The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-24
BOW SER AND ms MONEY.


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suppose eight out OF every ten
wives go through the same experience
as to money matters. When we had
returned from our bridal tour Mr..
Bowser said to me-
while half OF what have belongs to
you do not promise that you shall DO
obliged to beg for your half. Being
the head OF the house shall carry the
wallet, but / propose to hand you over
a certain sum every Saturday night.
It will he pin money"
How gDod you are!"
II think it is only just and right.
know a dozen married men whose
wives have to almost get down on their
knees to get a dollar. could kick
such mai b. How much do you think
you can use week.
'.A-a-dolar, perhaps"
"A dollari My wife trying to get
along on d dollar week. Why, you
little darling, you shall have at least
ten, and II that Is not sufficient I'll
make IL s20 or $780,"
II was the old story over again. He
cut me down to Ss-s7- S5-S4-$2-
and at length, when we had been
married about four months and ask
ed him for q dollar, he turned on me
with
'What! More money! Do you think
I've got u gold miIey What ON earth
do you want money forg"
1--WE got to get n few little notions"
'But you can't want dollars worth
"a whole dollars worth. Here's 80
cents. aud l hope you will remember
that these are hard times and money
is money!
one evening, when we had company,
the talk fell upon this subject, and Mr..
Bowser pre- mptly Observed
IA wife has just as much right to
the family wallet as the husband, and
there ought to be law to enforce this
right"
''iou ma ke your wife an allowance
OF coursef queried one Of the ladies.
Certainly, and never ask what use
she makes of 1t. That reminds me
that this is Saturday night and l owe
her two weeks salary"
He opened his wallet and handed me
three ten.dolIar bills, and five mar
ried ladies exclaimed in chorus
HOWL -wish-I-was-Alrs. Bow
ser!"
BowsER's LITTLE GAME.
Before the evening was over 1 had
the money hidden away, and our com
pany had scarcely departed when Mr..
Bowser hold out his land to me.
''What Is it?"
Gland over"
'tWhat do you mean?"
THAT $780,"
.tBut 1t is my allowance. You said
SO before all tho people, and now you
won't be ID1un enough to take 1t back. -
You know very we'll why l gave IL
to you. II was to show of over
Thompson and Jones, who never allow
their wives b cent?
''Well, I'll see about it."
After We had been in bed half an
hour, and he thought 1 was asleep, he
got up and searched about for two
long hours after that money. / had
tucked 1t behind the clock in the sit
tlng-room, and he found 1t at last aud
when he got into bed heard him
chuckling:-
.srhe idea of any sane husband CIV
ing his wife $50 oil In lump! Why,
she'd have just wasted two-thirds OF
itln
We had been married about year,
and remember what shock 1t gave
me when Nh. Bowser returned to the
house one morning about half an hour
after he started down town. He came
rushing up the steps, unlocked the
door and banged it open, his face was
as pale us death as he gasped out:-
.'My-my wallet"
"Your wallet2 Why found il under
your pillow and left 1t on fhe inantel
there"
"And you you've looked inside of
itin
mo, haven't. It's there, just as
found it,"
He seized 1t and sat down and count
ed the contents over thrice, sad as he
uttered o great sigh of Keller, l
asked
~, as your money all right?'
"And suppose l had opened 1t and
counted your cashYn
.'W-what!r
suppose I had helped myself to IS
or slOr'
.'You.-you helped YOURSELF"
..Yes. Didn't YOU tell me that half
your money belonged to me, and that
] had just US much right to the family
wallet as your"
Newer"
"bIr Bowser!r
Never. Never did. Never said any
thing which could possibly be con-
strued to mean any such thingl Never,
under any Gil circumstances Mrs Bowser,
do you dare 10 lay finger on my wal
letth
81 never will-not even after you
are deadY
See that you don't"
NOT A wIFELY ACT.
After that IL was interesting to note
the care he took TO dispose ofthat wal
let at night. He would slyly leave it
down stairs-Ndrop 1t down the umbrel-
la jar in the hall-hids 1t in the spare
bedroom or under our own bed,
Once he made dreadful mistake, and
didn't feel a bit sorry about Ii. Not
knowing that our bedroom window
was up from the bottom, he slipped his
wallet down behind the inside blinds.
It went down to the sill apd rolled to
the ground, and some one picked It up
the next morning before we were
awake. i wea yet asleep when MI.
Bowser, having sneaked out of bed 10
look after his wallet, suddenly shout
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