HORACE MENDS A CHAIR

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 19

HORACE MENDS A CHAIR

Horace, tne grainy member of- the: - femith family -eyed a Jbroken deck-chair-thoughtfully., He was ;sure lie could, fix-that chair if tehaa the necessary; materials; ?6-he/ ambled"rdund to , where his brother was -sitting on the 0 verandah.-" '- ■ : :. v. ■:-. -.: r i , "Oh,' William," he- said, "can you ten me wHere: td.£nd the tool-box and " some'wood?". V : - " "Bid you look in the woodshed!" !• "No*"- ■■'■' < - ' ... .■■.'■ ~-:■;. ::■ i j. .„. <.fWfiU^that..wDuia_ba_th.Q jnost Ukelv place, wouldn't it?" * A Away went Horace to'the tool-shea. After-mucli scraping faad Beratching, he' 8 unearthed the hammer, caw. nails and! : WOOd.' ."•'". ■ ;-•■ --■■'■■ . : For! the jiext Juror ie hammered iiails1 (and his thumb), sawed woodland - swatted- ; fließ that persisted^ iir 'racing round his perspiring, face,. YPhen the j* chair wa&: finished, it looked'somewhat like -a porcupine, for the nails and s pieces of Wood stuck out everywhere. William looked at it as if it was a: it new..kindr ofi.insect.; :Horace.-proudly a set the chair on the verandah and went in search of' Pa." Presently■ne'returned* 11 with Pa, who said: "By Jove, that was _ very thoughtful of you to fix it up for me." ■'.... ■;'■•.-... v Horace beamed with pleasure! c But Pa just sat in it for a moment, and _ then there was a. crashing • and--0 tearing of wood and canvas, and Pa c disappeared through- the mass. ■ It was a veryL sorry Horace who 5j made a -resolve never to fix up a chair 1 again. ' . v . "NIX?" (11). Kelburn. t- "' l t 0 t B 5 i ' i . ■ I ) | > : - 1 ■ 1 (