Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1914 — Page 6

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BOWSER’S CARDS.

They'd Have Won but For the Tactics of Mrs. B. TRICKERY ON EVERY HAND. Mr. Bowser Is Amazed, Then Indignant, as He Realizes How He Has Been Swine, ed Out of. H:s Hard Earned , Money by the Wife of His Bosom. By r.l. QUAD. JCVf-yright. 1 Litem-. NO due had stepped on Mr Bow set's feet all day. lie found a seat in the car home. ■ No one had found fault with his. legs stretched across the aisle. There were no stray hogs in the front yard as he reached the house. Mr: Bowser ascended the steps with a feeding that it was good to be alive and to have a wife and a eat to come home to. When Mrs. Bowser met him in the hall and announced that the new- conk was incompetent and the d i ner was spoiled he kindly replied: ' Weil, we won t worry about that. I guess you can scrape enough together to make some sort of a meal " In a Suspiciously Amiable Mood: There wu- plenty of occasion to. find fault, but fir wh.it was wet before him and O- • ued to smiio. When Mrs. I: t d him that lie must order a • a of range ■ oaf in -the morning Re ■'* t ■ ■ ■6jr w.|Uj selling half the ~t ton to buy caramels, and when he <aw the hud for the last month he a. tn.diy < : oknented her on keeph - •' wn iNe ! iniiy expenses. As they rea-bed the -i:tincr room lie found a •Imirj :n..'o» the floor; but be had noth ing to .say al»> 1 reckless extravaganee and the poorhouse, and when she told hint that the clock had stopped f< r want of cleaning he beamed on her instead of asking whether she had punched it with a crowbar or battered

“WOMAN, YOU STOLE THAT HAND!"

it with an ax. Mrs. Bowser looked upon these sigus as ominous. In hopes of averting a calamity she suggested a call on a neighbor. "Not this evening, my dear," he remonstrated. *T wish to remain at home and take solid comfort. All the way home I was saying to myself that I had the nicest wife and the pleasantest home in the world.” “That was good of you,” she replied, delighted at the compliment and forgetting her fears for a moment. “Yes; the nicest wife and the pleasantest home, and I want you to understand that both nre thoroughly appreciated. If all men were as well off ns I am there would be very little in this world to complain of.” Too Good to Be True. Mrs. Bowser murmured her gratification, and the family cat came downstairs and rubbed against Mr. Bowser's legs and said to herself that tbere'd be an explosion in that house before the evening was over. There was silence for two or three minutes, and then Mr. Bowser said: “If you know bow to play poker we'll run Into Green's some evening. He says they have a little party there almost every night. It’s just a neighborly game, you know, with a penny ante and a two cent limit, but still one ought to know a little something about poker to take a hand in it Hasn't It ever occurred to you to learn?” “Why. 1 played poker with you one evening.” she replied, with sinking heart. “Did, eh? 1 don't recall it.” “And you got mad because 1 won.” “1 don’t see how you could have won unless I dropped to sleep. But we’ll let that go. I only hope you win this time. Where are the cards?” "1 think 1 would rather wait until some other evening. \*ou haven’t read the paper yet.” “Never mind the paper, and it will be no trouble to explain things to yon.piaw tip your chair, and I’ll take the first deal.” Mrs. Bowser looked at the cgt and sighed, and the cat looked at her and shook her head in a pitying way.

Cheek or Ignorance. “Thefe's your hand.” continued Mr. Bowser, “and if you don’t want to stand pat. as they call it. you can discard and draw. If you have a pair retain them. What do you do?” “I—l think I’ll stand pat” “Oh. you will? That's either cheek or ignorance, of course, but we'll see. What's your bet?” “I should like to bet as much as ss.’* “Five dollars! Why. woman, you’d be soopcd blind in two hands in a reg-

olar game. A pair of aces or kings Is not worth mu lt of a bet. I warn yevq to look out for me, and I’m going to raise you five.’ “I'll see you and raise you ten.” ‘‘What! Where did you pick up those expressions? And. by the way, let me tell you that this is no baby business What you lose comes out of your pin money on Saturday. If I lose I'll pay at once. That's the only way to learn how to play poker. Do you want to take it all back and bet 10 cents?’’ “I think I would rather bet $10.” “Ail right. That's two weeks’ pin money. I'll call your hand.” Mr. Bowser laid down two big pairs, with a sugary smile, and was going to ask if she had ever heard of bluff when she showed a flush of hearts and k'-' h 'nt her hand for the money. "How—how did you get any such hand:’ he demanded as his face grew red and he regarded her with deep distrust. “You dealt it to me. When I stood pat you ought to have known that I had a good hand.” ’ , “But how.did I know yon knew anything about pat hands? It was all an accident, however, and it won’t happen again. Deal away." High Expectations. This time Mr. Bowser got a pair of aces to draw to.; and Mrs. Bowser got only queen high. lie got a small pair with his three cards, and she had the luck to draw two more queens, ne was determined to crush her at a blow,' and lie said: “No baby business, now. I’ll bet $lO on this hand.” “I'll raise you fire,” she calmly said. “But how oafi you?” he shouted. “You only hold lip one card.” “I know it. but I'll, raise your bet just the snide.” “You wj'l. eh? Well. I'll see the raise and call your band, and If you ain’t the sickest woman in this town”— But Mrs. Bowser maintained her health. When he laid down two pairs she laid down threes, and his chin was shaking as he exclaimed: “There's trb kery here somewhere, but I’ll soon get on to it. No human being ever held, two such hands running. Give me the deal.”

Wonderful luck attended Mrs. Bowser’s hands. On the third deal she got a straight, while Mr. Bowser got threes. When she announced that she'd stand pat again he looked at her for a minute and made up his mind that she had heard of “bluffs” somewhere and was trying It on him. He didn’t better his hand, but he thought throes good enough to see her bet of $5 and raise her $lO. She came back at him. npd there was supposed to be SSO in the pot when he got scared and called. ‘‘Woman, you—you stole that hand!” he shouted as sodn as he could find his breath. “But how could I?” she protested. “You stole 'em all and have swindled your own husband. Think of it. 1 sit down here to give you a few pointers, nnd you deliberately go at it to defraud me.” “Mr. Bowser, you knew it was fair. You had two deals to my one. You owe me”— An Outrageous State of Affairs. “Not a cent—not a red cent-: 1 have not only been robbed by my own wife In my own bouse, but my evening has been turned into a hollow mockery. Woman, you can sit with your conscience. and I will go down to the club. They may rob me there, but they will not grieve my soul.” She began to protest and entreat, but he hustled down the hall for his liat and bounced outdoors. Five minutes before, but unkuown to the players, three dogs had chased a cat into the open vestibule, where she turned at bay and defied them. They were standing on the steps, waving their tails and showing their teeth, and the cat had her back up nnd her claws ready when Mr. Bowser walked out on the quartet. His advent precipitated a climax. His yell of surprise was answered by a screech from the cat and:a growl from each canine, and by the time Mrs. Bowser reached the door he was lying on the sidewalk and the cat and dogs were leaping over him as they fought. The Bowser cat ran down and took a hand, and It was not until a policeman came up and used his club that a rescue was effected. Then Mr. Bowser crawled up the steps and tottered into the hall, nnd as he leaned against the wall for support and panted for breath be managed to say: “It only needed this! Robber of her husband and would be assassin—tomorrow—tomorrow!”

Turning the Tables.

Mrs. Exe —You take an awful long time to dress to go anywhere. Doesn’t your husband get angry waiting, so long? Mrs. Wye—Why, no. You see. whe’i he calls up to me to hurry I tell him t« get bis hat and cane and I will be right down. “Well?” "Oh, I’ve previously hidden them, and when 1 go down and find them for him he has to apologize for keeping me waiting.”—Boston Transcript

Imposition.

Stamp Clerk— This letter Is overweight, inn dam. Woman at Window—Well, of all the mean people! Why, I’ve mailed hundreds of letters that weren't anywhere near full weight and now that I’m sending one just a little bit over you want to charge extra for it—Boston Transcript.

Refreshing His Memory.

"Doctor, you have charged me for eight calls, and it should only be for three.” "But you forget, sir. that I treated you three times I called, and I have made five calls to collect the money.”— Yonkers Statesman.

AT THE BOTTOM OF A CREVASSE

True Heroism Shows Its Metal In the Swiss Alps.

sitting on a hotel porch among the Sh iss Alps it) August with uiy Uncle G< • !_e, l»"tli of us gazing up at a gla cier winding its way to the valley, 1 Hoiked a sail look in his eye. "Doesn't the view invigorate you uncle?'' 1 asked. • I've been thinking, Billy,” he re plied; "t is what?" "Our e-uitoniptihle natures.” 1 knew uiy uncle was a pessimist. Most old men are. I made no reply. • When 1 was your age.” lie continued, "l gave way to a weakness- a good many weaknesses, but one es.pteiaiiy right here in these mountAt t!ie time to have confessed i: w-buul have been a strain on me. Suiv mv ait seems nothing more than what mi-lit he expected from a descendant of that half brute, half savage, called prehistoric man.” "Rot there an* redeeming traits." "1 wish I could see them in my case.” "Well, tell your story. I'm sure you have one to tell.” "I was in this region with a party 61 tourists. Bob South wick, a classmate of mine in college, had come over with me. and we were doing these mountains mi foot. Bob Was a great climber. while I preferred to look at the mountains from a distance, as we are doing now. The party i mentioned joined us here. Among them was a girl of nineteen, and Bob fell in love with her Then lie was called away to Paris for awhile; and during his absence I —well, 1 cut him out with the girl.

"When Bob came back, as was to be expected, there was constraint between him and the girl. Bob seemed to he ju a mental fever; btyt; strange to say, it showed itself toward her and not at all to me. But I found out afterward that he didn't know what I'd been iqi to, and 1 hadn't the manliness to tell him. At any rate, lie was hot for climbing and wanted me to go with him. The very day after his return be invited me to make a trip as far up the glacier as we could go between daylight and dark. I didn't wish to go, and I didn't like to refuse. To stay behind with the girl I had robbed him pf seemed to add to my contemptible conduct. I consented to go. "We started at 4 o’clock the next morning, taking axes and a rope sot making difficult passages. We climbed over those places that from here look a trifle rough up there—we found them at times impassable—proceeding on our way till noon. Then we stopped and ale our lunch, after which we Started to put in another hour on the upward course before returning. “Coming to a crevasse perhaps six feet across, we determined to Jump it \\ e fastened the rope about our waists, and Bob jumped first. The other side mus steep and somewhat soft, but Bob after some stamping and cutting with his ax got a foothold. Then I jumped am] struck snow. 1 felt myself goingbackward and tried to get a hold /m projecting ice with my ax. 1 failed. Bob saw what was coming and braced himself for the shopk. I went over.

“The rope held. Bob was dragged a few feet and then got a firmer foothold. but a precarious one. There was no possibility of his pulling me up. and if the strain continued I would soon drag him over. We talked together about the prospect, he trying to encourage me. i knew I had to go to the bottom, and it depended upon me whether or not I dragged Bob with me. I'd done one mean act toward him, and I couldn’t bring myself to drag him down with me. especially when it wouldn't save me. I put my hand in my pocket, took out my knife and. breathing a prayer that my soul should be received in the ottfer world, cut the rope.”

Another pause. I saxv my uncle shudder. “I heard something between a shriek and a groan from Bob. To my astonishment, 1 fell only about thirty feet and landed in soft snow. I was buried up to my armpits. Of course I called up to Bob that I was all right, and 1 shall never forget the ‘Thank God!’ I heard him utter. “Well, there I was, stuck in snow at the) bottom of a crevasse, with no means of getting out. The rope wasn't long enough by half to reach me. Bob of course was eiiabled to secure his own position, or. rather, to jump to the other side of the crevasse. He jumped safely, and we held a parley. There seemed nothing to do but for him to go down to the hotel for assistance and a ro P e i_ Fortunately some one there was watching us a glass, saw the accident and met him on the way. In the middle of the afternoon l was drawn up.” We.snt for a few moments in silence. I overwhelmed with the utter absence of consciousness on the part of my un cle of his heroism; then I said; “What did your friend say about your cutting the rope?” “He never thought to examine the cut. He supposed the rope had bro ken." “And didn’t you tell him?” “No. What was the use?" Again I was lost in astonishment. “And the girl?” I asked presently. “Ob. the girl! Well, she fooled us both." “Uncle,” I said after another pause “If you were conscious of being a h *ro I suppose you wouldn’t be one.”

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