Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07

FIREMAN..

nd q doubt the property had
Marvellous bargain. The land
ros worth more than the price
hr tbe house and lot together,
,,rots and fixtures thrown in.
trmpr owner had had greater
=. interests in another part of
8,,d and having found himself
IN live in two places at once,
rsaIy concluded to convert the
lrous house into cash. Mr.. Dan
had bought it for a ridiculously
um and felt that he ought to
sratuIated.
EaIthOugh good Mr.. Danvers was
Int over the purchase, Mrs. Dan
On her first inspection Of the
house, sat down upon the thrown
lrDat and burst into tears.
h moment she beheld the parlor
lnDer she forgot all else and gave
I'll up to grief.
| vas really enough to make one
jg of other things. Mrs. Dan
vas a woman, who loved pink
white rooms. The late occupant
be house had been a big red and
| g man, who liked red and yell
10ms, and his taste in wall paper
Certainly deplorable. There was
/ one thing in the house worse
!. the paper, and that was the car
That don't you like the paper!"
lined astonished Mr.. Danvers,
vas not artistic. why, that's
Lid paper! 1t must have cost
dollars a roll. Patterns a trifle
perhaps; but just think how it'll
1t will last a lifetime!"
strange to say, this consoling
nation only made Mrs. DanVers
the more.
ere's great stuff in that carpet,
said Mr.. Danvers, cycling it ap-
ugly. It'll wear like iron, in
Of the children running over it.
big magenta roses stand out
don't they?"
J Danyers shuddered. The car
as calamity.
.SOnabIe as the price had been it
AIKEN all Mr.. Danvers could spare
AXE the purchase, so there was
Oney to be foolishly wasted in
cling the perfectly good paper
arpet. Poor Mrs. Danvers, COW
as much Of the ugliness as she
with her pictures and furni-
wisely made the best of it, but
ar day dreams for the next ten
conferred about the re-papering
disfgured parlor.
daughter Margery understood
%mpathized with her mother,
-ogether they would deplore the
nifty OF the obnoxious paper and
would be such a pretty room,"
DanyerS would mourn, eff only
hing would happen to that out
It's carpet and that horrible pa
OuIdn't it be glorious" Mar
would say, eff our chimney
q get struck by lightning as the
rs did? The paper was torn
'e dining room wall, and SCOT
lne chimney ruined the rugs. The
rs seem to have all the good
Browns selfishly retained their
poly of the lightning, and the
paper continued to bear a
led life. No warning voice was
raised when the little Danverses
ached the parlor wall with sticky
s. and although Mrs. Danvers
Aargery fairly courted disaster,
ever came.
last when Margery was seven
Ooth paper and carpet showed
s'aNaole signs of wear.
anything you like about it, it's
house, said Mr.. Danvers, gen.
~ when Mrs. Danvers pointed
Il detects. Yes, get anything you
al paper looks alike to me.
s8ood floors? Ye-es, l don't mind.
am a little disappointed in that
" l thought it would last for
uld =" said Mrs. Danvers; but
lett any disappointment it was
Concealed.
Il came delightful weeks. The
was all torn up and turned over
= carpenters and paper hangers.
and Margery spent all
0ayS and part of their nights
.us samples of wall paper. Mr..
''S spent all his in trying to
me pals of paste and varnish
in every corner.
,1S'' however, it was all finished,
: complete satisfaction of Mrs.
~ and Margery, who ceased to
,"e Browns share of devastat-
Sp'ning. Indeed, the renovated
Oecame the object of Mrs. Dan
vsHuerest solicitude, and the lit
verses began to see imaginary
vi the grass" signs on every
! anu then. when it was no longer
H. Inc disaster came.
week after the departure of
81 workman Mrs. Danvers went
aeF husband TO a concert, leav-