The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21


l must kiss you. There, take thatr'
"Oh, pshaw! I'm good. of course,
but no better than u husband ought to
be. I'll get the step ladder and begin
b, taking the pictures down."
Il suppose you could get colored
man to do the climbing and lifting"
"Yes. but l won't. Iwant no stran-
ger rambling through our house and
picking up things"
He got the ladder and began work,
and from the way he whistled 1 think
he enjoyed it for about half an hour.
In that time he took down a dozen
pictures and carried en- up two flights
of stairs to the store room, but as I
went up with the buster he said:
"Why didn't I think to put an eleva-
tor nto the house? And the man who
made this step-ladder ought to be shot!
l believe I've climbed mile or more.
What you got there?"
1.-THE duster.''
What forP"
TO dust the pictures with"
HIM! Well, hand it here"
HE came down twenty minutes
later, his collar all limp. his hair damp
and his face covered with dust, and as
he sank into chair with groan
said:
Il thought it would be too much for
you"
"Oh, you did! Well 1 want you to
understand that it is simply fun for
me. I'll make this house look sick be-
fore tomorrow noon, and before night
we'll he all through with houses clean
ing"
mot quite rs soon as that
Won't wep See if we don't. This
taking week or ten days to do lit
tie cleaning is played out don't
propose to dilly- daily over this job"
That night when he went to
BET he groaned and sighed,
and in his sleep he muttered and
scolded. and about midnight he woke
me up by saying:
"You bet l will! I'll finish the
whole thing by noon!"
Mr.. Bowser acted sore and stiff next
morning. but after breakfast he put on
an old suit of clothes and began work.
We decided to clean the parlor first,
and he moved out. all the furniture
with whew. In his whew he tore
down the poles at tho bay window. rip
ped one of the curtains two feet or
more. upset chair and broke the back.
and in pushing the piano out he skim
ed his knuckles and broke his suspen-
ders at one and the Same instant He
jumped three feet high in his indigna-
ton. and as he came down he turned
on me with:
Where in blazes is the ak, or a
sledge-hammer, or a maui, or some
thing to knock this Internal piano to
pieces!'
"Mr. Bowser. suggested that you
get man to help you"
''Oh, you did! Why didn't you sug-
gest that I set the house on fire and do
the cleaning that way! Look at that
hand! And here's these suspenders
gone!"
I Modified him after awhile. and he
finally expressed his willingness to take
hold again.
Il suppose these carpets will 60 to
the beatersp" queried.
Not MUCH" he replied. Il don't
propose to pay five or six dollars to
have someone pound this carpet for
ten minutes. I've beaten more carpets
than you We got hairs in your head. and
Til show you Job on THU"
He set out to pull up the tacks, but
after pulling five or six he broke out
with something about blazes and grab
bed the carpet and heaved away. The
tacks came up until he reached seam
and then there was "TRIP down the
breadth. This was repeated five or six
times before he had the carpet up. and
then he piled it in the middle of the
floor and sat down on the windowsill
to favor his back.
sits hard work." observed. as he
painted and pasped.
Il don't see it." he presently re-
piled. '.Even if it was, we've got
half the house done, and it is not yet
9 o. clock"
Bye-and-bye he dragged the carpet
out and hung it over the clothesline.
had just left him for minute TO see
what allied baby when heard furious
veil. ran back and Mr.. Bowser was
prancing around the yard and shaking
one hand aloft He had grasped a tack
He had only Gained and seized the car
pet again to lift it over the line when
he got three or four at once, and for
five minutes there was a circus. The
performance might have continued to
this date had not succeeded In head
ing Mr.. Bowser off as he came around
the circle and warned him that all the
neighbors on the other street were at
their windows. Then he sat down on
the back steps and seemed to look into
the far.away for long time. The red
color had worked out of his suspedders
into his shirt. his bulk had shruhk
away one-fourth, and in his excitement
his wig had come off and been tramp
led under foot A very impudent hoy
on the fence asked him how he liked it
as far as he had gone. and the driver
for q carpet-beater's wagon came
along soon after and called out:
'.Hey. old Tacks, do you want o jobP"