The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-31

eating pickles and oranges and ban
nanas and lot of other truck. Don't
tell me she hasn't, for 1 know better.
Headache, and the house all upset!
Nice old rancho this for a man to come
home to- It's no wonder that ten thou
sand husbands in the United States are
driven to drink every year. Well see
about that headache"
WIFI that he came tramping up
stairs and I hid in the clothes closet.
ing up. and he had no sooner entered
the room than he almost yelled out:
We'll, this is the last of you! I've
warned you thousand times over. but
it has done no good. It's no use in 60
ing for the DOCTOR; Any one can see
that your days are numbered"
IT'S only "a headache" said Mrs.
Bowser. as she tried to smile.
Only! Only a headache! And what
is that headache going to lead to? Wo-
man, if you have brought about your
own death don't blame me. You can't
hog down a dozen bananas, skins and
all, and expect to live more than
few hours"
st haven't eaten a banana in two
months"
Then it's raw cabbage or some such
thing. Well. don't look to me for any
sympathy. / shall bury you, OF course,
but don't expect anything more"
Then he tipped over a chair. walked
over 10 the bureau anu OPChCo Inc
drawers and slammed them shut, and
had begun to whistle as loud as he
could when my daughter asked:
"Mr Bowser, won't you send Tor
mother ?"
s.Send for your mother!' he fairly
howled. as he whirled around on her.
"Send for that old bat! Never! Never
in this world"
but If I am going to die should
like her with me-"
~ IF she mere
1 know just what she would do.
She d."
80 do 1 know" said, as I sud
denly walked out on him,
Mr. Bowser staggered over TO
chair and sunk into it. and his face
turned as white as flour. He had
been caught red-handed. 1 stood CIV
ing him the stony stare for a long
| three minutes, and then he worked UP
nerve enough to ask:
"Who invited you down here at this
| time?"
ton. Dinner is on the table, and we
will go down. We can talk as we eat.
There's no talking to be done, ne
sulkily observed. as he drew away.
There's a heap of it, Samuel, and l
| want you to come along
He shut his jaw and stuck out 1or
awhile, but eventually followed me
1 down stairs Then he tried to grab
his hat and overcoat and make sneak
for it. but j had an eye on MIN anu
| prevented 1 finally got him down to
| the dining room and the table. but he
refused to eat. That made no differ
ence in the programme. however.
| began to talk to him like-a mother
| in-law I am an elderly woman OF
| pronounced opinions. 1 proceeded to
| reel off some of those opinions for his
| benefit He hadn't got more than a
| quarter of a dose before he rose up
/ to go, saying something about suicide,
| but 1 squatted him down and kept him
| there until 1 had said all 1 wanted to.
Mr.. Bowser wasn't exactly QuieScent
| under my fire. He uttered exclama-
| tons about cats and bats and mother
in-laws, and fourteen different times
he said that he would leave the house
| if / didn't but we were both there
| when 1 got through talking. That is,
when I got through talking for just
| then I went upstairs to see my
daughter, and had scarcely got there
| when 1 heard him rafting and bang
ing at the furnace in the cellar. I de-
scended part way and stopped him by
threats of the crowbar. Then he took
a notion to fix a door in the kitchen,
and had to make some blood-curdling
threats before he would cease ham,
mering and saving. Then he came UP
into the sitting room and got out an
old harp and began stunning on ii
and singing. I didn't have to waste
words on him on this occasion. AS
soon as he saw me con1ino he cuddled
down, and left him playing solitaire
with a pack of cards as I went UP
| again.