The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-23

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letter, received only a week previous.
said that she was laid up with a sprain-
ed ankle and had no hope of getting
out Of the house for a month.
Ousted by Mother-in-Iaw.
Mr.. Bowser gasped and turned pale
as he was led out of the room to the
head of the stairs.
Now, go down softly" continued the
mother-in-law. "and you make mighty
little noise down there I'll have an
interview with you IN about ten min
utes."
"Who who asked you TO come
DOWN. he demanded as he pulled him
self together and came TO a halt
Go right along. Samuel. I don't
have to wait for an invitation. / come
when piease"'
Mr.. Bowser went down to dinner. but
be had no appetite. His house had been
invaded and his happy plans broken
up. The cook brought in his tea, and
he turned on her with:
Look here, Nancy. why did you let
that old woman inT'
Let her in. Why, no sooner had I
opened the door an inch when she
busted her way in and pushed me
aside as If was a chip. And who be
you that makes so free with other peo-
pies houses" says I.
"'Shet your head and tend to your
business" says she.
"Tll call the MASTER
"Tll call him myself. I hear that
bullfrog voice of his upstairs
Gave Him Good Talking To.
That's the way it went, Mr.. Bowser,
and the next thing | saw she had you
by the ear on the stairs and was talk
ing to you as if you was a kid ten
years old. It's the mother-in-law, I
s'poseY'
'Yes-hang it'
Il can't blame you for taking the
name Of the Lord in vain, and l pities
you from the bottom Of me heart. If l
was you, SIR
But there was no time to finish. The
motherin-law appeared, and Nancy
fed to the kitchen.
Now, then, Samuel, you hustle along
with your dinner and be ready to go to
the drug store. | did have a sprained
ankle, but when | got to figuring that
it was about time for you to break out
again l got we'll and came down. You
are not ticilled to death to see me, but
that makes no difference 1t won't do
you any good to sit there and scowl
like q bear with q sore paw. You have
got to toe the marx While I'm around
woman, don't talk that way to mer'
he shouted.
stop right there, Samuel. Don't you
shout and cal! ne woman
But tbs - Ely house"
THAT doesn't make the slightest diff
ference. y mOthe--in-law can go and
come as she pleases. l want some mus
tard and ginger from the drug store,
and if you slam the door when you go
out you'll fad me at your heels"
Planned a Rebellion.
Mr.. BoWser showed back from the ia
bic, with a CLINT in his eye, and two
minutes later he was out of the house.
He got the ginger and mustard and
sent them back by 4 small boy, and
then he started off for walk. He had
determined to assert his independence
of that woman. He would either re-
turn and bluff her out of her shoes or
remain away for week.
Men who saw him walking along
with his head down said to themselves:
Poor old baIdhead! He is mourning
for his lost hair
Women who noticed that he dragged
his feet as he walked whispered to
each other:
His home is not Il happy one
Tile h0odlCmS running UP and down
drew aside as Mr.. I.oU-Ser passed and
felt in their hearts that he vas a man
needing consolation. He had walked
for an hour When an arm was passed
through his and :; voice said in his ear:
y have been lo2t;ing for you, Samuel.
Come along. Didn't I tell you.that you
must toe the r!&rk:''
Mr. BowSer looked at q policeman
appealinGly. but the officer refused to
interfere IEe thought for q moment OF
wronching himself free and fleeing far
aW:iy-far away rs C02ada-but the
ckitrn on his arm tightened. and the
voice said
DON'T try it. Samuel-not on your
Hfer' II. QUAD.