The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

shows over a hundred owe letters from
him. BY the way. that makes me
think. Did / write you any love let
tiers While we were engayed:'
Her Grave Mistake.
Mrs. BowSer should have promptly
lied about it ana said no. She ought
to have known that nothing Oh earth.
will provoke Il husband. no matter how
good he is. like the sight of one Of
his silly old illusions. Indeed, she did
know it; but. on the contrary. she had
carefully saved every one and had a
wifeiy as well as Il womanly pride in
them. She therefore after Il moments
hesitation answered:
II believe you wrote me two or
three"
Il hardly think so. l was not one
of the mushy sort. After l had told
you that l loved you and wanted you
to be my wife that settled things. Did
l gush in any of the brief notes I sent
you:"
'Some of your. brief notes were six.
page letters"
mo! Never
II cant say that you gushed. You
sailed me an angel and said you could
not live without me-"
Mr.. Bowser flushed up and laughed
without mirth and asked to see any
such letter and added:
'Come. now, let's see if l was as
bad as the rest of them. Id take my
dying oath that never wrote a word
nf 1nvn 1,,% ,,oVb0rc 1Svn fnrrntfon
Just bring down three or four Of the
letters and we will laugh over them"
But you'l-you'll get mad"
Nonsense! Why should l get mad
over something that happened twenty
years ago."
She went upstairs after the letters.
and MI. Bowser felt a change taking
place within him. When Mrs. Bow
ser came down with three or -four
letters in her hand he laughed in an
uneasy way and said:
Behold the proofs in your breach OF
promise suit! Now. then, read away"
"And you wordsworth
go ahead
"Well, here's a letter beginning My
little darling Of a bluebell angel
When | got it,
II deny that it begins that way"
shouted Mr.. Rowser as the scarlet
came to his face.
Then Trouble Began.
But you can read for yourself.
don't see why you should be ashamed
of it. Here is one in which you say:
Heaven has no angel compared to
thee. If anything should happen to
you I'd hang myself within an hour.
for life to me would be nothing"
by the jumping Jericho, Mrs. Bow
ser, do you want to make out that l
was the biggest ass in America at
twenty-three" he shouted.
"Of course not. You loved me, and
you talked and wrote like all young
men in love. 1t was awfully sweet and
nice of you. In this letter here you say
that you have not eaten or slept for
three days and nights for thinking of
me. l cried when l read the words"
II wrote that mushy stuff. did /"
Eyes. and here you say that if we
should quarrel and l should look upon
you coldly you would blow your brains
out"
Never. Never in this living world
did l write such stuff
But you can see for yourself. You
don't deny your own handwriting, do
you:"
Il do. hereby declare these letters
base forgeries!'
why. dear. how can you talk that
v,nv,C 7 q vn,y ,,,nrn Il, Iowa with mn
why shouldn't you write this way"
Mrs. Bowser," he said as he rose up
in awful majesty. Il planned for al
evening of happiness and contentment
I felt that you We're Il true helpmeet,
and l praised you. l praised our home.
1t made you envious to see me happy
and YOU brought down these forged
! letters to make M feel bad. You have
accomplished your base purpose. You
to YOU"
! But where are you going"
"Never you mind. l have been strick'
en- down by the knife of the assassin
and you can grin and chuckle and en-
. Joy your triumph"
And with that he stalked down the
hall, threw on his hat and overcoa1
t and passed II into the night and
walked away. At the corner a tramp
asked him for 10 cents to pay for lodg
ings. and Il policeman two blocks away
! heard a roar. a yell of terror and the
sound of flying feet. He fastened up
e but all he could learn was from a sinai
boy. who said:
0 "A bloke come along. and de tram
T asked him for some sugar. n IL
bloke roared. and de tramp screamed
I and de way dey went down Plum
u street beat de subway express al I.
[ squash" NJ. QUAD.