The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-16

man came along ana halted to lean I'D
against a shade tree and inquire:
Say, you, don't DIR. Gregg live on
this block"
'Never heard of him."
He is Il one eyed man
Never heard of him"
He cures asthma
"Never heard of him"
Looking For a Doctor.
"And I've had it for ten years and
want to he cured. | was told that he
lived along here somewheres."
And I've told you about a hundred
times that l never heard of hipsI'
shouted Mr.. Bowser.
''Sir, if you knew what the astlif1s
was" persisted the man az lie lurched
forward and caught the gate-'if you
had suffered for one night as | have
suffered for a thousand-if''-
You old rhinoceros, but III have
your life if you don't get Hwayr' was
Numbered in his ear. And the man
with the asthma lifted his painted
hands to heaven and wabblcd his paint
ed knees and staggered away Mrs.
BOwser had seen it all from the front
window, and she came out and said:
"Mr. Bowser, that was one of the
deacons of my church, and l shall new
or dare attend service there again.
Please let me get painter TO finish
the fence"
Not on your life! This is my job. If a
church deacon with the asthma doesn't
know any better than to grab hold of
painted gate let him try to rub off
what he gets. By the seven spotted
bulls, but can't a man take a day off
and paint his own fence without all
this fuss: What in thunder do they
come along here forT'
Mrs. Bowser retired in as good order
as possible, and for the next half hour
Mr. B0wser was permitted 10 work in
peace. Then a big dog came bounding
up the street in an eXuberant way
stopping now and then to chase his
tail in a circle in the JOY of living. The
painter painted on and dreamed of no
tragedy. When the dog Smelled fresh
paint he investigated. He wanted to
know, you know, and he found out
liN HiiItll lCillllubtl HIN VI tIe eli
balmed beef of Spanish war days, and
he turned his side to the fence and
rubbed and rubbed and growled his
pleasure. He did not see the fat, red
faced and baldheaded man rise up on
the other side. he did not see that fat
and 50 forth man On the inside of the
fence gather up a stone flower vase and
npisp IL in tha ai- hir+,-
feet away came a scream, but the vase
descended and the dog fed with bowls
of dismay
''Sir, that is my dog" exclaimed the
woman as she drew nearer.
''Durn his hide, but | wish | had
mashed him fiat retorted Mr. Bow.
ser
You are a cruel. bad man, sir. The
dog was simply playing with your
fence"
And look at it! He has rubbed the
paint off of three miles of pickets and
left enough hair to stuff mattress ~
woman that will lug a laundering 4
dog around the street must expect q
have him mashed"
threatened 10 report him.
Il will report you to the police, sir
You have been guilty Of cruelty to ami
mails
And I'll have your dog shot for a
nuisance!"
The woman passed on, and Mrs.
Rowser came out with face as white as
snow and queried:
t.. l.
woman isf'
mo. We didn't have anybody to in
troduce us. I'd like to talk to her hus-
band for about two minutes"
ITS the wife OF the minister Of my
church"
We'll, has a minister's wife right
to lug an old dog as big as house
around the street,"
'She will never call on Inc again.
She'll tell all the ladies' to keep away,
l can never step foot in the church
again. Oh, Mr.. Bowser, why did you
do it? Why won't you stop now before
murder is done"'
She went away with tears in her
eyes, and Mr. Bowser took moment
to think. Then he threw his brush into
the street and the paint pot after it
and entered the house In ten minutes
he had changed his clothes and was
out on the steps. Mrs. BowSer caught
him there and asked
care you going to the Officer"
In reply he bestowed upon her
long, lingering look of reproach, loo
r1aptUrfnrl n Of ,t-h
had suffered long and had reached tb
limit, and then passed down the steI
and out of the gate and was lost
sight up the street. The paint pot ha
come into his happy life and turned4
to gall. NJ. QUAD.