The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-08-25

Mrs. BOWSef would nave spent u
whole day prying the tacks out" he ex-
planned. with a bland smile, while
have the carpet up before you could
say Jack Robinson, Get me that broom
and I'll sweep the floor. / gave my
self just eleven minutes to do the jos.
and did it in ten
The girl went back to her irons, anC
Mr. Bowser gave the backs of the pic
lures rub or two, swept up the floor,
set up the bedstead anew and in thirty
minutes from the beginning was look
Ing around saying to himself:
''There-I've got this room all done.
It'll lie cooler and healthier with the
carpet up, and so won't mind that
Four days to clean house, 1 wonder
what Mrs. Bowser could have been
thinking OFF,
There were three bedrooms upstairs,
and an hour and a half finished them.
In taking down the curtains from the
windows of the last room Mr.. Bowser
and the stepladder went over in com
pany, and he was sitting up and rub
bling the back of his head and seeing
Stars Wucu Tue COOk Cduc UP
to ask:
will yez give ME one minutes
warning before I'm to be scattered to
all eternity
'NObOdy's going to eternity" he re-
piled as he tried to smile.
Then what was that crash, like
thousand oxen falling off a haystack:
How many times, may 1 ask, can yez
fall like that and not bring the house
down wild yeZ"'
Didn't tell you not to mind few
crashesf" holly replied MIR. BOwser.
I'm running this thing, and if you get
hurt I'm good to pay all damages Get
down to your work.
Cooky reluctantly descended the
stairs, and five minutes later the E.;lit
ming house cleaner descended to the
parlor. There was a grin of anticipa-
ton on his face as he looked around
him. Here was real house cleaning
and no make believe. All the damage
he had done upstairs was to break Il
pane Of glass. knock the corner Off a
picture frame and lose two casters
from the dresser, but here!
He began ON the front parlor Down
came the curtains and portieres- the
chairs and sofa went a-Skittering. the
pictures came off the walls with q
whew, and before his back could begin
to ache all the rugs were out of the
back window 1t was truly lightning
transformation scene. He had called
for a feather ruster and dust rag,
and after devoting five minutes to rest
he mounted the stepladder and began
to dust He wanted to leave nothing
for Mrs Bowser's critical eye to find
fault with. He had famed along the
ceiling a few feet with the buster when
he Overbalanced himself as he reached
He knew he was going, but he was
helpless except to yell. He uttered
one shriek-a shrek that lifted cOoky
below him a foot high as she ironed
away-and then there came the sound
of thunderous crash.
Tell me, is it slaughtered We arey
demanded Jane from the foot of the
stairs.
No answer
rs the missus to come home and
find yez dead and buriedF'
Not leaf stirred
Mrs. Bowser had been at the church
for about two hours when lady living
in the neighbOrhood of her house ar
rived to say:
$50 you've got Mr. Bowser at the
house cleaning, have you""
"Bless you, no."
But just as left my house he was
fiinging rugs and things out of the
window. Perhaps he's moving"
Mrs. Bowser started for home at
once with a great fear in her heart,
and she was still half a block away
when she saw the cook at the gate.
Its lynn a crushed strawberry he is
num-" was James greeting. Don't
lay it to me, for did my best to make
him behave himself
How did it happenT
HE comes home as soon as you
leaves and starts in to play thunder
and lightning with the house cleaning.
There was one crash that only broke
his back and swim ribs. but whin the
next one came he didn't have time to
say gOodby to YOU
Mr.. BowSer Smelled canphOr and
opened his eyes. An hour had passed.
Mrs. BowSer. the cook. the cat and the
family doctor We're gathered around
him.
He lives"' said the cook, as she saw
his eyes open.
He is coming to-" whispered Mrs.
Bowser.
''Of course" added the doctor. The
only way to kill 4 jackass is to let the
whole range of CatSkill mountains fall
on him at once"
Then Mr. BOwSer closed his eyes
again and seemed to sleep. but down
in his heart he knew that he would
demand and secure a terrible revenge