St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-02-07

II HEARD HIM AsK ~ THERE WE'RE onIz-
ely BrAiB AROUND
I shall bc nll dressed aud ready half
an hour nhcnd OF time. Did you get
/ them well down IN frontr'
Come 10 think OF II. I believe there
was something said about tickets and
ear. aud the thing passed completely
out of my mind"
"And what did meeting Green have
20 do with itT''
why. Green IN n great sportsman.
you know. lie catches more iish and
shoots more snipo than any other man
IN town. lie wanted 20 know II !
didn't know that the snlpc shooting
season opened tomorrow and was sur.
prIscd that had forgotten a."
"WcllT'
swell. he has got a game knee aud
cant 40 out shooting. but I'm going
by myself. You know ! 40 every fall.
I've been tasting snlpe IN imagination
nll dny. We can 80 10 the theater any
night this fall or winter-we can go a
hundred nlghts-but I must 40 snipc
shooting tomorrow. I want 10 get
AWAY at daylight. and I've got 10 bor.
row gun this evening aud make
ready"
II n true that Mr., Bowser went
snlpe hunting last year ana the year
before, IL IN also true that he didn't
even see n snipe: also that he had trou.
ble with farmers on both occasions
AI n. L..
black eye and his coat ripped from tail
10 collar. lie had then said that he
was through with snlpe forever: that
millions OF them might come aud light
on the housetop and he wouldn't
stretch forth his hand. | remiaded
him now of his words and he replied.
"Never Mrs. Bowser- said
anything that could he possibly twist
ed 10 mean any such thing! I couldn't
have had any fuss with farmers. and
II ! came home with a black eye Il
was caused by kick from the gun.
You have got things all mixed up. This
puts on our going 10 the theater for
only n night or two. and hope you
won't he BOBBY about a."
W. ~ wv kNhAb w U
said. "lf husband cares more about
snipe than he does about his wi's she
must put up with H."
III isn't that. aud you .:..ow II isn't
! care more about you than do about
five snipe. but want you 10 see this
thing In the same light that do. I go
out 10 shoot snipe. | get the day In
fha 1hA kkraIlfner a. far
my rheumatism, I get the exhllaration
Of shooting a gamy bird. talk with
the farmers about their crops. ! drink
more or less buttermilk. I meet other
sportsmen. and We compare notes aud
get acquainted, | shoot aud bring
home four dozen snipe. and We have
snipe pie for a week. ! feel rejuve-
mated. am completely restored 20
health, aud during the rest OF the fall
40 around whistling aud singing.
hope you won't he selfish In the mat.
ter"
oh, What's the ussi
or course told him that I didn't
want 10 he and that I should he glad
10 see him 20 out and enjoy himself.
What was the use In saying anything
20 the contraryf lie would have gone
anyhow. As soon as dinner was over
he went on somewhere and borrowed
a gun and game bag aud amlnuni
t'on, and he spent two solid hours
cleaning that gun. II was gun a rod
long. | can't remember what bore he
said II was nor how many snipe II
would shoot 10 the minute. hut the
figures We're very liberal All you had
10 do was 10 put In anywhere FROM a
dozen TO bushel OF cartridges and
MIN aud Gull the trigger, I asked Mr.
Rowser II the gun wasn't made six |
teen feet long 30 that the muxzls could |