casing around it, Later on an
&c other kind OF workman would conn
4 aud set an iron grating IN It, BS
/. and BY plumber would amble in
L and with the help OF two or three as
= slstauts would run some iron pfpt
& along the wall Sometimes a p8pel
z hanger would come IN twice or three
IL times with samples. ultimately, viii
the idea Of coneeallng the gas pipe, h
ID would paste over il some strips II wal
| paper thai did not match. cine room
d being thus we'll begun, they would &C
u on with the next one, The mason.
Ie would dir another hole. and the pro
It gramme would be repeated.
Ie The big five dropped ia often to chec1
h the work nlang aud admire lis prog
1t rcss. Toward tie end could see they
Q felt worried about leaving a family o
< helpless foreigners alone with the Eas,
h aud finally they sent a nice old gentle
man 10 give me gas lessons. IL
taught me ho~ 10 light tie gas viii
| the aid OF match. and how 10 turn il
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