The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19
THE BOWSERs,
There is Only One Way to do Busi-
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fashion magazine, and on O dozen diff
erent occasions I begged of Mr.. Bow
ser TO write tho letter and send off the
money, says Mrs. Bowser in the Detroit
Free Press. He kept promising and
nogiootiiig, mMn-liKe, but N evening
he said:
"Give me the name Of that magazine
and l Will get n letter of to-mor-
row.
SITS gone" 1 answered.
"Who sent it?n
81 did,
"IIumphl Do you mean to tell me
that you wrote u business letter."
II do. l ordered lie magazine
and sent in q years subscription"
"What did you write?"
"Oh, IN tue usual form"
"And chnck.d the So into the letter,
I supposc?"
"Yes, slr.n
swell, that's about what 1 should
expect Of you. You'n never see either
money or magazine again"
81 won'tY Wiy?"
because, in the first place, it stood
just as good a chance of going to some
machine shop as to u magazine Office,
with your style Of directing All envel-
ope; and because, secondly, if some
post official doesn't steal the money,
they will gobblo it ut the end OF the
route and swear they never got it.
Mrs. Bowser, you are as simple AS q
child.n
"But it may come all right"
Eyes; and we may discover Il box of
gold in the back yard. Theirs but one
way to do business"
Flows that?"
"See this p. o. order for $3S. | am
going to send that to Boston to-mor-
row. 1t will 20 straighter than u crow,
and there Is M cause for worry. How
ever It's useless 10 try to learn a woman
how TO do business"
Three or four days went by, and
then he suddenly inquired:
"IIave you heard from the magazine,
Mrs. Bowser2n
"Not let.n
II suppose not. When you do hear
please let me know. After forty or
fifty experiences of this sors you may
learn how to do business"
Two days later he asked me again,
and then L was able to show him a let
ter acknowledging receipt OF the
money and a copy Of the magazine.
ut seems to have gone through" lie
said, us lie handed the letter back,
"Dut that was owing to Providence.
Probably tho parties had heard from
me and hesitated to derraud you for
fear I'd raise a row." S
"NVhat about the order you sent off,
Mr.. Bowser?"
lie jumped out Of his chair and
turned pale and gasped:
"By gum, but I'd forgotten about
that. | ought to have had al acknowl-
edgemcnt three days ago."
Cant have been lost, eh?n
"N-no."
st vas the only proper way to do
business, wasn't itI"
"Of course it was, AID, Of course, it
got there all right. III probably get Il
letter Tomorrow"
When the morrow came l asked him
If lie had heard from his order.
mot exactly" he replied, "but L
am certain that it got there safc.n
"But they ought to acknowledge
it.n
"Y-c-s.n
"There is but one way Of doing bust
ness, MI. Bowser. When l send off
money ! receive al acknowledgement
Of its arrival. You are sire you
sent it.n
''Sure 1 sent it2 DO you take me for
a ~lnnatic, Mrs. Bowserf"
"But it's so queer"
81 don't sec anything SO queer about
it. | wrote again two days ago. and +
Shall have Il letter tomorrow begging
my pardon for the delay"
4 letter arrived next day. | saw by
Mr.. Bowser's perturbation when lie
came home that something was wrong,
and lie finally handed me the lc ter.
1t read:
mo Postonice order has been re
cciyed from you. Please do not try
any more ctlestnuts on u.s."
"But you did it," l protested.
GOT course [ did"
"Dirccted your letter all right?n
"~Cer.ainly."
stamped and postei?"
"I.ook here, Mrs. Bowser, you talk
as IL | didn't know enough to get
aboard astreet car and pay my
farel'
"But it's so queer. There is but one
business way of doing business, Mr..
Bowser. After forty or fifty expert
cnces Of this sort you may learn how to
do busine So
lie glared at me and was too insulted
to reply. lie went TO the p~ostonice and
made complaint, aud for the next two
weeks that lost order was the topic Of
conversation. The officials sought to
trace the letter, and MI. Bowser made
affidavit to this and that, and the hunt
was still going on, when, ~ lustiag off
his secretary and STRENGTHENING 9Ip his
loose papers. | found a letter sealed and
addressed to. the Boston firm. l had
no doubt it contained the missing or
der. | quietly handed 1t to Mr.. Bow.
ser rs he cane up to dinner, and his
face turned all colors before lie could
open It.
"Mr. Bower" L said, s'yon men
folks have curious ways Of doing bus!-
ness. 1t is sing"
SID like to know how this letter got
herel" he demanded.
"You left it here, Of course"
HNeyer! Because T scOlaad Won