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reach home for dinner. There would
be camphor sprinkled around, and she
would have nice clean towel around
her head. The mother would be seat
ed upstairs, ready to play her part at
a minutes notice. Mr.. Bowser would
burst into the hall In his usual i'm
petuous way, and, smelling the cam
phor, he would strike back into the
sitting room and demand Of the half
dead woman lying with closed eyes:
Woman, what In the old Harry does
this mean!' Is 1t another Of your In
fernal sick headaches? Can't I leave
this house for a day and return with
out finding you kerfopped with some
ailment or other?"
"Oh, Samuelv' she murmured.
Don't oh, Samuel mel" he shout
ed, "but tell me what's the matter.
Have you got chicken bone in your
throat or has a rattlesnake bitten
you7"
And at this critical moment the
mother-in-law would appear In the
door, and the way she would go for
Samuel Bowser and the way he would
be crushed would long be remembered
But that little plot never developed.
Mrs. Bowser was on the front steps
looking up the street for the arrival
Of the expected mother, who probably
would come on the street car. when
an auto whirled around the corner and
drove up to the gate and stopped with
q grand flourish. In that auto were
seated Mr.. Bowser and her mother
They were not ghosts, but living hu
man beings. Mr.. Bowser raised his
hat and gave q half cheer, and the
old lady somehow managed to call out
"Howdy, Sarah"
With tenderest hand and smiling like
q June morning Mr.. Bowser assisted
his visitor to alight and conducted hel
up the steps and said to the puzzled
and astonished wife:
isn't 1t splendid OF her to come tc
visit us1 She probably will want tc
return home in about n month, but we
will keep her three months at least
er shall we let the mother out Of oul
sight again."
When the mother and daughter wer'
alone upstairs the mother asked:
Sarah, what In tarnation does thii
mean?"
IL don't know, mother"
"Well, he acts more like bride
groom than son-in-law. He neve
liked me, and never liked him, ant
yet he Is as juicy and tender towart
me as rare beefsteak. He said b
was at the depot on business, but
don't believe 1t. l believe he mus
have got hold of my letter and Is play
ing joke ON us. 1t doesn't look as
would have chance to do an
crushing this trip
The crushing was all in Mr.. Bow
ser's hands, and Mrs. Bowser wa
made the victim. Under the eXcus
that the house might be broken int
| if left to guard itself he invited tn
motherin-law to go to the movies wit
him while Mrs. Bowser remained q
vitation, and her daughter shed FEY
tears during the lonely hours she ha
to pass.
The old lady had never been to
ZOO. Mr.. Bowscr took her to one Will
| Mrs. Bowser had to remain at home I
see about the dinner.
One evening at the dinner table Nj
Bowser announced that he had r.
ceived an invitation to deliver an AZ
dress before the Gullivcr club.
"And you will go?" asked Mrs. Bow
ser.
mot by long shot. am going
teach mother how to play euchre tn
evening"
And lie did. The next day the mot
er said to the daughter:
SARAH, this Is intolerable. We mu
change it,
But how can wei" was asked.
"There Is but one way-let him
Bowser again. / liked his old wa.
better than his new ones"
80 did IT,
And the dear mother" took an ear
opportunity to say:
samuel. my son. you are acting t,
darned good. Please make change
And few hours later as Mr.. Bows
came upon Mrs. Bowser using the ca
pet sweeper he saw tears In her ey
as she looked up at him.
"Oh, Samuel, you are too good-t
good! Pleose go back to last week al
be bad again. You have punished Il
enough"
Hanged II | don't be bad mi
with big B and carry two guns and
knifew he laughed.
And next time you hear Mr.. Bows
you will learn that he has RESUME
business at the old stand.
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