The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-03

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They met Mt church soclable. He
was Il bachelor d thirty-clght. she had
passed thirty. Both were independent
characters, ana both lived alone. They
fell to talking about their respective
homes.
Mine, she said, is story aud d
halt painted white, with green blinds
Nine. he said, is story aud a
half, lead color with dark brown
blinds.
= wouldn't Ike that at an Ii must
he horril'
white soon becomes iingy1
II have the coolest corner IN my sit-
iing rooin ron ever saw rho house
forms an angle right there
There Are no angles id my walls
They're perfectly plain
IL don't wee how SOU make them look
attractive. You should see my dining
room, There II another jog there JUST
Big enough to take Id the sldeboard"
.Afy sldebonri doesn't need any jog"
III know thar IL you should see my
house you would admit that a woman Is
better fitted to construct home than
d mon. You must come and see It"
THANK yon, Will with pleasure
II vas several weeks before be call
ed. He did not care to have her think
thnt he took much Interest III seeing
her horne. Her doorbeIl was out Of
order. and he had to ring several times
before there was any response.
''Come In, size said, ''I'li show you
how 4 woman can decorate d house,
ashe may decorate it. but she can't
keep 1t Id order. She needs man FOR
that"
What do you mean2' she said.
.esly front dcorbclI is never out OF
order, because fix It as soon as It
shows signs Of weakness.
sOh, that's mans work.
ssTt's part of keeping home"
This is my living room with the
cory corner told you about, and IN
here Is the dining room facing the east.
10 thar | get the sun In the morning"
ssBut ron have II dark at supper
time. prefer my sun late In the day"
"Oh. you do! In the morning you
don't get II all the year round. IN the
evening IA winter yOu don't get It after
half past A.
Il notice you have two chairs at
your table. thought you lived alone
a shadow passed over her face. the
FIRST he had seen there. my mother
used to sit at that end Of the table
* have only one chair at my table, :"
be said sadly. 1T never occurred to
me to leave my sisters chair at her
place after she died"
There was sympathy IN this, and II
served to aliay that centrifugal force
which had thus far been driving them
apart. After that be called several
times, showing be appreciated the COIL
ness Of her house. Then be said "You
must come ana see M houze. Gene
Saturday afternoon. IN have my aunt
there. IN show You what man can
do at making a home
aI'll see about 1t, she said. which
meant that she would.
On Saturday she appeared and was
received BY The aunt
Ny nephew thinks be has very
comfortable home here The foolish
fellow doesn't seem to understand that
II taxes woman 10 make q house look
cheeryH
lie came downstairs, catching his
heel III a rcnt Ia the stair carpet and
nearly losing his balance.
Il told that c0nf0unded woman who
comes around once month TO do my
fixing to sew up that stair carpet. he
growled al lie led the way into his lis.
ing room. The nnnt retreated, leaving
them ID aght out the question as To
which had The better house.
Don't sou think it pretty outlook
from that windowf' he asked.
& cant see the outlook for some
thing there Il Oh the glass"
He went 10 the window aud rubbed
the pane with his finger.
Z pay So a mouth to have these win
dows kept clean, and that's the return
/ get
Then you pay at least double what
IT'S worth 10 have The work done prop
erly."
they passed into the dining room.
he saw her cast an eye up at a corner
III the ceiling On her lips was d smile.
d smile Of sarcasm lie followed her
eye, but saw nothing peculiar.
what ID itfr he asked
"Cobweb"
This wall and ceiling were gone
over not two months ago"
Whit d waste Of time to do II so Of
tcnl Tie cleaner must have gone
over the ol,weh without seeing Il"
Somehow IFS lighting strength Ind
gone out OF him. lie felt that her spick
and span cottage was far ahead OF his
ragged and dirty one
II Tell sou what wo do be said, with
a Iueubrious smile, Suppose l do
your fixing If doorbells. fences and
such Hike work ia consideration Of your
experimenting my window washing,