Arizona republican., 1907-12-24

, Jack Plane, and he began sliding up land down upon the surface of the,bare spot until he had it as clean and smooth as the top of mahogany ta- lble "How's that?" he asked when he had finished. , Great said the Hammer, tapping lthe Jack Plane approvingly on the back ''Now. how about cellar?"
 'I move we don't have any" said lthe Screw Driver "In most houses a lcellar is a terrible nuisance to keep lclean, and it gets full of water at ttimes. and besides l heard man say it costs a lot of money 10 keep 1t full Iof coal"
 Tt would take week to bore one. {" said the Auger.- with a shake of his head.
 Not if you talked to it," sniffed the Jack Plane. who was just bit re- sentful of the Auger's joke it his ex- lpense.
 Stop your quarrelling" cried the Iruler. rapping sharply on the ground, ''or I'll order the whole pack of you back home"
 T don't think wed better build the house flat on the ground. though" said the File. Tt would keep the grass from growing under it"
 That's true-I have it. said the Chisel. and before Jimmie boy could Interfere they were off returning in a short while with the great pudgy rose wood legs of the old fashioned square piano that Jimmieboys father had had stored away for so many years in the t.la at the four corners of the little plot and the foundation was complete.
 Now" said the Hammer. how about the beams for the floors? You can't build house without beams. and don't know where we can find any. Do you. Filey?''
 Not unless we cut off some of those moon- beams" answered the File. with nod at the moon. which by this time Twas gazing smilingly down upon them.
 "Filey. you're a wonder-they're the very thing. Suppose you go file off about twenty beams in lengths of ten fleet each" said the Hammer. The Pinchers' can catch 'em and you can cut 'em"
 Al aboard" cried the Pinchers. grabbing hold of half dozen moon beams at once. Ready"
 And the File, after the Ruler had measured the moon-beams to the de- sired length. promptly filed them off and they were laid from piano leg to piano leg. securely fastened by screws. which the Screw Driver drove. and everything was ready for the floor. This the Mallet and Chisel provided by ! fh.. fr,a- mieboy's fathers barn.
 They'll never miss it." said the Hammer. because nobody ever goes out that way"
 Four clothes posts From the drying yard were then secur@ and set up on ltop of this and the blanks of the nur- sery floor were brought out and nail ed on to these like clapboards to com plete the four walls of the house.
 "I don't know about this said the Ruler. shaking his head. What will lJimmiebOy's father say when the nur- isery floor turns up missing"
 That's all right, Governor" said the Mallet. We put the carpet back. and unless they take it up. which is most unlikely al this time of the year. any how. nobody will notice that the floor is gone. If they'd used rugs it would have been different"
 Well in that case" the Ruler be- gan.
 Now for the roof" interrupted the Hammer We've got to have a roof. Anybody in this crowd got small Iroof in his pocket?"
 T haven't" said the Saw. but I 
 Ia couple of black boards leaning against the wall up in the, attic where the piano was. and an ola worn out Irubber blanket hanging from a nail in the harness room in the stable. We Ecan nail the blackboards on first and lthen stretch the rubber blanket over the top to keep 'em from leaking
 Just the thing" said the Hammer enthusiastically "Go and get 'em. old man. They'll top this mansion off 10 Ia T."
 And the Saw was off. Five minutes llater. so actively did they work. that the roof was on according to the Saws plan. only the blackboards fell two fleet short of covering the structure. lfrom end to end They reached across all right. but were not quite long lenough to cover the whole space.
 That's as it should be-" said the Hammer Tt just leaves space for the chimney. Got any bricks?"
 There's a pile of 'em alongside of the furnace in. the cellar said the File. I'll bring them out
 This he did. although it was pretty lheavy work for so little a fellow as the File.
 But We haven't any mortar" said the Ruler, when the bricks had been Drought.
 Use snow" suggested the Tack Hammer Snow packs nicely and it's so cold it'll freeze as hard as cement in five minutes
 And so the chimney was constructed and the house appeared to be finished.
 Looks like a pretty nice job. on the loutside," said the Ruler. surveying the work proudly.
 Yes said the Hammer with smile iof satisfaction. We're pretty good set of tools when We work together. Let's go inside now and see how she looks
 The little party started to go indoors lwhen the Jack Plane made an. extra ,ordinary discovery
 | Ginger" he cried. We've built it with any doors