The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-11
down to the kitchen to speak a few

Yes, b said you came down." re
Piled Mrs. BOwser, with a smile.
L asked after her health. after her
relatives, OF her hopes for the future.
L gave her to understand that, while
accident had made me her employer.
lad thoughts beyond paying her her
wages every month"
Yes. she scid you had thoughts"
Then she must have appreciated
what I said. | go down intJ tAe E.lch-
sn TO let a girl know that | regard her
as q human being. and a feW hos
later you order her out q the house
like a dog. Mrs. Bowscr. tier" has
got to be a change in your treatment
Of our hired help or | shall run the
house myself. II | knew where Anna
had gone / wouEd follow he- ANA beg
her pardon on your account
You won't have to follow her. lIr.
Bowser. We owe her for half d y-eek.
and as | didn't hare the change size :
to come for 1t this evening. | l. n
that's her ringing the basement J@Il
now. Will you go down and pay her
and extend Your sympatn.es: If you
can get her to- return I Shall have 10
objections"
"If the very soul has not bce1 g"D-1I
out Of her she will be lee T. COO: III
breakfast in the morning. observed
Mr.. Bowscr rs he vent downstairs to
answer the bell.
1t was poor Anna. She had Il defiant
I1-I-. -, 1-n .I~ - 49, -. - 49, Ia
She also inquired for Mr.. D55vser.
Il will attend to the matte, if yov
please" replied Mr. Bower. ',se were
just discussing your ease. / tod Mrs
Bowser hat she has no hedEt."
1--WE come for m money" was the.
stiff reply.
And you shall have 1t and welcome.
my dear girl, but | should like to know
why my wife flung you into the street
at a moments notice. Had | been at
hOne"-
She gave me all the tine | wanted"
interrupted anna, who didn't bear her
self at all like Il flung" w0man
But she claims hat there We're
some words. I suppose her utter lack
Of sympathy irTitatod you to tie point
whore o were forced 10 say some
tLing:"
We, cir. E2sn't she robL you what
it wus:~
Not Il ,7orrL On the contrary, she
has rrfusrE - tp.i me-. rtaiiZing. as she
does, that H., WIS in the wrong. When
yoH rag tie D2!' ! told Der that I
Should ask YOU 80 ONE back"
Not vl.,e yon are in the house, SIR
Called Him n Hen Harry.
"What: What's that
Not while You are in the house to
hen huZzy around, sir. l told Mrs.
BoWser that you were down IN the
kitchen last evening Cabling to me
and that WE or three times you want
ed to put your arm around NE. Oh,
you needn't bristle up over ii. Every
girl has quit this place on your ac-
count. II you had tried to. kiss me
last night [ should have scalded you.
When [ told Mrs Bowser about it she
said I'd better go. I haven't a word
of fault to find with her"
~"You-you know what you are talk
ing about, 10 your asked Mr. Bovser
as his face grew white.
81 do, sir"
"And instead of realizing that I was
down there to show my sympathy for
YOU
you are q sly old fox, sir-very sly.
Give me my money and let me go, and
tell Mrs. Bowser [ hope she'll get a
good girl at once, though you Will
drive her away in a month"
Mr.. BOwser handed over the O
without another word. He knew that
Mrs. Bowser was standing at the head
of the stairs and drinking in every
word, and how be was going to square
himself was 4 puzzle. He stood in
thought for a couple of minutes and
then assembled the stairs and went
down the hall for his hat.
Going out, dearT was asked.
He didn't answer. He opened the
door and passed out with a volcano
raging within him. On the opposite
side of the street was a wooden legged
man stamping along with a basket on
his arm. Mr. Bowser uttered a long
drawn war whoop and started for him.
and from the front window Mrs. Bow
ser saw the poor cripple trying to get
around the corner and heard his shouts
Of terror n alarm as the holocaust
bore down upon him. II. Quad.