Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-03
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SHOULDER, Mrs, >..sen Street vas,
Il. course, curious to know what was in the
bundle, SO, after dismissing the youth
With dime rs compensation, Mr., Fulton
Street swelled up a bit and said:
Il believe You said it would cost 81 win
dow to lave those curtains put up, my dear"
YES said Mrs Fulton Street.
And that the carpenter wanted s. to
put up some shelves in the hail.
Yes
''And that chest for the baby's toys and
one for the linen and other jobs around here
would cost $40 more.>s
That's what the man said, replied Mrs.
Fulton, faltsr'ngiS>
s ''Wen,> said Mr., Fulton Street, it won't
eost any more than the price of the material
to have any of the work done. l viii
do it
'Whs. You haven't tool to your name,
and il you had you couldn't began
Mrs. Fulton Street, but her husband inter
rupted her.
"Tu>a. tush, my DEAR" he said, *sthe tools
are here, That's what I've brought home.
shall do this work on Sunday, and if there
is anything else you would like to have at
tended %. just let me know. / always was
fond o: pH;,ering around the house, and the
only reason never done more of it was be-
cause l never had the tools
So impatient was Mr.. Fulton Street to
get to work on Sunday morning, that he got
up as early as on week days and started in
at once on those hall shelves. Strips and
planks had been sent up at his order from =
lumber yard.
Mr.. Fulton Street helped himself 10 one
long plank and tried to fit it in the space
over the ice box where the shelves were to
70. It wouldn't fit. Mr.. Fulton Street
sawed a piece of, but made it too small.
Mrs. Street," he called, in a voice which
trembled little, but was still under COR
troll, "please bring me your tape measure"
"Why, Fulton, I haven't one" called Mn.
Street.
Haven't tape measure, eh? Wei, how,
in the world do you suppose I'm going to
get these shelves up without tape meas-
| ure? Bring me piece of string, then"
Mrs Fulton Street brought the string
and Mr.. Fulton Street made careful meas
u:ements Then he nailed up two strips
"A after wasting two more pieces of board
G; 4 piece that would fit in
There's one shelf up he said. "Now
f. tie next"
% course you're sure it's strong enough"
put in Mrs. Street.
Mr.. Fulton Street looked disguised. .
what do you take me for?" he demand
ed. That shelf would hold a. hundred
pounds Why, can sit on it myself and
Mr. Fulton Street actually gave little jump
from the chair on which he was operating
and landed on the shelf. He came down like
ton Of brick on top of the ice box, his
trousers full of splinters and cut on his
head where the hammer had hit him, as the
shelf gave way.
What Mr.. Fulton Street said of this ca
lamity need not be repeated. The gist of it
| was that woman who would deliberately
trick her huband into sitting on shelf in
| order to enjoy the spectacle of his falling,
| and would then laugh at him as he lay in
| jured on the floor, was just the sort Of q
woman who wouldn't have tape measure
in the house when it was needed. In the
J end of it all it was the absence of the tape
measure that was responsible for the weak
! ness of the shelf. Mrs. Fulton Street diplo-
| matically admitted this herself.
| The restoration of peace was followed by
| the announcement from Mr.. Fulton Street
that he would not tackle the shelves again
until he could get tape measure. Mrs. Full
ton Street suggested that he put up the cur
tain poles. Mr.. Fulton Street said that he
would do it.
"And here's where the beauty Of the
brace comes in" said Mr.. Street, who was
now quite restored in temper. "Watch me
bore hole" and he reached into the tool.
chest and got out the necessary imple-
ments.
! Mr. Street bored hole three sizes toe
large for the largest screw that he had, SC
he had to bore another. Mrs. Street sug.
gested that it got lot of sawdust on the
parlor carpet, whereupon Mr.. Street turned
around suddenly to say something very
sharp about women who annoyed men wheI
they were trying to save money.
He made such quick turn that he lost
his grip on the brace, and it fell on a table
beneath. 1t hit lamp and the lamp il
falling hit the baby, who had been watching
the amateur mechanic with e. es full of won
der and admiration.
The baby let out piercing shrek, anc
Mrs. Fulton Street followed suit. Mr.
Street came down the ladder in such hurry
that he lost his footing and fell in a heap OF
the floor. There he sat while Mrs. Fulto1
Street, who had discovered a slight bruist
on the baby's head, where the edge of tn
lamp had struck, ca..ed him murderer ane
! luuulSeu Ill OCuSl pASdSduCIlSS
When tears had followed Mrs. Fulto1
Streets indignation, according to the inev
liable rule Of things, MIR. Street got a turn
and he used the few moments allowed t.
him to great advantage. Condensed hi
argument was, that if he had been let alon'
no harm would have been done, and tina
by that time the curtain would have beef
waving gracefully from the pole.
The wealth Of sarcasm was not wastet
on Mrs. Fulton Street. She retired to he
own room where she spent the next hou
rubbing witch-hazel on the baby's head ant
telling it things about it's father quite unf
for publication.
Meanwhile Mr.. Fulton Street retired t.
.. the dining-room where he attempted t.
shift the blade of the plane, despite tn
instructions of the man who sold to hin
the tool chest, not to touch it. He cut hi
hand, but rather than have Mrs. Fulton
Street know of the accident he wrapped
up in napkin and proceeded to plane tn
edge of the drawer.
The blade, an inch of which was now ex