West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-11-22

l shall go out on the bike for spin.
AS member of the Zephyr club
shall be at the font | will ride and
ride. / will not only ride for the
sake of my health, but will gambol
around to get revenge on you.
Every evening for the next three
months-for the next three years,
10 years. will take Io-mile
spin."
Mrs. Bowser sighed, but said no
more. He had no sooner left the
house than she looked about to see
that there were brandy, camphor,
hartshorn and mustard in the house.
Brown was waiting with the bicycle
at the gate, and he said to Mr..
Bowser
"You have IS minutes yet before
the club meets, and you'd better
practice up little. Come around
the corner and ride up and down
few times. You've ridden before,
haven't you ?"
ga few times"
When they had turned the corner
and were out of sight of the house,
Mr.. Bowser made his beginning.
He had heard an old rider say that
confidence was half the battle. He
summoned all his confidence and
jumped into the saddle. After a
good deal of clawing he got one
pedal. but the other kept out of
his way, and the bike wabbled and
lodged around and finally banged
into the curb and sent the rider
over the handle bar. Brown lock-
ed at him obviously as he got up
and rubbed his bruises, but Mr..
Bowser was grit.
"I'am little out of practice" he
said in explanation, "but it will
come out all right in five minutes.
You don't think Pam too fat, do
your Mrs. Bowser says lam too fat
and my legs are too short, but I'll
show her before / get through.
Lemme try again."
"Take her right out in the mid
die of the street and resolve to con-
quer or die. When you once get
on, keep your head"
After two or three vain efforts
MIR. Bowser reached the saddle
again. and to his intense surprise
his feet struck the pedals and he
was off. A bike sometimes does
this, in its eccentricity. If he had
been left to himself, he might have
wabbled and twisted the length of
block and banged up against the
shade tree on the corner, but he
had not gone 100 feet when the r6
members of the Zephyr club turned
In on the block. Brown yelled and
Bowser yelled. When the I6
zephyrs saw something wabbling all
over the street they also yelled, but
the yelling did no good. Mr.. Bow
ser tried to fall off or jump off or
get off, but six or seven festive
riders struck him in chorus and
with exceeding unanimity, and what
Brown saw was dark cloud hover
ing over the street with human
bodies and parts of broken wheels
ascending and descending and
whirling around.
Mrs. Bowser and the cat arrived
before the performance was over.
As they watched the cloud, it drove
away, and men and women limped
to the curb and sat down. Mr..
Bowser was left alone among the
wrecked wheels. He was lying on
the broad of his back, and the look
on bis face was like that of a man
being burned alive at the stake.
They picked up the body and car
RED it along and logged it into the
house, and as they backed away,
they said to Mrs. Bowser
ellis heart beats yet, and you
may possibly save him, but il you
do he should be confined in a luna
tic asylum all the rest of his DAYS.
A man like him is danger to the
whole town, and should not be
allowed to run at large"
We hope the people Of this coun-
ty and especially the old soldiers,
read the article recently in this
paper from Dr. Alex Leeds of
Grafton in regard to the army re.
cord Of Senator s. b. Elkins the
leader Of the Republican party in
West Virginia. The paper should
be filed away for future reference.
The statements made therein are no
Democratic lies OF campaign can
ards. DR.. Leeds is as good a Re-
publican as Senator Elkin. and
with an army record that no one
dsres to question. lie has been a
member and officer Of the Grand
Army Post at Grafton for years and