Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-07
Ma. AND MRS. sowsEa.


4 tu0 utusS anu give II - chEtl VI tSOkiNk over
; and when he came in asked:
You are not thinking Of making any -
pairs are your
"Well. not exactly repairs, but was just
thinking that could make a great improve
ment"
"Howr
"rhe paint hasn't held itscolor, and think
] shall have the house gone over again-just
light coat, yca know"
j sMr. Bowscr. this house was painted only
dx months ago. At that time we had half q
dozen men around here for nearly month"
"Yes, but the color has faded.n
"Didn't warn you at the time that II
would fadei And didn't everybody laugh at
the idea Of your putting pea green on a red
brick housep
mo. ma'am, they didn't Everybody com
plimented my taste I've had dozen people
Of cultivation and taste tell me that it was
perfect harmony. and that there was nothing
In town TO match It. But it's just like you.
Whenever desire to make an Improvement
you are the drag on me-
"But lot 1t 80 until spring, anyhow"
Mrs Bowser, did you ever hear the word
'economyrS
| YES, SIR
"But you evidently do not understand what
II means. 1t means In broad sense, to sell
where you can sell the highest and buy wherc
| you can buy the cheapest The painting sea
son IL about closed, lots OF men are out OF
work, and can get this house painted now
| $40 cheaper than next spring. Isn't so worth
sAyingr'
ayes. but tho house doesn't need it.r
mot in your Judgment, perhapa People
who we're brought up In log houses In the
country have tastes peculiarly their own.
| The house will DO painted"
| He crossed his hands under his coat tails,
paced up and down the sitting room, and, Of
course, sunk into insignifcance and dropped
tho subject Two days later four or Ave
hard looking fellows with paint on their
clothes came up and looked the outside of the
house over. At brief intervals they consult
ed together and made figures on the back
gate. At other brief intervals they meas
| ured the width and length Of the house with
u taps line. After three hours hard work
they came To conclusion Of some sort and
then went out to tho barn TO rest their tired
brains and wait for Mr.. Bowser to appear
When he came home he confabbed with them
for half an hour, made more figures on the
back gate, aud finally told them to 60 ahead
They won't make the least muss around, y
he said as he came In. They'll skim right
over In about two days, and you'll hardly
know they have been here"
IL looked 10 me us II they meant to tnko q
whole week for II, and | went out TO inter
View the boss on tho subject He did some
more measuring with tape line put down
some more figures on the back gate, counted
his long and short ladders over, and finally
replied
~ did say two weeks at FIRST, ma'am, but
II tho weather holds good think twelve days
will see the last OF it,"
"Twoye daysf
"Not over thirteen, anyhowln
"Are you doing this by the jobr
'Oh, no, ma'am, Some OF the scrubs take
Jobs aud rush 'em through and cheat folks In
the most horrible manner, but we don't. We
work by the day and do our work wells
Then began a circus which lasted Just
seventeen days without change of pro
gramnle. Every painter went down into the
basement TO inspect the walls of the house.
They were gone just half an hour. When
they reapponred they inspected the interior
OF tho barn, and were invisible Cor a long
hour, Then they came out and managed to
raise a ladder against the side of tho house.
They might possibly have raised another
during tho forenoon, but one OF them fortu-
nately observed that the first ladder was
little shaky. This brought about eonsulta-
ton, aud the ladder was taken down and In
spected. BY "A vote of three 10 two 1t was do
| cidod that one Of the rnngs was loose Then
the five put la just an hour and half hunt
ing for hammer and nails, glue pots wedges,
crowbars, jack screws, pile drivers and other
articles deemed necessary to make repairs
When Mr.. Bowser came home to dinner not
| a thing had been done In the way of paint
ing, complained of this, but be replied.
"0h, give them show. They have got to
get ready When once they start they viii
move like a cyclone.n
why did you hire them by the dayr'
"To get good work"
During the afternoon tho painters raised
second ladder, mixed about gallon OF
color, and carefully inspected and gave zach
other their individual opinions on ths age
and nationality Of the kitehon girl
Half an hour before MIR. Bowser came home
ono OF them carefully and cautiously ascend.
oil ladder, painted a portion OF a bracket
and eaine down and went over on the back
street TO 500 how 1t looked The others went
over 10 help him, and none of them were
seon again that afternoon.
The second day was but slight improve
ment on the first, and it was four days before
Then Mr.. Bowser concluded no didn't like the
color, aud he had 1t changed lie was ear
uestly advised to do this by the painters, who
said the color they had been putting on was
rather out Of date and did not harmonize
with the color OF our front door
At the ond of the twenty second day Mr.
Bowser came home to flnd that four-tifths OF
tho work had been accomplished He got
mad and discharged the whole crowd out OF
band, although tho boss pitlfully protested.
Never drove gang OF men SO hard in my
He, and did want to do a Job here to which
| could point with pride"
When Mr. Bowssr came In he began TO fg
nre, | saw his hair begin to stand on end,
and presently lie exclaimed:
Mrs. Bowser, do YOU know what your
foolish whin has cost mo In cold cashFn
"My foolish whiml What do you mean n
81 mean what | sayi | had this house
pai1ted to please you, and those Internal
dauhers have made 1t cost me about $35Of"
Didn't protest about having II painted n
"Protesti No, maan. You encouraged
mel"
"Mr. Bowserl"
There you go Lay everything TO me, rs
usual Any husband who humors the whims
Of his wife will come out just as havei Mrs
Bowser, don't fool with me any morel I've
borne and borne, but there Ia n limit The
worm will turn at last I'm ready to turn!"
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~ can't understand It'll" grumbled Mr.