West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-12
ar. AND MRS. BOMsER.

N boy called at the door to leave n
bundle and as Mrs. Bowser caught
sight of It she turned to her lIege
lord and asked
well, is it another re.escape or
what 20
Mrs Bowser," he said as he
carried the bundle IN the sitting.
room, s'do you remember saying
the. other day that tho back bed
room upstairs needed repaperIng?"
Yes. said So"
"And you asked me TO speak 10
paper hanger abou it,"
81 have bought tho paper for the
room, madam / didn't propose
TO have you trotting down to the
store every day for six weeks to Sc
lect aud purchase five rolls of wall
paper"
.But II wanted to select ito
Eyes, | presume so, but the pa
per is here before you. Instead of
being six weeks about it | selected
it IN about three minutes. There
1T is and how do you like il ?"
'.Why MIR. Bowser, its almost
black" she gasped.
Certainly, | prefer IA dark pa
per-"
And it's hall paper"
eyes. you could put it on hall
II you wanted to. but we shall put
it on bedroom. Isn't it artis.
tistic ?"
cit is simply frightfuI."
"fhat's as one has been brought
mp, Mrs. Bowser. AS you were
born and reared IN log house,
witha frog pond in rear and brick
yard in front. OF course you know
nothing about art. If the pattern
portrayed yalIer dog chasing "A
wall eyed cat through cabbage
garden, you'd probably go into &C.
stasies about it,"
v"Who is going to rut it on the
wall ?'' asked Mrs. Bowser, deem
ing it polite to ignore his sarcasm.
"A chap about my sIze.''
but you-yon--"
''Stop right there, Mrs. Bowser. i
am not going to pay paper hanger
$50 or $40 and havc HIM around
the house fortnight to do what
can do in two hours. I'll put this
paper on the wall as if it grew
there, and I'll do it this very even.
ing. You justtel the girl tn make
me pan OF paste aud then sit
down and fold your hands or stick
your nose in novel. You won't
be troubled in the slightest. IN
get the stepladder and change nv
clothes, and if i don't make as neat
job of it as you ever saw, I'll eat
my hat"
"Mr. Bowser," said Mrs. Bowser,
AS she accompanied him to the foot
OF the stairs, "can't prevail upon
you TO let me see that room 90
why should leave that room
alone? 1t needs repapering. l can
do it. | need the exercise. | can
save money 10 buy new fall over
coat. What is the matter with YOU
Mrs. Bowser ?'
Something will happen-and
yoa will get mad and blame me
and"
THAT will do, Mrs. Bowser -?
just get out your novel and sit
down to read. Nothing will hap
pen aud no one will get mad and
the work will be finished by 10
o'clock.
He ran upstairs and she Turned
away to give instructions to the
cook to make the paste and carry
it up. A quarter of an hour later
MIR. Bowser was at work. lie
cleared the room Of all the furni-
ture but the bed. got an old table
out Of the store room to paste on,
and when Mrs. BOwser looked in
at him he was FASTING bis first strip
on the wall.
You must have guessed at the
length Of the strip for it's six inches
short" she observed.
=" DO you know anything about
Cine business Of paper hanging ?v
he demanded az he looked down
apon her.
% No, but any one wish half an
eye can see that you haven't got
tnat strip plumb up and down"
Never you mind about the
plumb up and down business /
@as hangiug paper before you could
step over cat. When I want Won
I'll call"
Mrs. Bowser had scarcely gotten
down stairs when there came
crash which made things shake.
She knew what IL was, but wouldn't
20 up Mr.. Bowscr had taken
header from the stepladder as he
started q second strip. lie didn't
call her, however, so she waited.
Ten minutes later there was o DIFF
ferent kind Of sound. The 6rst
thing was q yell Then esme ilr.
and this was followed bV crash
and whoop. Mrs Bowser figured
IT. out as che hurried upstsirs. Sir.
BOwser had fallen on the bed and
bounced of on The floor and WIS
probably tangled np with some
thing She bad 20 pretty straight.