The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-15
BOWSERS TROUBLES.

Had a settrr yesterday. re2slSa MIS-
Bcwssr. and she asked to be renae"-
e~re1 10 you"
s-TAe dear Old soul think as mach o.
hg- as do % nv own mother ID give
ycu Sc tomorrow TO buy n.ce little pres
enx for der Is your father weAg
sNos very. Hes very old. you Know
Poor cd daddy. There never vas =
nicer old nan IN al this word III ssse
you sa 20 buy same sang for asga as Wei
"yoa are swtaa kind said Mrs BOW
ser. as she wiped = tear from 1eT eye
POOH. pooh. Everybody ouSaS % 40
what Is rzgaI ] Was thinking sh1s alls.
noon that ] cssS you pretty close on nones
matters. suppose oaxhs 20 make You
q regular weekly allowance and taen YOU
car depend On having jasss 50 muen
1T Is awtrsy sweet and kana .. YOU
ser II was going 10 say S. per week. but
guess I'll make i, SO II that ~cn's do.
you let me know later on and III make
* SIS or xea''
Mrs. Bowse- locked at him through her
tears. ana called him the hess-hesrtes ana
most loving husband n the word. TX
neixhncr mad come In just Chen 10 create
interruption al would have been well
but fate wflied IL otherwise In hts great
good nature. which Ia the average hns-
band Is the prelude of A row. Mr. Bowser
waistied merry air and ssroked the fam
ally cat and Planned with himself 10 buy
Mrs. BowSer slsa cloak next day as
surprise He was grow.ng real froiic-
some when she veutured 10 say:
Had you Just as soon look over three
or four little bills which have come in dur
Ing the week.
Bills echoed Mr.. Bowse-. as his whis-
tie GU, short OF and he cuffed the cat OF
his knee. Il always pay cash down. and
don't know anything about bills Where
are they
'.You-you didn't happen TO have the
change. and told me 70 so ahead. she
said. as she produced three or four papers
"A water pipe burst one day. you know.
and you told me 10 send for the plumber.
Here Is hts bill. and I'm sure IL Is very
reasonable one"
Two dollars. ehs Two donars for
plugging up a pin-hole leak in a water
pipe, Does that tinker imagine I'm fool
or a iinatic, I'll never pay IL this side of
the grave. What else-v
You told me TO get the door bell fixed.
and the bill was 81
Door belt I told you, Never. II the
door bell Was out OF order then IL was
because you stood there and hauled and
pulled and yanked on II and finally got il
out by the roots You'll pay that bill out
of your own pocket
And / had broken window pane In
ser. Il knew you'd tell me 10 so ahead.
and the bill is only 80 cents"
Eighty cents," he shouted. as he grew
red 10 the roots of his hair. Eighty cents
for small pane OF glass. when glass can
be bought BY the rod for 50 cents. And
who busted that pane of glass. Mrs. Bow
serg The cook probably got mad because
found fault with the coffee and stood be-
fore the window and deliberately kicked
out a pane OF glass 10 get even I'll keep
II out Of her wages, What eise7
You know I told YOU that the lock on
the basement door Was out OF order"
Never, Never heard the slightest aiiu-
sion TO it,
And you said should send for a lock-
smith,
Never, Neverr'
And the bill is 20 cents"
Forty cents. Forty cents for two min
utes work. And IL that lock was out OF
order how came il so7 Did that cock. in
order TO get even with me again. stand
there with crowbar ard whack and lab
and pound Until she broke the lock-
That's 70 cents more out Of her wages.
Are these alp"
Yes. II you don't feel ike paying them
I'll do IL out of my weekly allowance. The
whole thing only amounts 10 81 -
Your weekly allowance he repeated.
AIRS. Bowser. have you a weekly allow
anee from a royalty or an es,ates"
You said you'd give me one. you
know
Never II said anything az all touch
ing the subject il wss TO the effect that II
You had an allowance you'd pay 81 a
pound for ssusages"
Then you can send mother S. and pay
these hills with the rest" she suggested.
Mother Five dollars7 You may or
may not have q mother. Mrs. Bowser-T
a H. 49,, -
send her So
.syou-you said sou would"
Never Ii has never occurred TO me in
the past fifteen years 10 ask II sou had
parents or were an orphan"
Mrs. Bcwser crossed the room and sat
down and picked up book and Mr.. Bow
ser got up and crossed his hands under his
coattaiis. ard walked about. He finally
stopped before her and balancing him
self on his heels and toes ne said:
Mrs Bcwxer. I had planned 10 spend a
pleasant evening with you. | came home
with heart full OF love and Kindness. and
l was ready 70 do anything 20 show how
much appreciated my home
But what have DONE she asked
1T Is useless to thresh over old straw
Even as ! was thinking Of buying you a
costly present as a surprise yo1-you--''
II banded you these bills. I said I
would pay them out OF my own pocket
Yes. you handed me those bills. | do
not complain OF that I do not complain
OF the amount which Is Insignificant
What want you TO understand is tina,
there IS great underlying principle In
this natter
II don't see Tt she CURLY replied
'Of course. not-no wife ever does That
ia why the press of the country Ia filed
with 50 many murders. eIorements ard Al.
VERGE eases. SIT down beside You 90 an
evening with heart fun OF love and al
fectinu. ! am hardly seated when"
When I hand you three or four ntfi@
hills for repairs 10 tire house which yos.
authorized me 90 tucart~ she i,iferrnptes3
Mrs. Rovser.~ he said "a his thumbs
went W 70 The arrnhoies OF his vest III sS
needless 20 say more oa this subject II
you cannot discern the great underlying
principle. talk Is Idle will retire 20 my
library and should any one call you can
saw that I am e'Ssv-yery. very bQsy-s3nd
that - Is auife likely yea nav shortly 60
home 20 see your mother, Good night.
Mrs. Bo~ser--gco7 nfghir'
Ard Mrs. Rn~xer sat there Cor an hour
and tried 20 figure II out and the nearest
she could come 20 II was. Never rre<sn,
a eilI 70 ycgr hnshana when he's good
fwred. Nasr urtH he's 'scT = ard the bills
can't make bin mach erer~-Tcronto
Mai.