Show BUILDING A rOUN FOUNTAIN TAIN fir mr tidy U els in li I oise III i ardon tB I brooklyn rooklyn eagle my dear said eaid mr dyke lu ho be planted the nozzle ic ot otten the street t sprinkler and braced it will with bricks so it would squirt straight up my dear that makes considerable consul crabl of a fountain I wi wish all I had bad thought 91 before upon my word giggled mrs inin why really an inventor the best fountain I ever saw but how arc are you going to take it down and mrs contemplated the fountain with considerable misgiving dont want to take it down v grunted mr it cornea comes down itself by the law of gravitation did you suppose that alwater za squirt up into the pair air nn anh vy wait ait fur me we to bring it down on a stepladder adert got some kind of a notion that I was going to tic a rope around that water and haul baul it down yc ye well im botand aint going to offer gitany it any chromo ealo esto came down ei eatherl eith therl crl and POOP endyke hims himself elfort on the lower step and eyed his fountain with a great deal of satisfaction how long are you going to let i it squirt ask asked ed MM mrs anxious lin x L ous to liar bar the trouble begin that it might be over the s boner oil I gum about twenty feet P py replied mr mease measuring ring the height odthe of the stream with his eye an and d chuckling to himself about as long on as the measure wi will 11 permit ermit and I thought id let it go idt that far before I hitched c d it up and mr chuckled allover all over as the full strength of his joke impressed itself upon him mrs watched the play of tho the water in silence araps araps you think I cant get that foun fountain tain apart without getting wet eaid Mr at length maybe may bo you have imbibed the idea that when I turn tum that water orlim off im going to be soaked well wen im not the head licad that anve invented ut ed this fountain knows how hony te to keep kee itself dry and mr got up and walked around his prize his faco face beaming with smiles the water was fallia falling in a perfect shower upon tho the key box ox and inthe in the aftem afternoon oon sun the fountain looked remarkably pretty mi mrs scooper koyke made no response but prudently awaited developments velo en ta am now ow bring me the umbrella said mr preparing himself for forthe the closing trin triumph mph bring roe me forth the fiery untamed umbrella lat and as A mrs irs dyke handed it to him he raised it picked up his key and ap approached pro ached the stream the umbrella protected him from the down pour but as ho he bent over to turn the water off the hissing shaft abaft struck under the gingham I iam and raising the umbrella 11 with t a vicious jerk ti tipped ped f mr over on his va beam m ends dod gast the measly squirt h ho yelled as eoon soon as he be recovered breath what did you want yant to distract my attention for and he shook the umbrella at hia ilia wife as ho he rose dripping to his ilia feet another time when im fi fixing this fountain you get under tal the aled bed yo ye hear and mr glared around him and approached the enemy once more this timo time he held the umbrella straight out before him groping alons along behind it with the key ho he had bad almost reached the rod when the stream struck the outside ortho of tho um umbrella breHa and as it whirled mr spun around landing in a sitting position on the fountain which lifted him about a foot and rolled him in the gutter it that what ye were waiting to sec see was it 11 he lie shouted as he be c climbed to his feet and shook his hat fia at his trembling wife been ro up there to watch thiddis this dis lay of genius against against brute force I M bot an in idea hi hid away somewhere that this fountain and me aint on friendly terms I and ho he changed the umbrella across the steadily pouring stream str paro got caught once more and landed in I in the gutter gutte ragain again this time on tho the back of his neck how hony dye like the show he s squealed healed bounding to his big feet theres going to be a concert after the circus I and he char charged ed once again with his umbrella which aih this timo time was jerked out of his hands and rolled over in the street procure your tickets of the gentlemanly ushers I and he grabbed bis his weapon and made another onslaught not that the circus performance biance is concluded I he continued as he betell efell clear over the stream and rolled into the thebert Th the ebest best is yet to cornel comel and in trying to straighten the umbrella which had turned inside out he caught the fountain again and slid do down it on to the curbstone with a sound like a bun bung starter on a barrel 94 M my dearmey dear why dont you began ga n fairs mra aint it ia roared the husband perhaps Pr haps you know more about the personal habits of this dod amsted squirt than thau I dol and he slammed at it with hia his umbrella and kicked at it until his le leg was WM loose 1000 may bo be youve get got some gome political influence here and lowering his head behind llie the umbrella he be charged again the water tipped tile umbrella straight poured up into it and fell in a deluge on mr scoop en endy dykes kea head and shoulders dont be alarmed la diesl sl he lie squealed theres no danger a and n d he be smashed the umbrella down over it like an extinguisher c r 11 A competent corps of dod aasted officials always on hand bandl but at this juncture cedlo une t ur e the umbrella ripped arpin handle to whalebone ti tip the stream cal caught ablit mr mi pendy e under the abia cilia and landed lande d him pale and gasping against agai lost the fence this is what I meant dear said I mrs boldly a approaching pl broach the fountain kicking tile nozzle over and turning the water off it what I wanted I know what ye wanti yelled mr sp oo fairly basi beside himself with rage ge when he be mw how easy I it t was done ye only want arit a little tle political influence and a brick chimney to be a beard board of water comm mioner sl if I could tick lick like you id build a wall around me get into a washtub and aad rent out as a reservoirs if thaes nil all yo y wanted what made ye howl for a fountain if yo ye only wanted to kick it over what made jostand yo stand around and dovil me into building that squirt some day im going to put a meter in in you and start a private water taxi and mr endyke wrenched off the hose witt ou out it waiting te to uncouple it and started for the house are axe you wet dear asked mrs regarding regard ng him affectionately tiona tely wet howled mr man yan is four fifths water and the other fifth of me la a little moist bill and mr plunged upstairs and into bed I don t care murmured mrs he s stand tand still long edg enough to get chilled tind and if he keeps mad for an hour longer he wont catch colda and acting on this new ney pathy mrs open dyke busied herself at the bedside until her husband fell asleep from the exhaustion of anger and snored the snore of the 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