The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-03
How speepenAyae Daih . Fountain

How spoopenAyae Dai1s . Fountain.
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 ~My dear.- said Mir. Spccpendyke. a. he planted the noxzle of the street spFink- Ter and braoed II up with hrtcks 70 II would squirt straight up ''my dear, that makes considerable of fountain. wish 1 had thoughs of t beScre.-
 Upon my word" giggied Mrs. Spoop- endyke, why you really are an inventor. | That's the best fountain 1 ever saw: but how are you gong to take 1t down. and Mrs. Spcopendyke contemplated the fountain with considerable mssgwing. Don't van, to take it down., grunsed Mir. Spoopendyke. Fl, comes down it. self by the natural law of gravitafion. Did you suppose that water intended to squirt up in the air and wait kor me to oung 1t down on a epladder: Got some kind of notion that was going to tic rope ssonnd that water and haul it down, hadn't yes We'll, I'm not. and I'm not going to of5er s any chromos to come down. either.r And Mir. Spccpendyke seated himself on the lower step and eyed ! his fountain with great deal of satisfacs ton.
 '.kow long are you going to ies i, squirT' asked Mrs. Spoopendyke. anx- ious to have the trouble begin that Il might be over sooner.
 "Oh. l guess about twenty feet. re piled Mir. Spoopendyke. measuring the height of the stream with his eye and chuckhng 10 himself. That's abou, as long as the pressure ~iH permit. and thought I'd let 1t go that lar before hi,ched II up." And Mir. Spoopendyke shook all over Is the fufl strength of his Joke impressed itself upon him.
 Mrs. Spoopendyke watched ,he play of the fountain in silence.
 .Frzps you think can't get that foun- tam apart without getting wet" sad NIT. 1 Spoopcndyke al length. Maybe you have imbibcd the idea tha, ::~hen turn the water of I'm going to be soaked. Well. I'm not. The head tha, invented this fountain knows how to keep itself dH.' And Mir. spoopendyke got up and walked around his prize. his face beam ing with smiles The water was falling in perfect shower on the key box. and in the afternoon sun the fountain looked very pretty.
 Mrs. Spoopendyke made no response. bu, patiently awaited developments.
 Now bring me the umbrella" sand Mir. Spoopendyke, preparing himself for the closing triumph. Hiring forth the hep. untamed umbrellar' and as Mrs ! Spoopcndyke handed 1t to him he raised il, picked up his key and approached the stream. The umbrella protected him inc hut ks~ he. si to turn the water of the hissing shaf, struck under the gingham. and, raising i the arnbrciia with vicious Icrk. tipped Mir Spoopendykc on his beam ends. &..Dod gasi the meaSly squirt. he yelled, as >een as he recovered breath. What did you van, 10 aurao, my atten- ton for" and he shook the umbrella at his wife. as he rose dripping To his feet. Another tune when I'm iising ,his ioun- | tain you get under the bed; ye hear" and Mir Apoopendyke glared around and approached the enemy once more.
 This time he held the umbrella straight out before him. groping along behind Ii with the key He had almos reached the l rod when the stream struck Inc outside of the umbrella, and as ii whirled NIT. ] Spoopendyke spun around, landing m 1 sitting posture on the fountain, which l lifted him about foot and rolled him m the gutter.
 That's what ye were waiting ,o sec, was II :" he shouted. as he climbed 10 his feet and shook hls fist at his wife. .. Been roasting UP thex to watch this display of i genus against brute force. Go, an idea I hid away somewhere tha; this fountain and me ain't on friendly terms" And he whanged the umbrella across the steadily pouring stream. gos caught once more and landed Tn the gutter again. this tune on the back of his neck. How q 'ye like i the show = he squcalcd. bounding 10 h,s feet. There's going to be a concert after the circus And he charged once again with his umbrella. which ihis time was erkcd out ot his hands and rolled over In the street. .' Procure your tio ke,s from the gentlcmanly ushers;" and he grabbed his weapon and made another onslaught Not that the circus perform anec IS concluded = he continued as he fell clear over the stream and rolled into the umbrella. The best is yet 10 come" i and m trying to s,raightcn the umbrella. which had turned inside out. he caught i the fountain asain and siid down on I 10 the curbs,one with sound like a bung ! starter on barrel.
 My dear, shy don't you began Mrs. Spoopendyke
 Amt 7" roa-ed her husband Ter haps you know more about the habits of the dod gas,ed thing than do v and he slammed a, II with the umbrella and kicked at !, until his leg was loose. May i be you ve goi some political influence here .' and lowering his head beb,nd the umbrella l,e charged again. The water i tipped the umbrella straight. poured up into i, and fell in deluge on MT. poop endyke's head and shoulders. Don't be alarmed. ladies ''he squeaied- There's no dangerr and he smashed the uYnbrel- Ia down over 1t. like an extinguisher. "A competent corps of dod gzsted officials always on hand - but at this junction the umbrella ripped from handle 10 whale bone tip, the stream caught Mir. Spoop-