The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-02-08

Wei. hope they will appreciate,
%.tat yon have done.
~ ht. "tronr-e they viii Any one
"f them you'd craHl ~ hi. hands ar.i
knees Ios me" '''''
"6t'i vii they he satisfied WITH
what yon i,aye ALREADY don. =
! itrir lnn 90. ifrou had yonr
way 'fheHf Il. you'd loci, the door
amt hnrn EN- ali up Satisfied OF
c"'2se theH will 10 ana are-nntr
ihan >;,f -
The bell rnng. and the .irl Sai,j Il
Wa> laau + see Mr.. 3aWSpr. H.
went I" Il" door. and the caller said
'4i9ti d"'lc" of y timt. to find yau.
"'d chap. hnt I've finally hit it. say.
de' Nop know my wife feels imposed
upon ION "ive that Clerk family the
best ROOMS ~ the huaSa. and thry ~.
no n=6f.ite1 team we are. I'll dn my
h~>t I" coax tie "ii wou,an tn Nehave
lf'.l >.'it itnweyer. bat vou vii, hiYr 10
r'''.1s ,iowa with some lin wuu1
- tof GTnb and fuel.
Nh Hawscr gave il ~ him ANA lll-
red hlm ont Of the house. pretend
ed not 10 have noticed ANYTHING. but
he continued to look anxious until
bedtime. We We're Just through
breakfast tncXt morning when Il woman
came to the door and inquired for Mr..
Bowser As he went into the hall she
said
''And is this the way vou treat
poor and unfortunate mily ~
9 Ny good woman. what is il ?"
A good deal, sir. Only one pen
stock for four families to get water at.
and there's rats in yom old shantv.
sir-rats, And do You know we have
no wood to burn Z? Think OF a Chris
tian man expecting people to get along
this weather without wood"
He gave her some money and hnr-
ned oft. and they gave him rest for
two OF three days. Then two women.
who had evidently been pulling hair
all the way over, reached our house as
Mr.. BowseH came u?. They wanted
something settled. They wanted it
settled then and there. They didn't
care SO much about the absence of a
door plate, but, as one Of them de
manded:
I'VE want to know, sir, who owns
them front door steps, and whose
children have the right to knock out
the window glass?"
don't know how he settled it.
When he came in lie looked 50 uncom
Portable that | did not ask any ques-
tons. Next dav there WAS man to
see him, and on the day following a
woman came to make complaint. and
for SIX weeks hardly day passed that
some Of his free tenants did not show
mp on ore excuse or another. The
l3ste Q { came from whole family
husband. wife and five children. We
Were in bed when they came. They
pulled the bell until Mr.. BoWser raised
a vinilow and asked what was wanted.
I'VE want yon to come down = re-
Piled the man.
And give an account Of yourself"
added the woman.
Mr.. Bowser went dsnn. They
gave him fits about. the water, the
stairs. the front gate, the woodshed.
the cellar and the ceilings. They
wanted all the other families turned
ont, the street paved, the house paint
ed and the rooms papered. They
We're ont Of meat, potatoes. wood and
floor He argued and discussed. and
finally told them to go to the county
house. At this they all jumped for
him, and nothing but strong door
saved him from violence.
'.Was it some one who wanted the
doctor :" | asked as he came up
stairs.
Mrs. Bowser, do you hear me p
he replied as he struck an attitudeu un-
der the dim gaslight.
Il did,
.'Ihen let me warn you that this
has gone far enough am done with
charity If yoa ever get me into an
other such scrape you'll hear from
my lawyer as soon as can file BILL"
.But didn't get
That's enough +, You'd seuirm out
Il knot hole III so over and set fire
to the whole business tomorrow :"
But that very night the old house
burned 20 the ground, and Mr. Bswser
didn't express his qualification that all
the inmates escaped in safety y.-De-
troit Free Press.