The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-27
WHITTAKER,S
PLACE
BY JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
copyrshs. 1905. by D. Appleton & Co.

plush parlor sets-s In Sylvanus Ca
hoon-or with onyx tables and blu,
and gold chairs like those adjoining th,
Atkins mansion. II was to be as nea
as possible a reproduction OF what 4
had been IN the time OF the lat,
"Cap'n Cy," young Cy's father.
II think he's out Of his head" de
clared Miss Phlnney In confidence tC
each Of the nine females whom she IN
vored with her calls-'not crazy. you
understand. but sort OF touched In the
upper story says SO TO Matildy
Tripp-said II right out too. Matildy.
] says, he's got q screw loose up aloft
Just as sure as you're a born woman!
What makes you think sor says she
Well says I. do you s'pose anybody
that want foolish would be for spend
In good money on an old house to
make It olderY ! says. Coin TO tear
down the piazza the fust thing, Per
fectly good piazza that cost s9SGO TO
build; | know. because ! see the bill
when the Howeses had Il done. And
he's goin' TO set out box hedges. some
thin that Amt been the style in this
town sence Congressman Atkins pull.
ed up his. What in the wide world
Cap'n Whitaker says I to him. do
you want Of box hedges7 Homely
and stifY and funeral lookiny I might
have 'em around my grave in the bury.
I'm ground says. but nowheres else
All right. Angie says he. you shall
have 'em there. I'll cut some slips pur
pose for you. tn be a pleasure he
says Now. amt that crazy talk for q
grown man.
Miss Phinney was not the only one
In our village to question Captain Cy
Whittaker's sanity during the next
few months The majority OF our peo
pie didn't understand him at all. He
was generally liked. for. although he
had money, he did not put on airs. out
he had his own way OF doing things
and they were not Bayport ways.
True 10 his promise. be had squad
Of carpenters busy. on the day fol.
lowing his arrival. tearing down the
ioathed piazza. These carpenters and
more were kept busy throughout that
entire spring and well into the summer.
Then came painters and gardeners.
The piazza disappeared: a new picket
fence, exactly like the old one torn
down by the Howeses, was erected;
new shutters were hung; new window
panes were set: the roof was newly
shingled. Captain Cy senior had in
his day cherished a New England fond
ness for white and green paint: there
fore the new fence was white and the
house was white and the blinds bril-
liant green. Rows Of box hedge. the
plants brought from Boston. we're set
put on each side Of the front walk. The
Howes' front door bella clamorous
removed. and a glass knob
attached TO a spring bell Of the old
fashioned Jingle" variety took its
place. An old fashioned flower garden
Captain Cy's mother had loved po-
sies-was laid out on the west lawn
beyond the pear trees. All these
changes the captain superintendent.
When they were complete he turned
his attention TO interior decoration.
And now Captain Cy proceeded to
literally astonish the natives. Among
the Howes Improvements" were gilt
wall papers and modern furniture for
he lower floor OF the house. The fur
1iture they had taken with them: the
wall paper had perforce been left be-
hind. And the captain had every scrap
If that paper stripped from the walls
and the latter recovered with quaint,
Ugly. old fashioned patterns, stripes
Ind roses and lowered sprays with i'm
,ossihle birds fitting among them.
rhe Bassett decorators had pasted the
tilt improvement over the old Whitta-
ter paper. and II was the Whitaker
,aper that the captain did his best to
match. sending samples here. there and
in the effort Then upon
he walls he hung old fashioned pic
ures, such as Bayport dwellers had
ong ago relegated TO their attics. pic.
ures like From Shore TO Shore"
Christian Viewing the City Beauti-
ul" and "Signing the Declaration"
70 these he added. bringing them from
he crowded garnet OF the homestead.
III paintings Of ships commanded by
lis father and grandfather and family
,ortraits executed-which Is a pecul-
arly fitting worldly deceased local
rtists in oil and crayon.