Things He Planted Have a Hard
Time of It
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
Thar* Art No Flowtn or Vegetable*,
but a Good Crop of Almost Every
thing El*e? Poor Mar? I* Heartbroken
fivir tha Affair.
Iv.'??yv1?ht. 1WT. by Homer Sprague.J
The first robin had scarcely made It*
appearat-.ce In the laat day* of March
when Mr Bowser returned bom* from
the office otic evening bringing a pack
age under hi* arm. When questioned
a* to Ita content* be replied:
"1 have beeu Investing in garden
teed* l.a*t spring I waited tow Wjug
before planting auythlug. but I am
UsK to be caught that w?j again."
Bat our back yard tWee not get *uu
?ueugb. ' protested Mr*. Bowser. "and
luw know the loll 1* full of brickbat*
aud uiortar I don't believe you will
ever make anything grow there "
' But 1 will show you to the contrary.
1 met a gardener today who gave me a
few valuable tip*. I'll have a garden
ih.'a year to delight the heart I not
?*?!/ need the exercise. but I have
tired of buylug wilted vegetable* at
the grov'ery I want my fresh radlnbe*.
i?rttK? aud tomatoes with the dew ou
them I want things to look homelike
? round me. We are penned up here
like a lot of savages, with no seutlment
to appeal to u?. and itouietlme? 1 feel I
TO! J) THAT IT SHI AS MIC* AS ITT HF.K j
FOOT <>"? ONS op THOXE MDS HXIt DOOM
WAS It US
am returning to barbarism. I wsut J
flowers aud vegetablls. I want to |
i?oi s part of tbern. I ^aat tuy tan [
Jernea* and goodness to come back
Did N*t Discaurags Him.
Mrs. Hon irr dldu't encourage or dla
evarsge <lie knew tbat Mr. Bowser
squill be opposed b; cats sad boys
and tramp* and t b u ad* r* tor ms and
late frosts but at tbe same time sba I
k>. i-ed tbat I'rovldence mlgbl be on bis
aide
Aa aoou a* tbe front was out of tba '
fround Mr. Bowser bought a spade and
began Work.
ti? struck brickbats. He struck cob- I
blaMtoiies lie struck clothespin* and
clothes plops He struck wire clothe*
tUiee tbat hat mysteriously disappear
ed jears ago ?? .1 bud never been beard
of since
Boys cheered b'm froui back wlu- .
dows and tfcivw i.!d boots at him |
t'ati walked 'lie fen. e on all sides ?f
tbe yard ai d i:i '?!>? stenographic tiotes
..f tbe pr> c. ?? Train, ?< came
alotn; tbe file* *?>>?? 'topped a' tbe gate
r. > a-^k hli'i If le In J murdered his wife
????! w fs j>re)>rr!ii,< a grave
Aud It iu>'WkI, si'.d It helled, aud It
r lined and there were thiimU-rstoring
lie ,'ot et. u'ul be was covered with j
iu?:d. a:id lie Mistered bis bands, but
hs bi'il'j to UN job lie had set out to
make a g.ird-n, and nothli g could I
? 'ai.ut h'. i O i twenty different occii
slm i ? h? was tnaMiig tbe flower
aud ? :?>* ?. t?T*? Mrs. Bowser l>e
sought I h i t > Jf!v* up the work, but be
IntarlrU !v <'?in k "his left palm wltb
?:U r I* lit Ast aud replied
"Give u;> nothing' Mrs Bowser, yon
d"Q ! know tue yet. I am a de'enul'ied
mau I said I would make 11 garden,
and a garden I will make though the
beaveus fall.**
Mr. Bon Mr bought a shovel. a rake
aud a tnxt. He bought a lond of rich
s?. II f . in a farmer to mingle wltb his
brlckt>at~ He bought guano from the
florist He bought compost from the
livery stab)*. There were two hours'
work for him every e\eulug after din
uer Before tbe uiontb of April had
endod bis t?ck Ifgan to bump and his
?boulders to lop. and be grew bollow
?red and his vole* was hoarse, but
wben Mm Bowser begged blm to give
It up and go Ssblng be r*plt*d:
"No fishing for flsh. I bar* set out
to accomplish something, aud I'll ao
cMupllab It or dla In my track* "
He sow*d lettuc* and radlab seeds.
H* sowed onion seed and bought to
mato sprouts. H* provided for pump
Una aud hollyhocks He planted wa
termelon and cantaloupe seeds, and be
arranged for summer squash** The
*joth**lln?j wsr* boo*te4 op, and the
mok was told that If sba as morh i?
fat her foot on on* of those beds her
doom was sure
Last of all. b* went about th* yard
planting sunflower s**d wherever there
was a vacant spot. Th* snnflowsr par
Dcularly appealed to him. It waa u
?sablem of Innocence. It had no god*
about It It was Ingenuous and frank,
tt rorned Its honest face to tb* son *r
asorulng and waa not afraid of aa
IbteeOgatiOQ Mr Bowser woald bar*
?00 it tb4m in his ftrdtto. fcnd U 'W
wtlked Among them at pr?htld? with
hit hands behind hi* back he would he
at peace with All mankind.
Refund to Buy.
During the mouth of spadluf, shoTel
lag. horluu. raking aud sowing auJ
plauting Mr. Bowser was called on by
men who wanted to sell him lew milk
cows and whj bad bugs and hens to
dispose of. but be turned them away.
Parties wanted to sell bus automobiles
and balloons, but be shook his bead and
' plauted more suutiower seeds. He was
I offered stock In oil wells and copper
mlues at ridiculously low figures, but
he waved thorn aside. Member* of the
Qay Old Boys' club called to ask blm
to deliver an address, but the address
he delivered made their hair stand up
It was only when the month of May
was ten dava old that Mr. Bows.t fin
ished his work and waited for results.
He had done his share, ami now nature
must do the jv<t. There came fiosts
and thunder showers. Boys invaded
tve yard and galloped over the bed*.
Dogs got In and dug for boues. and
cats scratched up the soil In search of
treasure, but he was not discouraged
It was when he began to call out In
bis sleep nightly ami talk about flowers
and vegetables that Mrs. Bowser fell
that abe ought to call the doctor ft.
He wa? sent for. He declared that Mr.
Bowser had lost fifty pounds of flesh
In six weeks and that If he did uct
cease working he would not be long
for this world. He found oue shoulder
lopped dowu four Inches and oue ler
contracted six. and he estimated that
the aplne was six Inches out of plumb.
Ha aakl all this and much more, and
Mr Bowser llsteued In grim silence
and then a ua we red:
Doctor. I'll have a (jardeu If I hart
to walk around In It after I'm dead."
Q-#en Shoots Appear.
Ono evening In the latter days of
May there were some green shoots to
be obsened ou one of the beds Mr?.
Bowser and the cook were brought out
to view them, and Mr. Bowser turned
bis bend away to conceal his tear*
The garden wn* coining on. Nature
was reaching out her hand for a shake.
That night he got out of bed Ave dif
ferent ttme~ to go to the back window
and eo> that the green shoots were al?
rtgbf. aud in Ills sleep be called oil
that he wwuld murder the human by
ena who dared to rob blm of tbem.
Alas, when morning came those green
sboof* were no more! Two or three
dog* In search of prime beef bouea
ba?l entered the yard between timet
and dug and scratched aud pawed un
til n^thiug was left. Mrs. Bowset
loo:<??' for an outbreak, but uuue fol
lowed Mr. Bowser's face simply took
ou a Lew k'rimuess. and he made and
replaated the beds.
A "*eU laler there were other greu*
thlnrs sbowlti; up all o vft- the garden.
A warm rain had popped everything
out of tli* ground like rapid transit.
That evening Mr. Bowser smiled and
laujhe?'. for the first time In many
days He had fought the fight and fell
that he had won. He could even iden
tlf.v the hois hocks from the sunfloW
ers. lie went to Veil like a man win'
has doue a g >od deed and sees hit
reward in vie a . and the cook made up
ber Biiud that If he was a paranoiac ha
was not dangerous.
Garden Wu Ruined.
That uight came a thundersh.iwer,
but Mr. Bowser slept aud reeked uot
The thunderbolts spared his garden,
but still when he arose In the morning
be looked upon a scene of devastation
A prowliug dug had discovered a cat
In the alley at midnight and ruu her
Into the Bowser garden and acivs*
and around If. Other cats ba<l com* |
to ber asslstauce; other doga bac j
mixed In. Amid the flashes and the
re?erberatious a great battle had been
fought No matter which side vrao. all j
had escaped with their lives it wat
the garden that bad been ground W I
tween two mlUstoues. Not a green j
thing remained. Sunflowers, bol'y
hocks, lettuce, touiatoe-*. cucumber*- !
all bad t>een squashed to squash nnd
trampled Into tli? mud to be seen uev?r
again Mr. Bowser looked from a bark
window and turned away. Mrs. Bow
ser patted him e"?ftly on the back, act!
he lay down <>n the louuge and clos^I
his eves. He w:w a walloped man.
M. Ql' AD.
To He Sure.
j OIU I.*dy Are you traveling for the
good ?>f your health?
I l>ef<<ultiiiK Bankrupt- Rather!? Illus
trated Bit*.
Creeping the Herring Pond.
Ill* lhier was rolling frightfully.
"Jack." moaned the pale green but
?till lovely bride, "promise me you will
?end my remain* 'o the olil bom* for
i burial."
| H? promised. The motion grew grad
ually worse.
"Jack," she moaned again.
??Well, dear';"
"Yon needn't bother about my re
' main*. There won't be any."? Jiew
fork Preee.
P. E. KERN
Gold and Silversmith-!
Manufaturer of
Nugget Jewelry
Dealer in
Alaska Souvenirs |
and Curios
of all kinds
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