West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-07-16

many mistakes you made after
wards--when We were engaged, for
instance ="
Mistakes in spelling? Be care.
full, Mrs. Bowser Don't let your
anger lead you to prevaricate;
think | wrote you two or three
little notes when we we're engaged
and ri bet million dollars to a
cent that every word was correctly
spelled"
"You wrote me about 400 love
letters, and I've got every one up
stairs, and you made scores Of mrs
takes -
woman - said Mr.. Bowser as
he rose up and glowered at her, IL
pity you When person is driven
TO prevarlcation and perjury in or
der to carry point it is sad, ,
solemn thing. III had
She ran upstairs, aud in the
course Of three or four minutes re-
turned with n great package of let
tcrs I'm her hand and said
"Here are about fifty bushel of
letters you wrote me. We will now
see about the spelling. You ac-
knowledge your handwriting, don't
you ?"
81 acknowledge nothing. Mrs.
Bowser-absolu.ely nothing They
may be letters of mine, or they may
be base forgeries."
"They are your letters, OF course.
Here is one in which you speak OF
an azure sunset and an affinity of
souls. You spell it ASSURE aud
affinity"
"Never ! Never on tho face of
this earth ~
"But see-there are the words.
Here is another in which you lay
your heart at my feet, and you have
spelled it ''h-a-r-t."
81 deny it ~ shouted Mr.. Bow
ser as his face got red and his hair
began to curl. sin the first place,
| wasn't donkey enough to write
any such balderdash, and in the
next any fool knows enough to
spell heart. Lay my heart at your
feet-humph -
"Well, the words are here, just
as you wrote 'em, and have mark
ed each one. In this third letter
you say that life would be one ever
ending midnight without me, and
you have spelled it n.i-te.e."
"What What wrote such
stuff as that? Mrs. Bowser, be.
ware how you presume on my good
nature and your position as my
wife pronounce each word and
every letter in that package base
forgery A never-ending midnight
without yon-bosh ~
"And this fourth letter." she
continued without needing him,
sis 10 page letter you wrote me
one rainy Sunday. You speak of
the sobbing rain drops. aud you
spell sobbing with one b. You
speak of my charming face, and
spell 1T with two ms. You refer
to the future, and spell the word
'f-u-c-h-e-r.' You speak -"
"Mrs. Bowser, do you know who
/ am ?" he demanded as he pointed
his finger at her.
Certainly. You were wretched,
you said, and you
"You talk that way TO me, do
you? Because you can't spell one
in thousand correctly you-you p'
81 show that you are just as bad,
Mr.. Bowser +! You SEQ"
"You, l see ! / understand l
know exactly where the forgery the
prevarication and the perjury come
in was prepared to pass a pleas
ant evening at my own freside. In
order to heighten the pleasantly
offor to help you improve your
photography, but you-you-"
81 show you where yours can be
improved ~ she finished.
every we'll, madam-very we'll !
| have business in the library which
may keep me up all night. You
can retire whenever you wish. The
train which you will take to 90 to
your mothers leaves at 9:40 a. m. &,
and | will endeavor to see you for
a moment before you go. If
don't see you then the papers will
be sent on for you to sgn-for you
to sign, Mrs. Bowser | wish YOU
! good NIGHT and GOOD hy -