Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07
mR. AND MRS. sowsER.


might he called Sudden fts," and | hope
every wife tries to bear up under them
with philosophical patience. The other Sun
day morning, five minutes after Mr.. bowser
had gone to his room to get ready Tor church,
he roared at me mrs. Bowser) over the BAN
nister.
"Mrs Bowser, are you the woman OF the
house or only lady boarder"
"Why, dearf
"Don't why dear me, Mrs Bowserl II
pretended to be a housekeeper I'd look after
things once in a whileT
"Anything wrongP
"Anythng wrongl Do waste my breath
In talking when everything is all rightr
"What Is itf' asked as reached the head
Of the stairs
| He held IA clean shirt in one hand, and with
the other he pointed to it with dramatic
| flourish and whispered:
"Buttons"
"Buttons-howT
"Not solitary button on this shirt, and yet
you find time to cad down town every day.
| That's the kind Of a wife you arei"
| "Mr Bowser, do you mean shirt buttons|
ado II You don't suppose I'm looking tor
overcoat buttons on my shirt, do youf"
swell, then, you haven't had shirt but
ton Oh your shirts for ten years. You and all
others use collar buttons. Your collar but
tons are in the shirt you have on"
| 1t struck him all in heap. He saw how
he had trapped himself, but he went TO his
room, muttering.
That's i'll She always has an excuse
ready for everything"
One awful hot day in July he spoke about
changing his socks after his bath, and told
him in the plainest Of English that he would
4.
That night he came home and began;
"Can you tell me what day during the next
month you will have two minutes to sparep
"Whyr
"Because, il you ever get them, perhaps
you can devote few seconds to darning the
holes in my socks. I've had to limp around
all the afternoon on that account"
sit can't ber
"Oh mol You are such model house.
keeper that it can't be, of course! Look
herel"
He pulled Off his shoes and loI he had on
his heavy winter socks, every thread wool.
There were two or three holes, but they were
not to be darned until fall, of course
"Mr. Bowser, where did you get those
socl,sY' asked.
, "Out of the trunk in the clothes press, OF
course"
"And you go and put on January socks in
Julyl You have six pairs of clean cotton
socks in the lower drawer of the bureau"
"Il bet you $4,000 there isn't even one
pair therel looked through every drawer
Ave times overt"
took him up and showed him the socks
counting them out pair by pair, and he
. looked at me very seriously and Observed
3 yes see EN-, but were they there when
| I 1nnEaI for mn Hoxy f,r.v or, FOL ny
sneaked up and placed 'em here an houI
. agor
He had some wearing apparel which he
said | might sell to buy some toys for the
baby | got the clothes down and went
a through every pocket twice over. In one OF
, the coats | found n receipted bill for So
worth of lumber, and laid it ON Mr.. Bow
a ser's desk. man came for the clothes and
: took them away, aud three hours later, wher
Mr. Bowser came home, told him of my
bargain.
"You got just half what he would hav,
paid me-" he replied, and the subject wa
!, dropped for half an hour. Then ali of sud
= den he jumped up and exclaimed:
y "You've finally done it, just as expected
' you woudr'
y "Done whatf'
81 remember that left valuable paper il
: bill and they may send the bill again an
a day"
" 81 looked in the pockets"
"Oh yes, you looked You looked just lik
i any other wife who was in hurry to get tn
J. clothes out of the house and the money in he
l. hand"
v went and got the receipt and asked him
II that was the one. He grudgingly admitte
l. that it was and added:
) 81 presume the old close man found it an
u returned it. must reward him for hi
honesty"
1t was only three nights ago that MI
3 Bowser took SIS from his wallet and handle
it to me with the remark:
u "The man won't probably come with th
u oats until after have gone in the morning
IS Take this and pay him." Next morning he sa
> down to breakfast looking so very sober tina
" / asked;
'e "Are you sick, Mr. Bowserq'
81 ought to be. When people are robbie
Is they are generally made sick"
Dc "Have YOU been robbedp
1t 81 have"
OF "Whenr
10 "Last night"
ie "For mercys sakei but did some one g,
~ into our houseln
c 81 do not know. When went to bed las
10 night had 500 in my wallet. This mornin
Il have only $50"
81 You don't saym
u ut seems very queer to me, Mrs Bowsel
y If You want money why don't you ask for it
Is 'You don't think | took your money, d
youF'
~ ITS very mysterious"
~ why, say, you gave me that five for tt
ed feed man.
IL Mr. Bowser's countenauce fell Just twent,
VI SIX inches in the next two seconds, and in b
We confusion he agreed that the money was no
III accounted for all right. However, on secon
n thought he observed:
SC II Will overlook it this time, Mrs. Bowse
ut out uoht presume upon my good nature
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