Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-11-08
Mr.. AND MRS. BOWSER.

any other man around the house,
and suppose It's wlfe's duty 10
put up with husbands iuconS'S'
tencIes. The other day he came
rushing in from the barn and asked;
"Have you seen the corkscrew
anywhere within day or two !"
81 don't remember"
"Wen, It is funny. l left it here
two or three days ago, and it ought
TO be here now"
"Irs curious that ! can't lay a
tool down without somebody eat
ing y M"
"Prrhaps It is in the lavaIory."
He went rushing around Tor i've
minutes. and then came back to say:
"Ifthere'- anoiher house ~ De
froif run like rhi, III like to see IT,"
ss"Wby. what's the u.atterT
Matter! Didn't | leave the
corksc5ew on the steps day before |
Yesterday, and haven't you dung |
it out Of doors, chopped 1t up or
given it away to some beggarf IT'S
singular how good care you take
/ of your own things and how little
Won take care Of mine. III never
bring another tool home~
.Just sit right still and III find
it,"
"Ifs gcne forever"
"No, it isn't | remember now
whrre saw it,"
"a ont ont to the drawer OF the
Kitchen table and found 1t.
"Whats that" be asked as l
retained.
"The corksci ew|
81. corkscrew a screwdrlyer y
But you asked for the cork
screw" .
Mrs. Bow ARE YOU going crazy J
J Don't know whether | want tne
C ,rkscrew or sciewdriyer "
"But you said cnrkscrew.'
s.Nrvcr.'
..Well. the screwdriyer is rigLt
there on the table within two feet
Of ,ot..'
.Oh ltis, And why couldn't
Won hay said 70 in the first placer
One mrrning ac wanted to use
1r spade. aud not finding it in the
f.. rn ramc Rushing in to inquire
SLOW Yuurh did that junk dealer
nav yon Tor he spade y
81 What do Sou mean =
"V w, the spade * nowhere to
h.. for NJ agJ pr suWe .Nab sold
it, -.
.Ils,r you looked lu the 0arnf'
"Of COZ VS.
"And in the yard ?
"Certain 'y.|
"Aud down stairs 2"
"Yes. IL ad that spade Sester'
| day, and now it's gone. Th ere are
some very que, " happenings round
this house, Mrs. BOwser"
"And you don't expect me u
watch the barn OOls, do you ?
GAN right. I've got my ideas
abont this matter You may have
got 10 cents for pade which cos.
me 81, but woul.1 1n't have your
conscience for $1,000.
At that moment boy came to
the back doc with Uhe spade and
! SAID:
"You lett this in the ally last
night. Mr.. Bowser.'
"Tbcle ~ said !, aiicr the boy
had gore.
Yes. there - echoed Mr. Bow.
ser. "Don't let lhls hanpen
again. see through 1t, and give
YOU warning"
Mr.. Bowser had a rusty old saw
which has been the cause of several
girls leaving the house. IL he is
tinkering about he is sure to lea c
il under foot, and the next time he
wants it there's u great row. he
charged one girl with selling 1t,
and she quit just as he found it in
the garrett. He limited to another
that her beau had taken 1t away,
and she bad only gone when the
saw was found III the yard. A glr
finally came who, when she
found the saw on her kitch'
en- taole, removed 1t TO the settee
in the parlor, and IA Mr.. Bowser
found it there he scratched his
, head and went about Tor the next
- half hour in deep stud.
- And yet don't want you to gel
an idea that Mr.. BCwser and
quarrel, or that our home is not
happen one. He is one OF the bes
of men and Just like the average
rsband. He feels 1t the duty of
- I'm, band to know all, and any com
> inc ,lown or apolOgihlng is beneatl
. his dignity. After call the otbe
y day he emarked on the beauty o
Mrs. Blanks black eyes.
y = "IIer eyes are blue, my DEAR"
n replied.
~. "Blnel Is your sight failing a
- bad rs that ~
"Bdt they are blue"
"Wall, everybody might say ye
low" he replied, "but they al
lv black
A day or two subsequently, Y
bappened to meet Mrs. Blank viii
out walking, and | iokIngly tol
r. her that Mr.. BoTser had blacke
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