The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-04-13
MR.. AND MRS. BOWSER.
The Tyrant Husband Confronted by a
Carefully Preserved Diary.

The other evening MIR. Bowser
looked pale and weary, and l felt it
my duty to ask if he was ill and to
place my hand on his forehead 10
see if he had a fever. He was read
ing, and he promptly growled out:
Mrs. Bowser, what particular OBJ
ject have you in paving around after
this fashion? Do you expect another
dollar?"
Don't you want me to caress you,
Mr.. Bowser?"
81 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 a caress."
81 did, eh? l never expressed any
such thing!'
And you further said you could
sit and hold my hand whole lifetime
and not be weary"
81 never did-neverp
"But | can prove ii"
eff you can I'll give you S5o!"
81 went upstairs and got my note
book. Up to the date of our mar
riage | preserved and filed all his
letters. On our bridal tour kept
memorandum book Mother advised
it, and l have found it to be a power
full lever on occasions when Mr..
Bowser has been inclined to "cut
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 the facts for all that.
Let's see, Here we start. After the
ceremony was over you said to
mother:
Statement Ii w1l call you by
the sacred name of mother. You have
given me your only daughter. l will
be a true and loving husband to her.
| will guard her as do my life. |
will never, SO help me heaven, speak
one unkind word to her.
There it is Mr.. Bowser, and now
have you kept that promise!"
Never said a thing OF the sort
never! | don't remember of your
mother being there. You probably
wrote that down this very day."
1--WE were married at 7 a. m, Mr..
Bowser, and at SIS 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 into
the hack Mr.. Bowser had tears in
his eyes. He took my hand and
called me his angel and | had to wipe
my nose left handed all the way to
the depot. l think the driver saw
him, for | heard him chuckling and
saying something about you'd get
over it in about a yearp'
"There it is, Mr.. Bowser, in black
and white. This is the paw you held
for two milesp'
Il deny it in toto, Mrs. Bowser.
I've got to sit down and have sharp
talk with you"
''The other night" l continued,
you were about to put your arm
around me as we stood in the hall,
but on second thought you concluded
not to-
II am no hand to spoon, Mrs.
Bowser-never was. Such things
look silly in old married people"
But you hugged me for 2So
miles"
WHAT
From Detroit to Chicago, Mr..
Bowser, on that same bridal tour"
You must be crazy
"Well, here's the proof:
Statement III.-'Left Detroit at
$50 Mr., Bowser put his arm around
me at once, and though the passen-
gers winked and guyed us for a bridal
couple, he said he didn't care cop
per. Rugged me all the way to Chi
cago. Said he wished the ride would
last year. Said that heaven mad
sent me to him. | write this in room
"A, fremont House, while Mr.. Bow
ser is down to look after the trunk. "