The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-18

from dinner. Did either one OF you
do it? Mo- You left me to be bitten
and clawed and to go to a horrible
death. When I begin to rave you will
probably smile at my sufferings."
GAS I said, I am sorry, butt
Finds Many Grievances.
"And there are other things Wish
to MENTION" continued Mr.. Bowser.
"Why has the gas bill jumped up all
Of a sudden? Who has been burning
gas in the daytime to spite me?
''Ths bill is 80 cents less than last
month";" said Mrs. Bowser. "Even II
it was higher you alone would be to
blame for it. Last week you lighted
the gas in the storeroom to look for
something and left it burning for
three days."
And about the coal, Mrs. Bowser.
Do you realize that we are burning
just as much in the range as during
the winter? It is being burned or
sold or given away-you can tell
which"
1--WE are not burning half what we
did in the winter"
"And the grocery bills, Mrs. Bowser
the grocery and butcher bills. They
are going up by leaps and bounds.
The cook is either throwing meat and
groceries into the alley or you are
feeding q dozen families at my ex-
pepse. I have said nothing about it
heretofore, but tell you it must lie
stopped at once"
''The bills for meat and groceries
are much less than last winter" quiet
ly replied Mrs. Bowser.
Was Himself to Blame.
Mr.. Bowser walked to and fro and
tried to think Of something else, and
directly it came to him, and he said:
"The other day 1 found table
knife in the grass in the back yard.
That shows how this house zs run
waste and destruction on every hand!
By jinks, when 1 think Of it I-1"-
ut makes your blood boil, Of course,
and yet it was you who carried the
knife out there to cut a piece off the
clothesline."
Mr.. Bowser started to jump up and
down ard roar, but he remembered
that he bad used the knife cut there
and therefore suppressed the rocc and
substituted:
'When I wanted to put on 4 clean
shirt this morning I could find ncHe. l
suppose they have all been sold to the
ragman."
81 heard you banging around. You
have six shirts in the bottom drawer
of the dresser. You were looking in an
old trunk in the storeroom.'
That was another on Mr.. Bowser,
but it didn't down him. He waited a
minute to catch his breath and then
said:
call summer long the iceman has
been cheating us out Of five pounds
of ice per day, and you haven't said
word about it. On the contrary, you
have taken secret satisfaction in see
ing me robbed Is there husband IN
America who would stand these things
as T have"
Must Blow Off Steam.
II have seen every piece OF ice
weighed, Mr.. Bowser, and we have
got all we paid for. Very often the
man has thrown in an extra chunk"
"But that last ton of coal. don't be-
lieve there were over 1900 pounds. I
am sure we were cheated"
"Well, you went to the yard for it.
Why didn't you see it weighed?"
"And when I am bitten by an infer
nal old rackaDone cat, Mrs. BoWser-
bitten in my own house, bitten by
your cat, bitten by cat undoubtedly
mad-what do you do? Do you rush to
the telephone and ask the doctor to
come at once?'
"Do you:"
"And I won't stand tt won't stand
it!' he shouted. "N1rs. Bowser. this is
the dead line. I shall rot contest your
divorce, and the alimony shall be ar
ranged for"
And he rushed from the house, and
Mrs. Bowser read for an hour and then
went to bed. She knew her Bowser.
He must have his "spells' or bust.