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-'-‘1'6§'r:-‘,.._.', . JR,“ e», v v 117'. v “ Bowser Experiments lln Order to . Carry Out a New Fad He Goes Back on e. Boiled Dinner [and Hears Spirit Voices. but Later Sees His Mistake. [Copyright 1904, by C. B. Lewis.] *“ HOPE you are real hungry this evening," said Mrs. Bowser, as Mr. Bowser came up from the office at his usual hour the other evening. "Why?" be naturally queried. “Because I have got what you like ' bestâ€"a boiled dinner. I went over and ’ picked out the corned beef myself." ' “That was kind of you, but no boiled dinner for me tonight. All I want is a cup of tea and a piece of toast.” “Anything the matter with you 7" “Not at all." “Iâ€"thought you’d like this better 'than any dinner I could get," continued Mrs. Bowser, after they were seated :at the table. “The dinner is all right, my dear wo- man," he answered, with a wave of his hand, “but I am going to make a little change in my diet. Do you know, Mrs. Bowser, that we have been living al.' most like two hogs? That is, we have been stuffing and gorging and paying ‘no attention to the ethereal part. We ‘ihave become too grossly fat to appre- -ciate a glorious sunset, 9. beautiful sky, the songs of birds, the spirit of music.” .- “And now you propose to become so ,zgrossly lean that people can hear your bones grind as you Walk,” she rec ,:marked. . “No, ma'am, I don't. I propose to «eat enough to sustain life and enable :me to do my work, but as for stufing, it shall cease. I have had"â€" , “What?” l “Never mind. When you have gorged yourself to repletion come up to the sitting room and we will talk further. "That's itâ€"heap up your plate with the beef and potatoes and turnips, and «don’t forget the cabbage and carrots .and parsnips!" , Mrs. Bowser made no reply, and aft- ‘er he had nibbled at his toast and sip- ped at his tea he shoved back and left the table. Mrs. Bowser realized that there was :a new fad in town, and she was busy' thinking of how it should be handled. When she went up to the sitting room .at last she found Mr. Bowser seated with his fingers locked together, his ~-c:.'es fastened on the ceiling and what he no doubt thought was a “heavenly look" om his face. He did not seem snware of her presence, and after a mo. anent or two she queried: “Well, what is it?" "S-s-s-h!" he whispered. “What shall I s-s-s-h about? What .nss has been putting a new fad into “your head today?” 7» “Woman,” he exclaimed as his eyes ‘cnme ed the ceiling and his heavenly .look faded, “have you no soulâ€"no ap- -;preclation of the hidden mysteries lying between life and death? Don't you know, don't you realize that it :shocks me to have you come up here, full to the chin with cabbage and corn- ted beef, and break in upon my ilxouglits?" “Have you been talking with a spir- itualist or some one of that sort to« slay?” she firmly demanded. "Thereâ€"there was a gentleman in the aOfllCC‘." “I thought so. And he was ethereal, wasn’t he? He could sit down with a cheesy cat grin on his face and talk with spirits? The more empty his stomach was the more spirits he could see? And you are idiot enough to go into the same business!" . “Don't talk that way to meâ€"don‘t alare to do it!" he. exclaimed. “Even as 5011 came into the room. loaded up ~with fodder intended for an elephant instead of a woman, I was hearing the whispers of spirits. They fled at your approach.” "If‘ you'll try again, I'll leave the room entirely. If you really want spir- its to talk withyou, I don‘t want to do anything to hinder. That boiled din- ner was awfully good, but if spirits don't like corned beef and cabbage I’m not going to push them forward. Now, take your time and see what there is in it." Mrs. Bowser Went into the parlor, but not to sit down and wait for "creeps" to come. On the contrary, she found a peephole between the per- tieres and watched Mr. Bowser, and the cat sought safety under the lounge. It was ten minutes before the ethereal spirit raiser could get the flavor of that corned beef out of his nostrils and settle down to business again, and he had to hang to that heavenly look a long quarter of" an hour before the spirit Would show up again. There were two this time. At first, judging by the beautiful smile on his face, Mrs. Bowser took them for the spirits of in- nocent twin babies who had died at an early age of the measles. She was wrong, however. The basement bell gave tongue, and as the cook opened the door a hoarse, harsh voice came floating up the basement stairs: “Say, now, gal, can't ye hand a poor man out sunthin’ decent to eat?" And a second hoarse, harsh voice added: “It’s an old villain ye work for, and I’d like to smash his head for him 1” Mr. Bewaer sprang up and went clat- tering down the basement stairs, and, bareheaded as he was, he chased the pair half a block. When he returned to the house it was to find Mrs. Bow- ser reading a book and the cat purring away with her eyes closed. “Well, 'your attempts to commune with spirits haven’t been very success- ful tonight," finally observed Mrs.Bow~ ser. “And why haven't they?" be indig- nantly demanded. “They haven't be- cause spirits and barrels of pork don't go together. If you had kept out of it"â€" “But I did." “If that internal old cat"â€" “But the cat couldn‘t have had any- thing to do. with it. I have always heard that spirits were attracted to cats. Give it up, Mr. Bowser, give it up." “Never! Never in this world!” he re- plied as he banged his fist down on the mantel. "You had better. You are too fat and stout and broad across the back to call up spirits, unless it is the spirit of some old pirate.” “What! What! You not only spell my experiments for the evening. but make meet and insult me! Woman, I warn you that you are pursuing a dangerous policy. Don‘t drive me to the dead line. I have set out to get rid of this grossness of body and spirit â€"to render myself more (it to appre~ ciate, the beautiful and the spirituelle, and I’ll see it to the end or perish, no matter what you say." . "Well, I’ll go upstairs now," she soothingiy replied, “and you can come when you get ready. I have nothing more to say about it and I shall be glad to hear that your experiments are a success.” She went up to her room and sat down and read for half an hour. Then she tiptded downstairs to find the sitâ€" ting room vacant. She continued her journey down to the dining room and peeped in to find Mr. Bowser at the dinner and was devouring it with a grand appetite and saying to himself between times: “Durn' my hide, but what an ass I It’s Good Paint. REM I Wish to thank "my many custOmers and m. lucraan 4. “i It will~ cost you requires it. ' . sarrrou sacs. OFFICIAL INSPECTORS G. T. TIME SERVICE. Footpi Kent 8L, Lindsay. @Wfififlflww ThePain’t i. 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If a subsbriber ggdldiglhigqlpiigsrfi? in , stopped ata certain time‘and the " ‘ . ‘ We have, them here now continues‘to send a, the subscribe'rpiibiiiizbfl . . 1 0 ‘ Planing dong, an for your selectlon.. gihfiayrzocreighe takes it from the post-emu, Ii yOll are. 11] new or a Sewâ€" h .1 stic- : " i t p e supon‘l'beiground “mum” s 0 " ' ‘ ‘ account's. a ward! A spirit is at hand and is groin: to say something.” "he smnclhlng was sold a few sce- onds later. but it didn’t seem to come r-xm r. spirit. and was not exactly spirit talk. It sounded more like the voice of a hoodlum in the alley, and what he said was: “Say, Joe, hain't this the shanty I there that cranky old Bowser lives?" 3’: ‘ 8;! l w if}: 3'- furniture. 1 «. i - . Am also prepared to 6.0" all kinds of r i ‘ ..:.. .‘ . . ’I 1“; ISO 1‘13 terms-.5; i l ) Fenelon Falls, Aug. 17th, 1904. dblf’i‘izh‘id‘é’" Carriage Making, ~ Repairing and .Wz-o-ze winced g, l carry in stock a full line 03' Mulch)“ Suites Lounges, Chairs, Etc. DOORS AND SASH. Picture Earning a Specialty. “Well, the spirit has spoken." ob- and to make srved Mrs. Bowser, as the cat jumped down and bristled up. ' "it has. it has!" shouted Hr. Bowser as he got up to walk to and fro. "I was a fool to think I could summon any other kind of spirit into a room where alts a woman who has eaten five I. b “ pounds or boiled dinner! By John. but ‘1 y styles be 0?“ “XV-3+ I mun“ “ Von h‘" "en m ‘ butch“? ‘ ’ L- 61}; So so EOUSBa H mustllpgyior what he uses. . _ 5. e courts have decided that r ' _Ll'nsAY’ to take newspapers and periodicafituags :lhie post-oilllic‘el, or removing and leaving- em use 0 i'eris prime fac' ' ' . 91' inieuiional fresh. u “mu” in}: Machine be sure and see \ table. He had brought out that boiled shop surrounded by the sarcasm of trash“ hillod hon!"