West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-01-15
BOHSER'S WOES.
He discovers There l. No One TO Look
Dat for His Comfort.

with a smile on her face to wclcom.
him, but he scarcely gave her ,
glance. He uttered a sigh as h,
hung up his overcoat, and another
sigh as he placed his hat on a peg
and as he followed her out to din
ner sound like a moan escaped
him.
"Have you got the toothache1
asked Mrs. Bowser, as he sat dowr
to the table.
"No," he replied, with a shak,
OF his head.
"Has your rheumatism been bo-
thering you again."
No reply.
"You haven't had a chill, have
YOU'D"
"Never mind what ails me, ar
Of no account in this house anyhow
1t wouldn't matter in the slightest il
l was brought home dead.
Mrs. Bowser said no more. She
knew that all would be explained
later on. From time to time during
the dinner hour Mr.. Bowser sighed
drearily and rolled up his eyes, and
picked at his food as IL some grea,
sorrow had taken possession OF his
heart. II was not until they had
reached the sitting.room that he
said:
81 have been thinking things over
and have concluded that it is time
for me to leave the house. seem to
be more OF cheap boarder here
than anything else.
"What nonsense" exclaimed
Mrs. Bowsor. III there is hus.
band in America who gets more at
tention than you do 1 should like
to see him. What have you to find
fault with now1"
"Will you look at this necktie7'
he asked. as hand went up to il.
will. 1t is a year old. Il is fray
ed and full of wrinkles aud there
are about rs different grease spots
on il. II was in the rag bag, and
you hunted 1t this morning and put
it on. You alone are to blame.
What else2"
tits no use to say anything, Blu,
look at this hole In my shoe. Did
you ever see respectable man
wearing shoe like that before7
Ten million people have looked a,
that yawning hole to-day and won.
dered what sort OF wife / had a,
home"
"Ten million people haven't done
any such thing" sharply replied
Mrs. Bowser. "In the firs, place, the
hole is hardly large enough TO be
seen, and in the next i, was your
business to have /, patched. No wife
goes around with her eyes on her
husbands shoes. He is supposed to
know enough to keep them in re-
pair"
"Woman, remember who I amp
shouted Mr.. Bowser as ne rose up.
81 do remember.
Then tell me how this rip in my
coat came about There it is, under
the arm, and the whole town has
been smiling at it all day long. Am
| to be Inundated because you CAD
abodt and have no time to look
over my clothes1"
There is rip in your coat. II
you knew il, you said nothing to me
about it, II you didn't know it when
you went away, neither OF US are to
blame. ! am sure you did it this
morning when you were lifting up
the gate to see why il didn't shut.
Go on"
al got on the car this morning to
find whitwash on my hat. All the
passengers a looking and smiling.
and when took off my hat the big
bull-necked losfer laughed Hawl
hawi haw" felt like sinking
through the floor Of the car with
shame"
$50 you had vhitevash on your
ha,1' Well, let me tell you where
you got it, You stopped in to sec
the carpenter before you took the
car and you must have hunted
your head against something."
'Bunted my head" fairly howled
the martyr, as he saved the air with
his arms and turned red and white
woman, am ] goat, that 20 a.
round bunting things7" tell you
that whitewesh was on my bat when
] left this house, and IL you had
been any sor, Of a wife you would
have seen il. Perhaps you did see Il,
but desired to make me a public
laughing stock. Its no wonder that
] am looked upon with pity"
"Not at al, Mr.. Bowser. Have
you any other complaint TO make p,