The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, May 07, 1913, Image 6
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He Tries to Show His Sympathy
For the Poor Cook.
BUT GETS IN VERY DUTCH.
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After Reproaching His Spouse For III
Treating the Servant She Returns
and Makes Things Warm For Him.
A One Legged Man is the Goat.
By M. QUAD.
fCopyright, 1913, by Associated Literary
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A ffEX Mr. Bowser left the
|iA/ office at his usual evening
V W hour he bad a mental picture
of a happy home
There would be a warm house
There would be the cat to pur him |
* welcome.
, There would be Mrs. Bowser to bullThere
would be the cook singing in
the kitchen.
There would be beefsteak tnnotbered
with onions.
There would be a feeling that he
bossed everything, even to the cricket
on the hearth.
It was a pleasant picture, and his
tfelk>w passengers on the car saw him
?mile now and then once he hugged it
to (lis tfesoin.
He iuistened his steps as he left the
car.
Yes. Mrs. Bowser was at the door to
meet trim, but she had on a cook's
apron and looked flurried.
"What in thunder is it?" he demanded
as tie pointed.
"Oh. this Is a little picnic." she laughingly
replied. "You can sit right down,
ami i hojie you will And your dinner
all rig|it.""But
where is the cook?" he asked.
"After you left this morning she gave
sme some talk that 1 couldn't stand.
?ud so 1 told her to go. 1 shall get another
tomorrow. ail right."
' Mr. Bowser's face assumed a very
aserious expression as he fell silent.
- Wrs. Bowser chattered away and tried
"1 VE COME FOK MV MOSEY."
to thaw him out. but he answered only
In mono*? I fa hies. It was the best din- !
V"
Uer put before him in a month. Out he ;
T.<ate wry spanujrty and s<?>ti Jeft the.!
" table. An hour later, when she had j
/ cleared the table aial put everything |
to rijrhts. she wen; upstairs. t<?- find j
him paeiujr to and fr?> and the thunder !
ready tt? rt-verliernie.
' .Mrs. Iiowscr." lie bewail as he halt- |
ed before her. "L understand that the !
cook has left?"
"Yes" |
"She practically thrown into the j
' Street. I ] resume?"
"She w-s only a (tout half an hour j
packing up "
The Cook Leaves.
"I was talking with her in the kitch- j
en last iu :lit. and s!m had no eause for j
complaint ' She seemed as settled as
if she in feudist to remain here for j
years. No sooner do 1 leave the house j
l?{.. mnrninir tli-itl Vi?ll vi;IV <l ItHPT llTlll? !
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to aggravate her The worm turns at
last, and then yon unfeelingly tell her
that she can pack up and go Ton are
a woman without a heart. If 1 was a j
?ervant girl I'd see you starve before
I'd work for you!"
"You know nothing about the matter,"
replied Mrs Bowser as she pick- j
ed up the evening paper.
*Oh. I don't, eh? Then I wish for J
Information. Madam, will you have |
the kin<biess to put down that paper j
and talk to nie? We have a cook in j
onr kitchen. She is a poor. lonely I
jjJrli She is trying her best to please j
, *1)41 get ;uong. sne came nere unoer j
the Idea that you were human. She j
bas been here three months.
"During that rime have you ever ^at
down with her and asked her if she
bad a Kick mother or a crippled father
or a Wind brother?"
"No, 1 have not"
- "She looks like a married woman.
She looks like a woman with a great j
sorrow. Have you ever asked her if j
she has lost a child, if her husband is {
sleeping 'neath the sod? Have you .
asked for her confidence, offered to
bear a part of her burdens? When she :
bas gone up to her lonely room at night
have you followed and sought to cheer
her drooping spirits?extended the
motherly advice and sympathy she
jwas longing for? Have yon ever tried
to win her confidence?to talk to her ag
a sister?" j
Mr. B. Reproaches.
''I don't remember to have done so.
Sne was out every mgut as soon as ner.
work was done and didn't get in till
near midnight."
"But did you make it your businea*
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to find out whether she was out to a
dance or to a prayer meeting? Have
you ever advised and aduiouisliod'; As
a matter of fact, have you cared two
cents w hether she went to the dogs or
not?"
"I told you that she said something
that I didn't tike and ! told her she
could go." replied Mrs. Bowser.
"1 understand. You said something
to humiliate aud grind her dowu. aud
she resented it. Poor Anna! When 1
liave a case of it right under my own
roof, can I wonder that this country is
on the Threshold of a social revolution?
Last evening when you were over to
Green's 1 thought the poor girl would
be lonesome, and I went dowD to the
kitchen to speak a few kind words to
her"
"Yes: she said you came down," replied
Mrs. Bowser with a smile.
"I asked her after her health, after
her relatives, of her hopes of the future.
1 gave her to understand that
while accident made me her employer
i hsid thoughts bevond Daring her ev
ery mouth."
"Yes; she said she bad thoughts."
"Then she must have appreciated
what 1 said. I go down into the kitchen
to let a girl know that I regard her
as a human being, and a few hours later
you order her out of the house like
a dog. Mrs. Bowser, there has got to
be a change in your treatment of our
hired help or I shall run the bouse
myself. If 1 knew where Anna had
gone 1 would follow her and beg pardou
on your account."
"You won t have to follow her. Mr
Rnwspr We owe her for half a week.
and as 1 didn't have the change she is j
to couie lor it this evening. 1 think
that's her ringing the basement bell
now. Will ,vou go down and pay her
and extend your sympathies? If you
can get her to return 1 shall have no
objections."
"if the very soul has not been ground
out of her she will be here to cook our
breakfast iu rhe morning." observed
.Mr. Bowser as be went downstairs to
answer the bell.
She Returns.
It was poor Anna. She bad a defiant
look on her face as he opened the
door. She also inquired for Mrs
Bowser.
. "1 will attend to the matter, if you
please." replied Mr. Bowser. "We
were just discussing your case. I told
Mrs. Bowser that she had no heart"
"I've come for my money," was the
sriff reply.'
"And you shall have it and welcome,
my dear girl. Out 1 should like to know
why tuy wife tiuug you into the street
at a moment's notice. Had I been at
bome""Sbe
gave me all the time I wanted."
interrupted Anna, who didn't bear
herself at all like a "flung" woman.
"But she claims that there were
some words.., I suppose her utter lack
of sympathy irritated yon to the point
where you were forced to say some
thin?:."
"Yes. sir. Hasn't she told yon what
it was?"
"Not a word. On the contrary, she
has refused to tell' me. realizing, as
she does, that she was in the wrong.
When you rang the bell 1 told her that
i should ask yon to come back."
"Not whiie you are in the house,
sir!"
"But?but"?
"Some girl will pull the rest of your
hair out!"
"What? What's that? You say you
won't come back?"
"Not while yon are in the house to
henhnssy around, sir! I told .Mrs
Bowser that you were down in the
kitchen last evening gabbing to me
and that two or three times you want
ed to put your arm around me. Oh
you needn't bristle up over it! Every
rrirl has ouit this place on your ac
count. If von had tried to kiss me
last night I should have scalded you.
When I told Mrs. Bowser about it she
said I'd better go 1 haven't a word
of fault to find with her."
Merely Sympathy.
"You?yon know what you are talkin?
alKv.it. do you?" asked Mr. Bowser
as Iiis face grew white.
"1 do. sir."
"And instead of realizing that I was
down there to show my sympathy for
you"?
"You are a sly old fox. sir?very sly
Give me my money and let me so and
fell Mrs Bowser I hope she'll get a
good girl at once, though you will drive
her away in a month!"
Mi Bowser handed over the money
wifhov another word He knew that
Mrs 1' vser was standing at the head
of the stairs and drinking in every
word, and how lie was going to square
himself was a puzzle. He stood in
thought for a couple of minutes and
then ascended the stairs and went
down the hall for his hat.
"Going out. dear?" was asked
He didn't answer. He opened the
front door and passed out with a vol
en no raging within him. On the opposite
side of the street was a wooden
legged man stumping along with a basket
on his arm. Mr. Bowser uttered a
long drawn warwhoop and started for
him. and from the front window Mrs
Bowser saw the poor cripple trying to
get around the corner and heard his
shouts of terror and alarm as the holocaust
bore down upon him.
Poser For the Preacher.
The curate of a large and fashionable
church was endeavoring to teach the
significance of white to a Sunday
school class. "Why/* said he. "does a
bride invariably desire to be clothed iD
white at her marriage?" As no one answered
he explained.
"White." said he. "stands for joy.
and the wedding day is the most joyous
occasion of a woman's life"
A s;ii;?'! hoy queried. "Why do tfce
Men :i!l n Mr blackV"? London Chron
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TO DR. J. W. GEICER.
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Congratulations on Having Passed
His Eighty-First Birthday.
Many have passed the boundary,
But thou art still left here;
God loves the true and faithful,
They are to him most dear.
Thou hast won thy laurels,
Thou hast reached thy fame,
Thou art wrapt in glory.
For majeBtic is thy name.
Thou art happy in thy mansion,
With wife and children near,
They will gather round thee.
Animate thee with their cheer.
Thy life to tbem is precious,
They rejoice that thou art here,
They lift their hearts to heaven,
Thank him with words sincere,
With pride they look upon thee,
Proud of thy spotless name,
Elated at thy hoDor,
Which many have failed to gain.
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mou nasi, servea me nauun.
With jealous, anxious care,
Thou are c>owned with distinction,
To do thy duty without fear.
?A Friend.
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