Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-03-07

was a man to see Mr.. Bow r. lie
went to the door and the caller
said:
"Had a deuce Of a time to
find you, old chap, bat rve f.
nally hit it. Say, do you
know my lie feels | IN po s g d
upon. You give that Clark family
the best rooms 10 the house aDd
they are no better than we are.
III do my best to coax the old
woman to behave herself, how eyer,
bat you will have to come down
with some tin. want FIVE dollars
for grub and fuel"
Mr.. Bowser gave it to him and
hurried him out of the house. 1
pretended not to have noticed any
thing, but he continued to look
anxious until bed time. We were
Just through breakfast next morn
ing when a woman came to the
door and inquired for Mr.. Bowser.
As be went into the hall she said:
"And Is this the way you treat
poor unfortunate fsmill!'
"My good woman, what is it9"
GA good deal, sir. Only one
penstock for four families to get
water at, and there's rats In your
old shanty, sir-rats! And do you
know we have no wood to burn?
Think of a Christian man expecting
people to get along this weather
without wood"
lie gave her some money and
hurried off, and they gave him a
rest for two or three days. Then
two women, who had evidently
been pulling hair all the way over,
reached our house as Mr.. Bowser
came up. They wanted something
settled. They wanted it settled
then aud there. They didn't care
so much about the absence of a
door. plate, but, as one of them
demanded:
ave want to know sir, who owns
them front door.steps, and whose
children have the right to knock
! out the window .glassl"
| don't know how he Settled it.
When he came in he looked so un-
comfortable that 1 dill not ask any
questions. Next day there was a
man to see him, and on the day fol-
lowing, a woman came to make
complaint, and for six weeks hard
ly day passed that some of his
free tenants did not show up on
one excuse or another. The last
one came from a whole family-hus-
band, wife and five children. We
we're in bed when they came. They
pulled til bell until Mr.. Bowser
raised q window and asked what
was wanted,
"We want you to come doTnp'
replied the man.
"And give an account of your
self" added the woman.
Mr.. Bowser went down. They
gave him fits about the water, the
stairs, the front gate, the wood
shed, the cellar and the ceilings
They wanted all the other families
turned out, the street paved, the
house painted and the rooms pa
pered, They we're out of meat, po
tatoes. wood and -four. lie argued
and discussed, and finally told
them to go to the county house
At this they all jumped for him
and nothing but a strong door
saved him from violence.
"Was 1T some one who wanted
the doctori" | asked, IA he came
upstairs.
"Mrs. Bowser, DO yon hear mef'
} be replied, as he struck all attitude
under the dim gas-light.
81 do"
"Then let me warn you that thi
! has gone far enoughl | am don
: with charity! II you ever get NJ,
, into another such scrape you'll hea
: from my lawyer as soon as cal
, file a billp
, "But didn't get"
E "Thays enoughl You'd squirr
, out of a knot holo! III go owe
and set fire to The whole busines
, tomorrow"
But that very night the old hous
burned to the grnnd, and Mr.. Bow
ser didn't express his grahicatio
that all the inmates escaped i
safely.-DetrOit Free Press.
8 Lost the lob.