The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowser.

An! but tnl6 ID nice eX-
claimed Mr.. Bowser as he kicked
off his shoes and fell into the big
rocking chair the other evening.
" You may talk as much as you
will, Mrs. Bowser, but there's no
place like home. pity men who
have no home"
"I am glad you like to spend
your evenings at home" she re-
piled.
8. Yes, this is nice !" musingly
continued Mr.. Bowser as he spread
out his feet and rubbed his hands.
!" / feel in the mood for a regular
old fashioned visit tonight. Hus-
band and wife should never grow
old to each other. l think they
ought to sit down now and then
and sort Of renew their courtship. !"
II think so, too, and | know it
would be better for both"
Il was reading an article in a
newspaper the other day which
said that honeymoon founded on
love should never end. l think
ours was founded on love-"
eyes," replied Mrs. Bowser, 1
think it was. Don't you remember
how you used to say that you
would willingly jump over Niagara
Falls for me? During the last three
months of -"
"Do you mean to say that ever
made use of any such tomfool ex-
preston as that?" demanded Mr..
Bowser, suddenly reused to a state
of activity.
Certainly, dear. For the last
three months of our courtship you
came over to the house three times
a day, and you said"
"Mrs. Bowser, what are you
talking about?" he shouted as he
rose up with beautiful blush on
his cheeks. II might have called
two or three times a week in an
swer to your earnest requests, but
don't try to make out that had
no more sense than pumpkin J"
81 remember one evening in par
ticular," 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! Its a
heap more likely that you wanted
me to hold it'll" Yes, | remember
now-you put up job SO that |
was obliged to hold it !"
Gas you we're holding my hand
YOU wondered if there were lovers
in the moon, and you said that |
was the silvery orb to light your
pathway through the years to
come"
"Silvery nonsense Lovers in the
moon! Are you trying to make
out that I didn't know enough to
get under a wagon-shed when it
rained? It was a put up job on
me all the way through, and you
had ought to be glad to keep still
about it'll"
another evening"" she went on,
never minding him, 1--WE were stroll
ing in the garden. You had been
quiet for a long time. / asked you
what you were thinking of, and you
put your arms around me and said
YOU realized how unworthy you
were, but you would make every
effort to render my life 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! Tn
worthy of you? The idea! Tears
in my eyes !! You'd better had con-
suit a doctor about the top of your
head! Like other young men un-
der similar circumstances, | might
have been little fat, but | never
acted the part Of an idiot" " !.
"Speaking about honeymoons,"
said Mrs. Bowser, as she looked
into vacancy, don't you remember
the evening that mother came out
on the piazza and found you kneel-
ing at. my feet?"
SNever! Never! Tdhave seen
you and all your relations in Texas
before 1 would have made such a
fool of myself!'
AIt was the night that old Mr..
Pritchard's horse backed off the
bridge and killed him."
II never heard of old Mr.. Pritch-
ard or old Mr.. Pritchard's old horse
or old bridget"
"It was about an hour before we
got word of the accident" quietly
continued Mrs. Bowser. 1--WE sat
on the piazza listening to the whip
poorwiils. You kept sighing. BY
and by you knet at my feet, took
one Of nv hands in both of yours
and said that our honeymoon
should last forever. When mother
came out and caught you, you pre-
tended looking all around for 9 lost
nickel. Don't you remember"