The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27

Mr.. Bowser actually bought half
dozen bananas and divided them
among the boys playing about. Mrs.
Bowser trembled from head to heel as
she witnessed the incident, and her
voice sounded strangely in her own
ears as she hesitatingly said:
"Air. Bowser. don't you think we
ought to send for the DOCTOR"
THE doctor? Why, what on earth
do we want of the doctor?' he laugh
ingly replied as he slyly pinched her
ear.
'The hot weather may-may have
affected you, you know"
LA, Ia! It's been hot day, but l
feel as if 1 could run a foot race. Hell
10! Here comes our old friend Cyrus"
Cyrus was the name he had given to
an old vagabond who had come whin-
ing for aims every evening in the week
until thrown over the fence for a
fraud. On this occasion Cyrus had
struck the street by accident, and as
he looked up and saw the man who
had toyed with him he started to run.
Here, man. shouted Mr.. Bowser.
':.Come back here and get dime!'
"Do you mean that?" asked the vag
as he turned about.
:"Of course l do. You'll want beer.
If not bed"
"And you won't pick me up and try
to throw me over the treetops"
Certainly not. guess used you
little rough the other night, but was
only joking, you know"
The man got his 10 cents and backed
off with doubt and surprise written on
every line of his face, and he had not
yet turned the corner when an old clo'
man came along. He was an old clo'
man who had come along one evening
the week before and given Mr.. Bowser
"sass'' and had to fee for his life. Re-
alizing the peril. he was sliding past
the gate on this occasion without a
word when he was startled to hear a
'Toice calling:
"Say, old clo', come in minute. I
gave you a run the other night, but I
had a headache and was excusable.
If you'll come tomorrow, my wife will
look up two or three suits for you. I
like your voice. Please yell out few
times"
The man took to his heels and made
off, looking over his shoulder as he
ran, and Mrs. Bowser fu1tively wiped
a tear from her eyes and said:
"Mr. Bowser, the doctor is sure to
be at home at this hour, and I'd like
you to telephone him to come over.
It won't do you any harm to have him
examine your head"
'The doctor again! Why, what do
you imagine can all my head?'
You may have met with a fall or
something. Don't you remember the
case of the man who was wandering
around and had forgotten his own
name? A hot day sometimes affects
the brain without a person realizing
it."
Don't be a goose" replied Mr.. Bow
ser. II haven't forgotten that my
name is Bowser, and don't think my
brains have turned to cod liver oil.",
t"Did l tell you the coal was out?"
she asked, determined to arouse him.
"No, but expected it would be-"
"And the gas bill is dollar more
this month"
"Is it? Well, we can stand that"
"And the cook wants 81 more per
month"
"Then give it to her"
"You-you don't feel strange or dizzy
or anything Of that kind?" queried
Mrs. Bowser as they went upstairs.
Not a bit" he replied. 81 don't un-
derstand your solicitude about me. Is
it 80 strange that I'm feeling tiptop
and could eat two raw Holsters If l
had 'emW
Then you haven't had nosebleed or
q buzzing in your ears?'
Nonsense! Say, now. but I begin
to think that the hot weather has been