The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-05

Of having more than six Of the same
kind of pictures" said Virgil, also in
1he tone Of one who is yivine valid
reasons for an act.
Shall we ask Mrs. Darby if we
can" said Pygmalion.
No. what's The use" She's busy
putting mp preserves We'II make a
pail OF flour paste and use thal white
wash brush 10 put ii on and then
we'll have n green room like mammals
blue room"
Only different" said pygmalion.
who was not cOlOr blind.
Mrs. Darby was a CHEEKY old Solll
who never interfered with the Bows
as long as they didn't Interfere with
her and when they told her they
were going 10 do some FASTING She
made no objection.
h paste was 500 made and the
boys set 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
f.Ygmaiion did the FASTING.
1t was 4 tedious job and long before
they were through with il the bows
We're sorry they had undertaken it.
h'lt virgil never gave up any project
ana as lygmallOn had the easiest part
TO ito 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 dc
you think of thato"
PygmaliOn looked at it critically
for a few moments and then he said:
Il don't like il. 1t makes the room
TOO dark and there's too much Of 4
m%ntchness to it. If they were differ
ent colors or different pictures
"They'd be different" finished Viz
gil. We'll, I'm not struck on it my
self. Say we scrape it off. | always
did like TO scrape off wall paper.
Nhatll we do with ito"
whats the matter with a hOeo"
PygmaliOn went out to the barn
and got two hoes and the bows set to
work to Scrape off the wall paper
which had cost them SO much trouble
to put on and which would cost their
blissfully ignorant father just S49.82O
Its regular pie 10 scrape it off,
said Pygmalion, who Was the first to
get to work.
And Virgil found it was pie also.
The damp bills stuck some so the
hoes tore them considerably and then
cnrled up on the floor. some Of them
backed by scraps and the former wall
paper. but IT was easy work "unpapfr-
ing the room and when the BOYS had
finished they took up the scraps and
filled three meal bags with them.
When they're dry we'll burn
them" said Virgil.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enrioht came home
in a day or two and both together
and with many interruptions the boys
told them that they had papefed
their room with some pictures that
had come TO the house but not liking
the looks Of il they had taken them
off.
"Oh, let's have a bonfire now Of The
SCRAPS. said P,y9maliOn. 1t was al
twilight.
May we. mammal" said Virgil.
Yes. dear, said Mrs. Enrioht. .lDo
it in the path out in front OF the
house 50 that YOU wont kill the young,
grass. | like bonfires myself"
While the flames were eating up
the scraps Of twenty dollars. Mr.. En-
right came out Of the library.
"Carolinc," said he. what do you
suppose has happcned?.'
I'm sure | can't guess EXCEPT that
lis something good from the looks Of
yOur face"
Uncle Thaddeus left me $4,000
and lis TO be sent to me-fancv in
twenty dollar bills! We mustn't let
the children see them.
He held the lawyers letter in his
hand as he spoke.
WHY. it has been sent" he went
on. This is dated i week ago. Fun
NY that Mrs. Darby didn't say any
thing about it."
Mrs. Darby, who was in the next
knew nothing about it. so Mr..
Enrioht Went to the window and call
ed out:
Boys. did a box come 10 me from
my lawyer while | was gone"
Yes" said Virgil, leaving the fire
which had spent its fury and was
now merely glowing in a lot Of curled
and writing ashes.
1T was 4 box full Of pictures,
money. | think. and we papered the
room with them. You didn't want
them. did YOU? There's Il whole lot
left. nine | think. We've been burn
ing what we took down from the
wall. Did You want them?'
Mr.. Enright controlled himself with
Il great effort. He liked what money
would buy as we'll rs any one. and
the thought that his boys had Just
had a $4,000 bonfire was not an in
spring one. Still he saw it was his
own fault.
There are nine of them in your
bottom drawer. papa?!" said Pygma-
lion. leaving the dulling ashes, but