The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14

cause braudy had been mixed With IT, J
You are sure It's nothing but waterT
Jess water, Mrs. Bowser - jess
Chlckodee mountain water. Chlckadee |
sits In tree above the spring and
sings while the water runs downhlll. |
Chick-a-chlck, You know, and--ha, ha,
har
The cook came In with q dish and
looked at Mr. BOwser In puzzled
way, and Mrs. Bowser hurried him
through the rest OF the meal and got
him upstairs. lie didn't CO. however,
until he had taken another glass of
natures purest aud best and carefully
returned the jug to the icebox. He
wanted to go out and sit on the front
steps, but in reply Mrs. Bowser said:
81 think It's cooler right here, and,
besides, want to talk with you. DO
you think OF trading the house and lot
for farm"
trading for a farmT he repeated In n
high pitched voice, and then after
hearty laugh he continued:
mo, lovey dovey. ! don't think.
Your hubby is no farmer. He don't
know burdock from pumpkin.
Shay. let's go to the theater tonight.
Take my arm and let's go to the thea
ter"
"Not this evening. think the G. NJ.
w. has gone to your head little"
Gone to my head! Why, Misshus
Bowsher who ever heard of such
thingl No, zir; no, zir. Heads all
right. Chlckadee is all right. Noun
tain is all right. Shay, that's Won
derful water. I'm going down and
have anozzer glass of it. l feel as If
II was last winter. / don't feel over
thirty years old
Greatest Water on Earth.
Mrs. Bowser filed various objections,
| but they were set aside, and Mr.. Bow
ser went down and helped himself.
| jug, aud he smiled and wlnked at her
and said her wages should be raised
81 a month. When lie returned 10 the
sitting room his gait was uncertain
and he was reaching out for things to
| hang on to as he walked. When he had
| finally got seated In a rocking chair
he said:
"Greatest water ON the face OF zhe
earth Never heard of anything like
II. Shay, Misshus Bowsher, let's have
game OF cards tonight. can beat
| you five out of six
"Not tonight. Mr.. Bowser. 1t has
been very hot day, and you have
suffered from the heat. IL you will
lie down will put Ice to your head"
81 suffer from heat! Not much
Your husband Is no sufferer. Shay
I'm going over and shee That butcher
and order fifty barrels Of Chickadee
How nice It is TO be sitting here wiz
your tootsy wootsy of wife! Where's
zhe cat:"
'In the back yard"
"C-call zhe c-cat in. | owe her 4
'pology, and | want to make friends
wiz her. feel good. and l want yol
and zhe c-cat to feel good too. Shay
while we are waitin' to 'pologize t.
zhe c-cat I'll shing you a shong."
Don't talk so loud, Mr.. Bowser ant
do please lie down and let me coo
your head. Can't you understand tina
you are not exactly right In you
headW
"Whazzer mazzer my head?"
you are dizzy"
"Nonshense Never dizzy In m.
life. It's zhe room that's dizzy. Now
you listen and I'll shlng 'Zhe Old Oak
en- Bucket to you. Old oaken buckle
haln't in wiz zhe jug, but I'll shing II
Don't cry when | shlng. I'll stand NJ
and I'll shing-shing"
But he didn't sing. He stood up I
| fall down and minute later was fas
, asleep. When Mrs. Bowser awoke hir
next morning he was still lying there
He followed her down to breakfas
without word He had nothing t
say when he found the jug Of Chicki
dee water empty. 1t was only when h
, was ready TO go to the office that h
turned to remark
"I'll see about the divorce and al
inony this afternoon, and you can b
| packing your trunks. You have finall
succeeded In driving me TO the dea
line" NJ. QUAD.