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radiators, I'm q sort Of 'handy-andy
with most hand tools and | knew q
little about heating and plumbing WORK
before | began The same man who
assisted me with the excavation also
aided IN the heating and plumbing
plant assignments, The hard work paid
q rich reward at that, for we earned
the equivalent Of 81 an hour In the
money saved which otherwise would
have gone to professionals hired for
the Job,
After the heating and plumbing
work was finished" resumed Mr. Dew,
Il dug a l6-ioot drainage we'll a. feet
In diameter in the basement, MY la
year~oid son hauled the excavated soil
out of the cellar and dumped IL by
means of rope and bucket After the
we'll was finished. l placed a-inch
standpipe OF drainage tile IN the center
space with rock This we'll Is an added
precaution which insures that my base
ment will he dry as bone IN all kinds
Of weather
In the living room there Is a large
and attractive concrete fireplace lined
with fire brick Mir Dew intended
originally Ia Use five different eolofs OF
crushed rock IN the concrete, So that
by brushing before II set he could eN~
pos this color blend In natural rock
In practice. this plan did not work out
satisfactorily, so that the amateur
builder had Ia finish the mantnl and
fireplace with surface coating IF white
cement The bottom tiles Of the firanlaee
are set directly IN the concrete neef.
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SALLY IN AN APRON
By Ruth Burr Sandborn
Her Reputation for Efficiency Was Back of the Rebellion

! Take it off" said Luella.
MY dear" said Sally gently don't
be vulgar. What do you suppose have
on underneath"
1t was at this point that Thomas
Rogers Brandon definitely laid aside has
paper and gave all his attention to the
young person in the doorway.
Sally Boyd looked straight at Thomas
Brandon, Thomas Brandon looked
STRAIGHT at Sally--and he grinned.
Whats come over you, anyway
asked nate sharply. Have you found
million dollars?"
NOT dollars" said Sally fiippantly.
Just sense"
Kate looked as If she thought that
Sally had lost her mind. and Luelis
looked that way, too. But Thomas
Brandon didn't
II could help you he suggested.
You could help me pick some flow
efs for the table while Sally's getting
breakfast agreed Luella.
CALLY let it go at that It was no
~ part of her scheme to have Thomas
help her with the breakfast. Not yet,
anyhow. She shut herself in the
kitchen. Her preparations for break
fast were really very simple. She cut
a number of fat, crooked slices of bread
and spread them all over the gas stove.
with the burners turned high; she put
on the coffeepot and broke a jar OF
marmalade into the sink After that.
she gathered up large cassaba melon
and a long knife and trailed into the
dining room
Wen have our fruit while the cof-
fees percolating." she said III put
the melon here on the table. and every
one can cut his own piece. / hate cut
ting it myself; It's all so slippery in
side
1t was slippery inside, and there was
a great deal of spillage Of seeds, and
the table got to be rather a mess. but
the melon itself was very good. and
Sally told such a funny story while
they were eating it-~about thinking she
heard a burglar in the night and get
ting up and shooting five holes through
her Aunt Sarah's new Spring hat--that
nobody noticed anything else much I'M
til the smoke began to come out under
the kitchen door.
THE toast must be done" said Sally
The toast was very thoroughly done
SO was the coffee. The percolator had
charred handle. The spout came
straight off in pool OF solder Sally
examined this phenomenon carefully
Il think / know what made it do
that" she said finally. Il didn't put in
any water
In the end they. got breakfast to-
gether. 1t consisted OF eggs, vary hard
boiled. so that they rolled merrily round
and round the plates together with
slabs of cold bread and butter, pickles,
honey and pistachio ice cream from
the corner store.
Who's going to wash the disheS?"
asked Kate practically.
Goodness, we don't need to wash
dishes yet" cried Sally Why, there
must be enough out there In the cup
board to last for two or three days. "
She added. Lets go swimming, in
stead"
The swimming suggestion was not a
complete success. Kate said 1t was too
soon after eating. and Frank said he
should be scared to death to go swim
ming with one of those eggs In him,
because he'd sink like rock. Luella
said she'd rather 80 walking, and. as
| long as Thomas had one swim. he
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Unusual Home Con-
structed on Vir-
ginia Side of the
Potomac by Man
w h o Worked by
Electric Light and
Glow of the Moon.
Capitalizing the Idle
Hours.
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because she had to ask somebody else,
and they were so newly married that
they wouldn't be in anybody's way; and
she should simply die of disappointment
If Sally said she couldn't be there, too
Out of all the fluff of words Sally
picked the facts as unerringly as If
they we're set before her on p page.
The house party was Luella's device for
keeping a hold on Tom. She wanted
some one to set the meals. pack the
lunches. look altor the ordering, sec
that things ran smoothly. Why, she
wasn't even asking another man for
Sally Sally opened her mouth to say
no. And it was Just then that she had
that perfectly stupendous idea,
Thank you very much" said Sally.
I'D love to come"
If Luella could have seen Sally at
that moment she might have been
warned For there was something in
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might go walking with her; and Dot
anp Andy Carpenter did not say any
thing because they we're busy holding
hands under the table and had not
heard word
Sallys red head went up. I'm 60
ing to swim. anyhow" she said
Il don't mind swimming twice a
day" said Thomas.
I'm going to take you to Jevons
Head said Luella firmly, and let you
see the view
That was the way it was settled.
And it was certainly by the most COM
plete coincidence that Sally should
have swum right across the cove by
herself and landed at Jevons Head
which Is a long walk around by land
and an absurdly short distance by
water-and climbed out on BigotS
Rock just as Luella and Thomas had
established themselves on picturesque,
but uncomfortable, big root on the
bank. 1t was obvious that Sally did
not know that Thomas and Luella were
there. because she did not even look in
their direction. She stood poised on
the tip edge of the rock. with her hands
flung up for diving poet would have
thought Of one of those Grecian ladies
/ that everybody worshiped. Thomas
Brandon thought
II beg your pardon" said Thomas
Brandon to Luella. Il didn't quite
catch what you were saying
And at that moment Sally lifted 10
her dive, and showed a clean pair of
heels off the top of Bigots Rock
Pretty" said Thomas involuntarily
* X
/ Tor time Sally swan lazily. And
I then--just when Luella and Thomas
we're getting up to go-she made sud-
denly great splash and disappeared
/ At the bottom she laid hold of q
rock to keep herself from rising, anc
blew several very convincing bubble:
upward to the surface After that, she
waited II seemed long time In.
| deed. Sally had just decided that she
must either burst or give IL up. wher
| there was a great churning in the
water overhead, and something CLOSED
tightly round her.
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in the soft concrete. to which these
frames were nailed. Some Of the VIM
dow frames were anchored securely to
the concrete by the use Of expanding
lead sockets. The flashing and down
spouts are copper while the drain pipes
are 3-inch galvanized steel and are
bcdded i'm the concrete walls. Mr. Dew
use these substantial pipes tn obviate
dangers from rust, which will rot con-
crete
weatherworthy top for this house
which will be serviceable for 80 10 IS
years. Mr.. Dew put on the roofing
paper and shingles largely by moon,
light II was during Midsummer and
he waited until about 730 each eve
ming when twas cool before he climbed
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ready leaped ahead to that next ques-
ton, What shall l wear?"
At first she had intended to wear
her blue fiat crepe. But in the end she
went crazy-or so Aunt Sarah said
and bought such a dress as she had
sometimes dreamed of buying-white.
all embroidered over with little satin
flowers outlined in gold thread the
color of Sally's hair She bought a
pair of gold slippers to 60 with it--a
great lot of foolishneSs, according to
Aunt Sarah.
But when the night Of Katherine's
dinner came and Sally was dressed for
it, it would have made you catch your
breath lust to see the loneliness Of
sally Boyd-if you had stopped to look
Sally was a little late. She had
waited for Frank to call for her and
Frank had telephoned to say that he
had had to 60 downtown about the
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Government Worker Builds His
"Castle' During Spare Hours

ing the coolest Winters and cool dur
ing the hottest Summer weather.
WXOU will also notice" continued
this amateur builder that there
are no water coils in the fireboX of my
heater. Excessive heat in time will
weaken coils thus exposed. They will
burst and flood the heater and base
ment with water. | have provided
against such a catastrophe by placing
these coils we'll covered with tagging
outside of the heater"
How much time did you spend In
installing the heating plant?" was
asked
1T took 100 hours Of hard work to
cut. thread and fit the pipe In place.
install the heater and hook up the
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There was something of this look
still in Sallys eyes on the tlrst morning
of the house party, when she trailed
slowly down the stairs. The rest OF
Luellas party was already gathered.
rafting over the morning papers and
looking hollow-eyed and cross. the way
house parties always do look before they
havo their morning coffee--all. that is,
except Thomas. Thomas looked like
an energetic young man who had risen
at O'Clock for swim in the lake and
a tramp in the woods, and who was
now briskly engaged in starving to
death.
Good morning" said Sally. us
breakfast ready?"
Iuella Embury, from the chaise
Tongue. lifted a face in which there
was little more amusement than re-
buke.
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each evening. as we'll as on holidays and
during his Summer vacation. Mr., Dew
has about completed his house. He be-
gan to dig the foundation in 1924, and
Il was not until Christmas. 1927, that
the dwelling was fairly we'll finished, al
though the Dew family took possession
before that time
The foundation walls are IL inches
thick to the grade line. inches for the
first story and inches for the second
story and attic. Two central Orders of
solid concrete. ~ by q inches in cross
section and reinforced with steel sad
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Breakfast" she said. we were
waiting for you"
How perfectly darling Of you!" said
Sally.
We'll" Luella said A. little sharply
"aren't you going to get it,"
sally made a little movement OF her
shoulders that set her peach-colored
neglige swinging. How can in
this?" she asked. I'll get it all dirty
over the gas stove"
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~ NE dozen oranges, one dozen
lemons. one bottle maraschino
cherries. one pair of tears
~ Silly! Silly! She wasn't cry
ing. She was not
All the same. Sally Boyd was glad,
when the door came open. that she had
pulled dovn the drop-light so that 1t
shone full on the rcd and yellow of the
fruit and left her face in shadow. A
tail young man was standing in the
doorway. tall. hrown-headed young
man with the incest smile in the world.
He had a pleasant voice, deep-pstched.
Are vou-the maid?"
Sally Boyd fiare0 right up: Sallys
hair was red. Her voice choked little
50 that il IVES not quite Sally's voice.
but it YES plain enough. Well. I'm
not your maid anyway, Mr.. Thomas
Rogers Brandon" she said.
For an instant Thomas Brandon
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the look of Sally's blue eyes, in the
very upwardness of Sally's tilted nose,
that should have been warning to
any one. 1t was with this look that
Sally in her youth had ground up her
Sunday hat i'm the meat chopper be-
cause she did not like it, and poured a
bucket of gravel into the inside Of the
piano because she did not care for
practice It was look of determination
beyond the ordinary
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When Sally's head came out Of the
water. she was on her back. and her
race was about inches from Thomas
Brandon's face. His hand was firm
behind her head to keep it above water,
and, as he swan, her face was pressed
closer and closer into the curve of his
neck Sally wished that she had chosen
a rock quite lot farther out.
But, in almost no time after that,
they were on shore again. Thomas
was shaking Sally a little. without
seeming to know it, and keeping one
arm close about her, without seeming
to know that either.
We'll, Sally" Luella greeted them
Il thought that you could swim"
How'd it happen?" asked Thomas.
Sally could not quite lock up at him
"Its-hard to say" she faltered. I
something seemed to come over me-"
'"Cramp," Thomas diagnosed it.
She noticed suddenly that he was
trembling why, you're cold
Thomas Rogers Brandon. D. S. o..
winner of the Croix de Guerre with
palms. hunter, explorer, aviator. noun
taineer. shook his head ruefully. I'm
scared" he admitted. Il thought !
couldn't find you"
Sally didn't look up-couldn't look up
| to her face oh, I'm sorry she burst
| out. II didn't mean any harm. -
| Suddenly Sally was crying into soms-
| thing very wet, that must have been
| the front of Thomas Brandon's shirt.
| You need looking after, young
| woman" Thomas Brandon was saying
/ And he picked Sally right up and STROBE
off home with her as If she we're no
! bigger than a minute. He carried heI
! all the wav. Luella walked back by
herself, and told Kate that, OF course
| a man like that had to have a gooc
deal of endurance
After that Sally Boyd needed lo
| OF looking after. and Thomas Brandon
seemed to have appointed himself to dc
/ 1t. There we're times when Sally
| thought that Thomas rGther-liked her
| She used TO number these times on hel
fingers end was terribly annoyed a
| herself for doing it-and did not stop
/ Always Thomas was pleasant and kinc
and thoughtful But somehow there
| was something not quite satisfactory
| about It, Everything went merrily ur
| to a point, and then somehow
| there was never any point.
| There was the time, for instance
| when she and Thomas had slipped away
from noisy party and he had PADDED
/ t1ST IHI QONn tLle tdkE w GlNat oChh
where the trees march to the water.
This reminds me of the Kampal
Kanan," he said II went down in {
canoe. mostly at night. because OF th'
heat, and there was moon"
%" breathed Sally. She was sud
/ denly thousands of miles away. floating
down a river between columns of rec
teak She was in the tiger coun'
| try above Tarantang. . Next year
he told her. he was going to Kenya K
| try to get pictures of the truce cere'
| mony between the Elgeyo and theii
Kamasia neighbors across the NdC
River.
Rather lonesome job" he ended
| He had spoken eagerly, but now ths
eagernesS all dropped out of his voice
| Sally leaned little forward there in
| the half darkness, I'D just love to
| travel" said Sally.
when YOU travel said Thomas
Brandon you ought to so on the lie
de. France and have personal maid
and a courier" He dipped his paddle
down deep. and in provokingly short
time they were at the landing.
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THERE were the times when they
danced together-like that last
night. Sally was popular that night
for habits are contagious. And the
habit of seeing Thomas Rogers Brandon
bearing down on Sally with that long,
light stride of his. and taking her away
from somebody else as if he had bet
ter right to her than most. spread
through the crowded ballroom Even
Frank cut in more than once and told
Sally that she didn't look half bad in
that green thing she had on
She and Thomas slipped away finally
They stood in crook OF the stairs be-
hind palms that the decoration COM
mttee had been at pains To borrow,
Thomas arm was still about her from
their last dance. and he frightened IL a
little. so that she swung round Ia face
him,
Sally thought that he was going to
kiss her
But he didn't
They went outside and sat on a
bench that overlooked the water
Thomas broke sharply across the sill
ence. do you believe IN love at first
Sight?" he asked abruptly.
oh, yes" breathed Sally, Everything
inside her seemed to give one great
throh--and stop still "Do-do you?"
No" said Thomas. Yes, Oh, I
don't know whether / do or not"
And that, If you'll believe It, was just
Simply-all
You're cold" Thomas said after a
maddening silence "Shivering. I'll
so and set YOU wrap
II don't want you to~go" said Sally.
In small voice
Then I'll put my arm around YOU,
and that win keep YOU warm, said
Thomas
Sally ierked away She did not want
Thomas Brandon to put his arm round
her for purely utilitarian reasons
That won't be enough" she said
shortly, Lets so in"
So they went In.
The next day was the last nf Luella's
house party. and Luella planned Anal
picnic of some elaboration. They were
10 take the afternoon boat down the
lake, and have moonlight sail all the
way to cambridge Thomas could catch
q late train To the city and the others
would return 90 Linfield, sally. OF
course was invited just as much as
anybody,
CHE said good-hy 10 them all. lightly.
- and did not look at Thomas very
Hlutlt site iEit site Euuiu IlNt GEAR once
more seeing that little merry twist OF
smile that turned one corner of hts
mouth before II touched the either. He
was dlstreSSingly easual~~aS II he was
not leaving her forever
Well. SO long, he said See you
again some time
sally tfailed back again through the
empty disordered house. feeling ehul
and dreary II was all aver And the
thing hadn't worked
You couldn't blame Thomas Thomas.
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~ UILDING history recounts about
a certain historical home IN
Italy reputed 10 have been erect
IL ed 5000 years ago which mas
resisted the attacks OF time and
is still standing today Recently, In
Arlington County, Va. only S miles
from the White House on the opposite
side Of the Potomac, another such house
has been built. sturdy and STRONG as the
rock NJ ages designed to Withstand the
tests Of time.
This remarkable dwelling. owned and
built by Ernest NJ Dew, a Government
clerk employed by the United States
Shipping Board, is another castle IN
Spain" incubated into reality. Mr..
Dew for many years has cherished the
plan OF some day building home
which might be handed down In MS
family as permanent abode IRON gen.
Grafton 10 generation. And today ne
can stand on his front walk and glory
IN the gaze at exactly such structure.
The house in itself Is extraordinary,
but more remarkable yet Is the manner
IN which IL was built. This new home
Of the Dew family Is the direct product
Of the building skill of it's owner. True,
an architect aided In the design, while
concrete crew with mechanical
mixer built the walls But all OF the
rest of the work including the plumb
ing. heating plant installation, cafpen~
try and interior decorating, was per-
formed by the owner.
r.
THIS Is the tale Of the house that
Ernest built. the FIRST time the story
about the struggles Of this Government
clerk 10 POSSESS permanent home has
appeared IN print. The yarn is un~
usual in that The amateur built his home
"DieeemeaI style" so 10 say as hls
finances we're limited and he had 10
halt his labors al various times IN order
to earn more money with which 10 puf-
chase essential supplies or equipment,
The house Is of Spanish colonial de-
sign and Is constructed Of solid concrete
reinforced with steel H. Is practically
indestFuctIble so far as the ordinary at
taekg Of wind, weather and normal serV~
lee are concerned Only n tornado or
On earthquake could effect It's over
throw You can gain some Idea OF The
pefmancncy Of the dwelling by the thct
that more than 400 tons of concrete
were used In it's erection. The building
h. 80 hy ~ feet In floor dimension Win
o see0ndrstory sleeping porch facing the
| east and ventilated by SIX large French
windows
monumental task for one man With
! the aid Of nei9hbor ta build The most
NJ such home and equip II with oil
e0nvHnieneek Drops of water falling III
steady sequence viii wear away the
! hardest stone And by keeping cnn~
! stant1 ~ u. working four 10 nFe hours
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dies, add stability 10 this fifeproof home,
Special steel forms and braces were
used In building the walls as replace
ments OF the ordinary wooden forms.
Smooth surfaces that look as though
they were stuceo have resulted. Each
steel plate was two by four feet and
one~fourth of an inch thick and was
precisely machined. so that IL made a
tight nj with It's neighbors, Each plate
WAS perforated with 5000 small holes,
uniformly distributed These apertllfeA
facilitated the fun-off OF surplus moist
ure Wooden inserts were attached 10
the forms In cutting ornamental linden
tationA and reveal strips In the concrete
walls. Red concrete ornaments, placed
over window easements as substitutes
for tile settings, we're tied with string
TO the forms until concrete adhesion
bedded them permanently In position.
Mr. Dew first attempted to elevate
concrete from the ground To the second
floor during construction by the use OF
hand winch which he legged up,
When II proved unsatisfactory he bullt
Rn inclined runway, and all the cong
crete was handled from the mixing ma
chine AT The curb Ia the walls hi wheel"
barrows
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A LII the easement windows IN the Dew
house are made OF copper and
steel. designed tn last for scores OF years
The window frames Of the sleeping
porch are OF wood. Blocks we're bedded
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BY GENE DAY.

BY GENE DAY.
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resisted the attacks OF time and
Putnam patriot., 1928-11-28
LODGE OF SORROW
Putnam Elks Will Hold Memor. ial Exercises Sunday.-Pub-
 lie Invited.

Putnam Lodge of Elks will hold their memorial exercises to departed brothers. Sunday afternoon in the lodge room on Main street at three o'clock. The program has beefrs ar ranged and the public is invited.
 Overture and march, John F. Clara invocation, Rev. James r. English; selection. "Cover Them Over" (HilD Overseas Male Quart tte; opening ceremonies. officers of Putnam Lodge. No. STA; bass solo. ''Jast For Today" (Shclley) Teach Me to Pray" lJewetD. Ray A. Gardiner; eulogy, William R. Barry tenor solo. "The Silent Voice, !" fRomal "ln God We Trust" Clue cal, Stanley D. Rogers; reading, "Thanatopsis" tBryantl Tom Null grew; baritone solo Great Peace Have They" (Scott) 'I Do Not Ask. 0 Lord" (Spross), Chester II. Miller; selection. "The long Day Closes'' fSullivanl, Overseas Male Quartette "Auld Lang Sync." Overseas Male Quartette; bencdition, Rev. James F. English; selection, John r. Clarke.