The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

oh, yes"
Wen, we want you to join US
We've got one old bald-headed. bow
legged lobster with US, and he's lone
some and wants company If you
viii join
DO you know who you are talking
to-" demanded MI Bowser, as his
heels lifted off the floor
Its old Bowser, isn't 1.-THE sole
and original inventor of the BoWser
Spring Tonic? Don't get the end of
your nose into the tube so far Are
you bulIdozing Mrs. BOwser tonight
as usuaI2''
s1'u hunt you down and knock your
blamed head of for that" shouted
Mr.. Bowsers as he hung up the re-
ceiver and danced around.
I was afraid certain people would
take advantage of the OCCASION, said
Mrs BoWser, but you mustn't be put
out over it,
How dare they talk that way to
me-to me-to BoWser % he exclaim-
ed, as he walked around in great per-
turbation. BY the living lingo, Mrs.
Bowser, if I have to put up with
such insults as these III sue the tele-
phone company for million dollars
damagesl You may sit there and ad-
wise me not to be put out about it,,
but how would you feel to be called
q baId-headed, bow-legged lobster2'
1T is the work of two or three
Smart Alexis, and if you don't get
mad over it
The ringing of the bell interrupted
her sentence, and after hesitating for
a few seconds Mr.. Bowser answered
it Then a sweet voice inquired:
rs this Mr.. Bowser's house?"
The Bowser we read OF in the
papers 90
YES"
Am talking to Mr.. Bowser him
you are
Il am so glad. This is Mrs. Bays
field, Of Vernon avenue Do you
catch the name ~
"Oh, yes-NIrs BaysfeId, of Vernon
avenue Did you wish to speak with
Mrs. BoWser p
Not just now. though I may talk
with her later was married to Mr..
Baysheld six months ago"
Il see
And he was just such a man as
you are was young and tender and
didn't seem to have any will of my
own, and he set out to mould me to
his. He jawed about the household
expenses; he charged me with ex-
traVagancei his way was to nag and
domineer, and if I expressed an opin-
ion he was ready to combat it. Yes.
ne was like you, and
Woman, are you talking to me?''
shouted MI Bowser in to the transmftter
IN tones that made Mrs. Bowser and the
''Of course. # we sat down to a friend
| y game of euchre and beat him, which
always did, he got red in the face and
pounded on the table and
/ What does all this mean?'' yelled Mr.
Bowser.
Why I set out to tell you that
I don't care A hang what you set ont
/ to tell me! It's a bold, brassy thing or
/ your part to call me up and talk a $ you
\ have. must say you are no LADY
But wait and let me tell you As
said, my husband was a regular BOwsel
/ Tor three months, and gave him rope t.
/ see how far he would go. When he hac
1 reached the limit 1 took a crowbar and
/ knocked him down, and then standing or
I his PROSTATE body T.
That settles it," said Mr. Bowser, a.
he hung up the receiver.
How do you mean?' asked Mrs Bow
ser.
This telephone goes out of the hous,
/ tomorrow
Now, don't be childish. Three or -four
/ people have set out to have a little fur
/ with you this evening, but there will b,
/ only three or four"
But how dare they try to have fur
I with me2 Do I look like a funny man
/ Do look as If people could abuse ans
| humiliate me2 By thunder, Mrs. Bow
SER