The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22

THE NUN through 1t, jumping down softly on to the snow drifts below. and making rap- idly for the hard, bare spot on the lawn to which the Chisel had referred. There's just little ice here," the Hammer was saying. as Jimmieboy, ut terly unable to remain behind. follow through the window. "we've got to be careful or the house will so sliding down hill after i've get 1t built" "rll fix that in Jiffy." said the Jack Plane, and he began sliding up and down upon the surface of the bare spot until he had 1t as clean and smooth as the top of a mahogany table. Flows that" he asked when he had | finished.
 "Great." said the Hammer, tapping the Jack Plane approvingly on the back Now how about cellarT T move we don't have any, saio | the Screw-Driver. "In most houses | cellar is a terrible nuisance to keep 1 clean, and it gets full of water at times, and besides I heard man say | 1t costs @ lot of money to keep 1t fuii | of coal"
 Tt would take a week to bore one, head.
 Not if you talked to It," sniffed the | Jack Plane, who was just bit resent full of the Auger's joke at his expense.
 Stop your quarrelingw cried the Ruler. ,rapping sharply on the ground, "or I'll order the whole pack or you back home"
 T don't think we'd better build the house flat on the ground, though, said the File. "It would keep the grass from growing under it."
 That's true-I have It." cried the | syyyl, f0al q nv1h go m the house and get those piano legs off that old music machine up Tn the store room, and we'll make the foundation out of them."
 .Just the thing" said the Chisel, and before Jimmieboy could interfere they were of. returning in short while with the great pudgy rosewood legs or the old fashioned square piano that Jimmieboy's father had had stored | away for so many years in the attic. These were immediately placed at the four corners of the little plot and tue foundation was complete.
 Il Now" said the Hammer, how about tha beams for the floor? You can't build a house without beams, and l don't know where we can find any. Do you, Filey?"
 Not unless we cut of some of those moon-beams" answered the File, with nod at the moon, which by this tune l gazing Snlllln6ly uOWh hPoh "F,iley, you're a wonder-theyre the yeryk thing. Suppose you go file on | about twenty beams in lengths of ten feet each" said the Hammer. The , Ptnchers can catch 'em and you can cut 'em."
 "All aboard" cried the Pinchers, grabbing hold of half dozen moon beams at once. "Ready. ,u h.a , And the Fife, after the Ruler hao , measured the moon-beams to the de- sired length, promptly filed them on and they were laid from plano leg to piano leg, securely fastened by screws , 1 which the Screw-Driver drove, and q everything was ready for the floor | This the Mallet and the Chisel pro- a | vided by removing the back ooor iron Jimmieboy's father barn.
 "They'll never miss it," said the Hammer, because nobody goes ou' r that way"
 Four clothes posts from the drying a yard were then secured and set up or e top of this and the blanks Of the nurs, e cry floor were brought out ana naiiec on to these like clapboards to complete e the four walls of the house. . "I don't know about this, said tht I Ruler. shaking his head. What VII Jimmieboy's father say when the nurs 6 cry floor turns up missing?" E "srhat's all right, Governor, said tn' Mallet. "wet put the carpet back, ant B unless they take 1t up. which is mos s unlikely at this time of the year, any how. nobody will notice that the HOO = is gone. If they'd used rugs it woult - have been different"
 "well, in that case" the Ruler DC . Now for the roof" interrupted thu Hammer. "we've got to have roof w Anybody in this crowd got smai roof in his pocketT
 0T haven't" said the Saw, but
 know where we can get one. Therei couple of black-boards ieaniht against the wall up in the attic Wner' the ntano was, and an old worn ou rubber blanket hanging from nail II tha harness room in the stable. WV can nail the black boards on ,frst anc then stretch the rubber blanket ovei the top to keep 'em from leaking.
 "Just the thing" said the Hammer .r+husiastically. "Go and get 'em, olt man. They'll top this mansion off tc
 And the Saw was off. Five minutes later. so actively did they work, Una the roof was on according to the Saw plan, only the black-boards tell wv from end to end. They reached across anourb an to cover thN whole space.
 "That's as it should be-" said th' Hammer. Tt just leaves space TOT lh' chimney. Got any bricks"
 "There's a pile of 'em alongside ol the furnace in the cellar" said the f1ie "Pll bring them out
 This he did, although 1t was pretty hard work for so little fellow as File. .n ss,i the Ruler, when the bricks had peer brought. . rao,. Hammer. "Snow packs nicely and lt' SO cold it'll freeze as hard as cemeh in five minutes. ...
 And so the chimney was constructed and the house appeared to be finished
 "I,ooks like a pretty nice job. on th' outside" said the Ruler. surveying the work proudly.
 "Yes," said the Hammer with smli' of satisfaction. Were pretty gooc set of tools when we work together Let's go inside now and see how sh'
 The little party started to go in, doars when the Jack-Plane maoe at extraordinary discovery.
 "Ginger!" he cried. we've pulit
 without any doors!
 Except the one we used TOT th'
 hoor!" roared the Gimlet.
 And then they all sat down ant
 laughed until their sides ached
 Funny what lot Of things yol
 have to think about when you're build