The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04

again and gobbled down some brenk-
fast food. No one to kiss--no one to
say goodby 10. Saw the cat before
left, but be turned his back on me.
Home again at night Found that
the furnace had burned up the seven
teen tons of coal heaved into 1t this
morning aud gone out Range ditto
Had some dishwater coffee and old
bread for dinner and decided to go to
one Of my clubs and get tight.
Got to figuring how many years,
months, weeks, days. hours, minutes
and seconds Mrs. Bowser had been
gone and stayed home. Tried to read.
tried to sing. tried to crate. No good.
Tramp called, and gave him the mar
BILE heart.
went TO bed to fall asleep at once,
but heard burglars and awoke. Heard
files, heard saws, saw ghosts. Sweat
like q horse. Mrs. Bowser's mother
shall hear from me for this. Got up
feeling as slimpsy as rag.
Furnace fire out, range fire out
Went to a restaurant and got mighty
poor breakfast and told the owner
what thought of 1t and him. About
the only thing hot about the meal was
our words.
"No one to ask me to hurry home
and hint at a good dinner. Long day,
most of it spent in figuring when |
could expect Mrs. Bowser back. What
selfish wretches mothers-in-law arel
Broke up my happy home because she
had cold in the head or a crick in her
backl
"The man that wrote that husbands
and wives ought to be separated three
or four times a year is an ass, and I'd
like TO punch his head.
Another poor meal at n restaurant
Praises His Wife.
another Homecoming to cold and
dismal house. Got the old furnace go
| ing after an hours hard work and then
sat and thought Mrs. Bowser is n
mighty good woman. can't under
stand how | allowed her TO trot of up
there without knowing that her mother
was dangerously Ill. I've no spirit to
90 TO a club. just seem to sit here
I'm the cleaning and think sad thoughts
think that something may happen to
| prevent Mrs. Bowser from returning
to me. Great heavens!
event to bed. Same old files and
saws and ghosts and burglars. Just
let me get my hands on the man that
wrote that married people ought to
| break up their homes three or four
| times yearl
"Same breakfast. same long. lone
some day. Perkins advised me to go
and sit in three cemeteries until | had
cured myself. Have good mind to
go up and see Mrs. Bowser. Have a
good mind to telegraph her that the
house has burned down, the cat gone
dead and that am threatened with ap-
pendicitis.
Same cold. dark. dismal. Internal old
house. Got home just In time to run
three tramps out of the yard. Brought
home lobster and planned for feast.
Started a fire In the range with four
teen barrels of kindlings. ten bags Of
charcoal and two tons OF hard coal.
but the lobster was broiled to n Gin
der, and l had to turn to some break
fast food year old.
"Tried to read funny book during
the evening and get up a laugh. No
laughs. No grins. Not even n smile.
On the contrary. ] felt shivers crawl
ing up my back. BY the seven one.
horned cows but I'd like to see Mrs.
Bowser get away from this house
again. Noises! Why, counted 17,000.-
600 different sorts!
Put the last of forty tons of coal
into the furnace to keep the frost out
OF the house and went out to break
| fast. No change. Same man-same
| waiter-same row. have evidently
/ made him understand that Mrs. Bow.
ser Is away and that am buzzsaw
and can't be fooled with
perkins suggests that | hire some
one TO prevent me from committing
suicide. Says he would never have
known me IL he had met me at a prize
fight.
Home at the usual hour to that
| scene OF desc Hold on! The house is
lighted up as Of old. On the steps
waiting for me are Mrs. Bowser and
the cat. Her coming Is surprise. A
regular dinner awaits me. and the fires
are all right.
"Um, UNI. Back, eh? What did you
come so soon for? Have ! been lone
some? Not the smallest bit How've !
got along? Bully. Slept like a top
every night, lived on the fat of the
land and was hoping you'd stay all
| winter" M. QUAD.