Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-19
CHAPTER XIII.

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CHAPTER XIII.
The next trolley that passed the old
barn after the HOLSTERS had left
brought a maid servant andFa mar
servant from the Graham, place. The
other old servant met them, and to-
gether the three went to work. They
had brought with them a lot Of large
d~ust-covers and floor spreads such as
are used by housemaids in cleaning a
room, and with these they now pro-
ceeded to all the large pieces Of
furniture in the place. In a very short
space Of time the Jugs and bits Of
furniture piled in small compass in
the middle Of the rooms, and every
thing e%nveloped in thick coverings.
The curtains, bric-a-brac, and even
the dishes were put away carefully,
.snd the whole big, inviting home was
suddenly denuded. The clothes from
the calico-curtained tlothes-presses
were folded and laid in drawers, and
everything made perfectly safe for a
house. Even the hay-loft bedrooms
shared in this process. Only a cot
was left for the old servant and a few
necessary things for him to use, and
most Of these he transported to the
out Of the way. When the
work was done the man and maid
took the trolley back home again and
the other OLD man servant arranged
to make his Sabbath as pleasant as
possible in the company Of his
brother from the nearby farm.
Monday morning promptly at 8
o'clock the trolley landed a bevy Of
w0rkmer, carpenters, p~laSterers.
plumbers, and furnace men, with a
foreman who set them all at work as
II it were a puzzle he had studied out
and memorized the solution. In a
short time the quiet spot was full of
sound. the symphony Of industry, the
ing away with the furnace that had
been stored in the cellar: others were
measuring. fitting, cutting holes for
lead pipes; still others were saving
away'at the roof, making great gashes
In its NOISY extent: and two men
were busy taking down the old barn
door. Out in front more men were
building a vat for mortar, and openA
Ing bags Of lime and sand that began
aprons made Of ticking, filled with
thin wire nails, we're frantically put
ting laths on the uprights that the
carpenters had already set up, and
stabbing them with nails from a SEEM
ingly inexhaustible supply in their
mouths. 1t was as il they had all en-
gagged to build the tower Of Babel in
Such sounds! Such shoutings, such
bangings, thumpings, and harsh, rauA
cous noises! The bird in the tall tree
looked and shivered, thankful that
her brood were we'll away on their
wings before all. this cataclysm came
to pass.
Presently arrived a load Of sashes,
doors and wooden frames, and an
other load of lumber. Things can be
done in a hurry if you have money
and influence and the will TO insist
there was a good start made toward
big changes in the old barn. /
Plumbers and gas-ftters and men
who were putting in the hot-water
heat chased n another around the
place. each man seeking to get his
pipes in place before the fathers got
to that spot; and the contractor was
everywhere, proving his right to be
selected for this rush job. As soon as
the fathers had finished with a room
the plasterers took possession, and the
old door was rapidly being replaced
with q great glazed door set in a
frame of more sashes, SO that the old
darkness was gone entirely.
.1nrthe roof big -uormer windows
were taking the place Of the two Or
three little eyeor2w affairs that had
the loft was fast becoming pleasanter
than the floor below.
Outside laborers were busy build
ing up q terrace, where a wide cement
floor piazza with stone foundations
and low stone walls was to run across
the entire front. Another chimney
was rising from the region OF the
kitchen. A white enamel sink with
q wide drain-shelf attached appeared
next, with signs Of a buffers pantry
between. kitchen and dining room "A
delightful set OF clinA-closet doors
with little diamond .panes that
matched the winAows was put IN one
corner Of the dining room, and some
bookcases with sliding doors began to
develop along the walls Of the living
room. Down in the basement q man
laundry. and on both the first floor
and the second bathrooms were be-
ing made. II the place hadn't been
so big, the workn1en would have got
in one another's way. Closets big and
little were being put In, and parts Of
q handsome stairease were lying
about, until you Wouldn't kn6w the
servant and the nsishbor next door.
who used to rent the old barn before
he built. his own new one. came to-
gether to look over What h2d been
accomplished during the day, and to
discourse upon this changing world
and the wonders OF IT. The farmer,
IN fact, learned a great deal about
modem improvements. and ct once
set about bringing some 0f them to
hear Unnn hta ncuN afkrapU Nn,s~nS