Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-01

But about the washing?
"Ill hud q woman. or DO IL myself 80
After breakfast he took a walk
through the locality whore washwomen
abound. but his quest was a vain one.
/ He came back 20 the house about @
o'clock and said:
Mrs. Bowscr, have decided to do
the washing myself
you wash?"
"I win. IN do 10 as a matter OF prin-
ciple. ] don't propose Co have this
house upset because one hired girl gets
her back mp and quits
"Let the washing go and TIL find a
woman 90 DO it,
"Not by q jug-ful. That washing
will AN bee ON the line before noon"
"Mr Bowser, you can't wash You
will only rub the skin otT your knuckleS,
lame Your back and make great muSS
of it."
81 WILL ch? That's all you know
about &c. Now, then, l don't want YOU
90 come fooling around. Don't YOU
show your head in the basement until
/ the last rag is ON the line.
Mr.. Bowser got into am old pair OF
pants and q vest, changed his boots for
/ slippers. and disappeared down stairs
aud no once started q fire. ! knew what
I the result of his efforts would be-, and
while he was no the barn for wood l ran
down and rescued most of the fine
clothes. Tie didn't notice the fact. and
/ iu q few minutes had the water heat
ing. He had seen clothes boiling,
and the water was mo- sooner hot than
. he filed Tine boiler heIter-Skeltcr. /
heard him NO 10, and started down
stairs to tell him that clothes must Dee
rubbed first.
"Go right back" hc yelled, as I struck
/ Che first stair.
"But you are making "a great mistake,
/ Mr. Bowser: YOU shouldn't
81 know my business, and you 60
I back. II l don't know more about
washing iu one minute than you do in
| week, I'll eat these sheets and table
/ cloths"
lie boiled the clothes about half an
hour. and then came mp and rummaged
around the pantry. l suppose he had
read of some substance 90 put into the
/ boiler 90 save rubbing. but hc WASH Z
. clear as to what 10 was. He therefore
/ took q ha.t-pOuud can of baking powder
and -iited DO Too to the last pinch. !
heard him up stairs. and half suspect
ing what ho was after, ran TO head him
off. but too late.
Mr. BowSer." ] called from the head
OF che basement stairs, "are you putting
chat >al-s0da into the boiicr?'
'Sal-nonscnse." he growied in reply.
+ .Whn don't know my business l VIII
apply FOR information
Mr.. B0wser knew that bluing was
part and parcel of the laundry business
He had even seen tub of blue water.
4 At what stage of the game this blue
business came iu Doe didn't know and ho
wa, 600 obstinate to inquire. He took
the clothes direct from the boiler aao
>ozLed them into q tub of cold water
and. not knowing how much of the blue
= Oh use. he decided to empty in the whole
bottle and Doe ON the safe side. He hac
% pretty fair quantity of writing fluid
when the water was stirred mp. At tht
s point ] called Co him:
Mr. Bowser, how far along have
YOU -0t2'
"Don't You worry about me, Mrs
Bowscr. Ili have the whole shooting
match ON the line In half am hour"
Tie put the dashboard into the blu,
( ub and began TO- rub the clothes iu IA,
g. cold water. Tie might have had faint
suspicion that something had been left
off thc programme. but he made up t0l
10 iu energetic rubbing. lie went wash
wash. wash. for about twenty minutes
land then there was an awful Topping
land sDlattoring, as III q dozen duck
were playing in the water He wa
.rinsiug the clothes lie waSn'tOver fin,
minutes about TO, and then he appeare,
in tine back yard with % basket full o
clothes To- hang ON the line. At sight o.
him / had Co sit down. The clothe
were plum-blue. and Mr.. Bowscr wa
p'um-bIucr. "The great and only tat
to0ed man" couldn't hold a candle q
him. Justas he appeared In the yard q
' farmers wife. who sells as eggs, open
ed the back gate and walked I'm.
, Good Lor'. but what is this?' she
- calculated, as She stood with opei
' mouth.
cts only me, replied Mr. Bowser
give been washing.
Washing what? Why, man, you've
, spoiled everything there, 20 the las
T. Idud. Is Your wife sick. dead or run of?'
AREN'T these clothes right?'
"Mau, man. but even a heather
- would know better.'
just then one OF Mr.. Bowser's down
town friends drove through the alley 10
"a buggy. lie could see over the fence
j and when he saw Mr. Bowser he pulled
o. |up his horse So quickly that the anima
almost fcil
: .Is that you, Bowser?' me called.
! yves"
"Wcl. what I'm the name of the pas
ages are you doius''
D "Ob. u-nothiug.'
; Nothing TN bet I'D 90 you're hl
, ting yourself Tor museum freak. Say
o old man. Won have hit 10. just tleyou
teeth % a point aud you'll pass for
genuine cauuibai.
He drove on and the egg woman
backed out OF the gate and said;
b "I've been furnishing You three uo@c'
Pc % week. and I've never missed i ueS
b 'day. but | give YOU notice that l don
p come mo- more. 10 would bc takn.
/, Ichauccs a man as is light in the hea'
r may Doe an right one day and very wIo
+. / Tent the next Love 90 your cNceilen
|w,fe. and I'm sorry for her.
Mr.. Bowscr entered the kitchen %
three Jumps. I sat there laughing un
|tl I could hardly breathe. He lowered
above nue. like mountain over q mouse
and after choking and gasping for
. minute hc roared outs
, Mrs Bowser, yoU have finally done
, II t. haven't you?'
.What have doue?'
5 ..What have You done. Got me 10 do
the washing and give myself away io
lam Internal idiot, Look at me. Lool
mi them duds in tn yard.
"Nlr. Bowser. didn't tell you not q
try it2 Didn't do my best TO keep you
from trying it?'
NO. Never, You encouraged me Il
go ahead?'
''Mr. BowSer.
Don't Mr. BowSer me. This Is Tho
end The worm turns. Wen Sett.'
matters this very day.
But Mr.. BowScr is still with me- an'
have mo- doubt that we shall live an'
die together.
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