The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-07
MR.. AND MRS. BoWsER.
BY MRS. BoWSER.

Iexpected new dress to come up one
evening in time for party to which we
had been invited. At o'clock Mr.. Bowser
began to grow uneasy and queried:
"Why on earth didn't you have it here
this morning."
st wasn't done"
"Then you should have given your order
further ahead. Mrs. Bowser, you are a
very soft mark"
But the dress will be here by T."
"Bet you two farms to a cent? Never
knew anything of yours to come up with
10 twenty-four hours of the time promised.
This is a nice state of affairs, must say!"
'The dress will come"
"Not until tomorrow, and we might as
well make up our minds to stay at home"
1t was there at half-past and he got out
Of it by saying that it was mistake for
which the dressmaker would probably
commit suicide A week later he ordered
new suit, STIMULATING that they were to
De sent up at noon on certain day. We
were to go to a party that night, and at
breakfast l queried:
"Do you feel certain of your new suit?"
''Do feel certain that l live?" he replied,
with grand wave of his hand.
DuU III may uOU COlI0 up.
And the sun may bust its biler and the
pieces tumble to earth. The clock will not
have struck II 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 it
slow" he answered. sit will be here be-
fore CO."
Bus it wasn't. He waited ten minutes
over time, and then went to the telephone
and called the tailor up and said:
II suppose that suit has started on its
way up"
could not, of course, hear the reply.
"Why, that suit ordered week ago."
[Tailor's reply unheard.
"You haven't That's pretty idea, Do
you mean to tell me that suit isn't fin
ished?" -
[Tailor's reply unheard.]
"Well, you see that you do! If it's one
minute after I'll leave the suit on your
hands,"
How about my dressmaker?" asked as
he hung UP the trumpet.
"How about nothing Dressmakers de-
Gberately perjure themselves, while this
was mere oversight It'll be up at g."
"And if not?"
Didn't l say it would be up at 6? Maze
al your arrangements to goto that party. y
When he came up at and failed to linE
the suit he turned five shades whittier, &c,
ing to the phone he yelled to the tailor:
"Where in Halifax is that suit of mine"'
[railor's reply unheard.
mo, it HASN'T What do you mean by
such conduct?"
ITailor's reply unheard.
Eyes, if it comes at sharp Z, but not q
minute later! You folks down there must
have all been on a drunk this weekr'
rs it coming at q" [ asked.
Certainly. didn't expect it before, but
wanted to hurry 'em up little"
"Well, 1 hope it will come"
'Hopel 1t will come, and that's all there
is about it"
But z o'clock came without the suit 1t
didn't come at half-past nor at s, and Mr.
Bowser 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
and finally he fell into chair and looked
at me in a cold, icy way.
well, how about dressmakers?" asked
mot word, Mrs. Bowser-not WORD
see how it isl''
"How what isl"
more of your revengeful work. You
wanted to get even with me and you hav.
done it,"
''But what did | do?"
"Never you mindl Let your own con
science answeri Pm going down town, ant
if shouldn't return to the house you cal
communicate with any lawyer you see fit ,
But he was home and in bed by u, Gnl
glad to drop the subject Fre'
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