The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-25
MK. AND MRS. BOWsEK.
MIR. Bowser Undertakes 10 Handie
Mrs. BOwscr's Trunk.

wish you'd lock Auu etfsp ~, ~" '''e'
Howser. who was ready for yourhev, e
10 her liege lord the other evening. v
sup.ose ought to have called IN man
ms afternoon 10 do 1t, but II sIipped my b
mind cnu'ely. ~, ~ y
"Callcd in man." echoed Mr.. bow
ser. "If it's got SO that ! cant buckle
strap aud turn Key ~ te''er "a"s W
for sign somew here. y
IL know, dear, bu, last time You snow
what trouble you hsu al" ~" mo"
got before .w,Aa
.oa never got mad Ii all husbands '
:. .ere a.eyen tempered and good natnred y
ssI am wives would have mighty 'i'ue ,
n cnmplsin Of 10 this world. misht
a. well bring IL down, too, whie I'd
about II. II don't do j, the express,
mar will hang the house all to pieces.
A., Rovse trotted upstairs whis''i"g
.The Ola @ ken Bucket" AMI hat pee"
loona about minute when he called over
1.-The bslus'er: ., -, .alo
Mrs. Bowser, if you intend 70 'aKc
III ia bureaus. beAsteais, mattresses
.laud spring. you've forgotten some o'
them" a.,
| what do you mean
.,n., ike \ woman. You've gone
IA .llI
J and hacked aud jammed and hs'eu y, va
: no forty neu could lock this trunk!
: .Why. dear. the trunk isn't hsfoi!
! slhalf mr. Am only going 10 s'ay a,
4 week. ank 40 took only what "'s"'
need Tor the few days. 49,. s,,
The cover wouldn't shut within io"t
!, Inches Mr.. Bowser had discovered ''a.
!, l,acr before he called out ne u'u"
want 10 make any mistake. .ie hau'e"
,hs ,,u,I into the middle Of the room
: and walked around il. Then he seizcu
4, one handle and heiteu ". 20 3,
..rb. crit,er weighs 2OCOO poun's " "
u wa;uhs nm ounce !" be mnttered as ne 'e,
.aii, down. 1T can't bull me though. !,
:, lye, i, down il the root comes VIZ" "'o .
no Nv weight ought TO brius me cover
liIdown!" hohhel
y anaa anvn Il was almost a 60, bu'
M Quite. Then he got on his ha"u,
sud tuees aud bobbed and sagxed, ano
~ ~ ,ne hs.p w.s sliding into the slot wne'
alMr Row ser gave an extra UoD ano los
DIS his hold. 90,
M ~, .Mr. Eow.er. what on earth are yot
:" r,;,g 10 du?" shouted Mrs. Bowse
:. iron The loot Of the stairs. as tbe "a
~. xtures ceased shaking aud tue WAL
ad finally quit trembling. 4,
49, who's locking this inferns o.
=" ,runk ?, he ficrcely demanded as
nc. gathered himself NJ.
!, She made no answer. ana oy Ca'e'"
,,h liz selected flank movement, aided oy "
i, 22O pounds svoirdupois. he JAmne" ~
I, lnasp in place with such vigor 'na. :. -
.hiHples on the root lifted up IN" Is
hslback again. The key was In me ioe'
r. hut IL refused TO turn. tie 'riea y M,
10 dozen times, but II was no GO ap" :
mo nad lust hauled oil TO KICK 'ne NJ
y.r west aide Of the ou'ht 10 wne" -
des Bowser appeared to inquire
.Ab. YOU have got the cover 10"
lhp, have YOU locked il yei9'
'"s ''' ~, cant be locked. You've probsn
~" 80, ,he lev of the barn door in tue loo
do See that ~ - ;,
,on "But YOU are turning tue Key y
~" on, wrong way, Mr.. Bowser.'
~, ~ am anil? II I've lived TO be ior'
,h,es ,e.r- old and don't know how
X urn Trunk KEY l want TO be M on
head with a tannery! cay u wo
,ade lock-" 4, w
q click lie was about to take his q
""s, am oath that il wasn't locked. when
90, downa leather strap and said
80 Here. let me show you how 70 s''
s,aa : trunk. Lift up that end. !,
.Nhos bossing this johI" he ssKen
49, hoarse whisper. IL came up here
aaa, ihreak nv shins, pull my lungs OUT
.,,,e lcompletely wreck my burned o'a AZ
,;aa omy on this internal trunk, ana W
INA, want any OF your help! \.
When she had gone he got me q
Under the trunk. Then he calmly
MA AM. cn,l through the buckle. bracen
kuees against the trunk and sagged o
~. ue meant to cut the trunk right ~
s,,ct mt his hands slipped and the oacK
his head hit one OF the y
..;,h ~ the bed before 1t did the carpet.
49, 49,, was seeing stars and pinwheels ana
Il, he rockets by the million when MRS.
~ fail ser called: ,.;.o
,be master of the parlor ceiling
hard you cant strap '"a' "'""
Lcu. -eli!'
.Strap! Strap!" he muttered a.
sky-rocke,s qnit shooting and ne sal
80 I'm. .Wby. IN strap the burned thin
m, a so tiuht that Il " i'll take yoke OF
rancor. TO loosen ~. "''n'"0 W..
n the ag'inl' -, 80, ~ -
sdiencel lie go' W ~" l.rg
Piles tolran out an" n's wv. ~ ,on.na =
.,uclle foupd a hole he had game
,nch over the old one. tie fondl
is not lured that he had ii'te" ono .'"o
'xisling house Al least 'oot anu n's '".o -.
K along grin as Mrs. bowser oS"1 P'''
aud the stairs and querieh' !.
Il OF an do YOU think you %" ke'
alone" ,
vi can't IN ring up the fire d
men,." he growi,d In reply.
teacher "Well, be careful, How 90 y
ich che pect 70 get runs u'~ 49,, con"
not the will surely ge' n"s' 80. ,s,,;no