Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-16

back, followed by the cat, and presently
halted to say:
Yes, if there is any more bulldOZing
around this house you will have to be
the bulldozer yourself. And | can tell
| you here and now that l am through
fooling my time and money away buy
ing patent beehives and grasshopper
traps. What an ass l have been. And
what an angel you have been to put
up with my foolishness! l can't quite
expect that you can ever forgive me,
but please do the best you can
There were tears in Mr.. BOwser' s
eyes. There were also tears in Mrs.
Bowser's eyes. There would also have
been tears in the eyes of the family
cat if she hadn't made a great effort
and crushed them back. The fearful
interval lasted for three or four min
utes, and then Mr.. Bowser said:
Eyes, 1 have wasted thousands of
dollars investing in gimcracks, and
each and every time against your adj
vice. People have taken me for soft
mark for years and years, but
couldn't see it, The end has come at
last, however The next man who
takes me for fat is going to get badly
left"
81 am glad to hear you say so,'' re-
piled Mrs. Bowser, although lots of
other men have probably been just as
foolish. Is business at the Office good?"
81 can't understand" he continued,
ignoring her question, 'about my buy
ing that old cow last spring. The man
warranted her to be new milk cow,
and only four years old, but you told
me he was lying about it. Instead Of
needing what you said, I went and
paid $40 for the animal, and how did
it turn out?'
"Oh, we'll, that was months ago. Do
you think we are going to have snow
before morning."
II know it was months ago, but what
happened? 1t was not a new milk
COW. Instead of ten quarts of milk
per day she dropped to three. Instead
of being four years old she was nearer
fourteen. / tried to stick it out and
bluff you down, but 1 was ashamed Of
myself all the time. The day | got rid
of her for SIS l heaved great sigh Of
relief That reminds me of another
thing want to own up to-"
"But why not let it all so, dear?
Let's run over to the Browns for an
hour or two
81 can't let it go. 1 must make
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it. told you l got $50 for the cow"
Eyes, but
Hold on. l lied about the price.
told you that a man bought her to send
her to the White House as a gift to the
president. l lied about that. Yes,
lied like a trooper She was bought
for her hide and soap grease. When
think of how I lied about that cow
when |. think
Mr. Bowser's emotions overcame
him, and tears stood in his eyes again.
Mrs. Bowser, as a loyal, loving wife,
couldn't do less than wipe tears from
her own, but the cat puckered up her
mouth and purred softly and seemed
to be saying to herself:
eyes, this is where the tears come in,
but you wait little while. If the
court knows itself this performance is
not yet half over"
And there's another thing began
Mr.. BoWSer, as he steadled his voice
and sat down and got up again two or
three times II wanted to buy q hog,
and you said
At that moment the door bell rang,
ana, the girl DelnS out, MIS-. BoWser
went to the door. A boy stood there,
and as soon as the door was open he
pushed a cobblers bench into the hall
and went whistling away.
''What on earth is this?" was asked
OF MI Bowser as he came down the
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