The Grenada sentinel., 1898-11-12
THE B0WsERs' TROUBLES.

THE BOWSERS' TROUBLES.
Mr.. Bowser Has . Wlllrl at Carpet.
Beating.
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swell. but what's all this?" ex.
claimed Mr.. Bowser, A. he came home
to dinner the other evening and found
the sitting-room carpet piled in cor
ner and the room dismantled.
"It's time for house cleaning. yon
know" replied Mrs. Bowser. "When
you 60 down in the morning wish
you'd stop at the carpet cleaning place
and have them come for that carpet"
He said he would and made note of
it, but after dinner sudden thought
struck him. He stood looking at the
carpet for a minute and then said:
by George, but I'll do It'll It'll not
only he the best kind of exercise, but
save bother and delay. Mrs. Bowser,
III beat the carpet in the back yard
this evening""
''Dut ! don't want you to-" she pro-
tested. THAT carpet has got to go to
the cleaning works and be thoroughly
beaten"
THAT carpet will be thoroughly
beaten right here, my dear. There's
a back yard. stout clothesline. and
with the aid of broomstick I'll knock
every speck Of dust out of it in ter
minutes"
''But please don't try it. 1t will take
two men to handle it, and nobody can
beat carpet in ten minutes. You
couldn't beat it thoroughly in half a
day."
snow then, see here" he continued,
as he began to remove his cuffs, II
want exc rcise in the arms and shoul-
ders. I'm as stiff as post. Beating
carpet will be better than the dumb
bells or clubs. An hours work will
make me sleep like top tonight"
"But something will happen and
you'll-you'll raise a row!" she fall
tered.
"Bosh! Nothing will happen, and
there'll be no row. It's 20 years since
l beat carpet, and it will bring back
the old days. Your father was beat
ing carpet in the back yard when 1
asked your hand in marriage"
"l'll pay for having it beaten out Of
my own money, If you'll let it alone"
1T isn't a question of expense, Mrs.
Bowser," he answered, "though we
might as well save the two dollars as
to give it to the beaters. As said, l
want the exercise. also believe that
l can knock out more microbes and
germs with broomstick than any
steam carpet beater in the world. III
shift into an old suit, and then I'll give
you few lessons on how to beat
carpet all in the merry springtime,
heigho."
Mrs. Bowser continued to protest.
but without avail. AS soon as he got
into an old suit of clothes, he spat on
his hands and made sudden jump and
seized the monster bundle and gave G
wrench and pull. He was successful
in worrying 1t along to the door lead
ing to the basement, but then there
came a hitch. Mrs. Bowser took ad-
vantage Of it to offer to buy theater
tickets for the evening II he would go.
but he could not be moved from his
purpose.
"Just you 60 down and hunt me up
q broomstick, and then stand by and see
the fur fly" be responded, and she
passed down ahead of him.
As the bundle Of carpet wan larger
than the doorway, it did not need
much acumen to see that the one had
either to be enlarged or the other COM
pressed. Compression seemed to be
the quickest way out Of 1t, and Mr..
Bowser spread himself oil over the
bundle and braced and tugged until it
suddenly rolled through the doorway.
He hadn't planned to 90 with it, but
somehow he did. II was an even start.
Mr.. Bowser was also on top half the
time going downstairs, but on reach
ing the hall below he was underneath.
and it took the united exertions of Mrs.
Bowser and the cook and the grocer's !
boy to set him at liberty. u
Someone pushed that carpet, and I
know it!" he shouted, as he got the
dust out of his throat and struggled up.
"But we were all down here" pro-
tested Mrs. Bowser. II told you some
thing would happen, and SO it has. It's
a wonder you didn't break your back
Or neck. Won't you let it alone now?"
"Never. Mrs. Bowser-never will / be
baflled by an old carpet. ! have set out
to- beat it. and beat it I will or break
my neck twice in two. 1t rather got
away from me on the stairs, but it's all
in the exercise. you know. Now, then,
out she comes!"
lie couldn't have moved the bundle
) foot but for the help Of the boy and
Ihe cook. After tug which tired
everybody out, It was landed at the
back door. Then the cook and the boy
withdrew and Mr.. Bowser set about
getting the carpet over the clothesline.
There are men who have done such
things and lived to boast Of II, but the
instances are rare. There 10 no affinity
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