The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-14

.ro get dress With Great hear-
ems. you compare O dress 20 tulip
with seventeen difcreni eolors 90 q
tulip TINT VIII make Our name tlmous
Ia month. 70 a tuiip ihal lnny orlus
us III tensof thousands II dollars With
ID u fewwesi stop ald thlnls Of the
itenie sd mess q X ~ Jain
wouldn't have bellegeEi tllat sasls
human nattt lr8sosit eliyl
hid ie Il6usy and selIlslines y05 would
iase lie Till j failure hut Won
lie ii haye bed ptepates and I
viii now set out The tulip n lviil
grow. 1t viii flourish. II viii throw
out Its seyenteens dIiterent Solors You
can 30 on
Nh Bogser entered TIE house and
the bulb vas plaegc y tie Inidtll escsi
.the bed, ii WINS ai hour to dlnners
and daring the interval aIr. Rowser
sat down on the steps 70 watch md
guard.
A, dog catne. along and Jumped the
fence and would have pulled the bulb
from the ground by one q stte shoots
had not tile watcher yelled at him: i.
a hoodlum came along and looked
over the gate and asked MI Bnwser5if
he was going into turnip growing The.
cold stare he received made his scalp
Jingle. Il
A tramp came along and rec gntzed
the bulb as sugar beet aud wanted
to discuss the rise and fall the yege.,
table, butlie was ordered to move on
in such tones that he was reminded Of
lunatlcs aud mad dogs.
Watched tho Plant. X
During tile dinner hour Mrs. Bowser
asked no questions, and the tulip was
not referred to. Acting under instruc.
tons from Mr.. Bowser, the cook took
frequent peeps from the basement vim
dows to SEQ that no one entered the
yard. AS he rose from the table he
said to Mrs Bowser:
MADAM, shall pass the evening on
the front steps. If you are planning
to throw hot water on my tulip or 9th
erwise destroy It. you will meet with
disappointment"
"But why should I wish to destroy
your tulipip she protested.
"E;hy have you made twelve differ
ent attempts to nssnsstnate me since
we were narriedg p
1t was an hour or more before dark.
ness came. Mr.. Bowser kept his eye
on that tulip and thought of wealth,
and fame and pictured a rush of re-
n6rters to secure his photograph. When
darkness settled down, Mrs Bowser
came to the door and asked him II he
was going to SIT up all night. but in
reply he gave her a glare that made
her SILVER.
he was there when the bells struck
8. So was his tulip.
He was there at 0, and the tulip was
nesting down in its earthly bed and
preparing to grow.
at 10 o'clock Mrs. Bowser came to
the door again and found him nodding.
The boy on the opposite side OF the
street who was Just getting ready to.
hrrl a potato stayed his hand, and
after standing for n moment she re.
entered the house and went to bed.
End Of the Experiment.
Eleven o'clock came. Mr., Bowser
was asleep aud dreaming when a
shadowy form stole up the street. 1t
stopped at his gate and peered he.
tween the plckets. 1t made'sure that
the man on the steps s!unlered, and.
then it leappd the fence and advanced
upon the flower bed. The seventeen
colored tulip was there and defense
less. That shadowy form was a dog.
and he was after bones. With CUR
gle in his throat he tlade a sudden
spring, tore at the dlrt for d second,
md as Mr.. Bowser awoke with n yell
the canine seized the bulb IN his mouth
and leapel back into the street. The.
yell brought Mrs. BowSer to the win
dow. She looked down 10 see Mr..
Bowser roll down the steps and make
OF after the fleeing dog. There was
no one else on the street. There were
fickers from the electric lights; there
were ghostly shadows dancing here
and there. The spirits of departed dogs
and tulips frolicked up and dOwn. And
as she looked the forms Of Mr. Bowser'
and the pursued vanished in the dark
ness down tile street. and the just and
the unjust who had been nomentarily
disturbed turned over in their beds and
Lumbered again. NJ, QUAD.
Taking Mothers Place.
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