West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-10-22
Mr.. B0N&RS DIARY.



to start for the depot and take a train
to see her mother. word having come by
telegraph that the old lady was IN.
"rh's sa nice state Of aifain r. he ex-
claimed, when matters had been explained
to him. "vour mother has been a. tough
as an old pine knot for the las, hundred
years, and now she suddenly falls sick p
"Bat she can't help IT," replied Mrs.
Bowser.
al don't know about that. II may he .
pat-up Job to spite me-"
"Don't be foolish. I shall run up to-
night and be back tomorrow evening. IL
Is unfortunate that the cook lef, this morn.
Ing but you can get two or three meals out.
side."
$50 the cook has left 2"
Eyes"
The cook has left, your mother Ia taken
suddenly III, and I'm to I've left To poke
around Mrs. Bowser, I'm not n blind
man. see a little conspiracy in this thing.
and when you return l shall want a long
talk with you. II may or may not rcsul, in
divorce. IL seems to me that"
"But must hurry to get the train" abe
interrupted "lf mother should die before
got there never could forgive myself.
Let's start at once"
"lf your mother should die, Mrs. Bowset
II that iron-jawed female who calls me
son-in-law should expire, IL the woman who
comes down here occasionally to upset my
house aud make my life miserable, should
pass in her checks and leave this world"
But Mrs. Bowser hurried him on before
ne could finish, and an hour later he had
seen her off on the train and was back home,
Then his diary began,
| "Came home to find Mrs. Bowser all
upset and ready to rush off to her mothers
because the old lady wanted TO break up nv
routine and give me dig. I'll ge, even with
her fo' II, or my name isn't Bowser.
| "Ihe cat Is seated on my knee as write,
and have no doubt that she shares in my
feeling. Cats are no fools. They know
when a moiber.in law Is up to mean little
tricks.
| "Fll have talk with Mrs. Bowser when
she returns, and things will go different or
Ill know the reason why. How can she
tell bu, that I'll be taken sick here by my
self io-nigh, and die alone and unattended 2
I'm blamed good mind to do Il and teach
her lesson.
at Is bedtime, and am about to 90 10
bed. propose TO sleep like log aud not
let this thing upset me. Hang that mother.
in-law AS l said TO Mrs Bowser before
she left. ii that old woman should happen
to be called up among the angels her loss
would be my gain.
81 had got into bed and was on the point
OF falling asleep when that blamed old cat
downstairs uttered howl to make my hair
curl. went down to whack her with hair
brush, but she had hidden away.
al am aroused again after fitful sleep of
an hour. thought heard the voice of Mrs.
Bowser calling me, but II turned out TO be
the yell of loafer on The street. told him
what thought of him from the window,
and he called me liar. Another item to
the score against the mother In law. ought
to have rented a double barreled shotgun
for the night. I'll seek my couch again.
"Sought my couch and slept for half an
hour, but had dream and woke I'D in a
cold shivcr. Dreamed that Mrs Bowser
was smashed up on the railroad, and that
her last thought was of me. Perhaps
won't have long talk with her when she
gets home, and threaten divorce. II was
! only natural that she would want 10 90 and
see her sick mother, aud don't know that
j should hold II up against her. Taken all
around, Mrs. Bowser is pretty good
woman. will Try and sleep again.
''Slepi for forty minutes. and then the
blamed old cat began scratching the carpet
and meowing, and woke me up ran
down 20 murder her In cold blood, but
again she escaped me. She and will have
settlement tomorrow, and shall have no
pity on her. Am thinking Of Mrs. Bowser.
didn't think would miss her so much.
Am sorry was cross with her when found
she was going away. Perhaps shouldn't
have said as much ss did about her mother.
How sad II Is when death separates man
and wife must force myself to sleep
again.
''Slept twenty minutes and was then
aroused by miserable wretch Of pedes.
TRAN who stopped at my gate and roared
out sa inquiry II ! liked muskmelons.
went 20 the window and marked his identity
well, and wheo daylight comes will take
his trail and run him down and be hours
and hous 10 killing him.
81 have been thinking OF course Mrs.
Bowser ought to have gone, and should
have been only too ready 10 help her away.
don't belve there Is better woman on
the face Of this earth. RI had some woman
TO live with they'd shat me up pretty quick,
and know IL. n she lives 10 come back
she wall find me q different man. was in.
tending to tell her that !, was ell her fault
abou, the cook leaving. and that she could
never keep any girl four week under her
system, but didn't have time aud am now
glad didu't Her system Of rannlng the
house is an right.
81 have slsp, again, bu, only for . few
minutes a pa'follman came along and
leaned up against the gate and coughed
like horse. vent up the window and
asked him Why he didn't knock his head
OF with hp own club, aud he said IL I'd
come down he'd make me holler In about
two minutes.
'l've been thinking some more. OF
course, my moiherin-law couldn't help