The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-28
"who wrote thatr" sternlv Do

Wh0 Wr0t0 ChatP" ofernIy d
4 manded Mr.. Bowser. .ea
You did"
. "When?"
Three months before our marriage.
"Never!"
But here's the letter, dated an
signed" E ..
at is base forgery. and the forge
must beware! How could l hav
praised your cooking"
You also used to praise my singing
Mr.. Bowscr."
| 'Neverr'
"Oh, but you did. Let me read:
"And, precious pet Of mine, let me agaf
thank you for that beautiful song. The Lover
FAREWELL and the exquisite manner in whicl
you rendered It. 1t drew tears from my eyes
and was not ashamed Of them You have ON
Of the purest, clearest voices ever heard"
WHO wrote that?" he gasped.
you did"
Mrs Bowser, don't carry this thing
to far! There is limit beyond which
you must not go!'
"Well, here it is, in your own writ
ing and over your own signature.
Once in awhile you fling out hin,
that am very dull. There was a time
when you thought different"
"Look out. Mrs. Bowser!''
"Yes, you did! You even thought
me the smarter of the two."
"W-what! Am l awake or dream.
ing'
"Wide awake, Mr.. Bowser. Let me
read you an extract from this exhibit
marked 'A'":
u don't see why you should go back to Vas
sar. Few young ladies are more accomplished
or better educated, All your friends, myself in.
cluded give in to you on the matter Of Gamma,
in particular. Hope to see you as usual next
Sunday, my dear little houeysuckle."
Mr.. Bowser at and looked at me
like one terrified. ...=.-
'And, sir, you often fling out about
the size of my feet. l admit that they
are NJ large again as should have or
dered from a dealer, although ! wear
No. IS with a great deal OF comfort.
Letme say, however, that your mother
wears SIS. your three sisters IS, and
the two girls you kept company with
before we met wear full-sized SIS witt
very broad toes"
MRS. Bowser, do you suppose l will |
stand such insults in my own house!"
ne shouted as he sprang up.
''Are facts and truths insultsp l have
been reading from your letters"
"Never! Never! HIever wrote such
'tuff l was crazy!"
"But here is your signature. You
emember you used to want me to sign
ny letters Rosebud" and you signed
ours "Oak Leaf"
II never did! No power on earth can
onvince me that l was such fool as
hatr'
well, perhaps you will remember
his sentence. You wrote it a few
1onths before our marriage. Listens:
"Oh, my Rosebud but the heart Of Oak Leaf
as made thousand times lighter BY the re
,ipt OF your loving note yesterday. II those
eltcious little missives should cease coming ] |
,ould pine and die"
"And you claim l wrote thatr' he
sked in strange voice.
"Of course. You can't 60 back on
our own writing, can youP'
"You assert that those are nv letters,
} youp" c
"Certaihly.'' &
"And that called you fond names t
I'd wanted to die for youp' G
That's about the size of it, Mr.. {
,wser. You wrote me several time. l.
at you were as much my slave as if "
ID bought you. l think you would
We jumped into well any time Il
ked YOU" - Il
Mr.. Bowser put on his overcoat and Fl
t, drew on his gloves, and then t,
ssed the baby and said: fl
Goodbye, darling! if you never see 81
pa again remember that he loved al
H." n,
he went off without so much as a bl
'k at me, but about midnight came Il
me very softly and crept into bed pl
d the next day went on his usual pl
mt after that pile of love letters fe