Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-08
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er believes it,"
That was the point Mr.. Bowser had
been leading up to, aud there was the
light of triumph in his eyes as he walk
ed back and forth and said:
"But if the moon does influence vege-
tation, II it exercises the greatest influ-
ence over the planting and growing, IL
1t would make difference of 500 per
year to every farmer to consult the
moon, then whatT
"Why, It would be a good thing for
the world at large to know" she re-
piled.
Exactly, and the man who proved 1t
to the world would become famous and
renowned wouldn't hep
Certainly. But what has all this to
do with your planting a dozen different
things in one bedw
"Just this: l am going to prove the
truth or falsity of this moon business"
"But how can you prove or disprove
such thing7' asked Mrs. Bowser.
"By experiment, of course. Tonight
is n moonlight night. l shall take a
seat beside those tomato plants and
onion sprouts for an hour or two and
observe what influence the moon has
on them. / will continue the expert
ment for week, and by the end of
that time l shall know one way or the
other"
Mr.. Bowser decided to do his watch
| ing from 8 to il O'clock or later, and
he carried out n chair and got notebook
and pencil ready before the hour. When
he finally passed out, he expected the
cook, who had been watching proceed
ings, would say something, and she did.
Tossing her head and giving her words
tinge of contempt, she said:
"Pll leave the back door open so you
can plunge in at any time"
But why should l want to plunge
inT he asked
Because there'n be n bust up of
some sort, of course"
He gave her glare and passed on,
and after walking twice around the
newly made bed he sat down in the
chair TO closely watch any effect the
brightly shining moon might have on
his crops. Mrs. Bowser was watching
him from a back window, and after
about five minutes she saw him make
a note. 1t probably read:
mo particular effect as yet"
At intervals of ten minutes for the
next hour he jotted down memoranda
and was vigilant and solicitous. Then
she looked out after little to find
that book and pencil had dropped
from his hand and that he was lean
ing back against the fence and
hsound asleep. She saw no more. A
tomcnt whose curiosity had been
aroused showed up on the fence and
then jumped softly down to investi-
gate. He had scratched up about half
the bed when he was Joined BY a sec
and, and In quick succession came
giimalkins Nos. 3, 4, 8 and 6. They
rolled over and over In the fresh earth,
they raked that bed fore and aft with
their claws, they scratched and dug
and devastated, and yet Mr.. Bowser
slept on 1t was an armed truce be-
tween the cats until the destruction
was complete. Then they called each
other horse thieves and liars and went
In for battle royal or course the
fight had to begin right at Mr.. Bowser's
feet. The first mad grapple aroused him
from his agricultural dreams, and as
he sprang up he stepped on bundle of
cats as big as a barrel and pitched for.
ward and rolled over. There was
long minute in which Mrs. Bowser saw
legs and arms and n bald head and five
cats all mixed up and rolling over the
grass, and then something struggled
up with whoop and dashed for the
back door. with the cats in pursuit. II
was Mr.. Bowser. He entered the
kitchen with a crash closed the door
behind him with bang, and she got
down from her room Just as he tum
bled up the basement stairs. He was
n licked man. He was an ex-savant