Daily Republican., 1889-11-02

at will rain tonight"
"Whati do you still stick TO thati"
u do"
"Well, you are goslinl say It won't
rails. What ! say you can depend on.
II # rains tonight I'll buy you ten silk
dresses Tomorrow"
At ll.30 o'clock,,that night the patter of
the rain on the tin roof OF bay window
woke me up, and elbowed Mr.. Bowser
and gave him the information.
"kainl Rainl That's not rain!" he
answered.
but It IT,"
81 say it isn'tl Some boy is throwing
gravel on the tin
| got ont OF bed and opened the win
dow, aud the rain was comiUg down with
q steady pour.
"Do you hear that, Mr.. Bowser?"
mo, ma'am, don't. That Is, don't
hear any rain. while twig tho little put
up job. You've got the cook up In the
third'story window pouring water
down"
Next morning | asked him to look out
and tell me whether II had rsined or no :.
mo, ma'am, H. hasn't" he replied as
he drew IN his head.
'lsn't the earth all wet, and don't you
see water ia the gutlors?"
"That's dew. 1t always falls that way
at this time OF year."
"Mr. Bowscr, do you mean to tell me
it hasn't rainelP
81 do. ! said II wouldn't, and It
hasn't. One OF the FIRE steamers may
have been up here pumping out cis-
tern, but It hasn't rained."
Aud TO this day he sticks to II al
though l proved my case by every neigh.
Dor aud the signal Office.
We wanted carpet for one of the bed
rooms, and mentioned that l thought
we had better get u velvet.
| whats the matter with tapestry" he
querird.
"ll's too common, aud there's no wear
to IT,"
you talk as If You knew all about
carpets. When did tapestry become
c0mmonr"
at always has been common. 1t is
only one grade above ingram"
"Oh, f. isn'tl Wei, take great pleas
ure IN Informing you that you are away
oil. What you don'tknow about carpets
would ill hook"
"Rut you know all about 'em?"
"Certainly. Every intelligent man
does, especially II he is married. Tapes
~ 40 JAh OtEhb W haNt huoWh
the last 20 years, ranks next to Amin
ster.
ut can't be-"
"Dldn't / say it did? If l didn't
know, why should say sol First comes
hemp, then two-ply aud threr-ply in-
grain, and the last is followed by Brus.
sells, velvets, moquettts, tapestries and
administers. You'd better write 'em
down" ..-
''Mr. Bowser, you are wrong, as / viii
prove TO you. Tapestry is below body
Brussels in grade AMI price. can buy
taptstiy as low Us 65 cents per yard"
oh, well, 1t S no Use to dispute with q
bigot. You happened to misspeak your
teli ard get 1t that way, and SO you are
Determined to stick 1t out Well drop
tue subject"
"Dare you meet me at the carpet store
this aft rnoon?" demanded.
"Daredl | should say darel You
can't bluff me In that way, Mrs. Bowserl
Tll meet you ther, at O'Clock and after
you have been made to slug sma hope
you Will take the lesson 10 tart aud
reap It's benefits. Bring the measure OF
the roum with you"
l met him at the hour named. He
ooked al me 10 a plying way, and
think he felt sorry for me from the bot
tom oil his heart.
"We want to look at some tapestry
carpet" he said to the clerk, as we en-
tered the elevator.
We were carried up two or three flights,
given seats by the windows, aud as roll
after roll OF carpet was displayed, the
clerk said;
9Th Sc are all the new Fall patterns in
tapestries and the prices are very low.
! can sell you any pattern on tine floor
for 90.
Mr.. Bowser's mouth gave n twItch at
the lett hand corner, followed by a sud
den contraction at the right, and he was
a little horse as he Observed:
eff these are only 90 cents them mo.
QUOTES can't be oyer 49,"
81 can sell you moquettes as low az
fL75, but you don't want Fem. You
want one for about 50 25."
There was q spasmodic movement
through Mr.. Bowser's entire system as he
queried:
"What ia a velvet WORTH"
"About So"
"And body Brusselsp
"From 81 up"
"Do you mean to tell me-" demanded
Mr.. Bowser, as he rose; "that tapestry /,
tile cheapest OF tne lOtf
"s by, certainly"
Cheaper than velvet or moQuettep
"Oi course. Tapestry ranks only one
grade above iugrsin."
II don't believe I'll You are certainly
mistakenl"
"But 1t can't he. Any carpet man In
town will tell you the same. Even your
wife must know that"
That finished Mr.. Bowser. The last
sentence also finished me. He knew he
was beaten, but he was determined not to
give in. He therefore swallowed the
lump In his throat and said.
81 beg to still differ with you. You
have got the case turned end for end. but
am too honorable to take advantage Of
you. 1t is the tapestry which Is worth
S1.75 instead OF the moqueltes. Here's
the pattern that suits US. and l want 1S
yards. Make the bill at IA shillings a
yard"
every WE'LL" replied the puzzled clerk,
aud the carpet was laid and paid Tor OIL
that basis, aud It is down 10 stay until
worn out. I've had half a dozen lady
friends drop in and incidentally inquire
why we got such cheap, shabby carpet
but they are no sooner gone than vi
hobs Mr.. Bowser aud says:
"There goes another numb-skulli It'll
mighty funny how you people have lei
carpet men impose on you for the lss'
dozl N Vearsl 1t they'd tell Won that rad