The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-12-20
THE BoWSER FAMILY.
Mrs. b. Carefully Preserves and Files A
of Mr.. BIS Love-Letters to Her.

! ranged, and hled all of Mr.. BOwser'S s
love-letters, and / advise every bride
to do the same thing.
1nOw desire to reiterate that advice.
l really don't know how l could get
along with Mr.. Bowser if l did not
have this leverage on him. Like all
other husbands, he has his sudden fits
and his hours of forgetfulness. He
wanted pair of pincers to use for
something. and because they were not
right at hand he made a gesture of des-
pair and exclaimed: a..
''Oh, of course! I must get used to
it, l suppose! Such a housekeeper as
you are, Mrs. BowserI''
Here they are. You left 'em on the
lounge yourself last night
Lay it to me, of courseI What's
that young'un believing about nowP"
He fell down"
Doesn't he know enough to stand
upP Has the wood come upP"
Mo"
"It didn'tP I ordered it the first
thing this morning! This is the worst
run house in DetrOit!7
do l run the woOd-yards?''
''But why didn't you tell me it hadn't
come up? It's a wonder the girl hasn't
| 1uib ~ OuE
''She went an hour agor,-
Mr.. Bowser sat down and looked at
me long time, Then he sighed deep
ly and said:
"Well, i suppose I must stand it,
bnt'it's hard-very hard. This is what
comes of marrying q girl who has been
brought up on caraRiels and novels"
Il went upstairs aud brought down
1 fho 10 f,H
marked ..Exhibit Allied Sept. 10,
1884," began to read:
MY ANGEL ONE: send you another box
| OF caramels and five of the latest novels, and
| hope you will thoroughly enjoy them You
were lamenting the fact that you knew 30 lit
dishes You shall have a ZEN EN- honsekeepers S sss
| know q household care,
''That's base forgeryr" shouted Mr..
Bowser. as L finished reading.
"Oh, no, it isn't. / expected the day
would come when you would say so
and so l prepared for it. See here:
| My mother attests it as a witness"
"Well, If wrote it / must have been
asleep"
''Aud only the other day Mr.. Bow
ser. when l got new dress home. you
said hadn't any more taste than a
clam, and that my ideas of harmony
would stop clock"
"Yes, and / meant it. You were al
ways that way"
''Was Ip"
] selected letter marked exhibit
A-2-fled Sept. Is, 1884," and read:
MY BEAUTIFUL: The picture of my dear
| one as she appeared 10 me last night has been
with me all day. You have tn, taste of a
m ff1Ht md hnW Do
nature with you. oh! my little angel, you
"'I wrote that, did II" sternly de-
manded Mr.. Bowser.
''Of course"
"Neveri The man who says was
ever fool enough to write such stuff
must dier'
1T is duly attested, Mr.. Bowser, and
you can't deny your writing. have
not changed Il bit in my tastes since
our marriage. Indeed, think have
improved"
"There goes that young 'un again!
He isn't happy unless he is bellering
| like a calf mired in a ditch"
"But see here, Mr.. Bowser"
And selected telegram marked:
Exhibit B-1-originaL," and attested
by father, mother, and nurse, and
read:
CHICAGO, Nov. 1sS7.-MY DARLING: Thank
nv heart t1 sweIis H~ With lowe and gpatitnde son Il
is our bond of love. Heaven has surely blest
US Again, thank God. Will be home Sum
day night. BowsER.
II never sent Itr' shouted Bowser.
"Yes, you didi Here is the proof to
convict you. There isn't a mention
about calf in this, and as for 'beller-
H. II -
"Oh, well, have it your own way.
You'd have the last word if | was dy-
ing. Some wives are built that way.
If was like some husbands I'd assert
my authority.
"But you are not, Mr.. Bowser, as
this will prove"
And l selected letter marked: ''Ex-
hihit C-1 = original" and attested,
and read:
MY DEAREST LovKY: In reference to our
have always h. ID and always shall hold that
husband and wife should be equal I'm author
sSonsh elmer Sad he ais @
give It all 70 you, We shall never have
word of dispute-not one. II there is any
"bossing" you may dott.
'And do you dare charge me with
writing such stuff as thatP" gasped
Mr.. Bowser.
II do. Here is the proof, and you
can't wriggle out of it."
II wrote Dearest Lovey,' did IP"
"You did, indeed. Mr.. Bowser. You
were far gone about those days"
"I was ehP Well, you can't make
me believe that ever wrote any such
Internal bosh as. that! You'll next
charge me with writing you up in
verse;"
You even did that. sir. just wait.
l selected letter marked: 'Ex-
hibit C-1-very CHOICE" and read:
The twilight eometh softly down,
As sinks the sun away,
And little children go to bed,
All weary with their play.
Where is my love this glorious ever
Where doth her proud foot rest?
And where that head OF golden hair
Which shall ever bless.
"And you say l wrote that" whis-
pered Mr.. Bowser.
"You did. It's a beautiful thing,
| too. | can see those little children
going right to bed. You spoke of my
shoofs the other day, and had slur
about red-head! Only four years ago
it was my proud foot and my golden
head"
He was silent.
'Do you want any more. Mr.. Bows
| er?n l asked.
MRS. Bowser, l don't say that you
are not as good as the average wife, but
l do say that you have mighty mean
streak in your composition. 1t may be
possible that while lay burning with
fever, or while suffering nervous at
tack, may have written a portion of
those letters. The rest are base for
geries, of course, and you are holding
them over me as aSmenace. Is that
wifelv?"
.'Why, Mr.. Bowser, do you deny your
own handwriting?"
81 haven't seen the writing and
don't want to. Don't threaten me,
Mrs. Bowser / can be cOaxed, but
not driven. Cases have been known
where husbands have walked out and
never returned"
But that was only his way of wrig-
Cling out of it. The next day he sent
me upa new dress, took baby out for a