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BOWSER'S "CURE" | A . ? m la.ik.J i-_ vcamv new meutuu iu aoouciye I' All Human Us. f v ' GIVES' IT THOROUGH TRIAL -| ' f. .-T .? 3 - 1 1 T.-v Unfortunately . He Ik Interrupted by I . Policeman, Who FaHa to Sympathize j With Hi* ExpOrimoAto?Bowsop Dil/Vorco Suit Postponed Until Morning. By*. QUAD. {Copyright. 1912, by Associated Literary Ik " - -J Press.} T Was half an hour Rafter Mr. Bow Iser's usual time fo> getting tome from the office, and Mrs. Bowser it was worried. ri He might have been ground up by a ?rreet car. I He might have been stabbed or shot in an altercation over the high cost of Jiving and the higher cost of dying. He might have been arrested and locked up for resenting an inquiry as to what had become of his hair. It was Mr. Bowser, and anything ? ?nd everything was possible. She telephoned the office. The jajiitor said be had started for ! borne at the usual hour. He looked a . bit downcast, but not like a man that contemplated suicide. He was -probably feeling the 'effects of the six hard boiled eggs he had with his mince pie and doughnuts for lunch. She telephoned to police headquarters. "Was Mr. Bowser an old man with -a cork leg?" -No." -Was he a young man with a broken nose?" . -No? "Was he n man of middle age who ?* "?! trk ( lonn i?nt thp no Kvm. VA LXi U Ex auu L? AVU W V?VMM V?%-V < ? ? z j Jiee forced No." -He wasn't an oldish woman" with a market basket on his arm. was he?" -Not when he left home after break, Ihst." Well, there had been only four dead ones picked up thus far during the day. . ; I ./ / K f y / 1 / . v *'* ! ; ^ "III TAKING THE FROST CURE," SAII> BOWSRit. more and might have good luck. If a uy thing smashed to a pulp was brought in in a basket they would let her know with pleasure. She Uttered a Half Scream. Mrs. Bowser was sitting and waiting for strength to come back to her knees, when Mr. Bowser entered the house, fche uttered a half scream and ran to him, and he waved her off hnd demanded: . "You've tired the cook, I suppose?" - i "iXO, Ui.'l ? "Refused a starving old woman a : crust then T "I?I was worried about you. Von are late, you see." "Humph!" It was after dinner had been finished S that Mr. Dowser said by way of explanation: "After I left the office I went to see Dr. Scboonberg." "And who's he?" was asked, v "The greatest living doctor of the age/' "Bnt I never heard of him." "Probably not There's a good many things in this world you never heard of. buf they manage to get along just the same." "Well, don't be cross about it Did the doctor v.ant some Insurance of you?" j "Nonsense!" "Oh. you waDted something of him?" i . - - - He Needed Medical Advice. "Madam. when a man has a weak j heart, Indigestion and trouble with his j spine and goes to a doctor the infer- j ence is that he goes for a consultation.'" j "And pays to be told that ncth- j ing ails him V9 j "That's you exactly! Because I doiTt go squealing around the house like a sick pig you reason that I am in the best of health. No husband, unless he is a booby, ever complains." "Yon got away with a thumping big boiled dinner yesterday." "What's that got to do wi..i it? Alexander the Great ate a plate of boiled cabbage and died in ten minutes." ?rn/? this ef?lehrated doctor sav what ailed you?" asked Mrs. Bowser. "Ee found the ailments 1 have named and two or three more that I had suspected but weren't sure of." "Then nothing can save you from the grave?" - < -; V That's to be seen. ' He told me what to do, and I shall do ft* "Did you bring home any medicines?" 'T am not to take aay." *Xot even sage tea?" Ur. Bowser geared at her for a min " Hte and then rose up and walked to and fro for five minutes. He scuffed as be walked. He sighed as he looked down at the cat His back was bent and bis knees waooiea. rinany be sat down and said: "You haven't a word of sympathy for me, but as the kill or cure is coming off tonight I might as well tell you about it. It's a cold night outdoors, isn't it?" "I believe so." H lHi d ouai p vol &U.O&UQ "Yes." "I am to take the frost cure, and two hours of it will either kill me or make a well man of me." "You don't eat the frost, do you?" sir. I don't." I let it fall on me while my face is toward the moon." "And the moon drives it all through your system? 1 seel" "Now yon are getting some sense into your head. Yes. the system takes up the frost scales, and they release cer* tain: medicinal properties to combat ailments. It's a one night cure." A Splondid idea. "Isn't it just splendid!" exclaimed Mrs. Bowser. "Why. you'll get up in the morning without a pain or ache about you for the first time in years! You are to stay out two hours, eh?" "He said about two hours." "Better make it two and a half, so as to be dead sure of a cure. Your hide is pretty thick. an? you must give the frost a fair show to strike in." Mr. Bowser didn't like the last remark. but he passed it by with a grunt and made ready to go out He was not to wear his overcoat or gloves. If he shivered he must take it as a good sign It perplexed him somewhat that Mrs Bowser should come arouud to his way oi thinking, and even encourage him. ] but after several struggles he pried himself loose from the warm room and sought the back yard. It was truly a j sharp night It was a night that any boy who licked the blade of an ax would have to have hot water to thaw I his tongue loose. Dr. Schoonberg's patient was rattling- his teeth together within five minutes, but he whispered to himself: "The frost is taking right bold like j the teeth of a bear, and there is no doubt of a cure." He couldn't stand still, and to face | the moon be must walk in the alley and look over his shoulder. He must not walk too fast. If his nose, ears or < ho rn net- onncMor tlito < icrv ^V/t Wiu UV vuutjv vvuw<v>v vwW , cure. i Mr. Bowser Takes the Frost Cure. I Mr. Bowser bad been walking and shivering and shaking for half an hour when a stable keeper in the alley came along aDd called out: "Say. old man. what in the deuce are you promenading here for?" "Fin takibg the frost cure." "The deuce you are! Who advised it?" "My doc-doctor." "Then tell your doc-doctor that 1 say he's a blamed idiot!" Mr. Bowser's chattering reply could not bo understood, and the stable keeper passed on to halt twenty feet away and added: "And you too!" nneeil llliuuies laier, as an: puucui staggered up and down, bumping the fence and barns by turns, a policeman entered the alley and seized him and ' shook him to and l'ro and cried out: "Drunk again; and this time you go in'" "I ain't?ain't drunk!" was protested. "Don't call me a liar!'' "My name is Bow-Bow"? "Shut up and come along." Mrs. Bowser Explains. Mrs. Bowser had been peering l'rom a back window, and she saw that a climax had come, and she hastened to the alley to explain matters to the officer. "Look at his ears and nose!" said the officer as be pointed. "Yes: they are frostbitten." "And his toes'" "Doubtless the same." "He's as nigh frozen as a man can be. lie isn't off in his bead, is he?" "Oh. no." 'Just what they call faddish, eh?" . "That's all." "Then I'll help you into the house with him. Some wives would break bis neck, but I guess you are good to him." Mrs. Bowser worked over the patient for three long hours, and Anally got him thawed out and warmed up to hear him say: "A cold blooded attempt to assassinate me!" "Your nose and ears are already beginning to pee!." "And we'll telephone our respective lawyers in the morning to go ahead j '? ill! u: | The cop was right. Mrs. Bowser is j always puni la Mr. Bowser. Some dcy I she may even cure him of his fees I \ ?. This Interests Every_Woman I " 1 A family doctor said recently thai wo; a en come to him thinking that they j .have female trouble, but. when he ! nvats them for their kidneys and blad- j her. they soon recover. This is worth I knowing, and also that Foley Kidney ] Fills are the best and .safest medicine j at such times. They are tonic in ac- I :iou, quick in results. They ?re tonic j ju action, quick in re ults. Xiiey win \ help you, Harmon Drug Co. adv j . Dr. L. A. 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