The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03
The $4,000 WALL PAPER.
In Trying 70 Find . Happy Mean bes~ess
M~iseriiness and Extravaganes Iine-
theas Enrisht Fell Iste a
Expensive Hole.
Copyright, 1900. BY C. b. Loomss.

AhIuOtuCu5 AL uu
about mo-ey before children. His grand.
father had bean a miser and his older brother
had boon q spendthrift and early In life no came
to the conclusion that the lees said about money
the better.
In course Of time he married and had two
sons. twins. whom he named Pysmaion sno
Virgil. although he ought TO have known DOL.
ter, When they were II years old they oio not
know money by sight. OF course tney nso
heard Of Il In their reading, but 10 hso tney
heard Of coral and aluminium and supposeo In
Q vague way that II wa Q product or . manu-
facture and a. they both hated such dry things
a. products and manufactures they lot AL rei-
erence to money 60 In at one ear and OUT OF ns
other.
1t may be wondered how Mr.. Enwrtsht man.
aged to keep house without money. out a. MS
home was miles in the country from any store
and a. all his markeun G was done by letter ana
Ill his bills paid by checks II was comparatively
easy to manage It.
One day Mr.. and Mrs. Enright went away TO
wedding and the win were loft In charge OF
the housekeeper. Mrs. Darby. The day aftef
the Enrtghts left Q letter came for Mr.. Enright
and - PygmAlion had been authorized to open
the mail he read this letter. twas from m old
friend Of Mr.. Enwright,a lawyer In the city. and
II announced that Mr.. Thaddeus Enrisht. thshr
fathers uncle. had left his nephew $4,000. and
that tho amount would reach him BY . special
messenger the next day.
Hello, Virgil said Pygmalion. coming into
the sitting room where Virgil was s~andpaperinS
q hickory bar with which he was going to make
q rapese. There's q package Of money COM
ing hero tomorrow for father
That's like coral. isn't it'' said Virgil. In
differently.
NO, / don't think 90" said Pysmalion. snap
ping his handkerchief at a logy wasp that had
Just oome out Of winter quarters. Think it's
something people give. Don't you romem-
Der that story W read In the The youths Friend
WHARF some one gave money TO a poor woman
and she was very much insulted' She said:
I don't want your money. I'm no beggar."
well. neither u pspa q beggar. 90 he wont
want it
Here's what the letter says said Pygma-
lion reading. by the terma OF the late Thad-
deus Enrights will the money is 10 be delivered
to you by special messenger In a box and win
reach you tomorrow, 1t is In greenbacks. also
by order of your deceased uncle.
Remember me to your wife and 70 those
boys whom l haven't seen since they were
money you viii give them the sreenbscEs to
put ~ their scrap books
-Congratulating you upon your good fortune
am.
YOURS cordially.
"'SOLoN SALTONBTALL.''
Money must BE- pictures II It's something
that We can put In scrap books. said Virgil;
old. maple bsr " had / wonder what makes
sGiys il up.s sad Pygma!on. Say. com.
'' sY .. not 81 sl H pnf!! 1s anlshsd s~andp.p.rns this.
Anyhow there's no wind "
Pygmaion put the letter in hi. fathers desk
md: md vert y tout out y S,,h Ai% vsI1 Il i;,, 5si: .,s sSf x kite sso and 81. a
Il flying to the full lensth Of three balls Of Irvine.
for he was Q born kite oyer.
Tho boyS united each day on a letter TO Their
legacy Of sufficient Importance to speak OF ~
or maybe both Of them forgot.
just at noon Of next day a Concord wagon was
10th the boys wore out putting up the kite but
when he called to them they tied the string to
the front fepoe and this time. there was such q
Does Nj, Enrisht live here'-,
Yes, but hes away said Pysmslion. -we'p
wei q Il ! h ~. . box for him. Who can sign .
sBeth Of us can. Did you thinh ". COULDN'T
This was not said tnsolentiy. but in q tone that
T didn't know. Andrew johnson was u b.
fore he learned to write and yet he became
He might have become President sooner Il
What's in the box'"
oh, something for your father said the
young. man. 1t ought to b put In a safe
Wen put II In pspa's bedroom. He'll 30
The Young man lifted the box out Of the wagon
and nuf IL in the front hall. pyRmalipn
signed the receipt for II and then the young
man got into the wagon and drove of. As
far as he knew the box contained nothing but
Pygmalion and Virgil carried - boz up to
their fathers bedroom and then at down
This is the box that Mr.. saltonstall wrote
about. The receipt said It was from him.
said Pygmaion. Tets open It and see what
All risht, You 60 and get the hammer and
chisel."
No \ You sst'.'. said pysmalion.
was generally able 10 avert a quarrel by a
compromise and in a few minutes they had
the top of the box. There lay twenty-five
packages Of twenty dollar bills as fresh and
-PifTres,. said both boys IN contempt
And such pictures said Virgil. What
I T2S of lll Rfipp pict uns.i iis ssF sRssf- ne want with a
And they're all the same" said ,Pygmalion.
who had broken a package and examined them.
Maybe each pack age has a different pic
tne." suggested Virgil, but no. they were all
well, Of all the silly things I ever heard
Of began .Pyemalion, but he, was interrupted
by Virgil who said: Say, lets paper our bed
room With theml"
.Oh. bullyl- said his brother.
The boys bedroom was papered With ptc-
turee. Of ono size cut from various illustrated
Mamma said our room was Y. be repapored this
sprinR," said Pygmaion, a. II he were excusinS
himself for what they proposed doing
And papa certainly wont care II We use
these pictures because We can leave q half
ak OF the same kind Of ptctures'" said Virgil, also
In the tone Of one who Is giving valid reasons for
Shall We ask Mira Darby II We CAM said
Pygmalion.
preserves. We'll make a pail Of dour paste ana
use tina whitewash brush TO put II on and then
we'll have a green room like mamma's blu
Only different" said Pyemalion, who was not
col9r blind
intertered with the boy. IA long a. they didn't
interfere with her and when they told her they
were going to do some FASTING she made no
objection.
The paste was soon made and the boys sat
TO work 10 decorate their room Virgil was
very neat Of, hand and he did the setting In
place Of each twenty-dollar picture" while
Pygmalion did the pastinR.
II was a tedious job and long before they
were through with II the boys were sorry they
had undertaken II. but Virgil never gave up
any project and as Pygmalion had the easiest
part To do he didn't feel that he could COM
plain.