Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-06

10 when he sat up and blinked at me
ind asked:
'Ish THAI you, Mishus Bowsher?"
no; this is Annie"
Annie. the cook" .202
"Yes."
"Well. ish anything the mazzer?'
81 heard you fall and came down to
see.'
"YeSh. fell over chair-shame old
chair, shame old fall. Where's Mishus
BowsherT'
"She left here this morning, you re-
member" 81. ~
"Oh, yesh." he said after thinking 1t
over and struggling up and getting into
a chair. II
''Can I(help you upstajrs?" 1 asked
as he looked around the room as if
everything was strange to him.
( "You help me upstairs? Why?
What for? Shay, Annie, l went ter
Gay Old Boys club tonight"
'Yes?' -, fNA
81 was called on for "a speech-allus
called on L spoke for half an hour.
Shay, wish NIishus Bowsher had
been there;I wish you had been there;
wish everybody had been there. Bes'
speech 1 ever made in my life"
Mrs. Bowser will be pleased to
hear that" "a
evil she? viii she? Dear old
AIishus Bowsher! Yesh, sir, / spoke
for half an hour, and never heard so
much laughing. in my life: Up-roarious
applause! Unqualified succhess! Shay,
Annie?" 4)I9tfllj Jkk18 f!kl( -
Eyes"
'Who discovered Am erica r. )tf'
I'm only hired girl at SIC per-" l
replied, ''but 7 think It was Colum-
bus.'' als .sl,,,-1 +,
I'm! l said in my speech That it
was Washington, but odds is erldiffer-
ence. Whuz bout er pilgrim fathers? p
ST don't know, Mr.. BowserT' ! I'D
Neither do 1, but what 1, shaid, bout
'em brought down er house. When 1
got through speaking, they carried me
around on their shoulders and shung,
I Want to- Be an Angel Nice, wasn't
it? Then they stood me on my head
and poured ice water down by trou-
sers legs. Beautiful, wasn't it?"
'But won't you go to bed nowT' l
asked. 1
He Sings a Song. ~.
why? Whas for? Shay, Annie, did
you ever hear me shing a shong?'
ST never did, but hope you wont do
now tel 0Y1or ffoTs mid
night, you know" ts4i Jtl 3 tl4t
midnight? THAI nothing for a Gay
Old Boy. We always sit up till 80
o'clock, Hear me shing: 80;
j. "Oh, er old, oaken bucket,
Err iron bound bucket, - -
:. Err moss covered bucket - .fgCDEi
( II That h-a-n-g-s in er we'll" - r, Z.
..fWon't you let nae assist you, up
stairs now2". asked as he began to
motion 1t all out and chuckle. 100 -
"Shay, Anhie,"; he replied, show
much wages do you get?''iA sjji341
.'sI'm getting SIC per month"; ,tjf'
"iTain't nuffJ After this you shall
have twenty-five,"so )qEol BASIN I +
Thank YOU but, FL see Mrs Bowser
about it." aaf...r ~ b,a.i..te
"Au rize, ali rize. Shee. Mishus Bow
sher. bout it, Fine woman, she Is;
nice woman; best woman in the
world. I shall never get err divorce
from Mishus Bowsher-never.l Shay,
Anniea" 37git 3iu3g .siX .ijfg 81
/ s Eyes, but I'm. going back to my
room,"Jtr lJ3'Iaiv3 eftiI 34t5
%All rize, all, rize. You go on Gay
Old Boy can take care Of himself. Gooz
night" -,
Five minutes after going. upstairs 1
heard him tumble to the floor, and I
am sure he slept there all night, and
yet at breakfast he turned to me and
said: s.{gf q - g.J.tt5
annie, was in before 10, and l
hope did not disturb you The presi-
dent of the club was i'll, and we adj
journed early. 1 wanted some ice wa
ter when came in. but found none.
Please see to it in the futureg'tf ltsl,
tgo 81 ss}I5nit tod" ~ = a. a1pFrai