Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-10
MIR. AND MRS. BOWSER
POOR OLD DOLBY IS THE SUBJECT OF
 WARM TALK.

Turned When Certain Items Are Pre-
 scented to His Eye.
 By Gcor-r, but that's just what ex
 pCcted" exclaimed Mir. Bowscr as he look
 cd up from his paper the other evening
 "Hrrc's an item to the effect that the sher
 if has seized upon everything he could
 find bclonging to Dolhy"' For what rraSOny' asked Mrs. Bowser For the mason that he had reached the end of his rope I've been looking for it l for the last two years. Ho won't even own
 the clothes on his hack Poor old Dolby.
 and yet can't say pity him." ] Was it the hard timrSE'
 No; not hit of it No; it was simply | and solely his wifC's CxtravaSancc. She ] has thrwu his money right and left, and | this k the end "f it. It was pttiful spec
 tack to s,V that man going to financial
 ruin through hrr mad rccklessncss, but
 nothing could chcck her." 1 Mrs. BowSer didn't know what was com. l ing and prudrntly maintained silence. l NIT. BowSCr picked up tho paper, read the item again, and then said: Mrs BOwSGr, perhaps i don't praise ! you as often as 1 should, but you can be surr your many good qualities arc duly ap- prvCiatvd.
 "Gou praise mo very often" she replied aS she looked pleased and flattcrcd. Not aS often aS ought to. Take 1t in this matter of Dnlhy's failure for instance His wife has been his financial ruin. While she has squandcrrd every dollar he could | earn you have helped mo to save thousands Don't blush and act like schoolgirl over if, but l want to say that if it hadn't been for your economy and good management ! We wouldn't have been worth cents where we arc worth dollars" " Do you-you really mean itY" stam- mCrrd Mrs. BnwScr
 You bet do! Yes, Mrs Bowser you arc hrlplnAte in the truc sense of tho term, and no husband was ever moro proud of his wife Hcrr's kiss for you, and forgive mo for being a mean old cur mudgvun.
 When Mir. Bowscr had gone back to his chair and picked up his paper, Mrs. Bow ser realized that she ought to make some excuse to run in next door or get up stairs for an hour and wait for Mir Bowser's mood |" change hrforr saying what she waS obliged tu say She had no reasonable prrtrvt, however, and hoping that things might turn out all right she finally said:
 Mr. B"w>rr, do you think your coal man Eivrs you full wrightY"
 ''Why. crrtainlv." he rrplicd "YCs. hes a SquaCr man, and I've no fault to find. Why do you aSkE''
 II thought our CNal burned out alto g,thrr too fast ''
 Well, I dunno. flgursl that we would have enough to run through the Sum,nrr."
 e But the coal iS out, Mr Bow<cr!''
 w what, All that cual gone! You don't mean it!''
 II know that cook has bcrn as swing as she could, slid Mrs, Bow<rr as the color left hrr lIrr. but there iS only enough to last tomorrlw
 Mrs. B"wSrr!" said Mir. Bowscr as he stood up and rlarrgl down at her what has lNr"tn,' of those ten tons of coal laid in only q few weeks asyn?"
 You didn't syrt hut two tons, and of COUrS" they have been used to cook with, " she rpli,d
 "Nc>,r, Never in this world! Even a steam ~'Wrlill could not have used mp such a heap of cuAl in Su short a time! That c,ul has hr,n Sold-givrn nway-flnng int" tn" l;lck yar,i-out into the strcct If thCr' WI> ever d more CxtravaEant woman on tt:r face of this earth, should like to e,,r l...r'.'
 " Tn, lau.'rr has sent in his bill, a quietly observed Mrs. BuwS,'r as Mir Bow. ser walked uP and down and kicked a has sock out "f his way.
 ' Tn" Ilumhcr-his bill Why has a plumber sent me n billy"
 "Why l Inld you about that leaking wa ter lilC tw" weeks ago and you told me to have inc plumber on the corner come over and solder il. The bill Is only 90 cents
 Ninety ccnts for soldering up leak no larger than pin!" whoOped Mir Bowser. Il Il strr that plumber plump to the other side of Texas heforc pay it Did you pro- test? Did you tell him 1t was q swindles Did you declare his bill highway robbcryS'
 No"
 of course not! That shows your inter est in your husbands pockctbook If he had handed in bill for $, you wouldn't have said a word. And now, Mrs. Bow ser, how did that pipc conIp to loakY''
 Something caused it to give way, I suppose"
 Exactly, Something caused 1t to give way. hut what? Did some one go down cellar and swing on that water pipe and S,r.k to pull it l"o<r? Did some one strike 1t with thr aX or jnb 1t with the crowbars"
 "D,rn't br foolish. Mir BowsCr 1 might as well tell you that the glass in tho hack kitchen door Was broken several days ago "
 II Was rh!' gaSpci Mir. Bowscr as hc sat down on the edge of n chair and looked at her. some one, in order to spite her husband and add tO tho load he is staggcr- ing under, walked mp to that door with rolling pin and deliberately smashed out n : pane of glass"
 A man offered to replace 1t for 70 cents and il was hrukcn by gust of wind slam ming the dunr. Thr girl had just called Ia me [" come down and look at her tubs whr1'-
 Mc~. N'w>rr, ar,' you going to tell me thA' ln! thing iS wrong with those tui,>f" interrupted Mir. BuwScr as he stood up again.
 The waste pipe in one uf them seems to he cluEg,t.'
 that some person has gone down there and taken the poker and ramIned and jammed and pounded the dishclOth into the mouth of the pipe! It means another visit from the rlUmiTr-anothpr bill for eI5-a tear up "f all the pipcS and drains about the house."
 II think il is only piece of soap, which will s"on dissolve, explained Mrs. Bow srr
 ''GcS. you think. but what does your amount to In the face of factss You couldn't think of any other way Ia bring n% [" the puorhouse. and so you jam a di>hcluth into drain pipel When you were at it. why didn't you blow up the range with gunpOwder explode the gas meter, smash all the windows in the house, and give the furniture to some old tranpP Mrs- Bowscr, I'm going up stairs to fgure, and you can sit here and gurgle and glgRlo and chuCklc over the way you have ruined R once happy home and brought kind and liberal husband to the grave of bankruptcy. Good night, dcluded woman-good nightF' II. Quad in Detroit Free Press