Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
MR.. AND MRS. BowsER.
~ Mrs. ROWsER.

"CiSdle OCC&lSlOuo ptBESu VI hI' pOW-
ser to write the letter and send off the
money. He kept promising and neg
lecting, man-like, but one evening he
said:
zine and / will get u letter off to-mor-
row.
Its gone,'' answered
4'Who sent itp7
al did"
4'Humph! DO you mean to tell me
that you wrote IL business letter."
Il do | ordered tho magazine and
sent ia "A years subscription"
What did you writeP"
"Oh. in the usual form"
"And chucked the s. into the letter,
/ suppose?'
Yes, sir
"Well, that's about what / should
expect Of you. Youth never see either
money or magazine again
Il won't? Why?"
because, in the first place, it stood
! just as good "a chance Of going to some
| machine shop az to u magazine Office,
with your style of directing an envel-
! ope; and because. secondly. if some
postoffice official doesn't steal the mon
ey, they will gobble it at the end Of
the route and swear they never got it,
Mrs. Bowser you are rs simple as a
| child"
But it may come all right"
Eyes, and we may discover box Of
gold in the back yard. There's but
one way TO do business"
"How's that?n
"See this p. O. money order for $3S?
/ am going to send that to Boston to-
morrow. 1t will go straighter than
crow, and there is no cause for worry.
However, it's useless to try TO learn u
woman how to do business"
Three or four days went by, and then
he suddenly inquired
"Have you heard from that maya
zine, Mrs Bowser?"
Not yet"
Il suppose not. When you do hear
please let me know. After forty or
fifty experiences of this sort you may
learn how TO do business"
Two days later he asked me again,
and | was then able TO show him let
ter acknowledging receipt of the
money, and copy of the magazine.
1T seems to have gone through he
said as he handed the letter back, "but
that was owing TO Providence. Proba-
bly, the parties had heard of me and
hesitated TO defraud you for fear I'd
raise a row"
What about the order you sent off,
Mr.. Bowser?'
He jumped out OF Sis chair and turn
ed pale and gasped:
by gum! but Id forgotten about
that! | ought TO have had an acknow-
ledgment three days ago
Cant have been lost, eh?"
"N-uo."
ut was the only proper way to do
business, wasn't it?"
"Of course it was, and OF course it
got there all right I'll probably get Il
letter tomorrow.
When the morrow came | asked him
if he had heard from his order.
Not exactly" he replied, "but am
certain that it got there safe"
But they ought to acknowledge IT.
yes
There is but one way Of doing bust
ness, Mr.. Bowser. When | send off
money | receive an acknowledgment of
its arrival. You are sure you sent it?"
"Sure | sent it? Do you take me for
n lunatic, Mrs. Bowser?n
But it's 80 queer"
Il don't see anything so queer about
it. wrote again two days ago, and
shall have letter tomorrow begging
my pardon for the delay"
A letter arrived next day. | saw by
Mr.. Bowser's perturbation when he
came home that something was wrong,
and he finally handed me letter 1t
read:
mo postoffice order has been re-
ceived from you. Please do not try
any more chestnuts on us.
But you did send it," | protested.
"Of course / did"
directed your letter a. right?'
Certainly
stamped and posted it?''
"LooK here, Mrs. Bowser, you talk
as if l didn't know enough to get
abroad a street car and pay my fare!"
"But it's so queer. There is but one
business way of doing business, Mr..
Bowser. After forty or fifty expert
ences OF this sort you may learn how
70 do business"
He glared at me and was too in
suited 20 reply. He went TO the post
office and made complaint, and for the
next two weeks that lost order was the
topic of conversation. The officials
sought to trace the letter, and Mr.
Bowser made affidavits to this and that,
and the hunt was stu going on when,
in busting off his secretary and
Strengthening up his loose papers, |
found a letter sealed and addressed to
the Boston firm. lhad no doubt it con-
tanned the missing order. l quietly
handed it to Mr.. Bowser MS he came up
to dinner, and his face turned all col
ors before he could open it.
"Mr. Bowser," | said, ''you man
folks have curious ways OF doing bust
ness. 1t is sing"
''rd like to know how this letter got
herer' he demanded.
"You left it here, OF course"
"Never! Because l scolded you
about your careless way OF sending off
money, and because you wanted to get
even with me for it, you took this letter