Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
Mr.. AND MRS. B0wSER.


looked pale and weary aud felt it
my duty to ask if he was i'll and 70
place my hand on his forehead TO
see if he had fever. He was read
ing and he promptly growled out:
"Mrs. Bowser, what particular
object have you ir paving around
after this fashioni Do you expect
another dollarY'
"Don't yOu want me to caress you,
Mr.. Bowser %
~ don't want you to act silly.
We are too old for such nonsense"
"And yet you once expressed the
hope that we might never let an
hour go by without caress."
81 did, eh 7 | never expressed
any such thing y
"And you further said yon could
sit and hold my hand q whole llfe-
time and not be weary"
"I never did neverw
"But 1 can prove it,"
"If you can I'll give you $50"
/ went upstairs and got 10y note
book. Up to the date of our mar
riage l preserved and filed all his
letters. On eur bridal tour | kept
memorandum book. Mother ad-
vlsed it, and have found it to be
a powerful lever on occasions when
Mr.. Bowser has been inclined to
"act up When | came down with
the book he roared out
"Got that old book out again,
have you? That's no evidence
| brand the contents as a base
forgery
"But they are facts for all that,
Let's see. Here we start. After
the ceremony was over you said to
mother:
"STLTEMENT III will call you
By t e sacred name of mother.
You have given me your only
daughter. ] will be a true and
loving husband to her. | will
guard her as | do my life. 1 will
never, so help me Hesyen, speak
one unkind word to her.
"There it Is, Mr.. BowSer, and
how have you kept that promise 7"
"Never said thing of the sort
never! don't remember of your
mother being there. You probably
wrote that down this very day"
awe were married at a. M, Mr..
Bowser, and at S.15 We took the
train for Chicago. You held my
hand all the way to the depot"
"Mrs. Bowser, are you crazy
Do you want to make out that ]
was a born idiot ~
"Well, here is the proof:
"STATEMENT II.-'As we got in
to the hack Mr.. Bowser had tears
in bis eyes. He took my hand
and called me his angel, and | had
to wipe my nose left handed al
the way to the depot. / think the
driver saw him, for l heard hin
chuckling nd saying something
about you'd get over it In about
year.
"There it is, Mr.. Bowser, il
black and white. This is the very
: paw you held for two miles p
81 deny it in toto Mrs. Bowser
I've got to sit down and haye Z
sharp talk with you"
"The other night,7 1 continued
7 "you we're about to put your arm
around me as we stood in the hall
but on second thought you con
5 cluded not to-"
81 am no hand to spoon, Mrs
. Bowser-never was. Such things
, look silly IN old married people,"
"But you hugged me for 2SC
miles"
q "What Z"
=. "From Detroit to Chicago, Mr.
) Bowser, on that same bridal tour
"You must be crazy !"
l swell, here's the proof:
r STATEMENT III.-Left Detroi
Q at $40. Mr.. Bowser put his arm
around me at once, aud though
J. the passengers winked and guye'
o US for bridal couple, he said HI
+ didn't care a copper. Rugged mi
I all the way to Chicago. Said HI
:, wished the ride would last year
b SAID that Heaven had sent me t
him. write this in room A, IRE
d mont House, while Mr.. Bowser L
down TO look after the trunk"
!, ct ha at-that's t h ere, is it ?
gasped Mr.. Bowser.
"Of course it is ~
"And | had my arm around yo'
q. all day, giving myself dead away'
, "You did.'
81 will never believe lt-never
=. | own up to being a little soft II
= = my bachelor days, but l was NJ
=, hayseed. You are drifting to
:, dangerous point, Mrs. Bowser, ant
you should pause ere it is too late /!
;, 81 like to go over the old time
once in while and see how yol
q have changed"
# "Changedl Changed That's it
q II a husband isn't making a fool Q
q himself all the time his wife argue
= that he is growing cold and dissat
4 isfed. How have changed y