The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-05
Never mind about prvp

80 Brown says the gov
nv : oNer 70 the Gay house and |
wants " s~ me-wants TO see Samuel
." wants TO meet great man. |
wrong about that. ell! All 'er
ea' Non in er country like TO meet
son't they"
go on" said Mrs. Bowser.
- didn't want to g. Id rather
come home and meet you. knew
yoa'd worry if | didn't come home nj
silk O'Clock. Browns u good Teller,
and the governors good Teller, but you
are bette feI.er. Shake hands, Mrsh.
RowsEer."
Never you mind about shaking
hands. Did you 50 TO see the govern
orr"
"Yesh. Had 10 10 it. Brown said IT
would hurt lis feelings if | didn't 90 II.
Yesh. went 10 si.Ac or governor. You
can't thin hoH glad lie was Shaid
he'd been wau1ing to slice rae for 400
years. SHOOK LANDS. l'atted me on
the back, Almost kissed ne. Mighty
good fcl.er-selighty good feller."
Well"
well, we shat down. 1Iebte | shat
on governors !nee-maEne be shat On
mine. We talked. Meier talked she
much II ,ly Ite. Ee told he funny
stores, anl l told him 'er same. Shay.
bit yD9 orttc heard us laughin'. Never
i""ga-I 81 I2ncl in Il hundred years.
| GsEs~uQv iln"Aei just 'cr shame"
And w&~ he also intoXicated?"
a~:Ecd Mrs. ;;owse..
-aNto%cAteI: Whazzer meanE No
hA.;y vs. iEtpEr!t2l. 1t was just hi
--..E. Do VOL think 'er governor of
U.s. -.aat ~trt- would get intoxicated?
$40 goa t::i.k Samuel Bowsher, your
a.t band. WJJII ct intoxicated: Shake
-i~.lds Nix ne. h.:"<h B~Owsher, and tell
1 4-c . cont think 50"
but you had something to drink?'
Coarse we had. Can't go to shee 'er
governor and not have something to
drink. After we first shook hands |
asked him what he'd take. He shaid
n glasS.of buttermilk wiz a cinder in 1t.
and ! said I'd take 'er shame"
What do you mean by q cinderT"
Dunno that's what 'er boys call
1t. Makes you laugh. If your mother
was dead and you drank glass of but
termilk wiz cinder in it, you'd laugh
and Kick up your heels. Thas all we
had, Mrsh. Bowsher-buttermilk and
cinders. Shake hands and tell me THAT
you love me-"
"Never. Mr.. Bowser, you have dis
graced us. Even the cat is ashamed of
you"
Don't talk That way, Mrsh. Bowsher
don't do it. Can't 'er Teller go and
shee 'er governor without disgracin9
his wife and cat? Course he can.
Shay, you just orter heard my speech.
Governor wouldn't let me off wizout
one. Shaid he was just dyin' to hear
old Cicero. THAT'S what he called me
old Cicero. I am q shy man, Mrsh.
Bowsher, but after awhile I stood up
like This and held out my arm like
Hhis, and
And Mr.. Bowser sat down on the
floor and winked and blinked in al
owly way as Mrs. Bowser looked at
him. After a couple of minutes he
went on:
Offers His Hand.
81 stood up like This and made FER
speech. You orter heard That speech
It lasted an hour. 1t made Ter govern
or laugh, and it made him cry. 1t
will all be in 'er papers in FER morning,
and I want TO cut it cut and paste il
in a scrapbook. You could neal 'er
governor laugh all owe town, and
when he cried the tears just rolled
| down his cheeks in streams. You amt
mad, are you? You feel proud Of your
husband, don't you? Mrsh. Bowsher.
shake hands and tell me That you are
proud of your husband"
Mrs. Bowser sat stif1y and hadn't q
word to say.
"Zhen 'er gov'nor made a speech"
resumed the man on the floor in a
sleepy voice. 'Yesh, he made speech.
but Mornings like my speech. Nc
laughin', no weepin-just common
speech bout 'er Panamaw canal.
Zhen we kissed each other, and I came
home to tell you all bout tall bout
1t. Mrsh. Bowsher, shake hands and
and shake hands and
And Mr.. Bowser gradually stretched
himself out on the floor and was lost
in slumber.
HAS be persisted, ma'am?' asked The
cook in a whisper as she came up
stairs.
eve will lock up the house and turT
out the gas and 60 to bed" was The
reply.
And ten minutes later Mr.. BowseT
and Ger gov'nor" and the cat and the
whippOOrwills and the summer keeZe>
were left alone in the darkness.
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