Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-13
Mr.. AND MRS. B0WSER.
SOME OLD REcoLLEcTloNs sEV!VEo
AND DENIED.

The Better Half Grows AnsctIonsts-
Ola Love scenes Recalled. Much ,o
the Discomfiturs of Mr.. Bowser.
IL see, said Mrs. Bowser, as she Sat
reading the paper the other evening,
while Mr.. Bowser was trying to dig peg
out of his shoe-"I see that another
Brooklyn man has run away aud left his
wife"
"Has, eh2 Well, l don't wonder at
it. replied Mr.. Bowser.
"Did you read the iteml"
"Oh, but know how il all happened.
He found out that he couldn't take a Til
of comfort in his home, and he left it,
No one knows the misery that poor nlan
suffered before he took that step"
ut doesn't say he was unhappy
"Of course not No husband ever gets
justice, to say nothing of pity, Ill bet
he suffered thousand deaths before he
walked away to die IN some lonely spot
by his own hand.
"Well. dear. you'll never be driven
away by any act of line. she said as she
went over and kissed him.
"W-what in thunder are you doiug2"
shouted Mr. Bowser, as he dropped the
shoe and sprang up.
"Why. kissed you.
"Well, don't want anybody blowing
into my ears or splitting on my chiul
What struck you all at once?"
"There was time, Mr.. Bowser-there
was a time when"
"When what2"
"When you said that il l would kiss
you you would be the happiest man 10
the whole world.
"Never! Never even hinted at such
thingl WASN'T that sort of a noodleheadl"
"Mr. Bowserl Why, there was for
three months. while ] was waiting to
make up my mind to marry you. that
you said you could hardly live from day
to day"
Waiting! You waitingl Well, that
Is cooll That tickles me--ha! hal hal"
he shouted, as he held his sides.
"Yes, waiting"
"Why--hal ha! hai--you said yes so
mighty quick you bit your tongue in do
ing i'll The idea of me pining and vast
ing away because feared you would say
mol"
"Do you remember the pet name you
used to call me?" she asked.
pet nonsensel"
"You called me your red wild rose"
"Red wild pigweedl Are you getting
soft in the head, Mrs. Bowserf"
"Nearly all your letters to me were
dated anywhere from midnight to 4
o'clock in the morning. and"
"Neyerl Never wrote you letter ex-
cept in the afternoon, when hadn't any.
thing to do and wanted to use up half an
hours time, replied Mr.. Bowser.
And every one Of them speaks OF how
lonely you were, and with what joyous
anticipations you looked forward to your
next call.
"Lonelyi Joyous anticipationsi Id
be apt to be lionel when there were a
dozen or more mig ty good looking girls
after me, wouldn't N
"But in few brief years after marri-
age how the average husband does
change" observed Mrs. Bowser, as if
speaking to herself.
Yes, that's it. You hunted me down
and got me to marry you. and now you
are trying to make my home happy. II
you are feeling badly why don't you go
and make yourself some catnip tea.
Husbands talk about happy homes"
she continued, as she looked the paper
over, but what do they do to make it
happyf"
while they are counting they are all
smiles and soft talk, but the honeymoon
is no sooner over than they stand revealed
in their true colors
Keep pitching right in, Mrs. Bowserl
Nothing like fault finding wife TO make
home pleasant"
do you remember that Fourth of
July evening when we sat on the YER
anda?" she asked. II shall always re-
member what you said that night and
how much the situation affected you. a
Affected mel What on earth are you
talking about?"
You took my hand in yours, Mr.
Bowser, and you asked me to please try
and learn to love you.
-Neverl IL you'd swear to that on 10
family Bibles ! wouldn't believe it.
You said that life was but a weary
waste to you before crossed your path,
and
Il never did-neverI never neverlr he
shouted as he sprang up. NO one but
you ever charged ms with being an idiot
on IunaticI"
Didn't you once show me some bak-
ING uowdcr in n mill haw and tall ma -
was strychnine. and that you'd take il il
married any one else7"
~Neyerl Never cared two centa