The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
BOWsER'S ONE DAY.
He RemRins at Home for a Day to
6traighten Things Out

When Mr.. Bowser had finished break
fast the other morning he did not rush
to the hallrack for his hat and get out
of the house in fifteen seconds. To Mrs
Bowser's surprise he sat down to his
cigar and seemed to have forgotten that
1t was a weekday. She waited for ten
minutes and then asked If he was going
to take day off,
piled.
Are you going fishing or any
thing?"
No, ma'am. I'm going to stay right
around the house and straighten things
out. There are quite a number of things
been thinking of taking a day off for
some time"
Mrs. Bowser didn't ask what things
he meant, but awaited developments
would be made lively after his own Pc
culiar style. She had not long to wait
for the beginning.
THE TALE OF A STONE DOG.
One of the works of art in Mr. Bow
sers front yard is a stone dog in an at
dog to repose, and the dog had always
| been willing. but the hoodlums passing
by had other ideas. One of their favor
| lite amusements is to enter the yard and
stand the dog upright, or whirl him
over on his back In order to keep
peace in the family Mrs. Bowser and
the cook have stood ready to turn the
dog back as often as he was turned
over and said nothing about IT. An
hour after breakfast on this particular
morning three half-grown boys came
along and decided to stand the dog on
his head. They did not reckon upon
anything beyond wave of the broom
stick and a mild protest from the cook,
and Mr.. Bowser found them easy prey
when he suddenly rushed down the
front steps and upon them. He posed
them in ten different attitudes in about
a minute and a half, and when they
got out of the yard summer STOCK or
old straw hats, buttons and homemade
suspenders mingled with the stone dog
to add picturesqueness to the scene.
THE VEGETABLE MAN CALLS
Mr. Bowser had hardly got over pant
ing from his exertions when the Vegeta-
BILE man called-one of the twenty veg
etable men passing through the street
dailv He called from his wagon on
the street-from the curbstone-from
the gate-from the basement window
tatoes. onions, radishes, cucumbers,
asparagus and beans, and that the
same were of his own raising, ana ne
stuck to his text for ten long minutes.
Then the basement door suddenly
opened and he was looking for the
cook TO appear and buy out his whole
load when Mr.. Bowser stepped forth
and began performing. He also caused
| the vegetable man to perform bSels,
| potatoes radishes and cucumbers
darkened the air, while asparagus;
onions and beans covered the lawn and
/ told of a beautiful harvest.
The vegetable man had been left an
orphan at an early age and had learned
| to depend upon himself. but he was
| caught in the food and swept off his
/ feet and rolled over and over until he
was clear of the yard. When he finally
returned TO consciousness he was seated
on his wagon and was half mile away
and shouting coal" instead of veg
etablas.
WEARY WILLIE APPEARS.
Mr. Bowser sat on the front steps
with the cat beside him when a tramp
who was working the block espied
/ him from across the street and de-
| cided he had struck the softest thing
of the season Coming across the street
and leaning upon the gate he pathet-
! ieally inquired: