The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-04-03
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beass ssd lot together. 9th esrps" sSo
ettarss ihfosr 10.
TIE fsrusr ovnu bed bed greater brsi
rss Interests 10 sto,ber part OF tes sotld'
sed ks,iss fos1d biusslf ussLls 10 li'sis
100 piscss 81 once. bed snsly coseludsd
10 coavsrt the sopunaous booss toto essh.
Nr D.u.rs led bousb. l, Tor ridisoloos
| IL small suu. spd feI, that be onsb' 70 Be
eossrsiaisisd.
Bot sl,bousb good Mr. D.nvsrs ." iue'
Iset ever the pnfchsse. Mn Dsnvsrs. 90
her eni inspection Of the ass house, eel
dosu spop the throsI.in carpet sed buu'
into tssU.
The moment che behtll the psrior VAL
paper che iorso, oil ,lse and save herself
up 70 srIsf
II sss really sponsb 10 usks ons oblIsl
oas Of oihss thipsa hp Dsnvsrs sss .
| sousp Who loved pisk-and,wbits rooms
Tas late oceopspt Of the bouss he'd been
big rsd.sut-ysIlos mas. sbo lihsd red
.yelios rooms. spd his t'sis 10 ssiI
paper vss esrtsiply dsplor.bls, There
ss only ooe thing 10 ths house worse
then the paper. spd tbs, u" The carpet.
Whist, don't yoo like the paper sIolsim
Cd sstonishsd Mr. DAnvsrs. vto v" not
sriis 10. Why, thst's splendid psps,i II
mos, have COS. s3 roll. Pstterp's trins
large, perhaps; bat iuh think hov II will
sesri II will isst liieiimel
Bat, strange 10 ssy. this oouts.ins infor
nation Only msds Au Dsnven sssp The
more.
There's eres. s,un 10 that carpet, too.
sid Mr. Dsnvsrs, eyeips It sppro'tnsly.
Iril sssr like iron. 10 spite Of the children
raining over IL. Those big magenta ros
o. stsud out veil. don't theyf
Mrs Danvsrs shuddsrsd. The carpet
vas . calamity.
Reasonable - the Trics bad been !! had
taken oil Mr. D.nvers could spsrs to make
the purchase. 60 there ws no money to BE-
ioolishly wasted 10 replacing the perfectly
good paper and carpet. Poor Mrs Dan
vers, covering ss much OF Tie usliness Is
she could With her pictures and furniture,
wisely made the bet OF II. bot oil her dsy
dreams for the next ten years centered
.bout the rep.psripg Of the figured par
lor.
He, dsushhr Msrsey understood end
y u psthiE,d With mother. and together
they would deplors the durability Of the
obnoxious paper and carpet.
II would be sucb . pretty room. Mrs
Dauveu would noun, II only something
would happen to that outrageous carpet
snd ths. horrible pspsrl
Wouldn't 1t bs glorious, Margsty would
ssy, IL our chimney should get struck BY
lightning - the Browns didi Tbs paper
sss torn Cd the dining room ssll, end
SCOT iron, the chimney ruinsj the russ.
The B,osns ssem 10 have ell tho good
lnok.
The Browus sslnshly retained their mo
uopoly Of The lightning, and the hated ps
per continued to bear . ohsfmed life. No
waning voice wss ever rsissd when the
little Dsnvsrsss approached the psrlor
sall with sticky fingers, and slth oush
Mrs DAuvsrs sod Msrssry fairly oourtsd
disaster, none ever came.
Al Isss. when Msrgsry vu IL both ps
per and carpet showed unmistsksbls sisns
oi Vesr
Do anything you Ike about 1t. lts
your house, said Mr. Danvsrs. gsnsro usly.
~hen Mrs Danvsrs pointed ostths defects.
Yes. &c, anything you like; oil paper looks
alike to me. Hardwood Auorsf Ye.es. l
don't mind, Still an little dissppoint
cd iu ths. carpet Ithoosht u would lsss
forever.
30 did I, said Mrs DAnvels; bat II she
ielt suy dissppoiutmsut il y" sell con
osAled.
Then .came delightful weeks. The
hou,s wss oil torn up and turned over TO
the carpenters End paper hsDgtra NJ"
Dsnvert and Asrssry spent oil their days
and par, Of their lights staying ssmplss
Of vsil paper. Mr. Dsovers spent oil his
10 tryiug 10 dodge the pals Of paste ana
ysrnish ,nst iurksd 10 every cornsL
Al LIST, hovsvtr. it vss oil finished, TO
The complete ss,isiso'ion Of Mrs Dsnvs's
sud N.rsery. vbo cssssd 70 oo,es the
Btosus' share Of devastating lightning.
Indeed, ths rsuovo,sd psrlor became the
object Of Mrs DAnvess tsndsrest iolici
,ads, snd The little DAnvsrsss began to
O., imaginary X sp 9th grass" sigus
o. every siis Aud then, when II y" 10
longer ssntsd lhe disaster came
J,st . week after the departure oi The
last workman Mrs. Dsnven vent With hef
b usbsnd TO concert, leaving tbs houss
.ud 81 .pins children 10 Msrssrys esrs.
Msrssry .pent the fret bos' 10 The lI'ch
%, usLius pespu. hny. When st lsss
ID. returned TO tbs front Of the house she
%, erestsd b. 30 odd punssrt sdor
| sond.r. sad sbe. II ! could hsvs
s.orchsd ny c,ndy No; tbs smell seems
10 c,us fro. the front ball. Perhaps
soms,bips 10 burning upsisira
ses stopped sppsilsd when sts had
, .scbsd the top step. sansthios eertsin
II, su burnios The upper bell =" fall
OF thick. gray smoke.
The childr.ri ssspsd M.ras,v. dsr.ios
,h,oush TIE smoke into tbs nursSy.
Here the smsts sH dsoss. snd through
n. q the Ter cod Of the room. where the
sloss, door US standing epsp. Msrsesy
eoosd ses . a oil red slos.
QaisLi Q ,icli shs sobbsd. dragging
,bs heavy. bsii sop' ssd children cot Of