Evening star., 1921-03-20
OWN YOUR OWN HOME

be not till the middle Of march & l
& Grace all ready had the fiat sub
letted to a family from the l of
march to the ! of May & they was
going to keep it after words for them
self so now I & Grace will half to
stay at some hotel or some where's
from the of march till the house is
FINISHED e. it will cost US some more
money besides storeing our furnitur
for a couple wks.
But may be by the l OF March the
house will be so as we can stick the
furniture in IL but / don't know e.
they got me worried & the archateck
aint worrying at all tho that's what
he gets payed for. I give him 5000
to worry for me & then l take his
| me any good TO go out to that con-
| trackters house & brake his jaw |
| would do it but what would that get
me. nothing.
1 hope the archateck can get hold
| OF good carpenter right a way q
rush the job threw but theys no tel
! ing how long it will be & I Termed
all ready not to look for no good
luck.
kindest to Mary.
Fred 4. Gross.
X x = X
Chicago. Feb. "a
DEAR Charley. what do YOU su-
pose has came off now. the archa :
teck is sick & cant be on the job no
more & left the work to his cousin
& how do | know weather the cousin
knows a house from d box car but
what can l do. l asked the cousin
what was the matter with the archa
teck d he says it was nervous brake
down & he thot he got sick worrying
bout my house because evry thing
had went rong. ] says he aint did no
more worrins then me & | don't even
get payed for Worring.
Wen the cousin is worse then the
archteck bout asking questions that
i don't know nothing a bout what to
anser & if asking questions made the
archateck sick his cousins wont live
a wk
According to the contrack the house
should ought to be finished a wk.
from now but it aint no further long
then 1t was in januery as far as | can
see & this here boss carpenter they
got working wouldent never be
pinched for speed. was out there to-
day & asked him how much longer he
would be working & he says cant go
very fast now because I'm waiting for
them to b,. ing the mill work. 80 | got
to call up the mill work people to-
the mill work the longer it will take
them to be threw with the house &,
I'm paying this here carpenter by the
day and besides that We got to go &
bord some where's after the of
March because the real estate people
took our fiat off Of our hands when
we told them we wanted to get way
the l of march & they all ready sined
up with them people that we had the
fiat sub letted to & we will half to
move out on or before next tues
where wear going to I don't know &
guess we might as well burn up the
furnitur e. go & throw our self in the
lake.
Your lucky Charley that you aint in
no jam like this & II any body ever
pulls this home stuff on you bust them
IN the Jaw. F. A. Gross.
Chicago. Feb 81
pROTHER Charley we'll Charley
We finely got the mill work peo-
pie a couple of swedes to bring there
stuff round but before they brung it
& they was down to the bank 4
times argueing & they was scared
they wssent going to get there money
because they had sined contrack
with the contrackter that blowed up
on me E. thot because they ddent
have no contrack with me was going
to beat them out of there stuff.
The man at the bank kept telling
them that the money was right there