Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-17

wrong stun, but you've had to butt In
and make me wonder about It. can
almost imagine that i feel a strange
taste In my mouth
He growled all the way downstairs.
The chest was on a stand where he
had left 1t, and as he lighted the gas
The cat rolled OFF the lounge and looked
at him In SURPRISE He opened the
chest to put his hand on the bottle, and
next instant Mrs. Bowser heard Wild
yell. On the bottle was deaths head
label with the printed word poison"
and the written word "Laudanum" be-
meath 1t. I
what Is itp she shouted as she
leaned over the banister.
five taken poison! Come down
at once"
What sort of poisonY' :
"Laudanum! must have drunk
half pint OF it,!
'"Then rush toNthe drugstore and get
the night clerk up and have him ad-
minister a remedy. While you are
gone I'll make a lot Of strong cofsee!
do you-you think I'm a dead
Nmanr he asked as he fingered by the
front door while Mrs. Bowser came
flying downstairs.
.FE Ran to tho Drug Store.
"Don't stop to ask single cues.
ton. but fiy fol-, your life! If you get
remedy down rat once. you may be
saved!'
Mr.. Bowser had to go out into the
winters night half dressed, but he got
hump on him. A policeman called
to him from across the street, ana two
or three pedestrians tried to stop him.
but he brought up at the family drug
store and almost pulled the night bell
out by the roots at tile first yank. Aft
er he had rung about five times and
administered the same number OF
kicks on the door the sleepy clerk ad-
mitted him with the exclamation:
"What' in thunder do you mean by
trying to kick my door in?"
"1-1've taken poison! gasped Mr..
Bowser as he staggered in and sat
down.
"Oh, you have? Couldn't rout hard
working drug clerk out of bed at mid
night any other way, and so you took
poison. What was iti"
"Laudanum. l took 1t for cough
sirup. Don't delay, or I'm dead
man." 3
Don't expect me to rush my legs
off," growled the clerk. "I'm not re-
sponsible for your mistake. That's the
way with half the men. They will
grab up bottle and guzzle away and
never pay attention to the label. I'll
give you the usual remedy for lauda-
nan poisoning. You may possibly get
over it and learn caution In the fu-
ture. Now take this and then walk
up and down the aidewalk at brisk
pace. If you stop for a minute, you
are a goner."
Walked For Half an Hour. ~
Mr.. Bowser walked up and Gown for
block each way. Pedestrians asked
him why he walked, and motormen
wanted to know II he was enjoying
himself. Now and then a hoodlum hit
him In the head with q SNOWFALL, and
now and then a tramp walked at his
elbow and besought him to open his
beating heart. He had been walking
for half an hour, and the drug clerk
was still yelling at him occasionally
from the door, when boy came rum
ming and "Nsped out:
Mrs. b. wants you right awayi
She has iouA. that you wasn't poi
soned.", .,-f
a"W-whatr
"You didn't take no laudanum." e
Mr.. Bowser eprang into the air. He
whooped. He made a dive for the
drug clerk and chased him inside. He
made rush for coal man who had
been enjoying the situation and upset
himain a snowdrift. Then he struck a
wild gallop for home, and as he burst
Into the house Mrs. Bowser met him
and held up the bottle of cough cure.
"You left II down In the kitchen aft
er taking a swallow and I found 1t a
few minutes ago." she explained.
"And didn't take laudanumf"
mo" ~ kIttE% ~
"And there's no danger Of my dy-
ingT !4s 4
mot this trip" ~ ~
Mr.. Bowser seemed about to take
her In his arms and give way to nat
ural feeling but he stopped short,
started back and dramatically pointed
and exclaimed:
"Ia, woman, understand! You set
out to poison me, but became con-
science stricken. You can go up to bed
now, while look over some papers in
the library that will be wanted by my
lawyer tomorrow" M. QUAD.
A Problem. "a.