The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-11-22

ruin anu SOt ueT lttt wei, uhu ~ y"
she will get no pity from me-
Mother law In Charge.
"You are not asked nor expected TO
pity her. sir. and II you want any din
ner you'd better eat 1t now. found
the cook very lazy and impudent and
trying to run things to suit herself.
and therefore discharged her. I've
managed TO cook little something
myself. however"
"You you discharged the cook at an
hours notlce." he exclaimed with flush
ed face.
81 did"
Mr. Bowser sat down 10 the table
with his gorge In his throat The moth
er.in.law had thrown down the gnunt'
let. and he had picked II up.
ut is picked up dinner" she ex-
plalned as she brought Il from the
kitchen This IL one Of my Irish
stews, and know you'll like IT,"
"a stew for dlnner!' he gnsped as
his eyes began TO roll
Certainly, and not much besides.
but II It's good enough for me it's good
enough for you. I've heard about your
finding fault with your dinners, but
you can either eat this or leave II
alone. When man gets the Idea that
a house Is run for his benefit only It's
time he was brought 10 book"
Mr.. Bowser meant TO jump up and
pound on the table and declare that
he was master OF his own house and
wouldn't eat Irish stew for dinner II
he had to starve to death, but to his
intense surprise he not only clung to
his chair, but actually found himself
eating the stew. There was something
In the Icy glare of the woman that had
restraining influence on his impctu.
osity. The coffee was w.sk and the
potatoes underdone, and head opened
his mouth to declare that he wouldn't
ask a hog TO such meal when his
mother-in-law fastened her eyes on
him and said:
you Just keep quiet and be thank
ful for what you've got! I've known
husbands 10 make dinner on raw tur.
nips"
Bowser 10 Cowed.
The pudding was favored with va
Mia and had Mrs Bowser been there
Mr. Bowser would have made her heart
ache for month. but those Icy eyes
checked his outbreak and even com
PEELED him to eat rather generously. II
was only when dinner was finished and
they had returned to the sitting room
that he determined to shake off the In.
cubus and assert his independence.
~ think III go over TO the club for
two or three hours this evening" he
observed ms he toyed with the cav
"You'll do nothing Of the kind" re,
piled the motherin.lnw MS she wheeled
on him. "You'll sit right here and see
II doctor Is wanted or II there are
your loaflng around n club when your
wife is almost too sick TO speak! II
you had IA soft corn on your toe the
whole house would have 10 hover over
you"
Mr. Bowser choked ana strangled In
his Indignation, and the cat grinned
and said TO herself that things would
break loose pretty soon.
"And I've heard" continued the wo.
you play poker at the club ana some.
times lose as much ns $40 OF an even.
Ing. ! wish you were my husband for
about nm hour You'd never play poker
more than np"a"
A Flash OF Inuspsnosuoe.
did you come out here 10 insult and
abuse mef" demanded Mr.. Bowser.
with fash OF independence.
81 came out here TO straighten things.
up, and ! shall do H." she sternly re-.
piled
Then followed powerful silence,
broken at last by his going down 10
the cellar 20 nail board on the coal
bin lie had just started to drive a
nail when the mother-in-law appeared
on the stairs and said;
"Drop that hammer like hot po-
tato! Don't you know that every hio"'