The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13

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lively. Two sleepevs uwoke-two scar
ell people Jumped ort of bed-but it
was Mr.. Bowscr's voice that was heard
saying:
Nov my I be turned into a buckle
berry before l stand any more Of this!
Woman. you must have given that
clock Il shake!"
Il was sound asleep protested Mrs.
Bowser.
''Then that old ,yn!ler eyed rat of
yours was purring around here and
started it off to spite me, and I'll have
her life!"
Better throw the clock out of the
window and wake yourself up when
it's time. If you keep the hour on your
mind you'll wake up all right"
Mr.. Bowscr walked out into the hall
and gave the clock a heave into the
darkness downstairs. When it landed
it set up a new whir and kept it going
for ten minutes, and when the strains
died away it was like the last sigh Of
a lost soul. Sleep care again, but at
2 o'clock the sunrise man was out Of
bed to see what time it was; also at a
quarter to 3; also ut a quarter past;
also ut half past. At the latter hour
there We're signs Of daylight, and he
began to dress.
1t was his private opinion while
dressing that Green Oh any other man
who got up to take the sunrise cure
was an ass. but after getting down
stairs and outdoors ans. hearing the
VS,v,h1n - <1O ,o:1JV 400 H.. r.,A -
ter about it. He sat on the front step,
until day had fully lawUcd and unit
q policeman had colle along and asked
him if he had roasted there all night,
and then he started for Il walk in the
suburbs. Green didn't claim that the
sun had any better show nut there. bu:
he wanted all there was in /. A
hadn't walked two b!ccks when an Of
tramp with straw in lis hair, who had
turned out Of some alley. came along
and halted to say:
ITS what brought me where l am
today"
"What 10 you mean!"
Turning out at this ungodly hour of
the morning to get Il nip. Drop it, old
man. Drop it OF it will drop YOU"
At the next crossing a milkman tried
to ruiz over him. and Il policeman look
ed at him suspiciously and shook his
head. and when he had gone five blocks
he encountered three ~ro;sterers who
had been out OH an all night lark and
We're weaving along arm in arm and
singing at the top of their voices.
"Shay, old ~man-shay." they called
out in chorus.
"Well, what is it,"
"Let 'er Teller have a closer look at
That rum blossom nose of yours, will
YOU? How long did it take you to bring
out zhe color?"
Mr.. Bowser would have got away
without a row, but the trio grabbed
hold Of him, and in the struggle all
went down together, and when he final
" managed to pull loose his coat was
ripped up the back and his necktie
missing. He at first headed for home,
but after going a few PAGES he made
up his mind to see it out. The sun
was rising blood red, and what he had
to say to Mrs. Bowser would keep for
another hour.
In fifteen minutes he reached q wide
expanse of commons, and there he
stood and swelled out his chest and
breathed in the morning air and let the
bright orb Of day hit him between the
eyes. 1t was glorious. It was an elixir.
It was worth a dollar a minute to his
health. He could feel the thrill Of re-
turning health-he was feeling it
when two truck peddlers came along
on their way into town to whoop and
yell and shrek and wake everybody
up. When they had reached Mr.. Bow
ser they halted.
"Same old coon that threatened to
break my jaw a month ago because I
hollered in trout of his house." whis-
pered one.
1.-The same old crank that offered to
kick me out of his yard last Wednes-
day." added the other.
Lets go II him."
Then the sun-the rising sun-the
blood red sun-the health giving sun
the sun that Green had recommended
for Observation-Disclosures another cpl
sode in the career Of Bowser. He
fought we'll and gamely, but the hea-
then prevailed, and 1t was a bunged
up figure that Mrs. Bowser and the cat
welcomed ut the gate.
what in heavens name has hap
penedY
"Woman''-
us this the sunrise cure?"
woman. behold your work."
"Uow my work?"
"Come inside the house. l can only
stop Il few minutes, but our respective
lawyers car afterward arrange all
about the alimony. l understand all
all, and the dead line has been reached
at last" NJ. QUAD.
A Bargain.