Show edw 40 last fall when parker went down to 10 his basement on the first really old ad morning he found colllns collins who lives in the flat above him building a fire in fit his furnace they lived in a two story frame rest dence which had been made over into flats the owner had put in two hot lotair air furnaces in the basement and each of his tenants was required to supply his own heat collins hot air pipes passed up through parkers flat so it v mas as a nice problem to discover which furnace fed hot air into the registers of any particular set of apartments parker went to to work at the furnace which colllns collins pointed out to him fillad it with kindling and coal started a fire and went back upstairs collins had already digap pearld peart ad leaving his furnace glowing with heat mrs parker greeted her husband with a smile of satisfaction henry our furnace Is splendid sho said bald 1 I know how to build a fire my dear remarked parker with pardonable egotism the succeeding weeks of cold weather proved that parker had been justified in boasting a little the flat was warm all the time and parker did the work with the greatest ease how fortunate we are said mrs par parker ker to her husband one event evening have such a good furnace why my Collin ses are absolutely freezing was up there today to day and actually p mrs coiling collins wis was numb with cold the not neit morning collins a pati pau man ordinarily spread his hands his parlor register and swore th was only a faint trickle of heat the confounded furnace can go 90 thunder ho he said tho the landlord 0 i the he furnace man say its all right I 1 know better its all wrong I 1 ha kept it blazing full of coal up to I 1 present moment but here I 1 quit what aro are you going to do going to let the fire go out s depend on the grates until I 1 A the matter that evening collins camo came boi expecting to find his lils flat colder more dreary than ever instead was warm and comfortable thought though registers were closed why what in tho the world hia wife flung herself int into O 0 his ara U laughing you goose she sho s when she SILO could speak youve be running tho the daikers Pai kers furnace fo for r t tie all vinter winter As soon as you quit w got chilly and made up a real W our furnace in the hope of get warm again now we are recel tho benefit chicago news ati iwao |