Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-11
ALL ABOUT AL Fla b.
noRnsPlkeR HAD soMl. TRoulLG no,
Is GETTING " PAINTED.

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And when He Did Get the Work Dons
II Troubled Himaas . Very Dusy
Man to Fiad the Paintes Haa NaAs
n Mistake. .-... ~. /. s.s @s, II II 4
Early one morning about week no
Mr.. Hornspiker, who had just rented "a
Office In u tall building with y clock tower
on ono corner of 1t, went to the agent Of
the building and said to him: Z.
''Sce here, Mr.. Swaddleford, the floor Of
that room needs painting Could you d.
der it done right away, 80 can move In
there tomorrow morningY" X
Eyes, " replied tho agent. I'm attend
to IL Mt once" ,s$'sSis
Mr.. Hornspikcr then took vacation of
day, tha first ono he had had for three
years. -
At 8 o'clock tho next morning he went
to his Office. .,,-. fqs6
Nothing had been done to the floor.
He inquired of the janitor where tho
man was who looked after the painting
you'll find bin down somewhere
about tho pre,nfses His names Hug
gins" said the janitor, dismissing the sub
ject with a wave of his hand.
J., Mr.. luornsp;ker spent half ana hour
searching for Huggins. He found him at
last, taking a nap In vacant room ON tho
basement floor.
He woke him and asked: @
"Didn't you get an order from Mr.
Swaddlefortl to paint the floor Of rom No.
500 yesterday morning?" .t
Eyes" answered the painter. II gave
10 TO Eewcome" ase
"Who's Newcomer >4
He's the Teller that helps me. There's
moro paint.n here than one man can do. !"
II see. Where fs Newcomer p
II don't know" j#
Mr.. Higgins then dropped of t" sleep
again. :7%
An hour was spent in finding Newcome
He was on the top floor of the building
watching some plumbers who were repair
ing the steam fixtures.
did Mr.. Higgins give you an order
from Mr.. Swaddleford to paint the floor
Of room 500 yesterday" asked Mr.. Horn
spiker. ..... .-.. - .-..,.. .,%
"Ycs, sir, replied Newcoma ..,
why didn't you do itl''
r He didn't O. K. itt'
''Who didn't" sd
'Huggins.
"Does 1t need Higgins O. K. before
you can paint that doori"
Yes, SIR" 1trHl.%
III gst him to put his O. K. on it, can
ron 60 at 1t right nowr" Il
II reckon co. Hero 1t is."
Ho handed out . folded paper somewhat
soiled Mr. Hornspiker took 1t and went
down to the basement again.
Painter in Chief Huggins had gone
away for the day.
Nothing could b. done, and Mr.. Horn
spiker took another days vacation.
At . o'clock next morning he went to
the Office again with blood in his eye. I'll.
-@""Whsro's HugginsS'' he demanded Of
the janitor ~
Hasn't got here yet" -1.. =.
He sat down at the entrance and waited
for Huggins, who came along shortly be-.
foro II O'Clock ''
'Newcomo tells lns this needs your O.
H." he said shoftly, presenting the folded
paper. M ... J..
'',rhat's right, " responded the painter
In chief, afixing his initials with the
stump Of . pencil But it's got to be ap-
proved by MIR. Corgus. &",%
Who's Mr.: Corgusi'' .:,,.. '~,,sasy
Hes the treasurer. .;%#,a7Y@& , Il
'Vrvasurer Of WHAT" 50. ,., y.:..a. =
II don't know. All I know Is that he's
the treasurer, and when there's any money
to b. spent he's got to know beforehand
what it's for. It saves q lot Of trouble to
20 and seq him first"
II 100. Where can ind Mr.. Corgus!'
'He's In that little room over to the
Left" st..&f& "a H." .G>.
"well, what's to hinder me from going
In there right now and getting him to ap-
prove this ortler?" 49,
II don't think he'd like to be disturbed
Just now" 49,.
why nots'' - r.
"Well, he's got 20 many things on his
mind.'' ,.-,.-,5-..s ~ES = :.
IL see" rejoined Mr.. Hornspiker, with
bitter irony. Hes thinking, and he
mustn't be disturbed" .>$ J
It was tho middle of the afternoon be-
fore the brain Of MIR. Corgus had so far re-
covered from the strain consequent upon
his hard thinking az to allow himself to
be seen on business, but after the matter
had been laid before him he consented to
approve the order, and, hunting out COM
paratively clean place on the paper, he
wrote his name upon it, ,@~&f.; :" W, ..