Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-27

ser had got his nose into magazine and
wanted the matter dropped, but / read to
him the following extract:
"And I thought, darling, while eating
supper that night, how proud I should be
over your delicious cookery when we had
home of our own. The thought of those
biscuits alone makes me hungry. Goodby,
my pct"
Mr.. Bowser.
"You did"
"When?"
"Three months before our marriage"
Never"
"Buthefe's the letter, dated and signed. I"
at is base forgery, and the forger must
bewarel How could / have praised your
cooking?"
"You also used to praise my singing, Mr..
Bowser"
"Neverr'
ooh. but you did. Let me read:
'And, precious pet of mine, let me
again thank you for that beautiful song,
The Lovers Farewell, and the exquisite
manner in which You rendered it. 1t
drew teams from my eyes, and was not
ashamed Of them. You have one Of the
purest, clearest voices ever heard"
"Who wrote that ?" ne gaspsd.
''You did"
"Mrs. Bowser, don't carry this thing
too far! There is q limit beyond which
you must not CO."
well, here 1t is, in your own writing
and over your ewn signature. Once in o
while you fling out hint that am very
dull. There was time when you thought
different"
''Look ont, Mrs. Bowserw
"Yes, you did! You even thought me
the smarter of the two"
"W-what! Am Iawake or dreamipg?"
wide awake, Mr.. Bowser. Let me
read You an extract from this exhibit
marked A."
~ don't see why you should go back to
Vassar. Few young ladies are more &C
complished or better educated. All your
friends, myself included, give in to you on
the matter of grammar in particular. Hope
to zee you as usual next Sunday, my dear
little honeysuckle"
Mr. Bowser sat and looked at me like
one terrified.
'And, sir, you often fling ont about the
size of my feet. admit they are as large
again as should have ordered from deal
er, although / wear No. 3s with great
deal Of comfort. Let me say, however,
that your mother wears skies, your three
sisters fiyes, and the two girls you kept
company with before we met wear fall
sized skies with very broad toes."
Mrs. Bowser, do you suppose will
stand such insults in my own housed" he
shouted as he sprang up.
''Are facts and truths insults? have
been reading from your letters"
'Never! Never! If l ever wrote such
stuff / was crazy"
"But here is your signature. You re-
member you used to want me to sign my
letters Rosebud, and You sigued yours
Oak Leaf"
III never did No power on earth can
convince me that / was any such fool as
that ="
"Well, perhaps you will remember this
sentence. You wrote it few months be-
fore our marriage. Listen.
"0h, my Rosebud, but the heart of Oak
Leaf was made Thousand times lighter
by the receipt Of your loving note yester-
day. II those delicious little missives
should cease coming l should pine and
die"
"And you claim wrote that !" he asked
in strange voice.
"Of course. You can't 90 back on your
own writing, Can you ?'
"You assert that those are my letters, do
your"
u"Certainly."
"And that called you fond names and
wanted to die for you?"
That's about the sizs oft, Mr.. Bowser
You wrote me seN eral times that you were
as much my slave as if had bought you.
| think you'd have jumped into well
any time asked you."
Mr.. Bowser put on his os ercoat and hat,
drew on his gloves, and then kissed the
baby and said:
Goodbye, darling! II you never see
papa again remember that he loved you. {"
He went oil without 80 much as a look
at me, but about midnight came home
very softly and crept into bed, and next
day went on his usual hunt after that pile
of love LET era