The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

mark, he must have a guardian APP
pointed until September comes. 1 al
ready begin to understand that my
season fer being real good begins with
the first fall month. What l shall be
during the winter season is a mystery
at. the present moment. The magazine
article that referred to says that the
change is more observable in the goose
than in any other living thing"
That's queer"
$50 it is. but. it will not long re-
main So There's a man down the
street who keeps geese by the score,
and I propose to drop down and have
little talk with him. Like the rest
of humanity. 1 have always supposed
that goose was goose the year
round but if it is true that she
changes her disposition four times a
year, | want to give her all proper
credit"
I'D let the goose part of it go if I
were your" said Mrs. Bowser, feeling
trouble in the air all of a sudden.
But there is the foundation of the
whole question. you see. Does the
goose change with the seasons? If
she does, then why not all other living
things, man included2 If she changes
what are the changes? I'll be back in
an hour and tell you all about it, and
I may think best to sit up the rest Of
the night and write an article dealing
with the question:
When Mr.. Bowser left the house he
headed straight for the goosery. The
fire engines crossed his path, but they
could not tempt him aside. There was
a free-for-aH fight among a lot of
liongshoremcn, but he refused to halt.
/ A tramp wanted him to stop and ar
que on the amount Of food q man could
live on for a week. but he was
brushed aside. The goose man was in
his goosery, as it behooved him to be,
and within five minutes of his arrival
Mr.. Bowser had stated his case. Did
a goose change with the season? I'm
dor the head of goose he Included gan
der as well. The pron1Dtness of the
gcoseman was rather surprising.
I IF you VIII send for a pail of beer
sir, wel talk he said, and his little
son soon returned with a two-quart
pail frothing over He took it that Mr..
Rowser was a strictly temperate man,
and offered him none of. the, contents
DO a goose, change with the sea-
sons?" he repeated, after imbibing
half the contents of the pail without
drawing breath, Il answer you that he
do, sir. We will begin with spring. In
the spring he is lamblike, and would
not hurt a fly. He sits and MARBLES
love songs and makes gOo-goo eyes at
his mates. He takes long walks in the
moonlight and can be heard to sigh
You astonish mel" exclaimed Mr..
Bowser.
Eyes, sir, and the pail is empty. and
as soon as more beer arrives we will
take up summer. Dan, the gentleman
Is handing you 10 cents for more
beer"
When the pail came back and had
been duly looked into the gooseman
continued:
when spring runs into summer the
goose gets cranky. He drops poetry
and love and moonlight, and won't
take a word from nobody. He be-
comes morbid. He, rea sons that all
the world is agin him, and it is then
that he attacks and devours young
children. If you have a young and in
nocent child, sir let is beware of the
summer goose"
Nonsense! I have heard of a goose
chasing person, but as for infiict-
ing"
''You are talking to a man who has
lived his life among them, sir. If you
We're to hand Danny another 10 cents
he would get another pail Of beer, and
we would pass on to the fall season"
Mr.. Bowser hesitated, but finally
handed out the money, and four or five
minutes later the gooseman, refreshed
and in good spirits, was saying:
September has hardly come sir,
when the goose begins to show dispO-
sition to make e ass of hisself He
wants hair-renewer for his bald head,
though he knows that it won't renew.
He bosses and bulldozes and thinks
he's a devil of a fellow and the only
way to tame him down.
What are you driving at?" sharply