The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-07
MRS. eowsER's DIARIES.

&IIA SHEs kAN ~
fell into his easy chair and cut the pages
Of magazine. "Mrs. Bowser. do you
ever realize how blessed We are"
.Yes, indeed"
.Whilc Others quarrel and bickcr and
seek the divorce courts. we love the
sronge every day.
Eyes,"
..He got up and camc over and kissed
me, and upon returning to his chair
seemed lost i'm reflection for n moment,
then he continued:
'How curious life is? DO yo" rcmem-
hcr the day ! first saw You"
IL shall never forget it,
~ was on horseback. you rcmetnber,
and you stood IN the vcranda III your
fathers house."
lyon are. a tritic mistaken. dear. The
horse had thrown you oil i'm n mud-hole,
and ! shall never forget the picture you
prescn,,d as you approached the house.
What. A horse throw me ofrl" he in
%terrupie,i. .
Certainly. Don't You remember how
"Mrs. Bowscr. are. you crazy: was
n ne Gs thrown .r s.n from fro ho q . %n;rh n so, ny throw m"
me OFT! i"ulp'r~' he thinking OF some
"why. dear YOU lost your watch in the
mud. and father fishcd il out. Don't you
rcmcinter how our negro Tom scrapei
the mud of of you"'
-Ntbl IY ~ iptlk Nti'ts wv nv
me down! Sou must he thinking of that
yellow-haircd dude you used to go with"
We Tsr r, both ~. I ias, If for e, Nv \ t..n s nnm
although dating back over u Few years
only, has satisfied me that nothing aggra-
Yates "A husband mors. than tn bring up
the silly things he said and did during his
courtship. IL seems to b, a raw spot with
the majority OF them after the honeymoon
is over. hut Mr.. BowSer was mot satisfied.
After four or five minutes he broke out
with:
make of himself with his eyes wide Open"
"Y-c-s?r
The. idea that ! should ever fall in love
with YOU"
.'Or with you!'
He glarcd az me over the top Of his book
and there was another painful silence,
broken at last 10y his saying:
"well. Ill admit that ] was i'm love; hut
hattcr myself that didn't exhibit any
sch8olboy no~nsens:i"
man i'm love, Mr.. Bowser. They have al
ways been that way, and always will he,
and it's no discrcdit to thcIm."
you mean To say "mooncd' around
like u calf:"' he demanded.
81 don't know how calves "moon,' as
hand. put your arm around me. and"
'But you did,"
Never ncvcr!'
Bowser. | have one of my old
diaries. Wait till I get it,"
Not much! You cant produce no old
and You can Sc. how L has turned out. is
seek the saloons and gambling houses of
an evening"
At tins moment the cook called me out
To ask what she should prepare for break
fast, and ~ quarter of an hour later, when
l returned To the back parlor, Mr.. Bowscr
seemed ~n d, deeply p interested in his fading
science-stricken but scarcely got seated
when he said:
WAS Emma Davis here to-day"
YES"
..How was she Iooking?"
VERY well. l wanted her tai stay until
You came home, hut she had To go at
e'ciock. She asked to he to
YOU
.Ies. ! hope she has fully forgiven
.Wha, for. Mr.. Bowscr:"
II haven't the least idea"
"Ha! Ia! ha! What d~issrrmbiers
women are. II WAS always "a sore spot
with you. though you would never admit
il. How you do blush -ha ha! ha
mir. Bowscr, what do you refer to-"
"Nhy, there's no doubt that the. dear
girl once fondiy expected I" In Mrs.
"~N1ns.msc:"
You say that simply for rcvcIigr, hut l
know better. We wcr.. as good AS en-
gagged when | met you"
Trash, sir! She was engaged to Jack
Smith long before you over saw her. and
they ar,. to- lie married as soon as his time
* out in the navy. Don't Halter yourself
that she has anything laid mp against
you"
Mrs. Bowsrr.' he began. as he got up
and crossed isis hands under his roattails,
q YOU know who you are talk ing to-"
II do"
lyon are talking tn "a man who could
have been Emma Davis's husband two
years ago"
IN prove to the contrary"
sHow ."
by one of my old Diaries"
"Diaries again! Always holding some
thing over me. Now produce! l want to
see one of those diaries you talk about
ram mp stairs and got them out of one
of Mr.. Bowser's old boots. i'm which I
keep them for safety. There were two of
them. each for "a separate year. and as !
came down with them he looked puzzled
and stamfnered:
WHY. Il-thought /"
EYES. you thought you had burned
them. hut you were mistaken. The books
you got hold of the other SUNDAY when I
was AT church wer.. two old receipt books
of no particular value. ! found every
Thing topsy-tnrvy. and knew what you
had been mp to-"
"Mrs. Bowsrr. l."
"Wait! Let as look mp the Emma
DAVIS matter. Here II IL. Under date Of
July 10 ! write: Dear Emma was over to-
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