The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-29
MRS. BOWSER GOES A-VISITlkG
And Mr. Bowser Refurnishcs the
House.


When Mr.. Bowser came home the
other evening he found Mrs. Bowsel
with tears in her eyes and a sad look
on her face.
HAS the cook left Ter job?'' h.
asked.
mo; she is all right" was the an
swer.
HAS the cat lost herself again? %
There she is on the lounge" she
answered.
! Then what is it %
Its bad news from mother. She is
very ill.,
well, I'm not glad to hear it,
though we don't like each other. Did
the news come by letter?'
yes. she got some one to write
me-"
And of course she wants you to
come up there?"
''Yes-may 1 go?''
"Of course you may. You can start
old lady is on her feet again and ready
to come back with you and give me
the usual hot time
You are a good husband, Mr.. Bow
SER said Mrs. Bowser, as her tears
flowed afresh.
me out in the least. The cook and
can run the old shanty for a couple
of weeks as well as not. You pack
your trunk tonight and 1 will get you
off early in the morning. After L
have eaten dinner, 1 will go out and
telegraph that you will be there to-
morrow
When the cook was consulted about
the arrangement, she had some objec-
tiOnS.
But you know, ma'am, Mr.. Bowser
is always experimenting. He will be
worse than ever when you are gone
shall walk around in fear of being
blown up, or blown down, or blown
somewhere or other
Nothing of the kind will happen"
replied Mrs. Bowser.
But won't he bring home a fire
escape and want me to give it a
trial?'
81 will make him promise that he
won't"
will he ask me to Use a patent
fuel in the ranger"
"And there won't be any burglar
alarms to go off with a buz-z-z At
and scare me into jumpirs
out of my Window
Mr.. Bowser will be very good and
you can depend on it,
Then I'll stay, ma'am. and I'll do
my best to see that the cat don't get
lost, or that tramps don't steal the
ash cans
Next morning Mrs. Bowser was off. !
and Mr.. Bowser's last words to her
were.
Feed your mother plenty Of
chicken soup, and don't worry a min
ute about me-
1t was two days later that Mr.. Bow |
ser got a plan in his head, and might |
have been heard saying to himself:
by George, I'll do it. Mrs Bow |
ser was speaking the other day about |
some new things for the house, and !
that we could not afford |
them for another year. We can af- |
ford them now, but l wanted to curb |
any eXtravagant notions on her part. /
She shall come to find almost a new |
house. She is a mighty good little |
although she does sit down on |
me pretty hard at times, and she shall |
be rewarded. 1t will be fun for me to |
De buying this and that and will keep |
ne from being lonesome"
Mr.. Bowser must take the cook into
MS confidence, for he needed her help.
When he told her what he proposed
o do and asked her opinion about it.
she replied:
Mr. Bowser, if I was a married
which I amt and may never
De, and mad the home which I may
lever have, and should go and see my
lick mother, which died five years ago
md her soul is now in heaven, and
while 1 was gone my husband should
axe it upon himself to refurnish the
WHAT asked Mr.. Bowser, as she
lalted there.
II think 1 would call him an idiot
When L got home
But why, Maggie ?'
Because no man has the taste and