The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
BOWSER, HE REBELS.
But Somehow Mrs. Bowser Gets the
Best of 1t.

But SOuIEAAOW ADO'FS~@
Best of 1t.
At 10 minutes to o'clock the other
evening, Mrs. Bowser took her seat on
the front steps to wait for Mr. Bow
ser's homecoming At minutes TO b
she saw him drop off car at the cor
ner. and a shade of anxiety came to
her face Mr. Bowsers walk showed
that he was disgruntled about some
thing His shoulders slOuChed and his
feet dragged.
Mrs. BOwser was ready with smile
as the lord of the manor opened the
cate but he did not look at her. She
rose to meet him as he dragged MIN
self up the steps as II he mad pale
of hay tied to each leg, but he ignored
wen. it has been fine day." she
observed.
"Humph"
Anything gone wrong at the Of
nh He uttered a sigh as he hung UP his
hat and another as he made a kick at
the cat and missed her by a rod, and
as he Followed down to dinner some
thing like moan escaped him II
might have been a moan, or it might
have been a swear word In the case
of a man it's sometimes haru 70 Tell
.s4ave you got toothache?' p asked
Mrs. Bowser, as they sat down at the
%of course not" he replied with a
'S Has your rheumatism broken out
again." ,o
ssYou haven't had a chill, have you
Won look a little blue around the lips, ."
Never mind what ais me- was MS
drearv reply Il am of no account in
the house anyhow 1t Wouldnt matter
in the slightest if were brought home
dead
Mrs Bowser smiled to her inner self
but said no more. She knew that all
yzor1Id be explained later on From
time to time during the dlnner nouT
Mr. Rowser sighed YEARLY and rolled
M his eyes and picked at mis- 1000
as If some great sorrow was gnaWlng
at his heartstrings. He mad walked
I'D and down the sitting room - min
11tes before he turned on Mrs BoWser
IT have been thinking things over,
and have decided it is best for me 70
leave the house Iseem to De more OF d
CHEAP boarder here than anything else
and I am tired of the position
what NONSENSE! If there IS nus
band in the world that gets more az
tention than you do should Ike 10
see him. Cheap boarder, indeed! What
has happened today Whal 90 You
want to find fault with ?"
seWiu YOU look at this necktie? p he
asked as his hand went up to II VIII
YOU lust cast your eyes on the old rag
i've been wearing around my neck all
day."
y
is frayed and wrinkIed. and there are
about sixteen different Paint-spots on
it It was in the rag-bag. and you
hunted it out this morning and put It
on. What else ,"
ITS no use to say anything. but
look at this hole in my shoe Did you
ever before see a respectable man
wearing a shoe like that? Ten million
people have looked at that yawning
hole today and wondered what sort OF
a wife I had at home"
Ten million people haven't done
any such thfngl" sharply replied Mrs.
Bowser. in the first place, the hole
Is hardly large enough to be seen and
in the next it was your business to
have had it patched No wife goes
around with her eyes on her husbands
feet. He is supposed to know when
thev need cobbling
Woman. do you know who I ami"
shouted Mr.. Bowser. as he drew him
self up
Eyes, I think know"
''Then tell me how on earth this rip
came IN my coat? Here it is, under