The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-06-20

@yes shall sit up to protect the
house and you. These numadiddle
thinos dou,t amount to shuess shall
sit mn and watch and shoot to dn,
while you may go TO bed ana sleep
.,yon insult me, madam! shouted
Mr.. Bowser.
"It Is not my intention. but you must
see for yourself that the house must be
protected"
And who IA 10 protect it-WhoT
"why. If ysu care to sit up in my
place.
your place is In bed. mauam' II
there is any sitting up 70 be done
shah do it. | say that the nouse Will
be well guarded without mat; but
rather than have you pass sleepless
NIGHT and have TO send for The doctor
tomorrow. | win 80 on guard through
the night. will have a gun handy
and nv the seven bulls tie burglar
who comes within half a mile Of the
house and as much as sneezes will find
six bullets hurtling through bis car
cass."
A Heroic Resolve.
"Rut the loss Of sleep. You know
you are not we'll"
III is settled. Mrs Bowser In the
first Mace. | should have thought Of it
myself but | had my head full Of oth
or ideas. In the next, my courage has
Leeu impugned. and that by my own
wife. Tomorrow l shall demand an
apology from you-a most abJect apolo.
gv. If succeed In killing a burglar
there must be two apologies, both alb
ject"
Mr. Bowser had revolver in the
house, and he hunted II up and loaded
II. He also took walk and borrowed
one of the butcher and another ot the
plumber He likewise brought in the
ak and a bludgeon. and, with com.
pressed lips and glinting eyes be laid
the family butcher knife on the piano
There was very little conversation
during the hour before Mrs. Bowser
went up to bed Mr.. Bowser sat grim
and determined. and she had little
plan to carry out. She renewed her Of
fer to sit up and defend the family
safety, but she was waved aside
At 10 O'Clock Mr.. Bowser made a trip
through the lower part OF the house
with a gun in hand
At half past he made another, and
this time with two guns.
Atll cat squalled in the back yard
and he rose up with three guns
His Midnight Guest
A little later when boy threw a
SNOWFALL against the front door the
hero was there with guns, knife and
AK.
At midnight he was sound asleep in
his chair.
Then a human being softly descend
ed the stairs and softly tptoed along
the hall. At intervals of five seconds
the sleeper snored,
A form bent over him. Deft fingers
got his watch and roll. Then that
form went down to the dining room
and raised window and poured wine
into glass and scattered cracker
crumbs about. Then It aScended to
the sleeping, snoring man and took his
guns, his AK. his bludgeOn and his
knife and piled them up against the
front door. Then that human form
dodged into the library and lighted
| the gas nnd wrote brief address
which was later pinned 20 Mr. Bow
ser's courageous breast II read:
"Thanks. old man Saw you were
asleep and didn't disturb you"
At O'Clock Mrs Bowser was
brought downstairs by a yell and d
fall. Mr. Bowser had got chilly and
woke up and discovered what had hap
pened and fallen down in some sorI
of fit, The doctor says he must bt
kept quiet for az least three days, and
then Mrs. Bowser may tell him who
| the burglar was He must be tied
down and gagged though. before she
does it, for he may try to say and dc
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