Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-05
MR.. AND MRS. BOwsER.
The Old Man Treats His wife 10 . sleigl
Ride.

| From the Detroit Free Press
At O'Clock the other afternoon accident
ally caught sight of Mr.. Bovser skulking about
the back yard. He had acted very restless at
dinner time, and at once felt that something
was wrong. caller came and could not get
out to the barn for half an hour. and then Il
was too late. horse stood in the stall, and
Mr.. Rowser stood looking at the horse.
"Have you-you-"I gasped.
'.Have / WHAT"
bought another horse, after those two
dreadful failures?"
Dreadful failures, bought one horse and
he objected TO the ncighborhood. The other
liked the neighborhood, but you objected 10
| his color
Mr. Bowser. please don't buy another
horse. We don't need one, you know, and you
| will surely get swindled"
/ ''Swindied. i get swndled on horsel Mrs
| Bowser the man who can swindle me on a horse
/ has yet TO be born. knowem from ears to
heels. 1 can read 'em like so many books. We
need horse. Here was a chance for a great
| bargain, and improved it
| I'm $3.50 sorry"
That's just like you, but can't help il. I
don't propose TO throw Sl00 over my shoulder
| l bought that animal for 500. and Just in time
| TO head of man who would have been glad
! TO pay $500. 1 wouldn't take 800 for him as
| he stands there"
was much put out. and after time Mr.
Bowser followed me into the house and said:
/ Just wait week, and if he doesn't turn out
all right IN sell him for $500 and give you the
/ extra $780,"
Nothing further was said until the next morn
ing. though in the meantime heard Mr.. Bow
ser telephoning about condition powders, bran
mashes, toe-weights, quarter-boots, handhold-
ers, and throat-sweaters Ii seemed TO me that
1 he ordered about $50 worth of those things
Twice in the night he got up and raised the
] back window to listen. and he ont of bed
and out to the barn with the first beams Of day
/ light. He came into breakfast with smile all
| over his face. and announced:
! Mrs. Bowser. yourself and your child are in
vited TO a sleigh ride after breakfast"
| You don't mean it,
"But do. Not only that, but I hope to
show you gait that will throw snow in the
| ewes of all who follow"
He had borrowed a neighbor's cutter and
bells. and after breakfast l got ready. Mr..
Boyser said il was better TO make our start
from the barn. and when l got out there
found lengthy raw-boned. wild-eyed equine
paving the floor and working his ears and
anxious to be off.
He looks dangerous" l said, after watching
him 4 minute
80 does stuffed lion but he isn't. How
ever, i you are coward I'll ask Mrs. johnson
4 to CO.
Mr.. Bowser, you are as pale as ghost and
/ all IN tremble. You are afraid of him your
self
"w-what! Afraid of him, or any other
horse living You can't go with me, Mrs.
Bowser, Go right into,the house -
| held the horse while he shut the barn door.
and sized the animal up a vicious brute. L
| fully expected a calamity of some sort, but
would not back out nor let Mr.. Bowser go alone.
entreated him to unhitch, but he glared at me
and replied:
Have Won gone clean daft? This horse is
as gentle rabbit. and I'd soon let the
baby drive him. Whoa, Claudius! Now You
may 60"
But Claudius didn't 60 He paved the earth
and the air, stood on his hind feet and seemed
I to have struck a circus
is this a blooded horse?" / asked of Mr.
Bowser who was looking puzzled.
| Certainly. He's a Fearnaught."
Then he doesn't fear rs, does he? And do
fearnaGght horses always 60 through these
cunning tricks before they start OFF,"
| Keep still Go on. Claudius"
| Claudius dropped down on all tours long
enough to use his hind feet and send the DASH
board of the cutter flying high above our heads.
| and as picked the slivers ont of my bonnet
asked Mr.. Bowser if he hadn't better let the
| baby drive. Just then the beast started. He
started with sort of hop, skip and Jump which
| gave me the impression that the cutter wanted
TO get over the fence into the next ward After
| getting start the horse laid himself out for a
run, and as / realized this said to Mr.. Bow
| SER whose eyes hung ont like onions:
He was warranted perfectly docile, wasn't
he? This is only his way of getting down town,
| isn't it?"
He's running awayr' shouted Mr.. Bowser,
as his hat blew off and a great clod of snow
whizzed by his ear
But you amt afraid of any horse living, you
know! It's probably some freak on the part of
Claudius. What delightful pacel"
| Whatever else could be said against the horse
he was a runner. He had a contract to draw
us at the rate OF a mile every three minutes,
| and he didn't stop to count the cost. How we
| managed to dodge street cars, sleighs, cutters
and trucks, and to turn three or four corners
| in safety / can't explain. but i: perhaps
| because had the lines and Mr.. Bowser was
| looking for a soft place to fall out on. The
| brute stopped after a two-mile dash, and when
| L brought him up to the curbstone a policeman
| had to lift Mr.. Bowser out and give him swal-
| low of cordial TO brace him up.
| II had almost stopped when a cramp caught
me-" explained Mr.. Bowser to the crowd
"Rats' called half a dozen voices. Say.
old man, you aren't fit to drive no such beast as
that
Nobody but fool would have bought such
a bruteI"
"Come off, old man, and buy you a hobby
| horsei"
didn't say much until we reached the house. /
| wasn't going to say much then, but Mr. Bowser
turned on me with:
Now, then, explain your conductr'
''What?"
I'm snatching those lines out of my hand and
| trying to make heroine of YOURSELF Mrs
Bowser. there is a limit to all things. You have
reached that limit! / may not be home again
| this week.
But he was. Indeed, he has been very hum
BILE ever since. He got rid of the horse next
day, gave me money for a spring bonnet, and it
is mutually understood that we don't refer to
the past.
MahoOanv No Lone Pnpr.lar
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