The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-14

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On the third day after the above con-
yersation | noticed that Mr.. Bowser
| limped as he came home to supper.
Had fallf queried.
mo ma'am."
Il notice that you are lame"
Not much! I'm not one OF the lame
sort"
/ was sure that he was uncomforta-
bic, If not suffering, but nothing more
was said until after supper. Then he
lodged upstairs, and when went up
stairs after him few minutes later, /
found him with his shoes and socks
off.
Foot was cold and l thought I
would rub it q little, you KNOW" he
explained.
"Mr. Bowser you've got a corni"
Y am certain of ltl Hold your foot
up herel"
"Bosh! My foot is cold-thats all.
Corn "a like to see a corn come on
Hold 1t up hsrei There! There,
Mr.. Bowser, If that isn't a corn be-
tween Your toes then / never saw one!
It's a soft corn. II comes from a
tight shoe. Your toes have been
pinehed until they rubbed together
at can't be-
'.But 1t fs.p
"a man or woman who will wear
shoes too small for them ought"
| He drove Inc out of the room and
locked the door, but / had the salts
| faction of knowing that he suffered
| for n whole week. The nearest he
owned up to 1t was when he came
home and said:
mo wonder / suffered. Carbuncles
are tender things. II would have put
| you in bed"
II never heard OF carbunele be-
tween the toes"
Probably not. There are several
things In this world you have never
heard OF, smart as you are"
| / expected a new dress to come up
one evening in time for a party to
which we had been invited. At 8
O'Clock he began to grow uneasy and
| querled:
why on earth didn't you have It
here this morningf
1T wasn't done"
Then you should have given your
order further ahead. Mrs. Bowser,
you are very soft mark
| "But the dress will be here by T."
| Bet you two farms to cent Never
/ hiitN VI y W NOlilb up
within twenty-four hours of the time
promised. That Is nice state OF
affairs, must say" .=..
1.-THE dress will come"
| mot until tomorrow, and we might
as well make up our minds to stay ut
home.n
II was there at $50, and he got out OF
1t by saying that it was a mistake for
which the drcssmaker would probably
commit suicide. A week later he
ordered new suit, STIMULATING that
they were to DO sent up at noon on q
certain day. We were to go to party
that night, and at breakfast Iqueried
do you feel certain OF your new
suitT'
do feel certain that | liver he re-
piled with a grand wave of his hand.
but IL may not come up"
And the sun may bust It's biler and
the pieces tumble to earth, The clocl;
will not have struck IL before that suit
is here"
But when he came up to dinner ]
had to inform him that no suit had
arrived.
"Oh, well, the parcel boy is taking il
Slow" he answered. ut will he here
before | 60"
But ii wasn't. He waited ten min.
utes over time aud then went to the
telephone and called the tailor up and
said:
81 suppose that suit has started on
its way up"
Icould not, of course, hear the reply.
why, that suit / oIdered . week
laGo."
tfsilors rspiy uhheardI.
"You haven't That's pretty idea!
Do you mean to tell me that that suit
isn't iinishedr #.==#..
| fTailors reply unhcard.l
well, you sec that you do! II TIA
one minute after III leav the suit on
your handsl"
How about my dressmaker?n j
asked as he hung up the trumpet.
4 How about nothing Dre5smakers
deliberately perjure themselves. while
this was mere oversight. It'll be up
at O."
"And If not ?"
''Didn't / say 1t would be up Mt @?
Make all your arrangements TO go to
that party
| When ho came home at and failed
to find the suit he turned five shades
whittier. Going to the phone he yelled
where in Halifax is that suit OF
miner
| f1ailors reply unheafd.
mo, it hasn'tl What do you mean
by such conductg
| [Iailors reply unheard.l
/ Yes, If IL comes at sharp Z, but not
a minute later? You folks down there
must have all boon on u drunk this
| weekn
lis II coming at ~ l asked.
/ "Certainly. | didn't expect IL be-
fore, but wanted to hurry EN- up "a
little"
"Well, ] hope it will Gomez
'tHopel II will come, and that's all
there is about It,"
But O'Clock came without The suit.
1t didn't come at haif-past nor ut S,
and Mr.. Buwser called up the central
and was told that the tailor shop was
shut up. He danced up and down.
raped on the box, kicked the cat and
told baby TO shut up, ana finally he
fell into chair and looked at me in a
cold, icy way.
well, how about drcssmalIers?p
asked.
Not a word, Mrs. Bowser-not a
wordl see how it isn
How what isF'
| More of your rovongeful work, You
wanted to get even with me and you
have done It,"
But what did dor
Never you mind! Let your own
conscience answer. I'm going down
town, and ii shouldn't return to the
house you can communicate with any
lawyer you SEQ iit."
But he was home and in bed by IL
and glad TO drop the subject.