Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-09-29
FIXING the
BARN ROOF

SLOWLY anu pdliiuilS tue dhhlhidnl
bill clerk walked into the shipping.
room He limped TO the b!lliag desk
and carefully moved the high stool.
hut he did not sit down
whats wrong?" asked the ship.
ping clerk.
II sure hate to tell" the bill clerk
answered but / guess IN have TO re.
late all the harrowin 1etais My
wile's never satisfied lcou maxim
a garden all week cad the barn.
but that amt enough Yesterday
mornln' at the breakfast table she
SAYS sudden Ike
Eusophus. that barns rot TO be
shinglod To.day's a mighty good day
TO do IT,
Well sir. there wasn't nothing 20
do but get 10 work So ! got a shovel
60 rake the shingles OF with and then
got ladder to climb up ON the roof.
The ladder was kind o. wobbly. so my
wife said she'd hold IT, was carry
In the spade I'm one hand ana our kid
was helpin' my wife hold r.c ladder.
I'd gone mp about tx ron ls when
the pesky thing got shaky. Cae o. my
feet slipped and went right In my
wifes face She howled an | got
scared | dropped the fool spade and
Il hit the Kid square ON top Of the
head lie howlcd. too Then the lad.
der broke IN the middle an dropped
In the rainbarrel
well. We laid on about an hour for
repairs and then We went az II again.
| patched the ladder mp and this time
got 10 m roof all right Then |
started 20 make those shingles ily with
that shovel And I got along fine. too.
Tha, Is. nm got down 90 the caves.
Then | didn't have any place 20 stand
When the Gutter Gave Away.
"'How'm goin' 10 get these
shingles on? yelled TO my wife. who
was sittin on the porch
Stand IN the gutter she yelled
back. did-for about two seconds.
Then the gutter broke an let me down
in IN flower garden on top O three
rose bushes and a cactus plant. Amt
Il funny how mad a woman gets' She
didn't think nothin' of an them stick
ers In ms hide. She Just gave me
about II lectures cause broke those
rose bushes. There wasn't anything
! could say back cause my wife
talked too fast when that woman
gets started YOU might as well try To
stop a 10000 horsepower bcnzine
buggy on a slayin' expedition
- must a guessed wrong she says.
indignant like I don't think you can
shinglc that barn
We'll. that sure did make me sore.
up and told her just 20 watch her
husband an she'd see some develop
mcnts put the ladder up against
the barn-after ia picked most o. the
stickcrs ouicn mc-and started 20
work again had 20 stand on the
ladder and pull the shingles on with
my hands About every two minutes
that laddcrd slip an lei me Down on
those rose bushes again When ! got
through pullin the shingles on |
looked like pin cushion in a WON.
ans golf club on a busy day.
Il got an the shingles on, but the
nails wouldn't come They were all
stickin up from the urder t!mbers. .
Better drive those nails In fore
you start shinrlin' my wife says.
who's bossin this job. anyhow? =
yelled was gettin mad ! guess |
know what I'm doin IN drive tn
nails In as go along III save time
by it Well, climbed up over the nails
20 the top a. M barn never saw
so many nails In my life as there were
sticking outen those undertimbers tn
men that did that Job certainly weren't
stingy When | got 90 m top o IN
roof found out Id forgotten 10 bring
my hammer started down-an'
slipped over all those nails I went
about mile second Then | landed
in tn rainharrel arain My wife
pulled me out Rlccdin? oh. no. |
Just looked like somebody had started
a butcher shop and used mo for the
meat No. didn't work any more
that day"
And the bin clerk llmpod 10 the tele'
phone 20 call zap a carpenter.