The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-13
BOWSER'S ueHInIlle CHANGE
II Was Brought About b. Household
Bdlls.

by the way" said Mr. Bowser. a. |
he looked up from his paper, have
you heard from your mother lately3''
Had q letter yesterday" replied
Mrs. Bowser. 'and she asked to be re-
membered to you"
The dear old soul! think as much
Of her as do Of my own mother. I'll
give you so tomorrow to. buy . nice
little present for her. Ii your father
well?'
mot very. He's very old. you
know"
"Poor old daddy! There was never =
nicer man In all the world. I'm give
you 80 to buy something for him ~
WELL
"You are awfuIly kind" said Mr..
Bowser as she wiped q tear from her
eyes.
pooh! Pooh! Everybody ought to
do what is right. was thinking. this
afternoon that cut you pretty close
on money matters. I suppose ought
to make you a regular weekly allow
ance. and then you can depend on hav-
ing just SO much"
Its awfully sweet and kind of
you"
mo taffy. my DEAR" laughed Mr..
Bowser. It was going to say s. per
week, but guess I'll make 1t $40 II
that won't do you let me know later on
and I'll make it SIS or $50"
Mrs. Bowser looked at him through
her tears and called him the best
hearted and most loving husband In
the world. II neighbor had come in
just then to create an interruption all
| would have been well. but fate wiIled
| 1t otherwise. In his great good nature,
which in the average husband IL the
prelude Of row, Mr.. Bowser whistled
| q merry air and stroked tho family
cat and planned with himself to buy
! Mrs. Bowser q hundred dollar cloak
1 Sa~x Ia wxya~
| ing real frolicsome when she ventured
| to say:
HAD you just az soon look over
| three or four little bills which have
come in during the week?
"Bills?" echoed Mr.. Bowser. as his
whistle cut short on and he cuffed the
cat on his knee. 'I always pay cash
down, and don't know anything about
] bills. Where are they?''
'You-you didn't happen to have the
she said. as she produced three or four
papers. "A water pipe burst one day.
you know, and you told me to send for
the plumber. Here Is his bill. and I'm
| sure it's a very reasonable one"
Two dollars, eh? Two dollars for
pipe! Does that tinker imagine I'm q
fool or q lunatic? I'll never pay 1t this
side Of the grave! What elser'
you told me to get the doorbell
nxed and the bill Is s"
"Door-bell? told you? Never! II
the door-bell was out OF order then 1t
was because you stood there and haul
ed and pulled and yanked on it and
finally got 1t out by the roots. You'll
pay that bill lout of your own pocket"
"And 1 hal q broken window pane
in the cooks bedroom repiaced. said
to go ahead and the bill is only eighty
| cents"
eighty cents!" he shouted. a. he
grew red to the roots OF his hair.
Eighty cents for small pane Of
ably got NAL because found fault
with the coffee and stood before the
| window and deliberately kicked out .
pane Of glass to get even. rn keep 1t
out ct her ros wsEeif! fo,a voa thss
on the basement door was out of
Never! Never heard tho slightest
a1lusion to it,"
| locksmith?'' ?''
''Neveri Never!s
| "And the bill in forty centA''
Forty cents! Forty cents for two
out Of order how came It 90? Did
that cook. In order to get even with
me again, stand there with . croWbAr
and whack ind jab and pound until
she broke the lock? That's forty
cents more out Of her wages! Are
| these all ?''
them I'll do it out Of my weekly a.
lOwancs: nwoaS:: - The r % Whole thing only
your weekly allowance?" he re-
peated. 'MrA. Bowsef, have you q
weekly allowance from . royalty u
"You said you'd give me one. you
know
s'Never. II said anything at III
touching tho subject It was to the ef-
feet that if you had an allowances
you'd pay q dollar = pound for sau-
sages!''
s'Then you can send mother i've
dollars and pay these bill with the
rest" she suggested.
Mother? Five dollars? You mas
or may not have q mother. NrA Bow
ser-I do not know nor care-but why
should send her five dollars?"
'You-you said you would
Never! II has never occurred t
| me in the last fifteen yearD to ask Il
you had parents or were an orphan
q Had Mrs. Rowser lost her hearing
Had she fallen asleep and dreamed
that Mr.. Bowser had said thus and
} SO?
was 1t Mr.. Bowser sitting there .,
some one else?
s $50 you have = mothsr7" he care
; leEly inquired.
u No anSWer.
! ~As you didn't include = father