Daily Republican., 1889-06-28
niR. AND MFRS. BoyvsEI,.
By MRS BOwsER.

When ! got home from mothers the
other afternoon Mr.. Boweer was walking
up and down the sitting rooms like II
Gagged lion. As he was an hour ahead OF
his usual time, ] was naturally astonished,
and as he looked so stern and dignined, /
was fearful that some misfortune had oc-
Cured,
., Anything wrong, Mr.. Bowserp /
managed TO ask.
He halted, folded his hands under bis
coat-tail, and, balancing himself on his
heels and toes alternately, he replied
"Mrs. Bowser, this is the last straw
the very lastl'
"Why, what have donei"
~ had an invitation to attend q ban
quet OF the B. N. G. Club, and was down
TO deliver an address. l came home to
get ready, and. lol what do hnd?"
Robbers in the housed"
"Not muchl No rohber with any sense
In his head would CONF to this housed
1t would take him a week to find any
thing. go up stairs to get clean shirt,
collar, ETC., but nothing of the sort can
be found come down and ask the
cook to see II my Sunday clothes are In
the flour barrel, but she looks in vain. |
go to the telephone and ask the coal man
If he saw them in the basement when he
put In that last ton, but he can't remem-
Der. You, of course, have no knowledge
of them. You can't say whether they
are in the oat bin in the barn, or packed
away In the garrett for rats nest"
Mr.. Bowser, have you been drink
inglp
slave / been drinkingl That's lust
like womanl When she gets cornered
she throws out just such insults to hide
her own shortcomings. It's wonder /
haven't been drinking. It's wonder l
don't come home drunk and wipe out
this family. Mrs. Bowser, demand
to know what you have done with my
clothes"
''They are upstairs, unless you have
sold or given them away"
mo more Insults, please. Come up
stairs, and show me, for Instance, where
my shirts are"
Every well. We shall find them in
the second drawer OF your bureau, where
they have been kept Tor the last two
years"
"I'll bet you million dollars to q
CENT?
"Come on"
We went up staira to the bureau and
pulled out the drawer aud there lay five
clean shirts, Just where had placed
them as they came from tho laundry two
Gays before.
"But they were not there an hour
ago." protested Mr.. Bowser.
"But they were. How could they be
anything elsel In this other drawer are
your socks, neckties, cuffs and collars.
Sect"
Il see, but that drawer was empty
half an hour age"
"And in this closet Is your Sunday
suit See? Coat, vest, and pants. Are
you growing blind, Mr.. Bowsefl"
"Tnere is come dark mystery connected
with all this, Mrs. Bowser, and ] will
not rest until unravel 1t. l spent q
good hall hour looking for my things,
but not one single article could fnd."
because you rushed upstairs and
went into the spare room, Just like lots
of other husbands, OF course you dldl
See? Every drawer In the spare room
bureau has been pulled out, and tho
clothes press door is wide openW
Mrs. Bowser, don't try to get out OF II
In this wayl My eyesight is still good,
and when sec TN empty drawer l know
II is not full of shirts. have lest an hour
looking Tor my things, and now cannot
20 to the banquet"
He went down stairs and called up
some enc by telephone aud said:
81 can't be there this evening, My
shirts, collars and clothes have been mis-
laid by my wife, and only found them a
moment ago. Very sorry, but give my
regrets to the boys and tell them how it
Was Some wives are like that and can't
help 1t, you know. Goodbye"
The next evening Mr.. Bowser brought
a friend up with him-the same one he
had telephoned to. After bit he took
reached the head OF the stairs, they
found the following notice on the bed
room door: