Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-29
Mrs. Bowser. people ars often mis-
taken about q word"

Mrs. Bowser. .'People ars often mis-
taken about q word"
HumbIy seeks Forgiveness.
'But l got mad and called you an
idiot. wish some one had been at
hand to kick me. About The winter
coal bill said we had burned a ton
a week and jumped up and down and
bulldozed around, and it's a wonder
you kept your temper al you did.
Please forgive me for that"
"You thought you were right"
Eyes. but made fool Of myself, as
I had hundred times before. Even
Il we had used a ton week you
couldn't help it. You don't make the
weather. II there was ever u wife
who looked after things around the
house with a determination to help
her husband it Is you. I don't believe
2 cents worth of stuff is wasted in a
year."
II try to do my BEST" she responded,
but at the same time wishing that
Jones or Brown would come in and
interrupt the conversation.
do you remember the night came
home and found clothespin on the
doorstep?" continued Mr.. Bowser, with
evident enjoyment. II busted into the
hall and made as much fuss over that
old clothespin as If it had been dia-
mond sunburst- stamped around
and shouted and bulldozed and spoiled
the whole evening. Mrs. Bowser, why
didn't you bristle up to me and tell
me to shut right up or you'd leave? If
you had hit me with a crowbar that
night, it would have served me right
Have you-can you ever forgive me?"
''There was strange man here this
afternoon" she said, determined to
break up the conversation at all haz-
ards, land l think he wanted to see
you about land"
Asks For His Old Love Letters.
"Well, let him come when I'm home.
I believe you told me long ago that
you had saved all my old love letters.
Suppose you get 'em down, and We'll
read 'em over
IL don't think l could find them
tonight Shall we run into Browns
for an h0ur?"
I'm too comfortable to go out.
Wasn't it funny about my trying that
barefoot cure? When man starts in
to make a fool of himself the way l
do every little while, somebody ought
ko1 11,,E tn hvrin
baseball bat home, will you whack me
with it the first time l act like an
idiot?'' :: :,
Mrs. Bowser was about to make an
excuse to leave the room when the
cook came up with bill. 1t was a
balance of 81 cents owing the butcher.
Mr.. Bowser was smiling all over as she
handed it to him, but no sooner had
he glanced over it than thunder
cloud took the place of his smile, and
he shouted:
"What's this? What's this? You've
been running in debt again.
1.-THE butcher couldn't change BILL"
explained Mrs. Bowser.
The Magic Spell vanishes. -
"Debts, debts, debts! exclaimed Mr..
Bowser as he flung the cat half way
across the room and jumped up and
swung his arms in the air. woman.
haven't warned you a million times
about this reckless extravaganza? If
l gave you $1,000 week to run this
house on you'd still be in debt! OF
all the extravagant, reckless spend
thrifts ever saw, you are the worst
But it wasn't running in debt.
had bill, and he couldn't change it. I
expected to pay it tomorrow"
"What's tomorrow got to do with it?
I tell you not to run in debt, and you
defy me. I'm looking at the principle
of the thing. Mrs. Bowser, this is too
much-tOO much!
'You are getting excited over moth
ing" she replied. 1--WE had to have
meat. and the butcher couldn't change
a SO bill"
"Wreck, ruin and the poorhousev' he
groaned as he walked about. Its no
wonder I'm old and bent and gray be-
fore my time. Thousands of clothes
pins on the front steps, tons of broken
dishes in the backyard-waste and ex-
travagance everywhere! And you sit
there and smile over it! l am about
to retire to the library. desire to ar
range my business affairs and see If
I've got 2 cents left. While am doing
so you can break up the chairs, smash
the piano and kick holes in the carpet.
Good night, MADAME
nd Huhora hn hod IN