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Literary
December 31, 1904
The Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
What is this article about?
Irritable Mr. Bowser, upset by his wife's summoning a specialist and costing him $10, heads to stores but is attacked by loafers on the street after refusing a beggar. Beaten and disheveled, he returns home where his wife diplomatically suggests he clean up, disarming his anger and earning his respect.
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from this time on don't ask me one single question concerning my health
With that he put on his hat and coat and started for the grocery and the drug store to stock up, but he never reached them.
On the corner stood a man who asked him for a dime, and when brusquely refused he motioned to half a dozen fellows who were hanging about the door of a saloon. When they had come running he explained:
"Fellers, dis is dat old rooster named Bowser. He jest trows us over de fence wnen we axes fur bed money, and if it wasn't for his wife de nayburs would ride him on a rail. Git on to his shape!"
"Look here, you miserable loafer!" began Mr. Bowser, but before he could get any more of his story out five of the gang fell upon him tooth and toe-nail. He didn't give back a foot for a full five minutes.
He'd been spoiling to lick somebody ever since he gave up ten dollars to the German specialist, and he went into the fray with joy in his heart.
The odds were too great, however, and before a policeman showed up he had been jammed against the fence, rolled in the street and had most of his clothes torn off. He was bested, but he retired in good order, accompanied to his gate by sympathizing citizens, but it was with reluctance that he entered the house. He dreaded Mrs. Bowser. She heard him enter, and she looked out into the hall and realized the situation in a second.
"I see you have had a fall on the street," she observed, "and you might go right up stairs and wash up while I run into Mrs. Green's for half an hour."
Mr. Bowser meant to charge her with being responsible for the whole thing, even to the call of the great German specialist, but her diplomacy disarmed him, and as he crept up stairs he said to himself:
"By George, but that's One on me!
She had the bulge on me, and didn't take advantage of it!"-(Copyright, 1904, T. C. McClure.)
With that he put on his hat and coat and started for the grocery and the drug store to stock up, but he never reached them.
On the corner stood a man who asked him for a dime, and when brusquely refused he motioned to half a dozen fellows who were hanging about the door of a saloon. When they had come running he explained:
"Fellers, dis is dat old rooster named Bowser. He jest trows us over de fence wnen we axes fur bed money, and if it wasn't for his wife de nayburs would ride him on a rail. Git on to his shape!"
"Look here, you miserable loafer!" began Mr. Bowser, but before he could get any more of his story out five of the gang fell upon him tooth and toe-nail. He didn't give back a foot for a full five minutes.
He'd been spoiling to lick somebody ever since he gave up ten dollars to the German specialist, and he went into the fray with joy in his heart.
The odds were too great, however, and before a policeman showed up he had been jammed against the fence, rolled in the street and had most of his clothes torn off. He was bested, but he retired in good order, accompanied to his gate by sympathizing citizens, but it was with reluctance that he entered the house. He dreaded Mrs. Bowser. She heard him enter, and she looked out into the hall and realized the situation in a second.
"I see you have had a fall on the street," she observed, "and you might go right up stairs and wash up while I run into Mrs. Green's for half an hour."
Mr. Bowser meant to charge her with being responsible for the whole thing, even to the call of the great German specialist, but her diplomacy disarmed him, and as he crept up stairs he said to himself:
"By George, but that's One on me!
She had the bulge on me, and didn't take advantage of it!"-(Copyright, 1904, T. C. McClure.)
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Domestic Humor
Marital Diplomacy
Street Brawl
Health Irritation
Loafers Attack
What entities or persons were involved?
T. C. Mcclure
Literary Details
Author
T. C. Mcclure
Key Lines
"By George, But That's One On Me!
She Had The Bulge On Me, And Didn't Take Advantage Of It!"
"Fellers, Dis Is Dat Old Rooster Named Bowser. He Jest Trows Us Over De Fence Wnen We Axes Fur Bed Money, And If It Wasn't For His Wife De Nayburs Would Ride Him On A Rail. Git On To His Shape!"
"I See You Have Had A Fall On The Street," She Observed, "And You Might Go Right Up Stairs And Wash Up While I Run Into Mrs. Green's For Half An Hour."