Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-15
A FAMILY EPISODE.
Mrs. Bowser,s Diaries-A Pleasant i


FORT" said Mr.. Bowser the other even
ing, as he fell into his easy chair and
cut the pages of a magazine. Mrs.
Bowser, do you ever realize how blessed
we are ?''
eyes, indeed"
"While others fall by the wayside, we
are spared.
while others quarrel and bicker and
seek the divorce courts, we love the
stronger every day."
eyes"
He got up and came and kissed me,
and upon returning to his char, seemed
lost in reflection for moment. then he
continues:
Chow curious life is Do you re-
member the day first saw you?"
81 shall never forget it."
| was on horseback, you remember,
and you stood on the veranda of your
fathers house."
"You are a trife mistaken, dear.
The horse had thrown you off in mud
hole, and [ shall never forget the pic
ture you presented as you approached
the house. At first I took you
"What! A horse throw me off," he
interrupted.
Certainly Don't you remember
how father"
"Mrs. Bowser, are you crazy? / was
never thrown from a horse in nv life.
I'd like to see the horse that could
throw me OF You must be thinking
OF someone else"
"Why, dear, you lost your watch in
the mud, and father tished it out.
Don't you remember how our negro
Tom scraped the mud off of your"
Not by long shot No niger ever
scraped me down! You must be think
ing of that yellowhaired dude you used
to 60 with"
We were both silent for time, and [
hoped it was the last Of it. My expert
ence, although dating back over few
years only, has satisfied me that moth
ing aggra Yates husband more than to
bring up the silly things be said and
did during his courtship. 1t seems to
be a raw spot with the majority OF them
after the honeymoon is over. But Mr..
Bowser was not satisfied. After four or
five minutes he broke out with:
'It's curious what a Ounce man can
make of himself with his eyes wide
open."
.Y-e-sp'
"The idea that I should ever fall in
love with your"
Cor J. with you"
He glared at me over the top of his
book, and there was another painful 81
lenCe, broken at last by his saying:
'Well I'll admit that | was in love;
but | fiatter myself that | didn't exhibit
any school-boy nonsense"
"You were just like any other man in
love, Mr.. Bowser. They have always
been that way, and always will be, and
it's no discredit to them"
"Do you mean to say / smooned'
around like calf?" he demanded.
81 don't know how calves moon as
you term it, butyou wanted to hold my
hand. put your arm around me and
Hold your hand-never !"
Mr.. Bowser, have one of my old
diaries. Wait until get it,"
mot much You can't produce no
old diaries or forged documents on me
I anticipated an evening of solid COM
fort and you can see how it has turned
out Is it any wonder that so many
husbands seek the saloons and gambling
houses of an evening %
At this moment the cook called me
out to ask what she should prepare for
breakfast and a quarter of an hour later,
when | returned to the back parlor, Mr..
Bowser seemed greatly interested in
his reading. | was glad of this. for |
felt bit conscious-stricken, but |
scarcely got seated when he asked:
WAS Emma Davis here to-day"
eyes,
"How was she looking?"
''Very well. | wanted her to stay un-
til you came home, but she had to go at
o'clock. She asked to be remem-
bered to you.''
Eyes. hope she has fully forgiven
me-"
"What for, Mr.. Bowser?"
"You know"
81 haven't the least idea''
"Hai ha! hal What dissemblers wo-
men are. It was always a sore spot
with you, though you would never adj
NIT it. How you DO blush-ha ha
hal ''
"Mr. Bowser, what do you refer tor"
Why, there's no doubt that the dear
girl once fondly expected to be Mrs.
Bowser."
Nonsense p
"What %
Nonsense"
''You say that simply for revenge, but
| know better. We were as good as en-
gagged when | met you"
Trash, sir She was engaged to Jack
Smith long before you ever saw her,
and they are to be married as soon as
his time is out IN the navy. Don't flat
ter yourself that she has anything laid
up against Jou."
"Mrs. Bowser - he began, as he got
up and crossed his hands under his
coat tails, ''do you know who you are
talking to-"
81 do"
"You are talking to man who could
have been Emma DAVIS husband two
years ago."
II prove to the contrary"
"HoW?"
SPY one of the old diaries"
Diaries again Always holding
something over me. Now produce - I
want to see one of those diaries you talk
about"
ran upstairs and got them out of one
of Mr.. Bowser's old boots, in which I
kept them for safety. There were two
of them, each for separate year, and
as / came dow, with them he looked
puzzled and stanmered:
"W-why, I--I-thought L"
eyes, you thought you had burned
them, but you were mistaken. The
hooks Won oot hold of tho 0thar Sunday