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..FOR Next 3 WE OFF ENTIRE AT C Comm< June 25i W. T. BEA F. Q. Austell ; JIB. BOWSER'S ODE. HE WRITES ONE TO DELIVER AT A SHAKESPEARE CLUB. 1 HtM I. >-re Out of Tunc, However, and Neither >lm. Howkci* Nor the Ilnn?rrj Trnmp Could Appreciate 1 Hie 1'oetlc (ienliiN. [Copyrijjlit, 1001, by C. B. Lew's.] Mr. Bowser had such n solemn look on his face when he reached home the other evening that Mrs. Bowser could not guess whether he had got another soft corn, failed in business or was about to come down with the measles. Ho did not leave her long in doubt, however. Drawing himself up with a good deal of dignity, he said: "You will perhaps recall that I joined the Shakespearean club about a.month ^ ago?" I remember that .you were out one night until 3 o'clock," she replied. "What If I was out ten nights till 3 o'clock? I think I am able to take care of myself." "Oh, certainly! Hut what about the . Shakospeareans? Are you going again tonight?" "Not tonight, but 1 have some work In connection with it.* The clu') has BETHUNED WITH PENOIIi AND PAI'F.H AND GOT SKATED. done me tlie lienor to nsk me to write and deliver nn ode to Shnkospenre. I thought I'd dnsli It off and let you go over It with me. i don't suppose you know an ode from a fall cheese?no woman does?but you can see if it reads smooth." "You?you don't mean that you are going to write an ode and deliver it?" she asked as she turned pale. "Certainly I aih. Why not?" ""But you hnve never written one, and ?snd""And what? Who told yon that I had never written an ode? Because I don't keep a ton or two of odes lying around the house you think I can't write one. eh? Well, don't you worry. y| * I'll Invent something to lilt the crowd. : and I'll deliver It In a way to bring J : - down tfce house. I'll get pencil and pal r> ' % TH E.. 0 Days; ER OUR STOCK vncT slicing :h, 1901. i ] fy x. r.n I I VX/ \J\Jt I I, Hanager. per nnu mane a rough tit-art." Mrs. Bowser made no reply. Slie would have given all her pin money for the next six months If she could have < escaped front the house for the next two hours, but she realized that It was impossible. The family cat stood uround for four or live minutes, as if wondering what she should do, and then got out of sight under the lounge. When Mr. Bowser returned with pencil and paper and got seated, he said: "The night I Joined the Shakespcnreans some of the members thought they saw a facial resemblance between me and Shakespeare. Did It ever strike you that way?" "There may be a faint resemblance," diplomatically replied Mrs. Bowser. "Well, it doesn't astonish me. Our ancestors were probably related. Now. here goes for the ode. An ode is?an ode. An ode Is rather high down. There are no Jerks and jingles about nr. ode, and the lines needn't always rhyme, l.eniuie see-- lemiue see." For the next two minutes Mrs. Bowser could hear her heart beats. Mr. Bowser sat and stared into vacancy and the eat came out of hiding and sat down and looked up into his face with a yearning expression, as if asking fo: an ode to herself. Inspiration cam* grudgingly. hut presently the "odeist" turned and wrote a few words ami said: "'The start Is always the worst, hut 1 think I've got it. I am going to lead off with ? "Beneath the budding trees ol spring 1 I'le tune my tyre and sweetly ting. "How does that strike you?" "I shouldn't exactly cull that an ode," replied Mrs. Itowser. "Then what is It?" "It's rhyme." "It's rhyme, of course, but It's an ode at the same time. I always mingle the two together when I can. I'll sweetly sing?sing sing? leinine see. Ah. 1 have it! And the first verse will now rend: "Bononth tho tin.Ming tree* of spring I'll tmi** niv tvrr and swrrtlv sinir. I'll >>i?>; ?tf one \vtio?o umit renown Ik known in every Kindle town. "Any fault to tlud with that?" "Only that It Isn't an otlo." "isn't an ode? If it Isn't an otlo. then What In thumlor won hi you call It? What are you grinning at, and what hi blades Is the cat looking at me that way for? Mrs. Bowser, I want no levity on this occasion. I have started out to write an ode, and odes and nonsense don't go together." "Will you let nie tell you that there Is a difference between an odo and a rhyme?" "No, I won't! I was writing odes to Napoleon, Washington and others hefore you could spell the word, and I want none of your impudence. What a fool 1 was to expect any assistance front you!" Mrs. Bowser wisely held her peace, and the eat turned her hack, and after Mr. Bowser had walked around the room three or four times he sat down ??Mg and wrote Tor live minute.*. Then smile came to his face, ami his go* nature was quite restored as lie said "She runs off as easy as grease, have finished the second verse ami w read it to you: "llis name is Shakespeare, And litis pen I Has honored hiu: anions all men. llis name will live ten thousand years, I I And o'er his Krave we'll shed our tears./ "Perhaps you'll say that's notJi ode? Where are you going?" Mrs. Bowser had started for tlicf-' to give vent to her feelings, hutl't? had to lialt and face him and cjkv down lier emotions. "Weren't you listening to tliatjecnml rni'uoV' I... -.-.i ' V..?. 1* ?ov ? uv PVIVH'I^ HMvl'U. I "Yes, of course, but I must sti^ay tbnt It Is not nn ode." "Oli, you must? Mow very Ind! Will the lady condescend to eJaln when and where she grnduatcdjs a Judge of odes?" "Mr. Bowser, before I read yfl an ode let's look in the dictionary al see what Webster says. I am sure v will find"? "Find nothing!" ho shouted t his collar began to turn red with h face and neck. "Don't you dare nttr.pt to j rend me an ode! Don't tell nn what I Webster, Worcester, Jones. Join on or any other man says about them 11 "But 1 want to show you Hit you are mistaken," she protested. 1 "Never?never In all this worhl You go right up to your room aul stay there!" Mrs. Bowser went, and the eat bund a refuge, and Mr. Bowser was looking around for something to kick over when the doorbell rang. Tie answered It to find a "weary William" confronting him. ".hist a crust of bread to keep life in nie till morning." said the tramp. "Do you know anything about poetry?" queried Mr. Bowser as a bright thought came to him. "I ought to. as I have published two volumes of it." was the reply. "Then come in. I've got part of an ode here I want your opinion of. and after you have given it we'll see about the crust. This Is to be an 'Ode to Shakespeare.' " "I see. 1 dedicated my last volume to him." "I am to read it before a club." "Exactly. I've been there myself. If It's a good tiling, tlie newspapers will want to publish it. I'm ail ready." Mr. Bowser looked around for the cat ind out into the hall to see if Mrs. bowser had sneaked dowu stairs and then read the first verse. The tramp had no remarks to make. lie stood with bent head and wabbling knees. Vtic second verse followed, and Mr. Bowser said: "That's as far as I have got. And bow do yon like It?" "Drop it, old man?drop It!" whispered "Weary." "What do yon mean?" "It will lead to suicide or murder." "Do you mean that you find fault witli my ode?" "It Isn't an ode; it isn't rhyme; it isn't verse. It's hog wash! I'm dying for a crust of bread, but I'm a poet, and when I hear such stuff as that 1 must" ? Then he went down the hall on wings, with Mr. Bowser after liim and the cat a good third. At the door there were a errnimle. a dozen cuss words and a great banging, and when Mrs. Bowser got dovvu stairs the caller had escaped. Mr. Bowser stood there with his shirt bosom torn out, his collar hanging by one end and his right eye turning plum color, but "William" had esca ped. "Is this the same ode or another one?" she asked after awhile. He took his hat olT the hall tree and flung it down and jumped on it, but uttered no word in reply. Ilis lyre was out of t tue. M. Quad. House Horned Hy Lightning. Oandi.eii, Fla., July v?The flue residence of J. Boling, 3 miles south ot Candler, was struck by liglituiug during a severe thunderstorm and burned to the ground in a few minutes. Mr. and Mrs, Boling were away from home, leaving four children in the house at the time of the accident. They were all rondered insensible by the shock. Two of the children recovered consciousness barely in time to drag the other two children, who were still insensible, from the burning building. The lower limbs of the oldest child of 11 years are paralyzed, ami it is unable to walk. 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