Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-09-14

Ia good girl, as ssgirls go, but she had
previously worked in a restaurant
where she had acquired the habit Of
kicking the lower panel2o OF the door3she
wished to open. ss.i;
Wadley pried the hinges off with his
hammer and then picked out the
screws. That will save buying new
ones he said. Il believe I can make
the old, hinges do. too.
sDidn' you get hinges when you got
the door, asked his wife. ..Well, for
the lands sake! What are you doing
now, Albert 2? 2? Fsa.57
m measuring the door, answered
EWadley. By. the way, guess ynu'd bet
ter begin to time me. What time is it?''
'sHalf past two. But, look here, AL
bert. Let me give you a hint, if you
don't mind ].
WE'LL. what is it? Hurry up, now;
you're keeping me waiting as5s
s'The old door is just a fit, SO why not
layit down on top Of the new one for
la pattern and mark it off? You'resure
to get it right that way
Use it for a pattern!'" repeated
Wadley, scornfully. Sim not making a
shirt waist, I m hanging door. See
there, figures can t lie, can they The
opening is Just two feet six inches by
sixsf feet six inches. Now, if I cut that
door down to that size it's. going tofsfit,
isn't it % s5,sS' 49, s.-s
T suppose it will said Mrs. Wad-
ley,, du biously, but / think I should do
it the way said. s
Mrs. Wadley rose and went into the
house, and Wadley, having marked the
screen, laid it on the porch and began
to saw. It was hard work, for the
screen was considerably larger than
the porch was wide and it overbalanced
at every downward stroke. It was too
wide for him to straddle;, and he had
to lean over it in a ,fatiguing position.
When Mrs. Wadley returned his saw
had bitten about an inch and hiatt
into the screen and he was perspirin g
freely. She watched him for a min
ute or two and then suggested that she
sta stand on the end of the door and steady
it while he sawed. Presently she in
! formed him that the saw was stray
ing from the straight and narrow path
indicated by the pencil, and Wadley,
after an Intellectual effort to bring it
back, stopped and wiped his brow with
the sleeve Of his shirt.
IF I only had a saw that was some
good he said.
There's the meat saw" suggested
Mrs. Wadley, hesitatingly.
Her husband looked at her sharply,
but it was evident that she had spoken
in good faith, and he contented himself
with saying that he didn't believe the
meat saw would do. 7 guess I'll have
to start again from the other Side" he
continued. I wasn't watching the
thing as closely as | ought to have
done: .
This time he hewed pretty closely tc
the line, but the saw began to WORK
harder and harder, and by the time it
mad got its own width into the wood it
stuck fast and obstinately refused to
go any further. 1t needs greasing,"
SAID Wadley, and he procured the vase
line lin bottle and smeared the saw plen-
teously. It travelled well for another
inch IN en- 5; and then stuck again..
think, said Mrs N sWadley that
II you put a wedge lnSthe end where
you've sawed at It VIII pc all right. Here,
II show you what I mean
ohe pressed a nan into the CLEFT and
the saw sprung forward with 18th renewed
v.gor until It It, met the hrsts cut and the
STRIP TEL TO the ground.
mere! SAID .Wadley; that's all
i1gnt SO Tar. give you credit 1or IT,
though. W :'e' ol p you learn zeal carPen-
te err. !s ss
his VIE viz looked graftlhed. = know nov
a llttle she SAD. gu ~ don't often tell
me me SO, though. Now you've got the
other to 90, haven't you? Do you want want
me to help you &
Ihere isn't much to come OF on the
slde,. sad Wadiey, but you can =. hold
= up Wh1le I pane IT. STEADY now!
Inolu - uoWl, WOMAN, holu ~ aoWh