The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-14

zLY BEARS AROUND"
shall be all dressed and ready half
an hour ahead of time. Did you get
them well down in frontT
"Come to think Of it, believe there
was something said about tickets and
the theater, but l met Green on the
car, and the thing passed completely
out of my mind"
"And what did meeting Green have
to do with ity'
"Why, Green is great sportsman,
you know. He catches more fish and
shoots more snipe than any other man
I'm town. He wanted to know IL
didn't know that the snipe shooting
season opened tomorrow and was sur
prised that had forgotten it."
"Well?'
swell, he has got a game knee and
can't go out shooting, but I'm going
by myself. You know | go every fall
I've been tasting snipe in Imagination
all day. We can 90 to the theater any
night this fall or winter-we can go n
hundred nights-but l must go snipe
shooting tomorrow. I want to get
away at daylight, and I've got to bor-
row gun this evening and make
ready"
1t is true that Mr.. Bowser went
snipe hunting last year and the year
before. 1t Is also true that he didn't
even see snipe; also that he had trou-
BILE with farmers on both occasions
and on the last came home with a
black eye and his coat ripped from tail
to collar. He had then said that he
was through with snipe forever; that
millions of them might come and light
on the housetop and he wouldn't
stretch forth his hand. I reminded
him now of his words, and he replied
"Never. Mrs. Bowser--never said
anything that could be possibly twist
ed to mean any such thing! | couldn't
have had any fuss with farmers, and
II ] came home with black eye II
was caused by kick from the gun.
You have got things all mixed up. This
puts OF our going to the tbeater for
only night or two, and hope you
won't be BOBBY about It,"
"Oh, TIN not going to complain"
said. 'If husband cares more about
snipe than he does about his wife she
must put up with It,"
ut isn't that, and you know it isn't
care more about you than | do about
five snipe. but want you to see this
thing in the same light that do ! GO
out to shoot snipe. / get the day in
the country. The walking IL good fol
my rheumatism. get the eXhilaration
OF shooting a gamy bird. talk with
the farmers about their crops. drink
more or less buttermilk. | meet other
sportsmen, and we compare notes and
get acquainted. shoot and bring
home four dozen snipe, and we have
snipe pie for week. / feel rejuve
mated, am completely restored "a
health. and during the rest of the fal
60 around whistling and singing
hope you won't be selfish in the mat
ter"
Oh, What's the Use?
or course ! told him that didn't
want to be and that j should be glad
to see him go out and enjoy himself
What was the use III saying anything
to the contrary? He would have gone
anyhow. As soon as dinner was ovel
be went on somewhere and borrowed
gun and game bag and ommuni
ton. and lie spent two solid hours
cleaning that gun. 1t was n gun roo
long. can't remember what bore hs
said II was nor how many snipe Il
would shoot to the minute, but the
figures were very liberal. All you had
b 90 was to put in anywhere from Q
doeen to b bushel Of. cartridges ant
aim and pull the trigger. asked Mr.
u0wser II thu gun wasn't made SIX
teeh feet long 80 that the nuszle couIi