The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-01


ment. The magazine article that I re-
ferred to says that the change is more
observable in the goose than in n
other living thing"
That's queer"
$50 1t IS, but it will not long re-
main so. There's n man down the
street who keeps geese by the score.
and | propose to drop down and have
a little talk with him. Like the rest
of humanity, have always supposed
that q goose was Il goose the year
round. but II 1t is true thai she changes
her disposition four times a ear l
want 10 give her all proper credit
I'D let the goose part of it 20 if l
were you,' aid Mrs. Bowser, feeling
trouble in the air all Of Il sudden.
But there is the foundation of the
whole question. You see. Does the
goose change with the seasons! If she
does. hen why not all other living
things, man inclnded? If she changes,
I, WHAT are the changes? I'll be back in
an hour and tell you all about it, and l
/ 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 COOSery. The
fire engines crossed his path. but they
could not tempt him aside. There was
a free for all fight among Il lot OF long
shoremen, but he refused TO halt. A
tramp wanted him to stop md argue
On the mount of food a man could
live Oh for Il week, but he was brushed
aside. The goose nan was in his COOS
cry as it behOoyed him TO be, and
within five minutes of his arrival Mr..
Bowser had stated his case. Did a
goose change with the season? Under
the head of goose he included gander
as well. The prOmptneSS Of the goose
u was rather surprising.
IF you will send for a pail of beer,
sir, We'll talk he said. and his little
son soon returned with a two quart
pail frOthing over. He took it that Mr..
BoWser was Il strictly temperate man
and offered him none of the contents.
do I goose change with the sea
sOns?' he repeated after imbibing half
the contents Of the pail without draw
ing breath. Il answer you that he
do, sir. We will begin with spring.
In the spring he is lamblike and would
not hurt Il fly. He sits and MARBLES
love songs and makes googoo eyes at
his mates. He takes long walks in the
moonlight and can be heard to sigh
ten rods off"
You astOnish me-" exclaimed Mr..
BoWSer.
Yes, sir, and the pail is empty, and
as soon as more beer arrives we will
take up ummer Dan, the gentleman
is handing you 10 cents for more BEER
When the pail came back and had
been duly looked into, the goose man
continued:
when spring runs into summer the
goose gets cranky. He drops poetry
and love II moonlight and won't take
q word from nobody. He becomes
morbid. He reasons that all the world
is agin him, and it is then that he
attack. and devours young children.
If you have a young and innocent
child. Sir, let it beware of the summer +
goose"
Nonsense, / have heard of a goose
chasing a person, but as for infict-
ing
You are talking to a man who has
lived his life among them, sir. If you
were 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 goose man, refreshed
and III good spirits. was saying:
"September has hardly come. sir.
when the goose begins to show a dis.
position to make Il ass of hisSelf. He
wants hair remover for his bald head.
though he knows that it won't renew.
He bosses and bulldOzes and thinks
Il devil Of q fellow, and the only
way to tame him down.
"What are you driving att sharply
Mr.. Bowser as he rose up.
Danny said the goose man to his :
son, the gentleman will hand you 10
cents 10 get Il pail Of beer"
The gentleman will do nothing Of
he kind replied Mr.. Bowser.
h the gentlc.r:l. as is no gen
lenan. won't get 40 more goose in
here and can go to Texas"
When Mr.. BOWser reached home he
very quietly and had reached
sitting room and dropped into his
hair when Mrs. Bowser asked:
We'll. does n goose change with the
eaSOn:"
AS YOU have been one all your life
on ought TO know" he meanly an
as he picked up his newspaper =
nd refused to answer another word. |
NJ. OTAD