The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-12-14

desk thses b the Dill It Is for one
ton ana receipted- have made half
ton last two weeks, and the other aah
viii last - long. We will asw pre-
esea t. tho third accusation"
Nr. Bowser was foozed again. but
h had not played out all his repe yet.
Rsns~s tbs Rev.
Mrs. Bowses," hs aaid al hs whigl-
"a q hse and pointed an accusing
nnsaz, .'the gas biu-where Is the gas
h4us Yeu have hidden It away. think
tag would not eau for It want to
80 yesr ektrsvasaace far sAs iaS1
month
~Ss yea shall II n hero IN the
Aesk. Please notice that, although last
month was longer than tho mouth
previous, tho bill calls for dollar
less. You see. ! have not sold or vast
ID any Of the gas"
Nr. Bowses took the bill and stared
1t It. for fully Eve minutes. 1t was \
w!tRess against him. he turned puf-
pie as be realized 1t, and. laying 1t
down. he thundered:
Woman, discovered a broken milk
bottle at the basement door the other
morning! That means 20 cents out OF
my pocket. How many thousand milk
bottles have you broken In the last
yeary'
THE cook may have broken three or
four bottles. but they have not cost
you anything. The dairy stands the:
loss"
Another 4hack on the head for Mr..
Bowses. eat be bad netting In re-
serve. III. Bowser never brings al
his troops into action at once.
bat what about the refrigerator?
hs hissed. Last night l noticed that
Il bad been knocked all to pieces- 1t
u your duty to notice such things.
Have you done 80? That refrigera tor
cost me 80 a year ago. It b now
hardly worth 10 cents. Did you take
the az and deliberately bit and bit
and bit until you made wreck Of IT."
THAT refrigerator" replied Mrs
Bowser, was bought seven years ago.
and the cost was Sl6. 1t is not
wreck. No one has hit and hit and hit
It with an ak In moving it out the
other day to be cleaned a caster gave
way, / sent the cook to the hardware
store this morning for another, and 1t
is In place. Go down and look at it"
Mr.. Bowser was now breathing like
a horse after running up long bill
Some husbands would have kicked the
cat and sat down and shut up, but be
refused 10. He walked and walked
and then said:
by thunder. but don't wonder that
some husbands are driven to drink"
IL am driving you, am II"
'sThere are two buttons of my vest.
discovered it on the street car this
morning. l saw a man grinning at
me. and when ! asked him the reason
be whispered to me to pull down my
vest. Think of his daring to say that
to me-Bowser! l tell you, Mrs. Bow
SER .
Routed IN the Finale.
"Let me see your vest" she inter
rupted as she approached him. Yes, l
thought so. It's your old working vest.
There are missing buttons and paint
spots. If you will get up In the morn
ing and hunt up old clothes to put on
don't blame me-"
"And this collar! The blamed thing
has cheked me all day"
That's because your shirt is hunch-
ed up in q big wad between your
shoulders. Haven't you learned to
dress yourself yet?"
And my socks-great Scott my
socksr'
Holes in them?"
"Why, they are all holes!'
"And you have six pairs of new ones
upstairs! You must have had to Look
in the rag bag to find these"
"Woman"-
"YeS, dear"
IL won't stand it-no, won't!
No. sir, won't stand it another min.
uter'
And Mr.. Bowser rushed to the hall
tree, got into his hat and evercoat and
was gone. In the darkness Of the win
ter's night he slipped and slid and sat
down and got up to walk and walk.
but consolation came not to him. He