The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-06

ing six or seven minutes, but broken
az last by Mrs. Bowser saying;
when you go down TO Ok the fur
mace for the night l wish you would
take look at the coal and estimate
how long Il will last. l think you'll
have to get some more before the
week Is out"
She was looking full at him and ex-
pectlng to hear him shout out that she
had been selling coal to the junk man
to buy candy with the proceeds, but
instead she received the quiet reply:
"Yes, | was thinking today that It
must be most gone. I'll stop tomor-
row and order some more"
Then Mr.. Bowser put his feet mp on
another chair and dropped his paper
and began to nod. He was losing him
self In sleep when there came a ter
rifle hullabaloo among the cats in the
back yard He didn't rush to rear
window and throw It up and shout
and yell and exclaim and throw out
chairs. Neither did he turn and ac-
cuse Mrs. Bowser of feeding all the
cats IN town on purpose TO have them
handy when she wanted to annoy him.
He simply opened his eyes and smiled
and said
"Cats must rollick now and then, the
same rs human beings. or the world
would get very blue to them"
"Was any one after you today to
sell you a pig for spring2" she asked.
"No, dear"
''No new milk cowT
mo"
"No chickens2"
"Not a chick"
But you didn't sit in your Office all
day without anything happeningr
Just the usual routine"
Didn't any doctor happen in to tell
you to take ten mile walks to cure
your llver?"
Nope. Liver all right"
"And you weren't advised to ride a
bike or play football to cure rheuma-
tism?"
Haven't got any to cure"
Mrs. Bowser was baffied. and she sat
and looked at him a long time as ~
continued 10 open and close his eyes
In a languid manner. There was not
the slightest evidence Of insanity to be
read I'm his face or actions. but his list
lessness brought hutter TO her heart.
she would try once more.
"Do you know" she said in tones
meant to be careless. that have been
thinking over that chicken farm idea
Of yours and have about concluded it
would be a good speculation ?"
Nothing In II. my dear" he drawled
In reply.
But did I tell you how much the
gas bill was fc- this month";
"No, but Wen pay it. whatever it is.
The gas company has always been
very fair with u.s."
He Falls Asleep.
Mrs. Bowser sat there and tried her
hardest TO think of something that
might start a family row, but not an
idea came. In the silence Mr.. Bowser
fell sound asleep and uttered snore,
and the cat purred In unison with him.
The room was light and cheerful,
while outdoors the night was dark and
gusty. but II did not seem like her
home. There was an element lacking.
Mr.. Bowser was not walking around
with his hands under his coattails and
pausing now and then to shout Mt her.
She stood II for half an hour and then
crept softly over 20 the telephone and
called up Mrs. Brown and told her all.
Then Mrs. Browns voice was heard in
reply:
"Yes. dear, II is rather strange, but
not without parallel He may keep on
being normal for two or three days,
but don't you worry about It. BY the
third day. at the very latest. he'll come
home and kick the gate open and burst
his way into the house and want to
know why In Texas you let him leave
the house that morning wearing his
day shirt over bis nightshlrt and col
lar saving his ears off" NJ. QUAD.