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BOWSER LIVES ON' Although Folks Thought His Time Had Come. INS ALARMING SYMPTOMS. . What Happened to His Wife, the .Tramp, the Cat, et a!.?But H:s Unprecented Attack Proved to Be Only a Temporary Seizure. 1 > By M. QUAD. v - * {Copyright, 1911, w.by Associated Literary { * - Press] WHEN Mr. Bowser came up from the office the other evening he had an air about him that puzzled Mrs, Bowser. He was quiet and subdued and jet Dot sorrowful. He was dignified *nd vet pleasant. He had found the gate open, but he did not mention the fact. He had noticed an old can on the steps, where some boy had thrown I but he <lid not jump up anu uowu and take on about it. At the dinner table he praised the coffee and steak aud suggested to Mrs. Bowser that the cook's wages be raised. A tramp called while dinner was te progress and talked loudly aud iiupedently to the cook at the door. Mrs. Bowser expected to see a rush on Mr. Bowser's part, followed by a body beheaved over the fence, but nothing J "THEN TAKE THIS QUARTER TO ENCOURAGE YOU." at the kind took place. A bi? sandwich and a dime in cash were sent out to the tramp. *'You will have to order coal in the morning." said Mrs. Bowser after a -ML "Very well, my dear." Xo springing up and shouting that / -aise had been selling the coal out of qpite?no charges that it had been poked down rathoies in the cellar. "During the rain today I saw that the kitchen roof leaked." "I will have a man up here tomorrow/" No roaring and shooting. No declaring that Mrs. Bowser had been . .galloping around on the roof in order to do all the damage possible. Not a word about being on the road to the poorhouse. "la cleaning house today the cook somehow broke a rocker off a chair." "It had been loose for a long time." iTUiU iiV H . Mrs. Bowser was perturbed. That wasn't the way for Mr. Bowser td act. He was a\lion instead of a lamb. Ilad fce heard of the death of a relative? Had some doctor told him that both I tangs were gone? Had he lost a lot of money? On a Mission of Peace. Mr. Bowse?"usually drops his napkin on the floor and shoves his chair back with a scrape when a meal is finished. bat on this occasion the napkin was rolled and the chair gentlv handled as he quietly said: , "I am going out for a little while this evening, and i hone you won't he 'lonesome." "Gding to a club?" "No. I hare about concluded that it's a very selfish thing for a husband to belong to three or four clubs. His place of an evening is home with his wife. I just want to walk around a j bit." "If you are in trouble let me know.'' trouble, dear. livery thing is o. iC.y Mr. Rowser hadn't been drinking root > beer, and there was nothing in his bearing to show that he was losing his mind, but Mrs. Rowser followed him A 1 ?*> 1 ?f ??/-! ^ /I ? P eV-A wamM TO toe uuur uuu \\ ?.-?j ia sue iivuiu ever see him alive again. Oo the corner was a tramp waiting to strike some one for a dime. lie started for Mr. Bowser, but. recognizing liim, fell back to the fence. Two months ago he had rung the front doorbell to ask for old clothes and had been chased ten blocks. "Did you wish to speak to me?" asked Mr. Bowser as he halted. "Nope." "You are bard up?" * "I'm on my uppers." *4While you look hard up. yon at tue j same time strike me as an honest j man." "I'm all that, sir." "Then take this quarter to encourage you." The Tramp's Collapse., The tramp fell back against the fence and gasped and chok<?$, and it was fully five minutes before he could head for the saloon on the corner. Mr. Bowser's family druggist stood at his store door. He got ready to say something mean, as the two have t MTer beta b agreement, ud fa* wns therefore faftocked oat when Mr. Bowser extended bis hand and said: "We don't want to lose one of the best taggists In the City, but we are going to nominate and elect you to the legislature. You are a gentleman, sir, and an bonest man. I shall take off my coat and work for your election." Tbe druggist was too dumfonnded to reply, and Mr. Bowser went on. At tbe next corner be slipped and jostled an old woman with a basket. She bad opened her mouth to give him tits when off came bis hat aud be bowed and said: "Lady, 1 beg of you to excuse the accident It was unavoidable oil mv part." "Lady!" she echoed. "The good man takes me for a duchess," said tbe woman to herself as Mr. Bowser passed 011. "but he's kind hearted and a gentleman, and I won't hurt his feelings by calling him back and explaining that 1 do family wash by the dozen and don't use any acid to loosen up the dirt." vnwrmy vnv w? On the corner was a policeman. He had a downcast look, and Mr. Bowser walked up to him and said: "I think there are enough of us around here to get you promoted to roundsman/' "But?but"? "And then to a sergeantcy. We have ,had ou~ eyes on you for some time, and we like the way you do your duty." "But six weeks ago, because I had to jerk a drunk around rather lively, you threatened to have me bounced." "Just my impulsive way. you know. Didn't mean a thing by it Hope to see you captain in a year from now. Continue right on, my good friend." The next was the dairyman. Ho had been told that Mr. Bowser had charged him with selling sour milk and oilier grave things, and his jaw was set and he was ready for a row when there came an extended hand and the words "Gocd evening. Brown. Glad to see you looking so chipper. Was told today that you were never so prosperous. That's right; that's right Best cream, milk and butter in the town. 1 wouldn't order from any one else." "But you said I sold sour milk for sweet." \ "Pooh. man. pooh. Little joke of mine. Don't mind it. Hope to see you alderman of the ward uext spring." Not a Case For an M. D. When Mr. Bowser got back home he was more smiling and good natured than e^er. As he sat with the cat in his lap and stroked her back and called her fond names Mrs. Bowser was trying to figure things out. She suggested ginger tea, but Mr. Bowser laughed She hinted that he might go around and see the family doctor and ask him what he thought of Taft's vetoes, but the seed fell on barren soil. Mr. Bowser continued to be good. His stiile didn't come off. He hugged the cat and bade her good night as he went to bed, and he didn't cuss a cuss when his collar button bothered for five minutes. There was a tear in Mrs Bowser's eye when she fell asleep. She mtfrhf- Trflke nr> a widow. But she didn't. Sbe awoke to happiness and' to tlie real living, breathing Bowser, who was out of bed and exclaiming in his good old hearty way: "By the great horn spoon, but you must have got up in the night and thrown my socks out of the window to a tramp! I've looked around for more'n an hour, and 1 can't find hole or hair of tbem." "Why, you've got "cm on your feet," replied Mrs. Bowser as a glad smile came to her face. "Best On Earth" Tills is the verdict of B. J. Howell. Tracy, G., who bought Foley's Honej and Tar Compound for his wife. '"Her case v a? the worst I have ever seen, and Icoked like a sure case of consumption. Her iuii^s were sore an' she congheci almost incessantly* d her voice ./.is hoarse and weak. Fo ley's Honey and Tar Compound Drought relief at once and less th.n three bottle-; effected a compete cur;." Kaufniann Drug Co. Trespass ITctice. All r *%r-T,nr- ' mr by notified no1" to -iv'> -*>h by ou.itiug, ti hior a y ' t w..poo u:.- H r- of the un 1-. L I>. W. Lindlt.r. \V*. F. Lmdler. J. H. Lindler. 4wSo S. W. Koon. <a> * ? rcusbing i" tr. Hepburn in an e--> qiie::: address at Clurinda pointed out the many artistic tic-feats of WusL';,tlon. I u :bo course of his amoves?, whi h advocated a government board of artists for Wash in e ten, Mr. I lent, urn said: "Our ugly capital is not a lit place for statesmen of learning and culture. It is only lit for backwoods statesmen, coarse railers like Brown and Robiusun. "Brown and Robinson, members of a backwoods legislature, always mistook abuse for argument. Brown, though, once went too far in a rate bill debate. *T~ f.101N- /..aiufl T?r.li5nsrm M "backUSS iie il JttUillJ vu.ivu ? .. and ; donkey. The bouse, of <. our -o. was at once in an imroar, and the speaker said: " 'The nt:oman from iho yinetyLintJi must v." ilia I raw that expression." "'I do/ said Brow*'. 'but 1 sri'l Tnah:tain ibat the ;p ntieinan from the vifik is out 01 order/ " "How am 1 out of order?' s Itobi.oson, stiil smarting under the names he had been called. 'J low am. T out of order, sir?* " Triba.L'y a veterinary surgeon could tell you/ Brown replied/'?Minneapolis Journal. The finest lot of Christmas crauh ><ever shown in Lexington at. The Bazaar. The prices will please. DOCTM Tailed.^ RESTORED BY PERUNA. Catarrh of the Lungs Threatened Her Life. Mis3 Ninette Porter, Braintree, Vermont, writes: "I have been cured by Peruna. "I had several hemorrhages of the lungs. Tho doctors did not help me much and would never have cured me. "I saw a testimonial in a Peruna almanac of a case similar to mine, and j 1 commenced using it. <;I was not able to wait on myself | t k^rrin nsin<? it.. T rained verv I nvu a. ? O ? O X slowly at first, but I could see that it ! was helping me. "After I had taken it a while I com- j menced to raise up a stringy, sticky substance from my lungs. This grew : less and less in quantity as I continued j the treatment. "I grew more fleshy than I had been for a long time, and now I call myself well." Ari Embryo Humorist. Willie ?May 1 go and play now. ma? Mother?What! With those holes in your trousers? 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Trespassing Forbidden, This is 10 notify ail pei>cas that lishii.j: and shoo line; ducks in my pond or hunting or trespassing on n-y premises in any manner whatsoever is l'crbid<Tn, and all person> violating this notice will be prosecuted to the fall extent of the taw. Mrs. Les-io if. Fort. iVliou. S. C., Xov. ';S?-i\v7 Fine lot of candies just received, an The Bazaar. ?X2S<v Now is the time toonll at The Bazaar and select your Christmas goods. 4