The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-09-06
a week from now YOU won't know

After a couple Of hours Mr.. Bowscr
poured of two quarts of dark liquid
wlichhgaye an Od0r similar to that of
a ripe cucumber flung against the
smOkc-housc door in August. Being
alone in the kitchen at the time, he
OF course, took down the roller towel
to strain it through. He then added
to the liquid half pint Of whisky,
half an ounce Of cloves, one nutmeg
and half a pound of sugar, and put
the whOe in an old fruit jar.
"Therc-that's off my mind" he
said as he returned to the sitting
room. "Thc dose, Mrs. Bowscr, will
be one tablespoonful three times a
day for you, and half that for the
baby"
"lf we need it,"
"If you need it. Do you suppose Id
so to all this trouble II we didn't need
it? | saw the collapse in your eyes ten
days ago, and | may not be in time
to save our child. The ignorance and
Obstinacy Of some women Is amazing"
She was interested in IA book and did
not care to pursue the argument fur
ther, and nothing more was said about
the tonic until bed time. Then he
went to the pantry and took hearty
pull at it, and he came out wiping off
his chin he said:
"YOu can begin tomorrow morning.
Lands but that is tonic. | really
feel year younger for that one dose"
"Thcn you won't need to buy any
other stuff this summer 2"
"Stuff Stuff That's you, Mrs.
Bowser! If you can't have your way
about things you are down on the
whole world. You can sit there and
pine away and become dime museum
skeleton if you want to. but here goes
for the elixir of life and five pounds of
fat per week !"
Nevertheless, in the course Of half
an hour, Mr.. BOwscr seemed restless
and anxious. AT bed time he was pale
and had Il scared look. At II o'clock,
after tossing around in troubled
sleep for an hour, he suddenly sat up
in bed and exclaimed:
"Mrs. Bowscr, II believe I'm a
dying man. There must have been
some poisonous root in that tonic.
Send for Il doctor at once -
IL don't see the need Of that" she
calmly replied. 1T will only make
expense for nothing. You have 1872
different bottles and boxes Of rene.
dies in the closet. Go down and take
II specific for summer invigoratol
poison
lie half fell out of bed, lighted the
night lamp and he was almost bent
double as he made way down stairs
Mrs. Bowser followed him half way
knowing what was coming. She heard
him gathering the bottles around fol
two or three minutes. and then, seem
ing to holl one in either hand, hi
muttered:
SIS this which, or that which, o
, which in thunder is which ? It's TIL,
first time / ever needed any medicine
, in the night, and now / can't tell ;
cure for hydr0phobia from Il rcmed!
! for fits. Mrs. Bowscrw
: "Well 2"
! Come down here. I'm dying Lool
, this Internal drug shop over and flint
me something to cure these collick,
pains y
o "All want is the mustard from th
pantry Shelf" she said; and In hal
+ an hour she had him in bed and aslee
4 again. Next morning he was as blith
q as If nothing had occurred, but jus
after breakfast, when she asked hin
r If he'd forgotten his summer tonic, h
turned on her with:
Mrs. BOwser, conscience should hav
l. prevented you from ever mentionin
those words again !"
"IIow?"
If "IIowm Am l blind? Can't l pu
e three and two together and max
e fve?"
e Explain yourself. Your languaq
% is ambiguous"
)f 81 understand all about the ambi
&c uOus business You were determine
4 not to take that tonic. You also mac
up your mind II / took 1t it would
!, the worse for me. Any jury in th
S. land would convict you on the cy
dcncc y
a. "What evidence 2"
,e "Ncycr you mind! Let your co
W science answer for you. l may feel
is my duty later on in the day to see
t. lawycr-scc lawyer, Mrs. BOwscr
h. and il so shall, of course, be guide
III by what he saysw
ly And he drew himself up with gre
dignity, put on his hat and walk
Ill out doors with feeling that Nj
ly Bowser would stay crushed for all da
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