Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-12-20
Mr.. AND MRS. B0WSER.

The other night | Was taken With
a sol of pleuisy pain, and | lnuged
MIR. Bowser and asked him to get
NJ and mix me mustard plaster.
lie lay on the broad of his back,
hands locked under his neck, and
was snoring as If hired to give a
performance on a fog
horn.
"Eh! Yes,D he growled, as | mug
ed him.
"Nlr. Bowser, get upl"
"Yum Lemme 'lonew
"Mr. Bowser, am in great psinP
eyes, know"
"Will you get up 7"
"Whaz mazzer now 2" be demand.
ed. as ne tried to sit up in bed.
al am threatened with pleurisy."
"IIey Who is iti"
81 am threatened with pleurisy
and / do wish you would get up and
mix mustard plaster for me-"
"Bosh ~ he growled, now fully
awake. "You just lie quiet and
the pain will go away"
lie dropped back and began to
snore again, but after ten minutes
hard work l got him out OF bed.
lie sat on the e6ge, staring blankly
into vacancy, and ready to tall
back any moment, and even while
was telling him that l might not
live I'LL morning he fell over, kick
ed himself under the clothes and
went to sleep while 1 was pulling
his hair.
\ night or two later, just after
the bells had struck IL, dreamed
that | was being chased by a loco
motiye. It gave an extra toot and
awoke me, and | discovered that
toet to be Mr.. Bowser's voice
groaning:
"For the l,nd's sake, get up or
| shall be a dad man."
"What is itW
"Terrible cramps in my stomach.
I'm Just tied in knotw
"Oh, it's only passing pain,' l
replied as sought the pillow
again. "Lic still and it will soon
90 off,
"Lie still! thunder !" he yelled, as
he got one leg out of bed. 81 tell
YOU shall be corpse within an
hour if | don't get reliet!"
"Well, you'll find the Jamaica
ginger on the sldeboard. Take a
blg dose of it in wlne."
"pll never find it! OH Heay'
ems, what pam y
wanted to get up, of course,
but was determined to pay him
back in lis own coin. therefore
apparently fell asleep, and after
hanging around the room for a few
minutes he went out. lie was
back again in three minutes, how
ever, to eXclaim:
"And are you gong to lay there
and let me die like a sick horse y
"But you didn't get up for me-
al know it, but that was because
I-I-whoopl Blue blazes, but ]
know I'm dying~
had to get mp, Of course, and
Of course, | had him relieved in a
quarter Of an hour. Man like, he
was frightened to death at a pain
which he would have expected me
to keep perfectly still about.
Mr. Bowser is also like all othel
husbands in another matter. W.
got started for the theatre the
other night and discovered tha
had forgotten my opera glasses
He offered to run back for them
aud | said:
"They are hanging in the bal
on the gas Jet on the left hand sid
of our dresser. You can't fail t
find them"
Five minutes slipped away-the
ten-then hurried back mysel
! He WAS seated IN char in tn
hall, hat aud overcOat Oft, and as
opened the door he growled:
"Might as well take of yor
thinesw
"But why ~
1--WE are not going to any theatl
this nightw
"Not going! Has anything ha
' pened ~
81 should say there had! IL
, looked this internal house fro
> top to bottom for those glassf
u and they are not to be foun
" " ell put III our evening trying
T. discover whether they are in {
. garret or down in the vegetaI
" cellar"
,. "Come up stairs.'
II He followed after, and the
hung the bag just where | had u