Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-10


prejudices, and so easily are the con-
venti0ns forgotten, in the natural life
of the cOuntry-at least by such per
sOHs as never were much bothered by
them, anyhow!
Evidently they had never greatly
troubled Miss Goodwin, or she was not
disposed to let them trouble her now,
for ten minutes later we went down
the road together, and found the paint
ers already unloading their wagon. The
reliable Hard Cider, true to his word.
had procured them for me. which. as
/ afterward have discovered. was
something of feat in Bentford, where
promises are more common than fulfill
ment
Now" said I, I'm not going to pa
per any rooms if l can help it. l want
the walls calcimined. What color shall
1t beY / turned toward Miss Good
win as I spoke.
She shook her head. I'm not going
TO say word" she answered. This
Us your room"
Il suppose you want the woodwork
WhiteY' the painter suggested. "These
old mantels, for instance
Cream white, not dead white" said
j. wait minute" 1 ran to the shed
and brought back two more of my pic
lures
Now" said /, 1.-THE walls have got
TO set off both these pictures, and books
besides. They've got to be neutral.
I want a greenish, brownish, yellowish
sllve, with the old beam in the center
of the ceiling in the same key, only
bit darker
The girl and the painter both
laughed.
'You are so Definite said she.
But [ want an indefinite tint" l
replied.
Again she laughed, though the paint
er looked puzzled
"I'll get my colOrs," he said.
He mixed an olive tint, laid streak
of it on the plaster, and something
emerged which looked right to me.
We went into the little hall, where
the front door stood open, and we
could see Hard on a ladder mending
the beautiful carved doorcap outside.
This hall the same color" said I,
with the rails OF the baluster in the
cream white of the trim"
We went into the northeast room and
the dining room behind it.
Same color here?" asked the painter
l was about to answer yes, when
Miss Goodwin spoke. II should think
you'd want these rooms lighter in
color" she said, "as they face the
north''
1.-THE lady's right" said the painter.
''They always are" 1 smiled. 'YCu
two fix up the color for this room, then.
We can decide on the other rooms after
these downstairs are done"
NO erica the girl, 81 won't do any
thing of the kind! You might not like
what l picked"
"Incredible" said |. I've really got
to get to work outside now" And ran
off, leaving her looking little angrily,
! thought, after me.
I was so impatient to see how my
lawn was going to look that l went to
the shed to hunt up a dummy sundial
pest. In a loft under the caves | saw
the dusty end of what looked like a
DOEic pillar pOking out. | dragged the
heavy column down. sawed off the up
per four feet carefully. and took my
pedestal around to the lawn. Midway
between the trellis and where the edge
of my pergola was to be placed the
pillar. Then [ took out my knife and
thrust the blade lightly in at an angle,
to simulate the dial marker, and turned
to call Miss Goodwin.
But she was already standing in the
door.
"Ohr" she cried, running lightly down
the plank and across the ground, "a
sundial already, and a real pedestal!
Come away from it a little, and see