Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-14

"wHY, SARAH, HOW CAN YOU THINK so
 BADLY OF MY HUsBANDw
 ure she looked at Mrs. Bowser and shook her head in a solemn way. She afterward explained her action by say ing:
 "A woman may change her mind q dozen times a day and it's all right. but whenever a man changes then look out. When man Is too good he's more dangerous than when he's too bad. I'm predicting that something awful will happen in this house with. in the next two days"
 MT. Bowser generally jams his hat on his head after breakfast and starts for the car with a "S'long" to Mrs. Bowser. and on the way up to the cor ner he wonders how he can make it hot for the conductor. On this occa- sion, however. he hung around for awhile and tickled Mrs. Bowser under the chin and stopped to pet the cat. Before he had reached the corner he had made up his mind that street car conductors were human beings and should have words of sympathy and encouragement now and then. On the way over to the office fat woman stepped on his foot, and he raised bis hand and smiled at her. She was so taken with his action that she re turned and stepped on the other. The conductor gazed into his beaming face and then returned only 15 cents out of quarter, but there was no kick.
 Four times that day Mrs. Bowser was called up on the telephone to find Mir Bowser at the other end. He hadn't much to say either time. He just asked after her health and added that be never expected to see the day when he should regret falling in love with and marrying her. In his last message he suggested that the cat be treated with the greatest urbanfty and that the cooks wages be raised 8 per month. Mrs. Bowser was puzzling over this last when the cook came to her, with a stiletto in her hand, and, pass ing it over. said;
 Be prepared. When he comes home tonight, if he is not his old self again. then let him know that you are armed to the teeth and will die fin the last ditch" n...
 Prepared For the Worst.
 "Why, Sarah, how can you think so badly of my husbandw was asked.
 "It would be the same with any man. If he's kicker he's no right to be oily and sweet and throw folks off their guard. I shall sleep this night with the family ax under my pillow"
 Mir Bowser came home with forty candle power smile on his phiz and greeted Mrs. Bowser with a kiss. A politician on the car and called his candidate a robber, but he had only laughed at the idea. A cross eyed pas senger had taken him for some one else and dunned him for g borrowed money, but the incident had only pro- voked a smile. At the table he com plimented the dinner as whole. He said it was & regular banquet He said the cook ought to be working in the White House at hundred dollars | month. He said that if he could al- ways be sure of having such q home and such dinner he would give up trying to go to heaven. He said that he would rather come home than go to cabinet dinner He said that on numerous occasions be had sought to dabble his hands fin the llfeblood of the old ''yaller" cat. but never without his conscience pricklng him afterward, and he had fully and firmly decided never again to seek to harm a hair O her body.
 It was one of the most entertaining dinners for months and months, and although the cook gave Mrs. Bowse glance of warning every time sh' brought in new dish, there was n, cloud on the horizon. The greates surprise of all came when the mea had been finished Mir. Bowser pulled couple of thcaler tickets from hh