The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-19

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shot. and presently there was more to-
be heard.
There are some few things ! an.
going TO do this winter. and ] want to
tell you In advance and warn you not
TO raise any row with me We need
three or four fire escapes around the
house, and I'm going to buy en- L
don't propose TO he burned up in my
bed ut night. no matter how you feel
about II. Then l shal take dumbben
and other exercises for my rbeuma-
tism. The doctor has ordered u. you
know. He saws IL I could take boxing
lessons Il would be n good thing. but
I haven't made up my mind o thst
vet"
Are you-you Mrs BowserT xked
a hoarse voice a. che paused q
breath.
i am. sir. / am Mn Bowser. wife
OF Mr.. Bowser. and I am talking 20
him and 10 10 n else. There Ii . sate
next week by auction OF antique furnN
ture, and / shall attend This house
needs a table of the Louis NIL style.
q cabinet OF the Louis XIII. make and
a sofa II n few chairs To show that
we are up on Louis XIV. II I can pick
up any old masters In cracked frames
at the same time I'm going TO do 1T
Good Lord! Good Lord.- whispered
Mr.. Bowser as be wriggled around In
his chair. while the cat got under the
| piano 10 whisper TO herself:
Gee whiz. bu amt the Old maj
having 4 hot old time In this old town
! tonight"
II shall also look around for n nic
/ milk cow" resumed Mrs. Bowser A.
she walked up and down the room
I'VE use two quarts OF milk per day
and by buying Il cow for $40 and pay
ing out 50 per week for her keep ] fiE-
ure tina we would ave about 80
per year. | was reading yesterday that
every family ought to keep n hog. a.
hogs never eat anything beyond the
fish bones and potato Feelings. which
are generally wasted. and l shall buy
one and save about $3.50 q year on our
pork. We will also need n few hens
/ believe you paid q dollar apiece for
those you bought two or three years
ago and that they all turned out roost-
ers and we never got an egg. PM L
know | can do better than that The
hens can he had for about 20 cents
oniecc. and we can build n henhousc OF
Roman architecture for $40 We VIII
then have our own eggs and .nt @
swallowing microbes every day
'I forbid It. woman-I forbid nT
shouted Mr.. Bowser as he jumped up
and waved his arms around
Man. do you know who you are talk
ing to-
81 say l forbid it."
"But that won't make any diferen&
am Mrs. Bowser; you are simpiStn
husband Of Mrs. Bowser. WheaI dont
know enough 10 ran things around
here I'll step down and cut. and you
NAV try ii. And there's another thing
/ wish TO speak about. Your father II
all right in n way, but, 1 don't want
him coming around here and thinkin
be can run me or my house. i sinai
submit to no dictation from him"
Has the end OF the world come u
last:" asked Mr.. Bowser OF himself nj
he pinched his leg and remembere
how often Le had inveighed against In
mother-in-lav-
And now about eIuts," said Ear
Bowser as sac paused before hta
You belong 10 two or three. and the'
le are always working you- for sal
thing I propose To kria Su-suD DE
le and [ thinl. ! Gan Laid my OWE
n wan: soInr lag 10 tsSr up my eve'TfE'
and use ~, ;uy sr1rr cash. II IS ~
Likely l ahlIl hc as3ed to deliver rr.fl
tons and essays. and tie namr' Q
Mrs. Bowser may come TO be known !
a. III ~, .,-D kAA vnar --
,r t%unities. but Eou have not accompliEhe'
N anything yet"
, And this 10 me-to me-to met
r. raspcd Mr.. Bowser as he glanced :
It the cat and saw that che was Amos, il
q commissions.
e And one more thing. NJ Bow1.s
Y0u are one OF the most careless inc.
in tie wcTld. IS | have often observed
Ssrr:id sou lose your purse with I,
K ca.ls II il OF the street car o. is
? store con come home and expect al,
If sympathy from me. ! have told 20
!, that you can't DC trusted even with
Il quarter 10 60 TO the butchers for
II pound OF bacon. and IL you Will persis
o in your careless ways you mus; tax
p the consequences. I think that is alxs1
all tonight. Let me see. No. there /
. n more thing. IL I come hon,e aES
q lind that you have given away onsR q
% my dresses or cloaks TO some lazy 81.
=. tramp I'll not buy you another gzz
ment OF any sort for a year"
And she talks-sbe tnlks-s~ talks
, groaned Mr.. Bowser.
: That's quite all. and now ] hav
. business in the library. and you peedn'
; sit up for me- Ii Is sixty miles q
! your fathers house. and the trah
leaves at 10 O'Clock In the morninx
Should you decide to 60 my lawyer nm.
your lawyer can easily arrange ahsu