The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-13


No declaring that the butcher was
Highway robber.
Mr. Bowser then lifted the cat mp o.
his lap and called her PET names
Just before going TO bed Mrs Bows
asked him why be didn't sell the hnns-
and buy q cranberry marsh. bu: L
eareiessly replied that things were go I
enough. and he didn't care to up~-
them
Thursday dawUed on an even no.
peaceful attitude R anything Dur.r
the night Mrs. Eowser GOT ~ ~,
placed an old frayea collar ans Il psi
Of holeJ socks where Mr. Bowser Inn,s
get hold OF them. and she cCuued o
the monesony being 6roken. X vs1sr :.
however. He put on both collar n:
socks and never said a ~o-d, The snO.
had her liISie scheme a aout the co-Iee
but the wsak stuff wrIs sw ailoE1.'
without protest
Thursday evening brought the sa u,
dreary harmCny. Mr. BoUser hal.B
invested in any hair dyes during TIN
day and hadn't had any rows wiz,
passengers on the street car comm
home. He offered TO 20 TO the the@,r'
or make a call on a nelghbor. NJ.
Bowser herself didn't care about It
During the evening a m;D calleJ
with a scheme 10 make hair grow ~
the heads Of bsldheaded men ny usir-
goats fat 4 week before tzai Nj
Bowser would have taken him MO thr
library and talked for two hours a,
had all the goats in America scare.
half to death, but now he curtfy de
ciined to discuss the project fCr tw.
minutes.
There was also a man who had beer
sent to the house by the family batch
er. He had invented a way Of masine
raspberry jam out of cows tails and
was prepared to show that the jan
sales would reach $1,OoO.OOO a year
half of which would be clear profit
bat Mr. Bowser observed that it was {
cold night and would be- colder befoC<
morning and worked him outdoors.
Gave Mrs. q. Book.
At bedtime the cook gave Mrs. Bow
ser an appealing look and wanted t.
tell how she once had a brother wh'
was taken just the same way, but she
was hustled of to her room and givel
no show.
Friday morning-au serene.
Friday noon Mrs. Bowser telephonet
over to the Office, and the answer cam'
back, Never felt better in my life."
So quiet and harmonious was Frida.
evening that pedestrians stopped IL
front Of the house and wondered wha
had happened.
Mrs. Bowser was not charged will
selling the coal out Of the cellar
She was not charged with taking tn
AK and chopping off the water pipes.
Nothing was said about going to th'
pOorhouse.
Not a word about alimony or divorce
A man called with a scheme to hea
Lake Erie to a boiling point and thel
use the water to melt the snow il
three states, but Mr.. Bowser refused
to go into it.
There was a second one with ;
scheme to make the hens Of the coun
try lay four eggs every day in the year
including holidays, but he was dis
missed with a wave of the hand
Saturday morning-serene still
Saturday evening when he cam
home there was a look Of scerowfu
dignity on Mr.. Bowser's face, thougl
he asserted that he was feeling well.
Mrs. Bowser proposed that he buy
chicken farm, that he go into straw
berries. that he buy fire escapes by Ia
dozen. that he go into any 'Gltdca
scheme, but he sat and smiled an
shook his head He was Bowser II
more. 1t was with great s<nsa o
relief that she finally heard 4iEn s;l
that he haG got to go over to the di'u
store, and She few to help him Oh, wit
his overcoGt Then she WiSl53d fhA
something would happen to HIN hef"r
he got back. and when the tParf'1
Bridget came up from the kitchen /
console her both wept in uEison an
cried in chorus:
"Oh, what has become Of the rea
thingr NJ. QUAD.