The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-13

NN~A SA0A-C AAOLh q 1890
window and saw that several people
had stopped in front of the house
Then she climbed to the attic to give
Mr.. Bowser Il word of caution. Sic
found bin with coat. vest and colllr
off and the sweat standing out on / =
forehead. and Le greeted her entranc'
with:
Hip. hip. hip. Hop-hIp-hop-hjp.
Mary, Mary. Mary. Sam. San.
sam
DO You know that people are stop
ping in front Of tie house," she asked.
What for? Hip: Hop. Hip! Su-
san. Susan. Susan"
Your shouting makes them wonder
what Is goin@ on. Can't you lower
your voice a ~ljttle:"
Not by the fourteen horns of til
seven sacred bulls of India he shout,
ed. 4 am in my own house. | a:u
cultivating my own voice. If the gen
eraI public doesn't like it they Can
lump IL"
But you ha vent got to shout at tie
top Of your voice TO cultivate il, have
youE"
People Attracted by Noise.
Il have got 10 90 just as the Pro
fessor told me. | want a voice that
can be heard al over a hall holdiA.
10000 people. H! Hi. Hi. Ho! Ho.
Ho."
Mrs. Bowser went downstairs and
left him at it, and she saw from tic
window that the number Of people had
increased to fifty. The sash was
raised. and she heard one man say:
- tell you it's Bowser. He's beer
off his chump for two or three years
past, and he's finally become buggy
He ought to be taken to an asylum TO-
night"
why don't one of these boys go fOl
a policeman:' Queried another. IF thai
noise keeps up no on the block vii
get an hours sleep tonight"
"Cosmo. Cosmo! CosmO! Dick! Dick
Dick. Dam. Dan! Dan" came the voice
of Mr.. BoWser just as the bell rang
and Mrs. BOwser answered it to fin,
a policeman on the steps.
Policeman Calls.
How long has he been acting thi.
way?' whispered the officer as b.
lodged into tie hall.
DO you mean Mr.. BowSer?"
Yes, or whoever that is roaring GU
like a mad bull. Has the doctor seer
YETI"
Away, Away, Away. Heave he
Heave hO. Heave hOr' shouted the voice
cultivator in the attic.
1T is Mr.. Bowser, Sir" said Mrs
Bowser with all the dignity she coul,
call up. land be is not crazy"
Then, mum, could / ask withou
on the spree?"
II is perfectly sober, sir"
Then he must have rats after him
You can see what a crowd has gath
cred, and that noise must stop or
shall lose my job. The word came t
the station house that five people wer
being murdered by a lunatic."
VERY well; you a 60 up"
The officer found his way to the attic
Mr. Bowser was waving his arms am
bending his body and enunciating, bu
after the officer had seized him ant
given him two shakes he dropped voice
culture and there was a contest of Ian
guage lasting five minutes. At the en-
of that time the officer came down
he opened the door to pass out and as
sur the people that there was no caus,
for alarm. The whooping had stopped
for good and they could 60 home ant
assure their families that no deed O
blood would occur. The crowd hat
melted away when Mr.. Bowser de
+ scended. He walked straight up t.
Mrs. Bowser and lowered over her 70
a long minute before he could speak
Then his enunciation was perfect a
. be said:
Woman. this is your seventeenth at
tempt to assassinate me in the las
five years"
Bovvser Resents Interference.
Yes she replied.
You were bound and determined t
have my voice remain like the sound
Of an old file drawn across a coal scut
tie, and you gathered that mob an,
sent for the police"
"Well?"
Tomorrow we separate separate
You consult your lawyer-I consul
mine The dead line has been reached
Good night, Mrs. Bowser. I go to tn
library to look owe some papers,"
Mrs. Bowser went to bed, and tw,
hours later when be came upstairs sh'
heard him grOwl to himself:
Hang Professor Zangwilly! If b,
comes into the office tomorrow Il
punch his head" NJ. QUAD.