The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-22

as ~ summer time mad suddenly co,oa
IN mat one room over the dining room,
Harry slept that night from ntta'
WEAKNESS, but next morning fo,,,.s
him at work bright and early, Govern.
ths sand colored drab paint work Wiz
warm cherry red. He whistled rnarri
iy' and occasionally laughed with de-
light at the Transformation thai H.
was working. Maud was ripping tbe
carpet in two. Half, she explained
was Tor Harry's old room, and tbe
other half for this room, Her brotbo-
looked dubious. ''Aer
Look kind of queer to have half tho
room earpeted," he said disapproyinS9
ly. S'A ing
Maud laughed. 30, YOU silly +b,s :,
to be the center. Mother is going -
use that roll of stair carpet in the sto
tic Tor border. and you are to nsa
the rest OF your red paint on any nm
covered portion of the floor"
"Whew! That viii be slicls sru.
enough. Like Aunt Nelrs rooms IN tbe
city" Al '"e
Maud nodded.
It would have been tedious waitin,
had 1t not been for the worksbn1s
Thither Harry carried the big fo,,r
post bed and painted it a gleaming
white. 1t took two coats, but whan
IL was done 1t was as white as the
Inc pine table was treated to a coat
OF red, and was accordingly improved
1t had taken two days to do the naint
ing, as the first coats had to. dr-v over
night before the second was annlied
but the following day the room Was
ready for operations. The oarnet
square, with its bright border. was
tackled in place by Harry hinself
maud ofl1ciated at the hanging and
of
appeared and came back with two
nicely framed pictures.
49, say, Maud" her brother objected
VIII not take your pictures. WI,
room" own
1T is only fair to divide, so here
goes, one over your bed and one be-
tween these two windows"
me white bed, with its snowy cover
ing, was picture. The battered wash
stand was almost giddy in it's new com
plexion and fancy cover, while his ola
friend, the one chair, re oil ed In a cush~
ION with cretonne cover bedecke5
with roses. From her household SIM
plies Mrs. Roberts brought in her add
tional contribution of a rocking chair
ana a sort red chenille table cover
shelf on the wall, with a drapery to
match the cushion, held his favorita
clothes closet was covered with a niece
of discarded oilcloth by Harry's willing
fingers. He felt that never before had
he beheld so coy ROOM and that
night as he looked delightedly about ne
hated to mar the beauty by mussing
the beautiful white bed, but it was bed
time, and he was tired, so he reluct-
antly turned in.
Next day was Saturday, and the day
n q fnr he
Sunday was Christmas.
Harry had kept his secret, and not
until that day was Tom Leonard to
have even peep at the new quarters.
When Harry wakened Saturday morn
ing, he sprang out of bed and looked
out of the window The snow was com
ing steadily down. piling up great
banks in every direction. The road
over to Leonard's would soon be i'm
pasSable, but there was no feeling of
discomfort, at the idea of being snow
bound, the. Workshop was to be put in
order and then what couldn't he
make? az a
5i'Dant de any work to-day, wife,
said Mr.. Roberts; guess III help Har-
ry. Want a hired man. son?"
That would be best of ALL for there
was not boy anywhere who could be
half as good fun as his father, when
he liked.
"Come on, father / am glad it is
showing; we will go Hp the back way,
it is SO handy" and covering two steps
at a leap, Harry led the way
why, it is as warm as toast here"
his father exclaimed; chat kitchen
stove is a great heater. Well, Harry,
where do you want your work bench?'
Here sir; is the best light"
fright you are his father replied;
NO naR 200 Ov1n nd Af hp
boards in this niche by the chimney,
and use this box to rest the other
ends on, nail all firmly in place, and
put couple of shelves in the box for
nails, screws, and so on, and a cleat
along the back of the bench for your
tools to hang in, and you are right in
front of the window and have every
thing in a nutshell"
1t took until noon to complete these
arrangements to the liking of BOTH as
Mr.. Roberts insisted that 1t must be
well and substantially done.
Next the bracket saw was unpaek
ed, set up and tested, and, in Harry's
own language, She runs like a bird"
Several more shelves were put in place
to hold the accumulation that time
would surely bring, and, almost to
Harry's regret, the workshop was com
plete.
In spite of piling drifts there was the
sound of laughing below, intermingled
with the stamping of snowy feet. Har-
ry was over the stairs in a twinkling.
Tom" he cried enthusiastically
Just you come upstairs and see my
Christmas present." and catching his
chum by the arm the two boys went
gathering over the stairs to view the
magic that little money and a good
deal of energy had wrought.
II guess, wife" said Mr.. Roberts,
pulling on his mittens, that the invest
ment will pay"
And the wise little mother nodded
and smiled brightly as the sound OF
two happy boyish voices fioated down
the open stairway.