The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30

whites or his eyes and report:
"You may pull through she said in
doubtful tones.
'"Then telephone to some other doc
tor-nurses from some hospital. Tell
them to send two Of them-three Of
them. Get two-it's Bowser-Samuel
Bowser. Tell them that must be
saved. I don't care II It costs MIL
lion dollarsy'
Mrs. Bowser didn't telephone to aHy
doctors and nurses. She simply pre-
tended to. She was saving Mr.. Bow
ser for the family doctor. She got
him tea and toast, and though be pro-
tested bis weakness and want Of ap-
petite he nibbied and slipped. He feh
better aftervard. but he didn't admit
It. On tie contrary, after fetahiag
long drawn gresn be whispered:
'sWhy lN this coms to me, Mrs.
Bewser-why come to ne instead Of
another? Why Am / singled cut fer
victtm?"
"Bees.se yoa waded IN sssh aaa
water"
"Bat IL Say. Mrs. Bowser, make
these doctors understand that this Is a
case Of life or death and that they edI
be sued for damages ,fsr delay:
Thes be sighed. Then 10 greaned.
Then he propped and unprepped.
Then be asked If typhoid patients
didn't lose al the hair en their head,
and when Mrs. BeWser reminded hin
that he hadn't any to lose he was net
bit cemferted.
While waiting fer three doctors and
two nurses and other things Mr.. Bow
ser prepared for the worst. For Eve
or ten minutes he reviewed his past
life and then said to Mrs. Bowser:
I'll ana sorry / spoke to you as I
did this morning." ~3----~-aas...-
"Oh, that is all right. knew you
didn't mean what you said"
"Put l have said other mean things
to you hundreds Of other mean
things" --s..eev-"~
'But you regretted them at once,
and so there is nothing to forgive"
Mrs. Bowser." he persisted with
uuiveriag lip, 1T was to live my
life over again I'd be better husband
to YOU. Yes. l would. l wouldn't be
a bulldozer and threaten divorce and
all that. 1 wish l could live on, just
to show you how good ceuld be-
He was petted and seethed and
uuieted for ten minutes and had almost
fallen into a doze when he suddenly
sat up and exclaimed:
There's the cook! I had forgotten
about her!''
"Well, what Of the COOKE"
II want to take her hand before I
die and beg her pardon for finding
fault with her cooking. Call her up
right away"
But she's gone out this evening for
an hour or two"
"And there's your mother! If you
can't reach her on the phone You must
telegraph. have been a bad, bad
man to her. want forgiveness. Do
you think she can forgive me for call
ing her an ole cat and a frump?"
Eyes. | think So Mother is very
tender hearted wo1naa. and l think
she Will even put flowers on your
grave. Don't worry about mother.
I'll see that she is here in time"
Resumes Old Way.
"And then there's the butcher and
grocer and druggist. l have raised
rows with them hundred times over.
| don't want to die and have them say
ing they are glad old Bowser is dead"
They shall be sent for in time.'
How many other things Mr.. Bow
ser would have brought up before
sasping his last cannot be told. as the
doorbell rang and Mrs. Bowser admit
ted the family doctor. She may have
given him the wink as she hustled in
or she may not. Be that as it may,
he advanced to Mr. Bowser, felt Of his
pulse and looked at his tongue and
then said:
Come. Bowser. get out Of this."
"W-what do you meanT'
Don't play the BOBBY. Nothing abs
you that dose OF physae Won't cure.
And Tn not going to die?'
die your grandmother! You are
able to go downstairs and shovel over
q. ton Of coal this very minute"
One would have thought, in con-
sideratien Of his narrow escape froM
the grave, that Mr.. Bewser would
have remained humble=for at least half
an hour, but he didn't. No sooner had
tho door closed on the doctor than he
rose up and said:
"Now, Mrs. Bewser, you can see tho
difference between a resolute man and
a namby pamby woman. You would
have died half an hour ago. while ]
am feeling as we'll as ever did in my
life. Be mighty careful how you up
set this house again. NJ. QUAD.
Stranded,