The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-12


screens are for the back bedrooms up
stairs?"
He sat down, breathing hard and
glowering at me, and l ran up and got
the right screens and fitted them in
jilfy. He felt ashamed of his display
Of temper and started in to tell me that
he didn't believe I was in the cOnspir-
acy to saw his leg of, but l did not
stop to listen to the whole of it. \ few
minutes later I heard him going up
stairs, putting each foot down as if
stamping off snow. and then all was
quiet for ten minutes. l then felt it a
duty l owed to Mrs Bowser to 20 up
ANA rescue him. He had torn down
curtains and pole from one of the
front windows and moved both bed
and bureau in his efforts to fit the
kitchen door to 4 window not half its
size He was looking around for some
living thing to pour out the walls Of
his wrath on when he caught sight of
ME and burst out with:
Il was just about to call you. Do
you deny that You have gone and
tackled an extra piece on to this screen
in order to spite met"
Needed New Fair cf Eyes.
Haven't YOU got eyes in your head?"
l asked. If l had brother ten years
old who couldn't tell the difference be-
tween a screen door and a window
screen I'd get Il pair Of glass eyes for
him.
Are you claiming that that is
screen door," he whooped.
"Of course it is. Isn't it two feet too
long for the window? Isn't there pan
els to it? Isn't there Il handle on it?
I'm only a poor girl. sir, with a red
headed mother and a fellow with
glass eye for Il beau, but l can tell an
elephant from a mouse"
I'll lie hanged if You amt right
he said, with smile, after taking a
long look at the door. Il suppose I
must have been thinking about trad
ing the house and lot for chicken
farm. You needn't mention the Incl
dent to Mrs. Bowscr. Thanks for com
ing up. am sure l can manage the
others"
AS I went downstairs ! left him
whistling away and feeling better. lie
got the screens into the windows after
half an hours. work strun< out by
his trying to make them fit bottom side
up, and then he came down to the
kitchen with the screen door, He had
recovered all his pompo%ity ;l:-I c>.'-
ceit, and lie didn't mind Upsctting the
cl0th2 horse as lie drl ged t., e"teal
through. I watched him rs he stood
the door up. 1t was top side down.
He stood back and surveyed it and
shook his head and mutterc1:
IF Mrs. Bowscr has been fooling
with this door she'll hear from me in
4 way to make her tired"
you've got it wrong side up, sir"
ventWcl to say
"Ah, yes. S'mOre of my abscntr.iIl-
edness. was thinking about those
chickens again. If Mrs. Bowscr tiles
to pump you switch her off. The door
is right side up now and fits Ike a
glove"
lie soon had the hinges screwed fast
and the door swinging back and forth
but I was holding out for what came
next. Most any sort of a b9llheIdc1
man can rchang a screen door, because
there are all ;hc marks of last y2ar.
but when you come to put on the
spring to keep it closed-that's differ
ent. Mr.. Rowser went ahead with the
greatest confidence in himself, wills
ting IS he worked, but when tie spring
was on and he stood aside the door
few open.
He Was Puzzled.
More of Mrs. BOwscr." | heard him
groWl rs he tried to make the door
stay shut, but l didn't tell him wherein
he had made a mistake. Instead of
taking the spring off and turning it
end for end, what does he DO bat take
the whole screen off and turn the out
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