The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-17

cause the key is in your pocket. You
| took it several days ago to wind the
| clock ut the office. | haven't broken
cents worth of bric-a-brac in five
years, but you smash something ev
cry week. There is neither waste, ex-
travagance nor destruction in this
house except what you create, but If
you are discouraged and want to hang
! yourself go ahead
and you--you talk this way to mel
he gasped, beginning to lose his blus
ter.
II do" she replied. You came home
tonight all primed for a row, and I'm
going to give you one. You talk about
my being this and that sort of wife.
but let me tell you that most wives
would have broken your head years
ago. You have never had to sew on a
button or use Il darning needle, and
you know it. and, as for extravaganza,
look at the money you have fooled
away"
II have fooled away money, have ~
he asked us ne SAT uOWI
A Soft Mark.
"Iiundreds of dollars, sir. You have
been what they call a soft mark for
years ana years. If there is man
in the state With any old spring tonic
or flea bitten horse to work off he
comes to you. It's a burglar alarm one
week, fire escape the next and good
ness knows what on the third. It's
wonder there isn't some one around
here tonight to sell you a three ply ac-
ton windmill to run Il churn or Il
washing machine. If there was you'd
buy ii and then lay all the blame Oh
me-.
and YOU are talking to me, and my
name is Howser?" he unused as he
looked up at her in a wondering way
"Ncs, talking to you, and your name
is Bowscr. You have been a growler
Pathfinder and kicker. | want you to
understand that this house is being
run as we'll as any woman on earth
could run it and that your bulldozing
has GOT to stop. 1t will either stop
or one OF us win walk out of it.
Whenever things go wrong you talk
about divorce. If you want one go
ahead with your casev'
"Shc talks thus to me-to met"
whispered Mr. Bowser as he looked at
the cat and slowly shook his head.
THAT'S about ALL" said Mrs. Bowser
MS she sat down. II can't stop you
from buying cross eyed cows, razor
backed hogs and clubfooted hens, be-
cause YOU were born that way, but
you've got to stop bulldozing me and
finding fault over tritles. Pm no serv
ant in your house, and won't stand it.
I'm now going to bed, and you'd better
81; here awhile and think things over!'
Mrs. e. Retires Victor.
He watched her disappear upstairs
and then pinched himself to see if he
was awake. He was, and he decided
40 get ont into the air to see if his legs
had lost their power of movement.
He donncd his hat and oyercoat like
one IN Il dream. and as he looked at
the cat he couldn't tell whether she
was grinning or not. There We're
wheels in his head and roaring In his
ours NS ne Eol OtIuDDES, anu ne Iluu
only reached the gate when a belated
canvasscr came along with a picture
under his arm ANA said:
"Oil painting, sir? Charming view
of the Iiudson-real masterpiece
greatest bargain of the century. If
You want this gem, sir"
Mrs Bowscr's assertion that he was
an easy mark flashed across Mr.. Bow
scr's brain, and he uttered Il warwhoop
and sprang upon the canvasser. Mrs.
Eowscr flung up her window and look
ed out and upon the grass of the front
yard she saw two objects rolling over
and over in n deadly embrace, while
the cat looked on from the front steps.
Mr.. BoWscr was trying to murder the
man with the real masterpiece. and the
man WAS fighting for his life