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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: various
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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t how little he asked sort of put meabout and on another beat. Let me understand, says I; you offerto paint my house; the upper deck black,and topsides and promenade decks white,leaving the under-body bare; and all you askof me for it is the privilege of letting youpaint three words on the roof; is that it? Thats it/ he says; youve got theidea! I did have an idea, but I didnt let onto him what it was. Just so! Stead ofthat I asked him how big he was a-going tomake the lettering of them words. I hada reason for wanting to know. T last wedickered down to making the letters threefeet high, no part of any one of em to havea beam of moren seven inches. That suitedhim. Suited me. Then I held out for twogallon cans of black paint to be throwed into boot. Mr. Paint Peddler begun to kick at that.Said hed take back all hed said about mylosing my business sense. I didnt forgetit, though, just because hed took it back.He said he had very special reasons forwanting to put the sign somewhere on the
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IN CHILDHOODS HAPPY HOUR Cousin Fred comes to spend tlie Afternoon Pet *vNe well MINSTREL CUPID He sings a te?ider love-song in a voice both sweet and lore,And plays a soft accompaniment upon his well-strung bow point this summer, and he came around tothe extra two gallons of black paint aftera while, and we signed articles, so to speak. He did a nice job. Im not denying that.He put on two coats of white and three ofblack, and his men took their time to dothe job shipshape and proper. But, said Mr. Umber, I didnt noticehis sign as I came along. Did he put itup? Put it up all right, responded the cap-tain, somewhat uneasily. Mr. Umber rose and went out to the roadand surveyed the roof. It isnt there now, anyway, he said, ashe walked into the shadow of the verandaagain. Didnt expect to see it, did you ? askedthe captain. What dyou think I wantedthem extra two gallons of black paint for,except to paint it over? I didnt want tostand in a mans way and be disobliging bykeeping him from deco

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