West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-02
omplain of the way this house is

napkin ut breakfast. You left YOUR
handkerchief on the table and put
the napkin in your pocket. Any.
thing else ?''
Anything else ! | should say
there was Ii you were the right.
sort of wife wouldn't you have no.
tlced that one of the buttons was
off this vest and been prompt to
replr damages. Did you notice it /?
No You were too busy with some
love sick novel 20
"There is no button of your
vest she quietly replied after a
brief inspection. I'm your hurry
you buttoned your vest. See ? The
top button is in the second button
hole. No wonder you felt why
wazzy 20
Mr.. Bowser was stuck, but it
wouldn't do to give in, aud waving
his arms around he cried out:
"Not only socks with holes in
and missing vest buttons, Mrs.
Bowser, but dozen times on the
street to day | noticed people lock-
ing at me and grinning 1t was
only as | took the car to como home
that discovered the reason. Look
here, will you-look at my shirt
bosom That's your wifely inter.
est-that's your system Of manage.
ment ~
Eyes, | see, she said as he
opened his vest with a jerk which
ripped two buttons Off, "Mr. Bow
ser, you wear shirts which button
behind the neck"
"And does that excuse your neg.
ligence 70
"There's no negligence about it.
When you put your shirt on this
morning you got 1T hind side before.
There is no shirt bosom thero-it's
all on your back -
Never, Mrs. Bowser-never !
You simply and serenely got up in
the night and maliciously yanked
the bosom cut of my shirt to spite
me, and / have gone around all day
with my under shirt exposed to
yiewl Great Scott but what
house Is itany won.
der that as | was feeling IN my coat
tail pocket for n missing pencil |
should find handful of glass +?
Perhaps you'll tell me put il
there for cushion to sit down on!'
"You put it there, of course 20
she calmly replied. You put
bottle in your pocket last night aud
went over TO the drug store after
some arnlca. was upstairs when
you came back and never thought
Of it. Let me smell. Let mo smell.
Let me smell. Yes, Of course,
that's arnioa. You probably sat
down on the bottle when you took
the car this morning. l should
have thought you would have felt
the smash. Anything else, MIR.
Bowser ?"
There was. Mr.. Bowser had been
LAID out as flat as a pancake on ev-
cry complaint, but he had a shot in
After scufiling twice around
the room with his foot still unshod
he halted before her and said
"Mrs. Bowser, some husbands.
under the provocation | have had,
and having fully established the
criminal negligence Of the wife,
would have simply walked Oft and
been heard Of no more. am not
that kind Of man, however. /
feel pity for you. Tomorrow my
lawyer"
"Will you see my lawyer, she said
rs she paused.
Exactly, and the two will prob
ably come to some fair understand
ing regarding the divorce and ali-
mony. During the remainder of
the evening"
"You will be busy in the library
looking over legal papers ? / un-
dorstand, and IL anybody calls you
are not to be interrupted ?"
"Just so, woman =" replied Mr..
Bowser as be picked up bis shoe
and stalked out Of the room with
bis backbone as stiff as a crow bar.
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