Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-01

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 over sand pile on one side of the street and heap of brickbats on the other, and then she gently remarked:
 eff you intend to bump into any of the shade trees along the street, please give me few seconds notice" "~
 stWhat do you man. by that?' de- handed MT. Bowser. 'T thought it was about time you got off some mean re- mark. The horse is going all right, and I'm doing all right, and'1
 And the horse suddenly steered out of his course to graze the hind wheel of peddler's wagon and almost cause 8 smashup. '5
 MT. Bowser wasn't going to make thought he concluded to say that 1t was all the peddlers fault and that there ought to be a law to prevent cross eyed man from driving anything but a rhinoceros on the public highway. #:
 Mrs. Bowser would have consented to go without hats or shoes for the next year if she could have been safely transported back home, but her only resource was to hang on and depend upon Providence.
 MT. Bpwser had driven two blocks farther when the horse bore to the right and took the wheel off a banana push cart and then sauntereds across the street and rubbed the nose of a grocer's horse and got the grocer's boy so excited that he indulged in yells and shouts. .n
 "Are you going to get us both killed?" exclaimed Mrs. Bowser as she got her hat strengthened again.
 "There you gov' replied MT. Bowser as he narrowly missed running down | an old woman. Do you want the horse to walk? Shall I tie him to a post? I never held the ribbons over a better goer, and yet you are finding fault about rything.'
 He's either unsafe or else you don't know how to drive"
 That's 1t; that's it! By John, but why was I fool enough to bring you along?, That horse vicious? He's like lamb, and as far as my driving is concernep'-. He was holding the reins loosely in his left hand and fourishing the whip in his right, and all of a sudden the horse sweryed and crossed the, street and ran up on the sidewalk and stop ped with his head almost at the doors of drug store.
 "Did you think of having a pre- gcriptton flled2' asked Mrs. Bowser as she got her breath back and found herself still in the buggy. tss>@ MT. Bowser didn't reply. He had walked up to the fact that he was no driver and that the old horse had ways of his own which must eventually lead to a smashup. He was looking pale and was all a-trembIe as he leaped out and grabbed the beast by the head, and just then policeman came up and said: ,:s-,.. r:
 "You'll get fined $5 for driving on the sidewalk in this way" .'. "But I didn't drive him up here"
 tsThen how did he get here ?"
 "The internal old beast took shy" seewell, you'd better take shy your self. was watching you as you came down the street, and saw that you knew nothing about driving. It's a wonder you didn't hit another vehicle or run over somebody. How did you happen to come out with the horse?
 "You talk as if I was boy three years oldw exclaimed MT. Bowser as his anger began to boil and crowd began to gather. ''My driving was all right, but my wife was nervous and afraid and kept speaking to me" ''I'll bet she can drive better than you can when it comes to that. How are you going to get this old brute home? He's aching to run and kick. and you are not the man to handle him. E T.% 71 '
 Cant I hire some one to drive him back? The man warranted him to be as gentle as lamb, and can't see whats got into him. Whoa, you old villain!'
 Half a dozen men stepped forward with offers to drive the vehicle back l. to the Bowser residence for $1, and MT. Bowser was about to close. the deal when the policeman backed the rig clear of the walk and handed the lines to Mrs. Bowser and said:
 "You'd better walk home, old man, while your wife drives. As a guardian of the peace it is my duty to save your life if can do it.
 A feeling of recklessness seized Mrs. Bowser, and, although she realized that years and centuries and epochs would pass away before MT. Bowser could forgive or forget, she picked up l the :reins and drove off, and, though the three cheers and a tiger. given her by the crowd of men and boys left behind started the horse into his fastest gait, she managed to steer him straight course and skip all the ice wagons and moving vans.
 He footed it home to find F. D. Q. tied to tree in front of the, house and looking as humble as rabbit, and his first action was to walk up and give him hearty kick and exclaim::
 t.Durn your old flea bitten hide, but I'll kill you with a crowbar and sell your body for soap greasew g..
 Then he followed the one kick with .k-~-1