West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-06-02

ercise. You know. Now. then. out
she comes -
lie couldn't have moved the bun
ile foot but for the help of the
boy and the cook. After tug
which tired everybody out. it was
landed. ut the back door. Then
the cook and the boy Withdrew and
Mr.. bOwser set about getting the
carpet over the clothes line. There
are men who have done such things
and lived to boast OF il, but the in
stances are rare. There is no aft ri
ty between % yards Of Administer
carpet and II wire clothes line, and
Mr.. Bowser soon discovered il. By
herculean exertions he could get a
corner over the line, and it would
stay while he held it., but that was
all the progress he could make.
After five CT six failures he let the
corner fall, jumped OH The roll wit h
both feet and gave utterances TO his
feelings. Mrs. Bowser WAS on
hand TO say
81 told you not to try it. 1t
would take the strength of three
men to get the carpet over the
line"
Woman. am | running this
carpet or are you ?" he demanded,
as he turned on her.
"But you can't lift It up"
Then I'll blow it up. When
need your advice about beating a
carpet I'll ask for 1t ~
She went back into the house,
and he figured little. lie de-
cidcd that if the carpet were spread
out on he ground it could be
beaten just AS we'll as If hung up,
and he drew "a long breath and De
gan unrollIng 1t. lie had unrolled
about three yards when bis feet
stepped OH each other, and he fell
down, and the mum Der of tack :
waI'ing to receive him was just IL.
He felt every one OF them vt once.
and was surprised into yell,
which brought dozen heads to as
many back windows to see who was
being murdered. When Mrs.
Bowser got out he was trying to
climb the b'ck fence, but she
caught him by the legs and pulled
hlm down and exclaimed
Now, then, have yon gone
crazy? What's the matter with
you ?"
The blamed thing is full OF
tarantul or blzz- saws 20 he
gasped. land about hundred Of
them got their teeth into me at
once -
Ii was tacks, Mr.. Bowser. You
ought to have looked out for them.
Look at your hands Z! Ard your
neck and ears are bloody! | told
yon in the beginning that"
lie interrupted her with gcs
ture, then rushed forward and
kicked the roll until his legs could
kick no longer. She started TO
tell him that all the nvighbors were
looking and laughing. bat he froze
her with n glare. and picking mp
the broom-stick pounded away un-
til it was only splin'e r lii his
hands. Then he drew himself up
and walked into the kitchen and
up stairs. After minute she fol-
lowed him. She knew what was
coming, but could not avoid IT. lie
was waiting for her and promptly
said
=" Woman, you have succeeded in
your plans u
=" My plans-how -
To get me almost butcheyed
alive, and to make me the laughing
stock of the neighbors -
But didn't 1 tell you-"
" No, ma'am, YOU dldn't-not q
word ! | see through the whole
thing. There Is your Internal old
carpet out there. am going out.
| am going to see my lawyer.
may never return. | bid you good
by-goodby forever y
Bat at midnight he clmo sneak
ing back to his home and his bed.
and next morning when four men
drove up in wagon to take the
carpet away he pretended neither
TO see nor to hear them.
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