The times., 1897-07-25
THE BoWsERs' TROUBLES.

1 'T<fAi4C AOtiC VIC ObLtl Cftut0 5dtiSIlcQ III
| Powser that he hadimportant news to cotr.-
municate- He was good-natuTed and srnlI-
ing all through dinner aud entirely forgot
10 compare the coffee to catnip tea andths.
steak 10 an old boot leg. When they had
returned to the sitting room he stood De-
/ fore Mrs. Bowser and began:
Last year. in order to save your life. I
rented a farm for three months aud pulled
you back from the grave This year. Il.
order to DO the same thing, have
y You haven't rented another farm she
interrupted witE a gasp ..Don't you re-
member the flies and mosquitoes and dust
and awfuily hot Nights? 1 went out there
weighing l30 pounds. and came back with
loss Of twenty-five You were kicked
~ COW, bitten by hog, Knocked down
By tramp, and
That viii DO" said Mr.. Bowser with
wave Of the hand ..Once in a million
Times may make a mistake. Its bareiy
possible that / was mistaken about The
farm, though think 1T didus good after
all. have had some thoughts Of renting
another farra for the summer. sut---'
But if you do. don't expect me to go
with yoa I'd rather stay home and die
in my bed
'.Wonan, y3u are talking to your hGs-
tandl" said Mr. Bowser, as he grew red
clear hack &c his ears. "A husband knows
what is best for the family aud does ac-
cordinsly. Had it been the best thing
To do / should have rented another farm.
but as it wasn't, / didn't entertain the
blea. This summer we shall go to tie sea-
shore" u
How seashoTe?"
THE seash0re is the shore Of the sea.
Mrs. Bowser We are going TO the shore
OF the sea- In order that you nav noe
get the various seas mixed up, 1 VIII state
that we are going 10 the sEore Of the At
IahtIc. / have rented cottage for ths
sumner at shark Point, and we viii oc-'
cupy ii as soon as you can PACK up
anG-r'
Bot we ought to have gone down and
looked at it FIRST" protested Mrs. ROwser.
There was no need Of it, know ths
owner and can take his word for all par
tieulars, and as there were three or four
after it closed the arrangements at once
Mrs Bowser. prepare for one OF the nap
piest, pleaSantest summers you ever speue
in all your life. You ought TO get up and
kick the chairs over in your exultariOn.
Hurrah for the sea the glorious sea-"
Mrs. ROwser didn't hurrah nor kick over
any chairs. She wanted TO be sure first
OF what sort OF bargain Mr. Rowser had
made
Where is Shark Point?" she pIaeidIy
asked
Down on the Jersey coast somewhere"
he answered ~ don't know the exact
spot, but we take the train and viii Of
course be let off at the right place Is
only takes two hours To get there
And what sort OF place is it,
why, it's a point. OF course. with lots
OF sharks around. II il wasn't they
wouldn't call il SHARK Point. That's wha5
we waat-to get cut on a point where
nothing will interrupt the cool sea breezes,
and where we can sec sharks gambling
about from morn till night. Lands alive,
but can almost IA ste the ozone, a. Id.aw
long BREATH"
'.And you don't even know what sort
of a house it is?"
Il told you it was a cottage BY the sea.
hdn't 1? You ought to know what I
cottage is You aIe not expecting a pal
ace, hope? The owner guarantees IL a
comfortable, picturesque cottage with
the roar Gf the sea rl0a ting into every via
dow toy day and by night. The subbine
Of the surf on the sandy beach VIII cur.s
you Of that torch OF insomnia in n tin 2.
That sObbing. BY George but I seem
TO hear II nowl 1t Just Sobs and solss.
and you think of meI maids and dead foi55
and whales and shipwTecks and the first
thing you know you are sound asle.9
and dOn'T wake up til the warbIe Of thu
SeagullS proclaim that another dag has
dawned. HuTTah for the Sobhiue seaF'
MI. Bewser danced around and stspDei
on the cat and kicked footstool into tina
next nom, aud in his enthusiasm he would
have hugged Mrs. Bowser had she not held
him oft to ask:
Is TINS the only cottage down there. OF
are there others?''
Why-why, can't say about that. asI
didn't ask he replied. Il hope, however.
II is all alone We want TO get off by our
selves and live as we choose. shall sir
around IN my shirt sleeves aud 90 barefoot.
and you can loaf around in an old wrap
Per Wen hunt the CLAN. pursue the Ioh-
steT and trail the oyster TO his hidden lair
And the bathing. Mrs BowSer! Think OF
disporting yourself in the briny waves of
an ocean stretching 3 900 miles away, You
kick up your heels and disport, end YOU
stand on your head and twinkie yOur. heels
aad dspnIt, and the sharss and dolphins
and whales come and pIay y With Won. and
What does he furnish wirh the cot
age? Intercepted Mrs. BOwSer
Furnish Furnish, Why. he doesn't
furnish anything, of cours e. Come To
think Of it, though, he did say there
was crab-net hanging up in the par
lor, and saw OF an ak in the kitchen.
As long as he furnishes a view Of the
whole Atlantic Ocean, with the ozone
thrown in free. We can't complain.
What did you expect him to furnishe,'
Why. stove, beds. cooking utensils
and other furniture Wen have to move
everything down and back What was his
price for the season."
Only $50 per month, to me. II 1 hadn't
aiken It Just as did he could have rented
{ for S75. What are you Ieoking ar
Mrs Rowser was gazing al him in as
constituent She opened her mouth to
'eply to his query, but realizing that rhs
ease had been made and that il was too
ate. she cho6ed her words back
Three months down by the sea winao
US So Zoo worth OF good, said Mr.. BowSer
Is he walked around. We'll go away
'y the last of the week, and you Just make
up your mind that Wen Come back SO fat
and happy that our best friends wont
znow us Geewhizz. but I can't hardly
waltl I'm thinking OF the rolling deep
the ozOne-the sobbing surf-the glorious