Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-05-01
,an. AND MRS. BowsEIs.


swell. get r1adyp said Mr., Bowser a
he entered the house the other evening in
apparent great good humor.
"Who's coning?" asked.
"Somebody has come"
"Aunt JAne?"
"No-sprink. ] fain would alng with
the poet:
'Ohi tho merrfe. merrie springtime,
With its many buds and blossoinsl,"
''Mr. Bowser, was already possessed
Of the knowledge that spring had APP
"WsIl, ret ready. Smith and have
planned that the two families OF US will
take trip 70 The green woods tomorrow,
We ere going 10 drive out with bis team.
Il Well take lunch along and ramble and
Gull flowers and climb trees and have
day OUT
"Ycu don'tl That's you to . doti
s xSS always play mule whenever plan
"Mr. Bowssr, the woods are wet--that
10, the ground 10 wet. There may be
ono bud somewhere within fifty miles OF
Detroit, but you won't find 1t. It lie also
too carly for flowers. You would come
homo mad II we went"
~ would, chi Well, I am going Just
the same, and II you don't want to 60
along you can stay home. Come home
madi Ono would think from the way
lyou talked that / was always on the
"Rsmember, Mr.. Bower, oppose this
scheme. It's . month too early. Ifyou
are disappointed you can't lay It to me. IS
"Who ever laid anything to your"
you have.
''Nevsri No man in this world Is more
ready and willing to father his own mis-
takes than am"
1t was settled that we should 70. 1t
had to be settled that way, OF course.
Mrs. Smith came over during the even
ing aud let me know that she was also
opposed to It, but had promised to go for
the sake OF thu. ride out and back. Each
OF us put up Lunch, and a. soon al
breakfast was disposed Of next morning
, we were all ready to 90. Mr.. Bowser go
up singing something about "the flower
, that bioomed 10 the WILDWOOD" and ever
whom he found Q cold northeast wiut
blowing and winter overcoat necessary
his enthusiasm was not diminished. Al
we reached tollgate In the suburbs o
the city Mr.. Bowser asked Of the oil,
man who took the toll:
"How far !, IL out to where we cal
IpicnicP
THAT'S according to when you wan
| to picnic" he replied. III you want Il
picnlc now I'll hire you that shed, whiol
has stove IN II. II you want to wal
six weeks you eau fnd piece Of Wood
about three miles on.
None OF US said anything In reply, bn
. I noticed Mr.. Bowser's lower Jaw take
drop. l noticed, furthermore. that q
wa passed tree after tree without sign Q
bud he began to bitch about uneasily.
finally inquired Of him:
"Mr. Bowser, how far is 1t to the gree
iorest?"
"You Will probably get there when tn
rest of us DO" he sweetly replied, rs
turned up tile collar of bis overcoat.
We got there at last. That Is, W
: reached piece Of woods. There wa
! nothing green about them, aud Mi
y Smith seemed bit disappointed. Nj
t Bowser wouldn't give in, however, bu
I declared that he felt like new man. H
Y said that tho scent Of Wild flowers whic
/. came to him carried him back over
d period Of twenty years. We couldn'
: SEQ any of the flowers mentioned, bu
4 after making the team secure we set on
i to look for them. We hadn't gone A,
rods before Mr.. Smith discovered
| punch Vi ktttu thDc1y uuA otN q
Z found leek. These discoveries allied thel
u with enthusiasm, AID they prance
4 around like two colte. Tue only 1nlsha
v which occurred before luncheon wa
( brought about by Mr.. Bowser's frisk
ness. He saw an old birds nest on
, bnsh and galioped of 10 get 1t, an
falling over q log no broke both suspen
ders, Ripped his coat up tue back m
. covered himself with black dirt. helpe
10 brush him OF, and he appeared t
enjoy the Joke as much as Smith did, bu
as soon as he could find opportunity
said to me:
"It has turned out just as I said
wouldW
I. "well. didn't tell you ii was to
early to comet
"No, ma'ami But for you l neve
should have thought OF comiDg"
We ate our luncheon sitting on log
The ehldren's teeth chartered as the,
waited, and when Mre. Smith found he
feet wet she insisted that Smith build
n fire. He complied, ard was rewarded
by thanks all around and the fall OF
n few snow ilakes.
o We should have gone home but TO
\ Mr., Bowser. He Insisted on culling thu
a Wild flower, and after . time disappeare,
from sight Presently we heard hin
Yelling as II In trouble, and when we hat
: run to the spot we found him lynn
punched under tho tree. He had sighted
a bud and attempted to get 1t and me
with a fall. He proved to be NOR
= tcar cd than hurt, however, and when w
had lifted him 10 his feet he managed T.
hobble to the fire.
"What on earth possessed you u
climb q treef, asked Smith with a goo
deal of acid in his voice.
because l felt like II" replied Mr.
Bowscr.
"Well, why don't You feel like goin!
and diving head frat into that marshi
II shall II l want to-"
"a man OF your age, and one rs olums
as you are, ought TO know better than :
be prancing around like cali,
growled Smith. ..You might hay
broken your neck"
alt wouldn't have cost you anything,
retorted Bowser, and just then he foun
opportunity to say to me:
"Well, you see what your nonsens
has brought sboutr,
II "My nonsense3 Howl"
"Coming out here"
Z "But opposed 1t from the very start
= Didn't l toll you-"
"Nevcri knew how 1t would be, bu
l gave In to humor your whm. Mrs
Dowser, this Ia the-p'
But at that moment q farmer appeare
before us, coming out of the woods, an
y y after looking the crowd over he qusried
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