Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-01
MR. ANp MRS. RowsER.
Mr.. BOwser's Little Lesson and How II.
Took 1t.


came down stairs the other morning, "is
this house run on a system or is everything
expected to take care Of itselfY'
What do you mean?" She asked.
Il mean that | have been looking for a
shoestring for the last hour and half, and
that nothing of the sort is to be foundp'
mo; don't believe there is one in the
house"
81 presume notl presume the two hun
dred pairs / bought in Detroit the day be
fore we left have all been chewed up by
the cat or sold to the ragman. If there's
worse run house than ours in America
I'd like to see itp'
why, Mr.. Bowser, you only brought
home three shoestrings, and you used two
of those to tie up your papersp
well, where's the other?"
~ can't tell We may have lost it in
moving and unpacking."
Don't doubt it in the least. While shoe
string is not as big as piano or as valua-
bic as clock, the loss of it shows want
of system, a reckless extravaganza truly
discouraging. Have you got a piece of
clothes line in the house?"
"I-I don't think So" she stammered
Probably notl Probably gone to join
the shoestringl 1 must have something
to tie up my shoe with, however, and
will use piece of stovepipe wire"
After breakfast, when ready to go out, he
said:
"Mrs. Bowser, hope you will take this
lesson to heart Carelessness in wife is q
very reprehensible trait"
"You are just as careless as amp she
protested
mo, ma'aml No, ma'am. 1 never mis-
lay anything forget anything or lose any
fhinOt fax bT1c do 7
around the world with a pin in my vest
and bring the same one back with me- If
you go out on the street today you had bet
ter have policeman go with you. If not
you'll lose your purse or be robbed of your
cloak"
When Mr.. Bowser came up to luncheon
he entered the house with a smile on his
face and the doormat in his hand, and
said:
II found boy walking off with this
NATL Has any one taken the range out of
the basement? It's wonder to me they
haven't come in after the carpetsl"
THAT'S mat the girl put out in the bar
rel to be carted away" she explained.
"Oh! 1t isl More reckless extravaganza,
seel Mrs. Bowser, | want to sit down
with you some day and have long talk
think you mean well, but you are def
NAChO III JuoSluCubj YOUR kDOWl6uR6 Oh
the world is very, very limited"
"Do you know everything?' she sarcas-
tically queried.
Mrs. Bowser," he replied, as he folded
his hands under his coattails and assumed
his favorite attitude, "there are probably
one or two things l don't knowl l don't
claim to know it all, and / don't say you
know nothing whatever. The husband
who does not, however, know forty times
as much as his wife would be considered
stick of man. Did you go out this morn
ing9''
II did"
"Was your bonnet taken off your head?"
"No, STRIP
"Lucky-very luckyl You are to be CON
graduated. l don't"-
"Mr. Bowser, where's your watch9" she
interrupted.
"My watch, Mrs. Bowser-my watch is
great Scottp'
He dropped his hand to find the chain,
but it was not there. He felt for the
watch, but it was gone.
did you leave it at the jeweler's?" she
asked, as he stood with open mouth and
stared at her.
Jewellers! mol It's gone! I've lost it,
I've been robbedp' he shouted, as he danced
around
"It can't be- Feel your pockets"
"Pockets PocketsI Do you 'spose l
carry my watch in my coattail pocket? |
tell you I've been robbedp
"Well, don't take on so. Your wallet is
safe, isn't it?"
"G-goner" he gasped, as he put his hand
up-"watch and wallet both gonel"
"You must have been robbed in some
crowd" she suggested.
n
I've been robbedl' he shouted as he pranced
about. "Gt that Internal cat off that
lounge and lemme lay down, for Pm so
weak can't stand upl Where is that cam
phori"
She ran for the bottle as he Topped down,
and for the next three minutes he had his
nose in the opening.
"You ought to go to the police at once"
she finally said.
"G-gonel G-gonel'' he gasped.
"But how could you have been robbed?"
81 dunnol Hold the bottle little high
erl"
'You are so careful, you know"
eyes"
"You never mislay anything or forget
anything"
"No.".
"And never lose anything, and have so
much worldly wisdom.
"Ohl my headP'
II can't make it out. I am so careless
that l might lose shoestring in moving
here from Detroit, but you"-
"Don't talk to mel Over 5000 gonel"
"a woman tried to steal nay reticule in
Buffalo and | had her arrested, but it
seems that you"-
"Gonel Gomez he groaned.
Haven't you no idea of when it was
taken" she persisted.
mol"
''Well, l am sorry, but this will be
great lesson to you. You will be more''-
''Mrs. BowserF' he interrupted, as he
suddenly sat up, II see through it all now.
It's as plain as daylightp'
''What do you mean?"
81 thought it necessary this morning to
give you little advice. felt it to be my
duty as husband. This is your way of
getting evenl'
"Why, Mr.. BowserE"
"Don't why Mr.. Bowser me! It's as
plain as that chair over therep'
"How could 1 rob you or tell any one
else tor" she demanded.
''Never you mindl l see it ALL It's all |
right, Mrs. -Bowser-all rightl Just let go
this camphor bottle and take seat in the |
other rooml A husband will bear q great |