The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-11-07

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One of them at length got the idea that
she was unhappy, and he ehucked her
under the chin and told her funny
stories until he fell off his chair and
was dragged off to join the score that
had goue before. 1t was due Mr.. Bow
ser TO record the fact that he was a
hero for an hour or more. That Is, he
sought to be a Gentle Brother with the
others. He put up with everything
and kicked at nothing. and had the cat
at home been there to see that bland
smile on his face she would have been
deceived into the belief that he was
taking solid comfort. Even when Mrs.
Bowser asked him to explain how it
was that so many Gentle Brothers had
happened to get out of state prison at
once he preserved that smile as he re-
Piled:
My dear woman, they r out to en-
joy themselves for the day, and their
exultation cannot be entirely restrain
ed. When we reach the island, we will
go off by ourselves to eat our lunch"
He had been told by a Gentle Broth
er and he had told Mrs. Bowser in
turn that the island was a sylvan
grove and hat a thousand people could
lose themselves In the shady hooks and
cool retreats. When 1t was reached.
however, things looked different. 1t
was an island with three scraggly old
trees growing In the center, and there
were II blades of grass, one burdock
and two thistles as ornaments. The
G.. BIS made no kick, however. They
rushed ashore with their lunch baskets
and had their kegs of beer rolled after
them, and their gambols were full Of
happiness, and their voices told only
Of merriment. Mrs. Bowser objected to
going ashore, but Mr.. Bowser patiently
argued the point with her and carried
it. They had to take a seat on a rock
in the hot sun, and neither Of them
could eat a mouthful of lunch, but they
had got along very well when Mr.. Bow
ser was asked to join in the games.
He excused himself, but the Gentle
Brothers wouldn't have 1t that way.
He had been impolitic enough TO boast
that he could jump higher than any
n in the club, and now they wanted
to witness the feat. When he contin-
ed him and dragged him forth, and the
climax came. That is, Gentle Brother
Bowser broke loose and rendered his
resignation on the spot and told the
other G. BIS what he thought of them,
and of course the fraternal spirit didn't
pervade after that. On the contrary,
they looked upon him as a naughty out
cast and felt that he should be made an
example of.
Mrs. Bowser will never be able to
tell whether all the $50 Gentle Broth
ers pitched on to Mr.. Bowser at once.
but what she saw was a crowd sur
rounding him and tossing him back
and forth and rolling him owe and
and keeping him busy for ten
minutes. Then they threw him into
the water and hauled him out again.
and she was permitted to claim his re-
They were not altogether dead.
When they had been famed for half
an hour, they sighed ard opened their
eyes. and a conscience stricken G. B.
assisted her to get them aboard the
boat and prop them up in a chair. 1t
two hours after that before the
boat started, and she was two hours
making the trip home. but during those
four long hours the remains never once
uttered a word. They simply sat and
stared into vacancy. A few of the
Brothers came around and said