“I am determined to paper bedroom of upstairs,” she rake off. “This shall be done by home-made labour. These wallpapers what I got only cost 10c. per roll, thusly saving 1$. Experienced paper hangmen require 4$ per day. It take 2 such to paste a room properly. I shall employ you for nothing to do this valuable task, thusly saving 8$. Therefore, I save 1$ + 8$ = 9$.” “What clever stingyness you think up!” I oblate. No response from her. She led me upwards to bedroom where that job must be. “Have you any knowledge of paper-hanging?” she ask it. “I never before attended such a lynching,” was answer I make. “I show you how is,” she reciprocate. So she lay down following tools on floor where I could see: 12 bundles wallpaper of blue complexions tattooed with beauty resembling cauliflowers flirting with grapes. 1 complete bucket filled with undigested dough to make it stick by. Confused rags to pat with. 1 ironing board to stick paper on top of. 1 ladder to lift paper on when hanging him. 1 shears for cut up paper by. “Firstly,” correspond Hon. Mrs with shears, “you must take Hon. Paper thusly and manicure edges.” She make cut-up with shears for show how. “Nextly you must measure wall with very careful tailorship, so Hon. Paper will fit neatly like a coat.” I observe her did it. “Nextly make chop off to Hon. Paper at place where he fits. Then lay him on ironing-board and lather his back completely with dough from Hon. Bucket.” By brush she do so. “Next Hon. Paper are ready to be lynched. Raise him tenderly by both ears while climbing ladder and spread him on wall with smoothness resembling butter. If he refuse to lay still, pat him lovingly with rags.” She teach me that science while I stand gast to observe her skilful thumbs. “Can you do this jobs?” she require to know. “Elaborately,” I confiscate. And yet I were not aware that paperhanging are like poetry, marriage, and other games--deliciously easy to look at, but less easy to do. So Hon. Mrs Mac Frenzie depart away for make society elsewheres and I was left alonesome with that paper. Firstly I look at him long time admiring the extreme art of his complexion. I could not realise how so many grapes and cauliflowers could get together without being confused. Admiration by me! Then I start some industry. Firstly I cut sifficient chunk of this flowery decoration so he will fit wall. This were aggrevated task to do, because when I unroll him to make measure, he roll back with rat-trap expression and burst my thumbs. I can only make him behave by putting my feet on him while holding him down to ironing board. Pretty soonly, by extreme skill of swashing, I manage to plaster his back with dough like Mrs Mac Frenzie told me.