The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-24
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r nLuSiIED az my own peeviHh-
ness. aud thanked him hnmbly
4 At the house we found await.
Ing strange.looklng man. small
wrinltled. unkempt, with a nose OF
a decidedly brighter hue than the
rest OF his counttnance. lie was
tapping at the stills OF the house.
How about Il. iiard9 Ccmcnt7"
said bert.
\ Hard Cider nodded TO me. with
a keen glance from his little. blood
shot eyes.
/ Yep" he said. "Stucco over II.
Brick underplnnina be az good ex
moo. Go inside"
Hard Cider began ON the kitchen
floor. ripping up plank 10 ex.
anime the timberH beneath They
we're huge beams Of hand,hcwn
oak.
plane them planks down and lay
n maple floor over 'em." said Hard.
with an air of flnalIty.
Very WELL" said I meekiy. But
my woodwork has got 10 be cypress
In the llvingroom."
New step" he added, nE We
came TO the door up into the main
house.
Hold ON" said I. This door
leads into the front hall. don't
T, want that. | want this door closed
up and put into the north room.
which I'm going TO use for a dining
room
Amt goin' ter cat In the
kitchen, rhT Very well. said Hard.
He iotted something Ia dirty
notebook.
We found that the north room
had apparently been used only ms
a kind OF storage closet II had
never been papered. and the walls.
with little touching up. we're
ready for kalsomining. Hard cx.
amined tho plaster with tho loving
eye OF connoisAeur.
Built ter last In them days.
| heard him muticr.
The room extended haif the
depth Of the house. Beyond u WAS
a second room al the same sire
We now cror. ed the hail 20 the
south side. Vice there were two
corresponding rooms. Here. as on
the other side. tho chimneys and
flreplaces ~er. on tho inside
walls. and the mantcls were OF
simple but very good colonial pa,
tern.
Now. want these two rooms
made into one" said |. Il want
one OF the doors into the ball
cloaed up. and a glass door cut out
of the south side O. p~rgoia
veranda Can you do itrF
Hard examined the partition.
Yep" he said finally. -ef yer
don't mind big cross beam
shown. she's solid oak. Hsv ter
alter yer chimney" he added. ''of
yeril hcv two fircplaccs.
Fine cried T. "A long room
with two fir.piaccs. and n double
faced bookcase coming out at
right angles between them. with
two settles below II. one for each
fireplace! Better than ia
dreamed"
suit ycrself." said Hard.
Ws next arranged tentatively
for a brick yeranda with a pergois
top on tho southern end OF the
house. and then went upstairs, Here
the four small chambers needed ne.
tie repair save that over the dining
room. which was 90 be converted
into the bathroom.
The great space over the
kitchen was 10 be cut into two
servants bedrooms. Hard led va
silently downstairs again. and thru
the front door.
My front doorway had once been
thing Of beauty. with two little
panel windows al the sides. and
above all. on III. outside. "A heavy.
hand.carvcd broken pcdiment, like
the top OF Governor Winthrop
hivhboy. Hard looked at II With
admiration cleaning In hts eyes.
I'D ruiher restore this than all
the rest o. tho Job he said, and
his ugly. rumsoaked little face posi-
lively shone with enthusiasm.
Go ahead" said | only I want
the new steps 81 brick. widely
spaced. with a lot OF cement show.
ing between. I'm going TO terrace
IL here In front. too--a grass ter
| race for 10 feet out"
'Thet's right. thct's right,H he
excia 'msa. Now I'll 20 order the
lumber. an lring yer the estimate
termorrer."
Seems TO be the usual pro
ceeding would be the other way
around" rssped
| wei. yer want me ter do the
Job. don't yer?" he said brusquely
"Of course. OF course," amend
cd hastily. Go ahead"
Hard climbed into broken.
.vn wagon and disappeared
Don't you worry" said Bert. IN
zee he treats yer right
1T isn't that" ] said sadly.
IT'S that I've Just remembered I
forgot TO include any painters bills
in my own estimate"
Bert looked at me in Kind OF
speechless pity for a moment.
Then he said slowly: wal I'll
be swizziedi Wait TIL ! tell nav.
Hope Almost