Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-05-07

O.. ..,,b.r 50 ~ talk or | cease t.
,,rv Won are also constantly med
1,inv with the kitcben help and there
nv ns,,rpipg my authority. Ii you think
90, can run the kitchen then stay
nome and do It. The best girl ! have
mad for a year left me yesterday be-
c.us. you were always poking your
nose III the Kitchen
.P.poke- poEing my noseE murmur-
~ MIR. BOwser as he grew white
around the mouth.
.srhat.s what said. You thought
yourself philanthrop'st when you
sneaked down and said It was too bad
.he had TO work for q living. but she
called you . baldheaded old meddler!"
..she-she called me that. did shef
why. the-the-
"And here's another thing. Mr.. Bow
~, You come home and want to play
cards TO pass away the evenings. We
nit down to play. and because J beat
con three or four straight games you
vet mad and kick things about ana
vish Won had spent the evening ut the
club. l don't know where your club
IN Or what 1t IL like. but any ume you
nrt.fer II to ms society don't hesitate
on my account. Al matter OF ract
you hardly know one card from an
other and should take lessons from me
for twv Or three months However.
M / shall never play with you again
it's a matter Of indifference
Mr. Bowxer rose up and gasped.
Then he sat down and choked. Mrs.
Bowser could see his lips moving. but
no sound came from them.
.And you talk about my extrava'
eance in clothes she said a. she look
ed him I'D and down. "Yes. that b q
net hobby Of yours. and yet you know
you spend more for cocktails than DO
for gloves, more for cigars than l DO
for shoes, more for worthless patent
medicines than do for dresses There
isn't husband in the state earning
$50 per week whose wife does not
dress ike a queen compared to me.
You have got to stop throwing away
money and turn It over to me to dress
onr'
"Woman-w-om.a-n~ Mr.. Bowser
managed to gasp. but she pointed her
6nger and said:
"Once In a great while you open your
heart and give me a dollar for pin
money. but you expect It to last me for
three months. l want to change right
here and now. l want weekly allow
ance. and a liberal one at that! You
simply drink fewer cocktails and smoke
fewer cigars and ri take the money!
It's a favorite theory of yours that no
woman can be trusted with money. butt
II ! can't make IS cents 20 further
than your dollar I'll be willing to mertd
my own sho.
Mr. .,Ma,.Y .-nf up to walk about,
but his kI.ccS wabbled so that he hald
to 81: duwn again.
There * another thing. while we are
talking matters over. Whenever you
yet mad at me you talk divorce. ali
,s,.y and all that. II you want d.
rorce from me go and file your appli-
cation. and won't contest II. I'm
young enough and good looking enough
to find another husband In Il year or
two. and I'll take care he isn't crank!
As to alimony. I've helped you to make
all you have. and ! shall want half Ut
1t. II there's separation one of US
will have to leave this house. and it
won't be me. Mr.. Bowser. think
this is about all. am now going up
to my room. and should anybody call
you will say that am not at home.
Should you wish to talk with me on
any subject We have missed just come
upstairs and give three raps on the
door. but think we have gone into
matters pretty thoroughly"
| She vanished upstairs. and then Mr..
Bowser sat with his head in his hands
and thought and POWDERED for the next
half hour. He couldn't make 1t out.
try as he would. and when Mrs. Bow
ser came downstairs at midnight she
found him asleep ON the lounge with q
tear In the corner of either eye.