New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
Mr.. And MRS. BOWSER.

SOME OF THEIR MATRIMONIAL EXPERIENCES.
From The Detroit Free Press
SUPPOSE every husband is subject to what might
be ca!lcd sudden fits" and hope every wife tries
TO bear W under them with philosophical patience.
The other sunday morning, five minutes after Mr.
Dowser had gUne 10 his room 10 get ready for chch,
he ioaIcd at me (Mis. Bowser over the bannS ter:
Mrs Bowser. are you the woman Of the house
why, dear"
Don't why dear me, Mrs Bowser! If pretended
to be housckeeper I'd look after things once in i
Anything wrong!'
AMI Thing wrong! Do 1 waste my breath in
talking when ever. thing Is all right ?"
WHAT Is t'' 1 ssKrd rs reached the head Of The
stairs.
lie held a clean shirt in hand, and with tho
Other he roiitcd to 1t with dramatic flourish and
luttunsr
Dutt,ns-how?7
NO 4 solitary button this shirt, and yet you
kind OF wito you ro!'
III. bowser. do you mean shir; buttons ~
DO Il You don't suppose I'm looking for over
coat buttons my shirt. do you?'
shirts for ten years. You and all others use collar
buttons Your collar buttons are in the Shirt you
struck him all IN 2. heap He saw, saw bow he had
That's It! she always has an excuse ready for
One awful hot day in July he spoke about changing
of English tat he would find clean in his lowest
tell during H 1G the next month
you will have two minutes to spareT
Because, II you ever get them, perhaps you can
devote few seconds to darnng the holes in my socks.
I've had to limp around all the afternoon on that ac-
at can't boz
"oh, no. You are such model housekeeper that
It can't be, of course Look hero
lie pulled oil his shoes and 10 he had his
hss syeh sy not to Ib &c aTneG
until fall, of course
Mr. Bowser, where did you get those socks!' I
~out of the trunk in the clothes-press, of course
=, And you go and put on January socks In July
You have SIX pairs Of clean cotton socks in the lower
drawer Of the bureau -.
there! ! looked through every drawer five times
over"
seriously and observed
looked for EN- How easy for you to have sneakcd
up and placed 'em here on hour agoln
might se 80 buy o r E e' 6bS got
the clothes down and went through every pocket twice
for SEQ worth Of lumber and laid it on Mr.. Bowsers
desk man hri the clothes ana aow OoE e
home. told him Of my bargain
Yop got just half Ssi he Would ha9 PAD a an
hour Then all of sudden he jumped up and
exclavmG,d; sn.uv aors Il trst a. expec,ed Won
would :,
Done what?"
brown coat It was recei1ted lumber bill, and they
may send tho bin again any day :"
Oh, yes, YOU looked You looked Just Ike any
out of the house and the money in her hand"
was he oa a1 Ii lie sTudsinsIy admitted that IT was
and added:
I presume the old clO found II and re-
turned IT, ! must reward him for his honesty
II was only three nights ago that Mr.. Bowser
took IS from his wallet and handed IT TO me with the
remark 40
The man won't probably come with the oats
until after / have gone in the morning. Take this
and pay him. Next morning he sat down to break
fast looking so very sober that asked
" Are you sick M. Bowser?.
al ought to be. When people are robbed they are
generally made Sick
Have you been robbed?'
al have"
"Whenf'
Last night
For mercy's sake but did some one get into our
house?5 $500
II do not know when went 10 bed last night
had e55 in my wallet. This morning I have only
500
You don't sayv
1t very queer 10 me, Mrs. Bowser. ~ you
want money why don't you ask for ii"
You don't think took your money do your
ATS very my sterious."
why say you gave me that five for the feed
man."
Mr. Bowser's countenancc fell just twcniy-siS
inches I'm the next seconds and in his confusion
he agreed that the money now accounted for all
right However, second thought he observed:
:" VIII overlook II this time, Mrs. Bowser, but
don't presume upon my good nature IN future"