Daily Republican., 1890-04-04
NIL. AND MRS. BowsER.
BY MRS. DowsER.

Instead Of going down town after
breakfast tho other morning, Mr.. Bowser |
slipped up stairs, and when he came |
down again he had on his old clothes. |
Some changes had been made in the |
house by which he had gained q new
bedroom, and It ct once occurred 10 me
that MI. Bowser and his old clothes and
that bedroom were some way connected.
"You-you are not going to the office
this morning. aueried.
"No, ma'Am."
"You are not going to make gardsn?"
bedroom"
"How?"
swell, I shall paper the walls, to begin
WITH"
'Mr. Bowser. l wish you wouldn't I
telephoned for papsr-hanger yesterday
and he will b. here Tomorrow"
"And stopped last evening and told
him not TO come mp. l propose to have
that job done 10 style"
"But you can't hang paper"
"Ob, can't? Prepare yourself for q
surprise party. Mrs.. Bowssr, I don't
propose to have NO wild-eyed wall paper
artist around here for ton days to do what
can accomplish in one.
oVWoois oQA$hufy W8tA yUu QUb
to attempt 1t. You will only make q
failure OF 1t and then blame me-"
There will be peither failure nor
blame about 1t Iii show you the
paper"
He had 1t hidden In the barn. When
he brought 1t in and displayed It I felt
like crying. 1t was dark, cheap paper,
Of o pattern several years old, and was
prepared for his announcement that It
was Job lot which he had secured at
five cents roll.
az, .M NJ b Bo J; that room ought to have
"Had / rushed Of a. you do, Mrs.
Bowser, ! should have got gilt. Do you
know what the most eminent chemists of
the day declare? They say that gilt
paper in bedroom shortens life by many
years."
itp'
every likely"
swell, II ought toll Anyone who
would select such paper ought to live
500 yssrs md be ashamed of himself
"Mrs. Bowser, II you happen to haxs
outrageous taste IN thass sssss1rs I am not
to blame. ! don't propose to have my
house turned Into museum Just because
| yOu uhve w iuSh " nhrmouys WAls uii'
I'll the room u done, and then II you
don't agree with me tAat 1t 10 the pref
test bedroom you ever stepped Into I'll
buy you q new spring hat"
He went ahead, OF course. aud left
| him alone for couple OF hours. Whom
] Went up he had two strips on, and was
standing back TO survey them. Two
more strips, which had been pasted and
stuck on and then pulled of sgain lay
on the door.
"The corner Of The room Is mot exactly
plumb, you know" he said. "Thoss
brIctlayers and carpenters never get
corner within two inches Of true"
"No, suppose not. have read that
cSvery. What's this paper doing on the
fioori"
ooh, got enough so that could ex-
| pertinent = little. There 10 NO great
rush, you know. II i.n't case OF lie
and death and propose to develop some
artistic ideas 90 l 20 along"
"Well, you have made good start at
1t. That second strip 10 en- wrong side
up =.
"Iook for yourself. Here ia the vine
and here the leaves. The Leaves on one
strip are at the top, and ON the other at
buo uuttDh.
"Not much! Your eyes are out Of
true, and one of them sees higher than the
other. II you will now be so kind ~ to
disappear / will work out some new
IDEAS"
An hour later there was . crash up
stairs which awoke the baby, frightened
the cat into falling of the window sill,
and caused the cook to fly into the sitting
room and call out that a "sinclone" had
struck the house and brought down every
chimney. hurried upstairs to Mr..
Bowser. He sat in chair trying TO
I smile and look unconoerned, but one OF
the steps Of the ladder was gone and
knew that he had come down like load
| of stone.
"Did you call2" Iasked.
"Ms? Oh, no. am studying on an
idea"
There was paste ON his hair aud pieces
Of Wallpaper sticking to his back, but l
| withdrew without further remark.
When he came down at noon ! was 10
hopes he had abandoned the work. 1t
was evident he had lame back, and he
dragged one leg az he walked, aud /
thought 1t . fitting opportunity to say:
II wouldn't bother with that room any
more II were you. Ipresume you are
wsntcd at the oface."
10 your Inc once 10 locked up ana
have the key In my pocket"
"But why mot get paper haugerp
\ "Because | am going to do 1t myself.
| find that an . little short OF paper,
aud guess III telephone for more"
He gave an order for four double rolls
and after dinner went back 10 his labors.
locking the door sc that could not see
his work. About mid afternoon. how
ever, as ! listened at the door, heard
him growing:
Hang that carpenteri He didn't get
this wall within two feet of straight, and
that last "trip has got to come orr
just before supper he came down and
telephoned for two more rolls of paper
and forty feet more OF border, but he
looked 20 palc-fAcsd and oop.shouldered
and done out that hadn't the heart to
cay anything about the room. He fell
asleep In his chair while reading the
paper, and every few moments uttered .
groAn or Sigh.
4 Hs was paste and paper from head to
heel and back again, and could hardly
get up stAirs from the lamehess in his
lcgs and back. Next morning, as he
seemed undecided whether to 20 to the
once or upstairs, asked II shouldn't
te'epnons for the paper hanger. That
dscaasd him and hs fcplasd:
u Wouldn't bs ~ Jealous minded a.
you are, Mre. Bowser, for al. the money
IN ths world You are shaking in your