The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13

IL wish you wouldn't" she re.
piled, with sigh.
mo doubt you do. But I shall, just
the same. You are satisfied with the
old sawmill as It Is. II you had your
way you'd chuck this paper into the
furnace. Wait until tomorrow night,
however, and perhaps can bring
about change of mind. See the pa
per as It looks on the wall before you
make up your mind to commit sui
eide"
Mrs. Bowser said no more. OF what
use? Mr.. Bowser would go ahead just
the same. She managed to introduce
another subject, and the matter was
dropped, although Mr. Bowser insisted
on unrolling all the other rolls and
trailing them over the floor and sitting
there and looking at them for half an
hour after she had gone to bed.
The art business was entered upon
bright and early next morning. When
Mr.. Bowser was all ready to begin
work his instructions to her were:
"Now, you keep out of the library. !
want no criticisms until the job Is
complete"
or course he should have cleaned
the walls of the old paper at the first
move. but of course he didn't. OF
course he should have had his paper
trimmed where he bought It, but as he
had not requested 1t the thing was not
done. The cook had made him a pan
of paste, and he was anxious to get to
work. He wanted the art to begin to
show up so as to cheer him on.
In about fifteen minutes Mrs. Bow
ser made an excuse to enter the u.
brary. The furniture had all been
showed to one side, and the first strip
of the new paper was on.
Didn't l tell you not to come In
here?' roared Mr., Bowser
"Yes, but I'm looking for my thin
BILE. Got strip on, eh? Shakespeare,
Byron and Milton look well standing
on their heads. How did you happen
to think of the improvement"
The strip had been put on upside
down. Mr. Bowser would have denied
1t, but the evidence was too plain. He
at first decided to charge Mrs Bowser
with doing 1t TO spite him. but changed
his mind and took her by the shoulders
and pushed her out of the room. Then
he peeled down the strip and put 1t on
right end up. He had the third one
Oh when Mrs. Bowser opened the door
and asked II he wanted any kindling
wood of the boy.
Paper Not on Straight.
"You know don't" he yelled.
Have | got to take the ak to keep
you out Of here"
II didn't know, you know. Don't
you see that your second strip isn't Oh
plumb? The Shakespeares. Byrons
and Millions are leaning over as II they
had had too much drink."
Mr. Bowser started for her, but she
escaped, and after squirting ut the
strip from every angle he peeled II
down and put It up again. He then
locked the door. and Mrs. Bowser
couldn't get In again. When lunch
was ready he locked the door behind
him, and when she asked how his art
work was coming on he didn't do any
boasting In fact, he seemed depressed
and puzzled. She offered to 20 In aud
trim paper for him, but he glared ut
her and did not answer. Twice during
the four hours succeeding lunch she
heard him fall from the stepladder
with crash that shook the house. but
when she knocked on the door and
asked II he was dead he shouted out:
"Of course I'm not! And you keep
right away from here!'
At 8 o'clock the door was unlocked,
and he appeared with u smile on his
face aud said:
MADAM Bowser, will you enter the
library and be introduced to Mr.. High
Art?"
She entered and took careful look
around and then sat down on the
lounge and laughed TIL the tears came
In spite of his Rrst mistake Mr.. Bow
ser had three strips on wrong end up
There We're two strips that bent to the
left and two to the right There We're
twenty different places where the old
paper showed along the edges. II was
a museum In which Shakespearatrf'y-
ron and Milton appeared right side
up. wrong side up and any old way
and they looked mighty lonesome about
II.
Mrs. Bowser laughed for five min
utes, and when she finally looked ny
Mr., Bowser had disappeared, He was
not upstairs. He was not down cellar
He had gone, vanished, disappeared
and he and high art might never gel
together in this vain world again.
NJ. QUAD.
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He Was Wise.