The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07

will fasten my eyes on his. He VIII
stop dead in his tracks Is he don't
shy Off into the roadway aId PASS me
he viii sit down and whine.
THAT is. you think he WILL
That is, I know he WILL If he sits
down I viii slowly and gradually APP
proach him. never for the fFs etion OF a
second allowing my eyes - wander
from his. AS I draw nearer he viii
shiver and shake When L am within
/ three feet of him he win howl in
| lugubrious manner ard fully realize
that his doom is sealed. 1 will then
taken my cane in both hands, ike Il
soldier charging bayOnecs, aud with a
mighty jab 1 shall reach his brain by
piercing his eyes That viii be the
end. It will only remain for the re-
porters to interview me- and for the
Humane Society to forward its medal
and a complimentary letter.
MI Bowser, II you weren't my
husband
Look out. now NJ further in
IF you heard any other man talk
ing that way you'd call him con-
WHAT What WHAT he shouted,
as he jumped up Mrs. Bowser, / al
low no living person. man or woman.
to talk to me in that way. I have told
you what I should do in a certain
emergency BY what right do you call
me names and dispute that I would
do it ?''
because nobody ever heard of a
man going through all that perform
ance with a mad dog. You might
hold 10 forty hands and he wouldn't
stop. You might look at him with ten
eyes. and it would do no good. L
should say the proper thing for you to
do would be to crawl under a wagon
or climb a tree. Shan't we go over to
| Brady's and get some ice cream 2''
'Brady's! Ice-ream" he gasped, as
! he flushed red and white. You talk
to me of Brady's and ice-cream after
! insulting me fifty times overi By the
seven bob-tailed cows that gave milk
to the children of Moses
Then his feelings Overcame him, and
! ne descended the steps and went out
to the gate to wonder what he should
! DO He was standing there in an I'M
/ decided frame of mind when big lub-
berry dog that was trottng along on
the opposite side of the street espied
| the BoWser cat on the lower step. He
was out for game, and he spotted her.
he came rushing across the street, and
! in his impetuous haste he struck Mr.
BoWser's legs and brought him down,
and al the same instant hoodlum
yelled out Mad dog!" The cat went
racing around the yard, with the dog
a good second, and they had both
/ Jumped over Mr.. Bowser twice before
he could get up. When he did reach
his feet he made a rush for the house,
taking the steps two for one Mrs
BoWser sat there, but he saw her not.
As soon as he could get inside he shut
and locked the door and got to the
second story.
The cat climbed a tree, the dog pass
ed on. and ten minutes later the door
was unlocked and Mr.. Bowser came
down.
81 didn't see you raise your hand to
attract his attention. nor yet look him
in the eye" remarked Mrs. Bowser, as
demurely as she could.
Mr.. Bowser didn't reply He didn' t
notice her. After brief look around
! for other mad dogs, he marched down
/ the steps, out of the gate and up
the street. He wanted her to think
that he was going to the nearest saloon
to fill I'D to the chin. and then commit
/ four or five cold-blooded murders
Copyright, 1905. by r. B. Mcclure.