Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-16
MIR. AND MRS. ROwsER.
The Old Man Gets into Tantrum on MS
,. Wife's Carelsssness. 81
M.

everything expected rto take care OF
s+saif90 .H'es rH' '''
S"Wbat do you mean?" she asked.
81 mean that have been looking Tor
ashoe-string fer.tle last hour ana d
half and that nothing ofthe sort IS TO
be found" .....,...,.,.;. -,li..-.,,.
the house." ...tr .-o'-s .4-r ', ="
II presume not! / presume the two
hundred pairs l bought in Detroit the
dav before we left have iallsbeeh chewed
npby the cat or sold TO the ragman, II
there's a worSe-run. house than ours III
America I'd liketO see It." '.,,.
"Why, Mr.. BowSer, yOn only brought
home three ShOe-StriDes, and you useu
two of those 10 tie up your papers.
HWen. where's the other??'
Il can't tell. We may have lost 1t IN
moving and unpackng. ,,.,.,.
Don't doubt it in the least. NhiIe
shoe-string is not IS big as piano,or as
valuable as 4 clOc k,rthe loss OF IL SHOWS
want of system, IA reckless eXtraVa-
gance truly discouraging. Have You
got piece of ciOthes-hne In the
house,
"I-I don't think so, sShe stammered.
"Probably not. Probably gone. 70
loin the Shoe-string. -Imust have some
thing TO tie up my S3fee'NFios. however
and l will use a piece or Stoveplpe
wire" tltt 49,
r After breakfast, when ready TO goOut
he said;
.Mrs. BowSer, L. hope you will take
this lesson TO heart -CareiessneSs in a
wife is very reprehenSible trait.
'You are Just as careless as am
she protested. .,..
"No, ma'am. Ma, ma'aml I never
mislay anything, forget anything or
lose anything. Very few husbands do
IwIll go around the world with'a pin In
nv vest and bring 1.-THE same one back
with me, If you 70 out on the street
to-day you had better have a. policeman
go with you. II not, yoo'll lose your
purse or be robbed of your cloak.
When Mr.. BowSer came up TO lunch
con he entered the house with a smile
Oh his face aud, the door-mat IN bis
hand, and said; co. a0' 's-
81 found boy walki1g'df with this
mat. Has any one taken the range out
of the basement? It's wonder TO nae
they haven't come in after the carpets!
That's u mat the girl put out in The
barrel to be carted away she eN-
planned. ..,-. ISL. ~
tOhi It's. More reckless extraya-
gance. | see! Mrs. BOwSer, | want TO
sit down with you sOu1e day and haveia
long talk. / think you mean well, bat
YOU are deficient in iudgment,F and your
knowledge of the world IS very very
limited %. ....s4 s..a ~
''DO you know everything?' she Sar'
castically queried. .....,.z
'sMrS. BowSer," he replied, as hefoId-
ed his hands under his cOat-tails and as
sumed his favorite attitu6e, There are
probably one or two things l doh't
know, l don't claim TO know il al, and
I don't say you know nothing what
ever. The husband who does not, how
ever, know forty times as much s;hiS
wife, would be considered a stick Of a
man. Did you GO out this mOrning?"
Il did" .--.--..
was your bonnet ssgsn off var
~ ..E9cs g3vet5 r5 lex Vol arJ 5dbs
congratulated. Idon't"- Is
"Mr. Bowser, where's your watchea'
she Interrupueu' t-.t .H
''My watch, Mrs BOwser-my watch
iszgre9t SeotIs.,e fyg :. esT,U.,1
ne dropped his hand to find the
chain. but il was not there. He felt
for tfre.watch bnt twas gone; -
Did you leave it at the jeweJer So
she asked, as he stood with open mouth
and stared at her
Jewellers. No. Its gone! I've
lossis,l I'vg sss91EYsfPef!f'' Pp he r ePqTq'fd
no X ss,sslta9'F3sssf7 isYsIl 7Ya'
pockets! ,PecketSr pO,yOu 'spose l
caro-. my watch in my cpat tail pocket!
teiESsu I've been robbed" -
'w<ssdaaIs talk nsoeypyE~wsiyst is
'a ;l lso St n sasp peg. IS he putAis
hand u4srswteh and-owsltet both
gone" ......
'You must have been robbed in some
crowd, " she suggested.
Grabbed, Crowd! Robbed or course
I've been robbed he shouted, as he
pranced about. Cit that Internal cat
oil that lounge and Jennie lay down,
for I'm so weak | can't stand up.
WheEeassttEn Gamph~9'N fH.+--l = ~
She, san for the bOttl esras he doQped
down, and for the next three minutes
he had his noSeih the opening.
@You ought 90 go to the police at
once. . she finally Said.
&c gone! G-eOPe!i; he gaSped. lvI-
''But how could you have been rob
bed?" Al. .,.-,-,,...a .t,,.;., SAT.
higher" r. .o.--' sirfi 10 ..t..--
,.sYas are 90 careful S0q X know lQQ, $50 !.
,.s,You never missay anything or forget
,,,.,a,i,rss veg g bn@ - 200 f .-' .. 30
any !S'i1 l4I rav no. cs.i(
And never Hose anything, and have
so tfttch Worldly wisdom,
"Oh, my head" y - :
less thktfhisht, toSslG ai6estribs n
moving here from Detroit, but you ''--
Don't talk to me. Over 5000 gone
~"X woman tried ito Ste9l ny retichle
IN BsfAo, snd.9 dNheF Arrested, But
il seems that you -. -.
FGghS.se G5bes~ he,ssrQa6ed. '.' - ~.
Haven't you no idea of whe0 Ii was
taken?' she jet sisted, coe.. 90 ...o@
Mo- us 81 % as 50 r,p,' -r-. i-,ss
sr,NeI,oI,aIhS sorry s,bnt, -tlljS,wiis IRE a
great lesson To you. You viii me
more Hs811I Fl .G.AB9
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