Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04

makes you let men stun you with such
1deasT'
Mr.. Bowser had kept his eyes on her
as she spoke. His face had flushed
from red to white and back again half
dozen times.
"Stuff me! Stuff Bowserp he al
most yelled when she had finished.
Mrs. Bowser, the man does not live
who can stuff me. He never has lived
and never will. To hear you talk, one
would think was a six-year-old kid
who didn't know enough to get out Of
the way of street car Discussion Is
useless, however. You are never In
sympathy with any Of my ideas. will
go my way about this matter, and you
can go yours. STUFF me! STUFF mep'
Resents Her Sarcasm.
That ended it. Mr.. Bowser was dy-
ing for smoke, but he couldn't go
back on his ancestors. When they
hankered for anything they went out
and dug roots. After he had wandered
to and fro and up and down for an
hour he went over to the drug store
and asked for some licorice root.
Whats up now" queried the drug
gist.
1--WE stopped smoking"
"Glad to hear 1t. I've thought for
the last year that your brain is more
or less affected"
If there hadn't been couple of la
dies in the store Mr.. Bowser would
have called the druggist a liar. AS it
was, he had to bottle up his wrath.
He hadn't gone ten feet from the door
when he met his family butcher and
halted him to say:
"Smith. didn't the ancients used to
eat their meat raw before they found
way to cook itY'
II guess they did,"
"And wasn't that why they were SO
strong and healthyr
II presume it was. Shall send you
over neck piece from an old bull to
chew on? After devouring it you may
be able to pull UP a telegraph pole"
Concealed His Feelings.
Mr.. Bowser got home mad. but he
concealed his feelings from Mrs. Bow
ser and chewed away at his supply Of
root When 10 o'clock came he Wen
upstairs and took a quilt off his bee
| and passed out into the back yart
| without word to her. The dewy
grass awaited him, but there were
cats around and the night was dark al
he felt himself wishing that his an
cestors had slept on hair mattresses
| As he lay down and stretched out ant
the dew of heaven glistened on hi
bald pate his vitals yearned for friet
Maryland chicken and corn fritters. HI
thought of coffee and chocolate. HI
knew that his ancestors had none 0
those things, and he began to have
contempt for them.
The professor hadn't asked to boz
row So of him, and he had told Mrs
Bowser no lie. 1t was ten that the ma
/ got, and the lender now wished he ha
it back. Mr.. Bowser had about mad
up his mind to change back and eat
/ hearty breakfast In the morning whe
he fell asleep. He didn't get to slice
as soon as one of bis ancestors woul
have done, but he did well for the frs
time. He had slept and dreamed an
hungered and hankered for an hou
when there was a flash Of lightning,
peal of thunder, and the rain. descend
ed in a perfect cloudburst. Three mir
utes later limp and bedraggled forI
entered the family bedroom, wher
Mrs. Bowser sat reading and waiting.
Our ancestors laid out in the raj
and got soaked, and that toughene
Them" she remarked.
"D--n our ancestorsv' was his vigo
GUS reply as he began to peel off hi
wet garments to get into bed.
M. QUAD.