The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-03

II didn't know. Andrew Johnson was
tw snty-cne before he learned to write and
yet he became President"
HE might have become President SOON
e. if he'd learned to w fte sooner" said
Fygmalion. What's in the box?''
"Oh, something for your father" SAID
the young man. at ought TO be put in
a safe place"
"Well put 1t in papa's bedroom. He'll
be back in day or two"
The young man lifted the box out OF
the wagon and put IL in the front hall.
Pygmalion signed the receipt for it and
then the young man got into the wagon
and drove off. AS far as he knew the
box contained nothing but law papers.
Pygmalion and Virgil carried the box
up to their fathers bed room and then
sat down to rest.
This is the box that Mr.. Saltonstali.
wrote about. The receipt said it was
from him." said Pygnlalton. Let's open
il and see what money IL like"
"All right. You go and get the ham,
mer and chisel."
mo, you get IT."
''Lei's both ger it." said Pygmalior.
who was generally able to avert a quar-
rel by a compromise and in a few min
Iites they had che top off the box. There
lay twenty-five packages of twenty dol
lar bills as fresh and crisp as lettuce
Pictures" said both boys in con-
tempt
"And such pictures" said Virgil. What
would papa's uncle suppose he'd want
with lot of pictures like that"
"And they're all the same" said Pyg-
malion, who had broken a package and
had examined them.
maybe each package has a different
picture" suggested Virgil, bur no. they
were all alike.
heard Of" began Pygmalion. but he was
interrupted by Virgil, who said: Say,
let's PAGER our bed room with them"
"Oh, buliyr' said his brother.
The boys bedroom was papered with
pictures of one size cut from various illus
trated weekles.
Mamma said our room was to be re-
papered this spring" said Pygmalion, as
if he were excusing himself for what
they proposed doing.
"And papa certainly won't care II we
use these pictures because we can leave
half dozen and who ever heard Of
having more than six Of the same kind
of pictures said Virgil, also in the tone
of one who is giving valid reasons for
an act.
Shall we ask Mrs Darby IL we can?~
said Pygmalion.
mo, what's the use? She's busy put
ting up preserves. Well make a pail Of
flour paste and use that whitewash brush
to put Il on and then we'll have a green
room like mammals blue ROOM"
"Only different" said Pygmalion, who
was not color blind.
Mrs Darby was a CHEEKY old soul who
never interfered with the boys so long az
they didn't interfere with her. and when
they told her they were going to do some-
pasting she made no objection.
The paste was soon made and the boys
set to work to decorate their room. Virgil
was very neat of hand and he did the set
ting in place of each twenty dollar pic
alt "a noe tfp
1t was tedious Job and long before they
were through with it the boys were sorry
they had undertaken 1t, but Virgil never
gave up any project and as Pygmalion
had the easiest part 10 do he didn't feel
that he could complain.
At last, after several hours hard work
the room was done and there were nine
pictures left over.
"There," said Virgil, standing off and
contemplating his work. What do you
think of that?"
Pygmalion looked at it critically for a
few moments and then said: 81 don't Ike
| it. 1t makes the room too dark and there's
too much of muchness TO II. If they
were different colors or different Pic
! lures"
They'd be different" finished Virgil
"Weil I'm not stuck on 1t myself. Say
we scrape 1t off. I always did like to
scrape off wall paper. What'H we do 10
| WITH"
whats the matter with hoe?"
Pygmalion went out to the barn and got
two hoes and the boys set to work to
scrape off the wall paper which had cost
them so much trouble to put on ana
which would cost their blissfully Ignorant
father just s49S20.
| ITS regular pie to scrape 1t off" SAID
| Pygmalion, who was the first to get 10
work.
And Virgil found 1t was pie also. The
| kxNoe fora
considerably and then they curled up ON
the floor, some of them backed by scraps
| of the former wall paper, but ID was easy
work "unpapering'' the room, and when
the boys had finished they took up the
scraps and filed three meal bags with
| them.
when they're dry we'll burn Them"
said Virgil
Mr.. and Mrs. Enright came home In
| day or two and both together and with
many Interruptions the boys told mem
that they had papered their room with
some pictures that had come to the house
| but not liking the looks of 1t they hao
taken them off.
"Oh, let's have bonfire now OF tns
SCRAPS" said Pygmaion. 1t was at tWi-
light.
May we, mamma?" said Virgil.
Yes. dear, said Mrs. Enright. do II IN
| the path out in front of the mouse 81
| like bonfires myself"
While the flames were eating Up tns
scraps of twenty dollars, Mr.. Enrigh'
| came out of the library.
Caroline" said he, what do you sup
pose has happs ned?"
Pm sure l can't guess except that us
something good from the looks OF your
face"
Uncle Thaddeus left me $4,000 and ns
to be sent TO me-fancy-in twenty donas
bills! We mustn't let the children seq
| them" :,
He held the lawyers letter in his nahus
as he spoke.
why it has been sent" he went on.
This is dated a week ago. Funny una has
Mrs. Darby didn't say anything aO'u'
it."
Mrs. Darby, who was in the next r v"s
knew nothing about it so Mr.. EhriS"'
went to the window and called out
Boys, did box come to me from '"'
lawyer while l was gomez" a..
Yes" said Virgil leaving the n