West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-02-04

Ill dunno. Should he have them ON 20
''By all means. No se,o, can be hero
wi'hou, sword and wig. What does Bog
gy's daughter do when he ,siares her his
hand1"
Ellis name Is Bogsioa, madam. aud I'd
thank you TO remember Il" niiily replied
Mr. Bo~xer
.weii. Bogs,oh, then. l like the names
of your characters as siiording exceilent OPP
poriuni,ies Cor abbreviauon. K,bifo can
be called Ky; Dami,o can be called Dam;
Dogolske can be called Dog; BogstoH can
be called Boggy. and so on. and so on II
was real cute In you to think Of such names.
Wen. wha, foliowss"
"rhe scheming Girl, whom Ihave not yet
named. but shall probably calL-IieIIino-"
"There is another good abbreviasion, ''
chipped ia Mrs Bowser
lie gIared at her for half minute. doubt
ful wha. course to take. aud then continued,
'sThe scheming girl threatens to commit
saicide, and when KybHio smiles at the idea
she starts for The door with rush. Damito.
who knows her father well and wants to
borrow $50 in cash. is about to enter, and
she is just IN time to fall upon his sword
and have I, pierce her heart"
.ifow came he to have his sword drawn
and ready TO do The piercing ae,1'
''fiow came her Il doa't nake any dif-
ference 10 the audience as can see. That
was time when everybody went around
with drawn sword in his hand, you know. .
sswell7''
''As lielIino lies dead her father PUSHES
in, and here is a great point Damilo at
once accuses KybHo Of her murder, aud her
father believes him. lie rushes tor his
sword, and while he is gone the two rivals
saunt each other and begin to fight. When
old Bogstof returns he takes a hand in the
rumpus, aud our hero would have been done
for by the two but for the princess suddenly
rushing in and usiue her dagger to even
things up"
'l3u, how does she happen 10 appear at
such csitical momsn.f" ksked Mrs. Bow
scr,
because make her"
''Oh, ! see And does she xiii an, one
with her iewcl-hIted dagger"
s'she kills old Bogstoa, while her lover
wounds Damito.s'
''very good, very good. And then sup
pose you have the wounded Damiio con-
veyed outdoors and laid on The siseci car
track. so as to make |, appear that he had
been struck by carr"
81 have nothing of the kind, madam. On
the contrary, have the princess take him
to her house TO nurse him until he Is well
ngain, That's my second great point. Her
action makes Kybiao insanely jealous, and
he goes 10 live ia cave in the mountains.
Tie d. olares that he win give her up, butt
"Bnt he lives on roots and barks and can
not efiace her memory from his heart FIN
ished Mrs. Bowser
"YeS, that's about the way Of H. sheep
ishly replied Mr.. Bowser, who was rapidly
losing confidence IN his powers as drarl-
asisI.
"And what eise1"
Ill haven't got any further. How do
you like the rouiInel"
Mrs. Bowser clasped her hands and stared
into vacancy for moment Then she broke
forh into hearty laughter. She couldn'l
have helped !, II there had been dagger al
her throat.
MADAM, what's lhs7" shouted Mr..
l3owser, as he sprapg up.
She tried to answer, but she couldn't.
She went iuio Mysteries, and laughed and
cried by turns. and after surveying her for
three or -four minutes he realized tha, he
had been homilisicd. lie turned about and
kicked over two chai,s and then walked
down the hall and dosned his hat and over
coat He wen, ont and banged the front
door behind him, and as he wandered along
through the darkness Of the streets he had 4
presen,inent ihs, the spirits Of Ky, Dam,
Boggy and IIelliao we're waiting for him
somewhere 50 they we're.
After wandering around until he had got.
Ten over being mad At Mrs. Bowscf, he
turned his steps homeward. A. he opened
the gate and paused Al the foot Of the steps
the spirits made themselves known. They
we're on the top step, andshey arched theil
backs and spai snd msowed, aud even when
Mr. Bowser rushed up a, them with his cans
and laid J, over their backs they departed
grudgingly.
"Was some one rolling barrel up on,
from, sseps1" asked Mrs. Bowser. as be en-
tered the house.
lie had nothing 70 say.
"Or vas il Yoa roiliag downgv
hui bis dignity hsd saassed and he wa,
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