The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

your part to call here this evening.
and I wish you to understand that this
interview is closed. If it was not in
my own house IL
Exactly so-exactly,D quietly replied
the man, as he made some notes in his
book. My object was to perturb you,
and it has been accomplished. You are
flushing red and white by turns; your
chin is trembling; there is a glare in
your eyes; your ears are working back
and forth. In the interests of medical
] science allow me to ask you to describe
your sensations mentally. Do you feel
normal or abnormal? Do you seem to
see black dots dancing before your
eyes? Are you perfectly cognizant of
what is going on around you, or is your
brain in whirl and your mental facul-
ties benumbed?"
Must 1 tell you to get out doors p
shouted Mr. Bowser, as he pointed in
the direction of the front door and grew
still more excited.
please be calm and quiet Mr. Bow
ser You kindly granted me this inter
view, and [ hope you won't abridge it,
L mean nothing personal in my re-
marks, and if you can assist medical
science it is your duty towards your
fellowman- Please sit down while 1 ask
another question.
In learning to ride a bike you at last
got your balance and started off to
astonish Mrs. Bowser There was an
apple tree loafing around the back yard,
and you all at once started in to uproOt
1t. Let me ask. first as a physiological
fact, if you really believed you could
accomplish the feat, or whether it was
the result of sudden mental exhilara-
ton? Secondly. what were your sensa-
tiOnS as you lay on your back on the
earth after taking header. with your
back teleScOped and made three inches
shorter? Were you conscious of your
surrOundings-of the presence of Mrs.
Bowser and the cook-of the words ut
al hDy 19cT l1o7 on he.
fence, or did you sink away into state
of delightful Inconsistencies and i'm
agine you were out on a huckleberry
eXcursion?"
This was too much for Mr.. Bowser.
He simply stood still and gaSped for
breath and failed to get out a word.
The caller looked at him and smiled
softly and encourag ingly, and after a
minute went on:
IF you cannot answer that question
let us try another as we have still sew
eral hours before us. Upon a certain
occasion the doctor ordered you to take
boxing lessons in order to strengthen
your spinal column. Your backbone
the idea was to plumb it up and down
again. You got a heavy weight to put
on the gloves with you, and after MAX
ing few fiourishes to show off. you
swung with your right to knock his
blamed head off. You wanted to do
something to make a record. Unfor-
tunately for you, he was a man who
couldn't appreciate a joke, and he
blocked your blow and landed on your
chin in return.
Let me ask what your sensations
were when you went down and Jared
the house from roof to cellar? It is on
record that you slept for a quarter of an
hour What dreams came to you, if
any? 1t has been asserted that under
such circumstances one dreams of pas
low I0Yaf11
hills-shady dells and running brooks.
Was it so in your case? And about your
spinal column. Is it still out of plumb,
or did that punch
stop, sir!" roared Mr. Bowser at
last.
What is it now?''
"Pn take no more of your insults,
sir. You can't get out of this house
too soon TO please me. The idea, sir
the ideat''
DO you mean that this interview is
ended?"
Certainly Get out at once, while I
can restrain myself" .
eff you put it that way, of course TIL
have to co. replied the caller, as he
rose up, but I did hope to CLEAN some
valuable information first. I have got
a little, and I will make it go as far as
possible. but if YOU were only amenable
to reason we could give medical science
a great boost-a tremendous lift, sir.
Will HOW tdEAe lily leoNc anu HVp- ~ -
you again on this subject at an early
date. Perhaps you would rather 1 should
call at the office? If So
mo, sir-no, sir. You need never
come near me again!
mo? Too bad that the world should
be the loser. but we must make the
best of it. 1 will not pause to inquire
about your present sensa lions, but bid
you good night and depart. Good night,
Mr. Bowser-good night
Mr.. Bowser stood in the front hall
until he got his breath back, and then