Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-23
Mr.. BOWsER IN LOVE.
Ills Good Wife Excites His Ire BY Re-
calling Their Courtship.
DIDN'T RELISH THE COLD FACTS.
The Arizona Kicker Man Gets Held Up on
His Way to See His Love.
ELEVATING AN CID GRIZZLY BEAR
DIDN'T RELISH THE COLD FACTS.
ELEvATING AN CID GRIZZLY BEAR
WRITTEN FOR THE prsrArcH.I


"Ahl But this is nicep' exclaimed Mr..
Bowser as he kicked off his shoes and fell
into the big rocking chair the other even
ing. ''You may talk as much as you will.
Mrs. Bowser, but there's no place like
home. pity men who have no homes"
81 am glad you like to spend your even
ings at home," she replied.
"Yes, this is nice!'' musingly continued
Mr. Bowser as he spread out his feet and
rubbed mis- hands IT feel in the mood for
a regular old fashioned visit tonight.
Husband aud wife should never grow old
to each other. I think they ought to sit
down now and then and sort of renew their
courtship."
'I think 50, too, and know it would be
better for both"
81 was reading an article in a newspaper
the other day which said that honeymoon
founded on love should never end. think
ours was founded on love-"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Bowser, s'I think 1t
was Don't you remember how you used
to say you would willingly jump over Nj
agara Falls for me. During the last three
months Of"
"Do you mean to say that ever made
use of any such tomfooi expression a that?"
demanded Mr.. Bowser, sud denly reused to
a state of activity.
Certainly, dear. For the last three
months of our courtship you came over to
the house three times day, and you
said"
"Mrs. Bowser, what are you talking
about?" he shouted as he rose up with y
beautiful blush on his cheeks. II might
have called two or three times aweek in
answer to your urgent requests, but don t
try to make out that had no more sense
than q pumpkin
.I remember one evening in particular
she said, as if to herself 'There was full
moon, and the sky was without cloud.
We sat on the piazza, and you insisted on
holding my hand"
''Not much, Mrs. Bowser! It's heap
more likely that you wanted me to hold it!
Yes, I remember now-you put up q job so
that was obliged to hold it!'
"As you were holding my hand you won-
dered il there were lovers in the moon, and
you said that was the silvery orb to light
your pathway through the years to come"
''Silrery nonsense! Lovers in the moon!
Are you trying to make out that 1 didn't
know enough to. get under q wagon shed
when it rained? 1t was put up job on me
all the way through, and you ought to be
glad to keep still about it,
Worse and More of 1t.
"Another evening"" she went on, never
minding him, 1--WE were strolling in the
garden. You had been quiet for long,
long time. 1 asked you what you were
thinking of, and you put your arm around
me and said you realized how unworthy
you were, but you would make every effort
to render nv lite happy. saw tears in
your eyes"
MRS Bowser, are you talking to me?"
he demanded as he bobbed up again.
Certainly, dear"
"And you mean to say that passed any
such remark as that!'
"Of course,
"Never! Never! Never! Unworthy of
you'll The idea! Tears in my eyes You'd
better consult doctor about the top of
your head! Like other young men under
similar circumstances, 1 might have been a
little fat, but 1 never acted the part of an
idiotl"
Speaking about honeymoons. said Mrs.
Bowser rs she looked into vacancy, "don't
you remember the evening mother came out
on the piazza and found you kneeling at my
teet?"
"Never! Neverl I'd have seen You and
all your relations in Texas before I'd have
made such fool of myselfp'
SIT was the night that old Mr.. Pritch-
ards horse backed of the bridge and killed
him "