Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-09-02
MR. Anp MRS. soWsEa.
mr n. Talks About Her HusbAnd's -
gre.sIvc Euchrs Party

silva e,ohre party next week, Wednesday
evening. II you'll zee to the REFRESHMENTS
IN SEQ to the people.
"Ill be glad to. Of course, but
"But whatf -
"You must prepare yourself tor dissppo'nv
ments
"Oh, | mustl How kind OF you 70 give me
warning Mrs Rowser, l don't want 20
seem vain or egotistical but III tnvite tnirty
six people here on that night, and lor every
one who fails TO come III give you ~ Dill"
.You are kind--very kind. hope the
party will be u great success You can oeen
at once"
When he came home next night ne mad :
list Of eighteen couples who had oeen ipv'tsu
and solemnly promised to come
"Voted too much trouble-cant get people
enoughI'' sneered Mr.. Bowser. as he looked
over the list. Its In the management, ME-
Bowser- all In tho management
For three days he walked around on UP toe
and took every occasion to brag over me-
Then came the first set back. We were at
dinner when the telephone rang and MI
Bowser was asked for.
"Helloi Bowser"
"Yes.m
''InlS II ruDeTt
"Yesn
~ wanted to tell you that We can't coma
down to the party"
"You can't"
"No My wife has just remembered that
she agreed to 60 over to Johnsons ON that
night. Sorry, old fellow, but hope
MIR. Bowser shut him of with loud bang
| and turned to me and said:
Mrs Bowser, don't you never darken FIJI
bert's doors again-never! They are LIARS
and dangerous people. can oil their places
| In five minutes"
Before he got out Of tho house there was
another ring.
"Hellol Bowser"
"Yes"
"This is Watkins"
"Yes.n
down Wednesday evening forgot that our
| Eva was to have childs party on the same
evening That knocks us out"
"And you can't comef
"Of course not. Sorry to disappoint you,
old fellow, but Of COURSE
"Watkins is a liar, Mrs. Bowser-a first
class, bold faced liar /" exclaimed Mr.. Bowser,
''and you want to cut the whole family a.
dead as door nailr'
He went off saying he could get two million
couples to take their places, and he returned
at evening just as the following note came by
the hands Of a messenger boy:
"Mr. and Mrs. jackson present their COM
pliments, and regret that the death Of an
uncle in China will prevent them from being
present on Wednesday evening"
Mr.. Bowser had begun to turn white when
| thu telephone rang
"Hello Bowserl"
"Yes."
Say, old man, this is O world OF change,
you know. When told you we'd come down
to that party never thought about my sis
ter. She's to be married that same evening.
Tra-la, old boy, hope you'll have good
time"
81 told you it would be hard work to get SO
many people out" remarked.
| did you, Mrs Bowserl How kind of you'll
But I'll show you and these liars and de-
ceivers thing or two before get through
There were no more declinat sons until
Wednesday morning. Then Mr.. Bowser was
called up by telephone.
"That you, Bowseri"
"Yes"
rs it tonight you have that party2"
Eyes
"Pshawl thought it was week from to-
night Well, that knocks us out We've got
to go to the y. NJ Z. A Sorry, you know,
but this is a previous engagement"
MI Bowser was jumping up and down
when there came another ring:
| "HelloI Bowserl'
"Yes"
"Nice weather"
"Yesn
"All well down therc!"
Eyes,
Say, Bowser, my wife made previous
engagement for tonight We've got to go
| toll
MIR. Bowser shut him off with a bang and
started Tor the Office During the forenoon
TOOK In two more destinations, and while he
was at dinner there was ring aud the old
familiar hail:
'Hellol Bowserl"
| "Yesn
''Say, Bowserl"
"Yes"
I'VE expect to be down early to-aightn
"Glad Of it.n
But 1t may be that my mother n-law will
conie III on the 6;3O train. II she does we
can't Gomez w
| AAA' Ho"Sci sceiheu u;lZeu as he hung IN the
trumpet and left the house The last blow
came at in the evening The telephone RANG
and he crawled over to answer.
us this Bowser'sf
"Yes."
where's the old manY
VI am Mr.. Bowser"
oh! so you are. Your voice seems m;oh+v
weak tonight. Say, old man. the tbrc,,
couples OF us in this terrace were COMING
down tonight but we must disappoint Won az
this late moment, We have had FREQ t;cl..s
sent up for the opera, and of course,,--
MI Bowser walked to tho front door
locked it, mufiied the bell and turned ont ~.
gas Then he sat down and was very o,,iot
Tor couple of hours At last he looked I'M
and said: W
MIS- bowser, some husbands would r,r.
der wife for thisn ''u'
But what have doner'
nat have you done! Coaxed br;b.a
ana ouildozed me into giving prograss;ua
euchre party, and where's the partvt i ia
you how it would come out, and hera ~.
are Mrs. Bowser LIB We
BUT he was too full for further utter,,.
una went to bed-Detroit Free Press
Good Enough to Talk About.
oashtul young man happened one evo,,-
Ing at a marty IN ha ~'So-