The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-03

lie didnot have to 80 far to find them
on The corner two blocks down stood
three Old tramps waiflngto strike soine
pedestrian for lodgings money They
ytpreented one Of tie types iie ms
after Before lie had reaclied hem IS
had DECIDED to abe e. thettp tc lures "a;
hilton siPer eyerance and tntegrt;
ty'' respec lively.
"Boys,e he began, gllm an artist,
and this IS a kodak. Have you any OBJ
jectiohs to my taking a,aashlight pic
ture d the group?s
'If you will come down Sc apiece
an around" answered Ambition.
{ "SoDspnset You ought to be proud
TO be taken for nothing"
"oh, we had, and the police wanting
us! It's 81 or nothing"
"Then you'n get together, and Il ]
can put the police on I'do it"
That was an unfortunate remark for
Mr.. Bowser. One of the three grabbed
his hat another gave bin a Gun, and
the third made a grab and just missed
his nose as they ran away. Mr.. Bow.
ser looked around for statue OF LIB
erty totear down; but not finding any
handy, he cooled off after a time and
went his bareheaded way. He had
thought 20 return home after another
headplece, but he suddenly remem-
bered that great artists always went
around the streets bareheaded and
thus got name for eccentricity. Three
blocks farther along be came upon a
short, squat woman carrying bundle
of kIndlngs on her shoulder and talk
ing TO herself about the high price of
diamonds. She was the type he want
ed for Hope On, Hope Ever" and he
Qccosted her with:
"Madam, can 1 speak with you a
moment?"
peatel as she stood and looked at him.
"You can, sir, but let me tell you that
IL YOU utter one single word that an
Unborn babe oughtn't 10 hear I'll be
the death of you. I'm lone woman,
sir. I'm a lone woman
eyes, yes, but all l want is to take
a picture of you. I'm an artist, you
know"
II know nothing of the kind. You
may have come from the zoo for oil ]
know A picture of me! Never! No
true lady will allow man to take her
picture and be showing it around IN
saloons. Sir, you pass on"
Rebuffed by Woman.
"But ma'nm, you mIsapprehend the
situation. Am making some studies
from life. 1 am taking pictures OF
cats, dogs, tramps and
"Anl I'm to go along with cats ant
dogs and tramps, am |? Sir, you arr
a villain! If was n man, sir, I'd pro
coed to mop you all over the street
for Insulting a lady who is carrying
home a bundle Of kindlings to her
starving family. Take that, you old
baldhead"
And she gave Mr.. Bowser a ire
mendous kick on the knee and turned
her back on him to pursue her way.
He arrived home in limplng condi-
ton, and when asked to explain he said
that he had fallen over barrel Of
sand on the sidewalk. Ills wife didn't
press the matter, and the next morn
Ing be took his only proof down to
a photographer to be developed. The
proof came back by mail a day later.
Mrs. Bowser opened the letter and
looked at IT and then saved it TO hand
10 him when he came home. The proof
showed a beer bottle sitting on the
fence, with a cats head where the
cork ought to be.
"Woman, what does this mean!" de-
mandel Mr.. Bowser as he turned pale
and bis chin trembled.
ats the fiashllght picture you took
the other night"
"Never! Never In all this world!
"But here is the letter from the de-
velopcr saying that the thing is unique
and asking If the rest Of the cat is in
the bottle"
Mr. Bowser walked to the closet
where the kodak was kept on shelf,
and, reaching it down, he raised it
aloft in both hands and dashed it TO
the floor with blood curdling "Ha"
and then turned 10 Mrs. Bowscr and
said:
at Is early in the evening yet. We
can telephone to our respective law
ycrs to come over, and we can doubt
less arrange about theldivorce and all
mony so that you can leave for your
mothers on the first train in the morn
ing. This is too, too much. You have
reached the dead line at last"
NJ. QUAD.