The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-29


times as luueh ~ she average wife, bat he
4 regards il as his solemn duty 10 inform her
F. Of the fact on every possible occasion. II
/ be haepesls to ie mistaken he could back
down gracefully. bat he won't. Hes IN
faili5le or nothing.
one evening not long since Mr. Bowsez
came home 60 supper complaining OF aches
and pains. and I remarked that u vas
doubtless the approach Of raInstoTm
which excited rheumatses.
when did you ever take sny notice OF
the weather. he asked as he looked up IN
surprise.
"A Thousand times, sir -
81 don't believe IL! don't believe there
Is woman on earth who can tell when
storm is coming"
Mr.. Bowser, it will rain tonight.
That's fair nlustration of my srgu-
m emit The stars are out and the sky as clear
as a bell. +"
bat it will rain. 3 persisted You can
feel il in the wind.
Feel il in the ash-barreI, you mean!
doubt il il rains for a week.
at wili rain tonight"
What Do you still stick to that"
Il do.
"Weu. YOU are goslingl say il won't
rain. What say you can depend on. is
it rains tonight II buy you teif silk dresses
tomorrow
At II 80 O'Clock that night the patter of
the rain on the tin roof Of a bay window
woke me up. and / elbowed Mr.. Bowser
and gave him the information.
Rain! Rain! That's not rainl" he
answered.
But il il"
II say it isn't Some boy is throwing
gravel on the tin. !"
got out of bed and opened the window,
aud the rain was coming down with
steady pour.
DO you hear that. Mr.. BowSer?"
"So ma arm. don't That is. don't
hear any rain. while I twie the little pat-up
job. You've got the cook mp in the third
story window pouring water down. !"
Next morning asked hin TO hook out
ard tell me whether il had rained or not.
NO. rna'atl, il hasn't he replied, as he
pulled in his head.
isn't the earth all vet and don't you
see the water in the gHtters?"
| That's dew. II always falls that way
/ at this time OF year
Mr. Bowser. do you mean to tell ne
! that il hasn't rsined -
/ II do ! said il wouldn't and Il hasn't
/ One Of the fire steamers may have been up
4 here pumping out cistern; but it hasn't
rained."
( And to this day he sticks to it, although
| proved ms case By every neighbor and
+ the signal office.
We wanted a carpet for one OF the bed.
rooms and mentioned that / thought we
hal better get velvet
What's the matter with tapestry ?" he
queried
ats toe common and there's no wear 20
IT,
you talk IS ii yoa knew all about car
pets When did tapestry become COM
4 mou7"
+ 1T always has been common. It's only
4 one grade above ingram"
oh il Is, eh2 Well, take great pleas.
IRE in informing You that You are way Oft
What you don't know about carpets would
fll book
But you know ali about emf"
Certainly Every intelligent msn does
especially 4 he IS married, Tapestry. as
you ought to have known for the last
twenty-five years. ranks next to Amin
ster
"lt cant bc"
" p3dnt say il dtd9 RI didn't krsow.
I why should I say so1 FIRST comes hemp.
then two pig aal thEce-ply ingram aud the
last i followed rs Brussels veiyets. mo-
. qtcitez tapestries ami Administers. You'd
better write em down
Nj Bow2eT, yoa are wrong, as I viii
prose IN you. Tapestry il below body
Brussels ia CRATE and price. I can bay
tapestry a. .low as slxty-nve cents per
+ yar{
oh. well ils 10 use 90 dispute with 4
bssot, Yen happened to misspesk Your
and set Il s*sat say ard so you are deter.
u4sued 20 stick Il out. ave drop the sub
jeet
nsre yea meet me AZ the earpet store
this afternoon demanded
"pare shoa,B say { dare Yea
cant blniE ute in that way Mrs BawSeyf lI3
meet you there a. 3 O'Clock. and after v.sa
| have beeu lsa,lg TO sing small / hope goa
20 take gbe jesean "a hsars and reap l,s
benefits fgins tie measure 81 the room
v5lb you
met h.sn at the boar named BE
5.,,sRed az uso jn 3 plying way. and thsnk
he lelt saTTs for ms from the bottom gt
Bars heart
We waat So look IS some tapestry car.
/ qyt. BE sasd so She e.erk as we catered sic
/ elevator
Hew e5e carried gp two or three eehts
/ ssteo seats bv tie shadows. AID IS red
sitter To.l os sarpe5 zAs ssisplaye3 Tar g.e7k
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