Mower County transcript., 1889-05-01
THE BOWSER FAMILY.
How Mr.. b. Conducted Himself Under
Very Trying Circumstances.

THE 80WsER FAMILY.
How Mr.. b. Conducted Himself Under
Very Trying Circumstances.
WANTED to send off for lady's fash
Ion magazine. and on dozen different
occasions I begged of Mr.. Bowser to
write the letter and send Oft the
money. He kept promising and neg
1ecting, man-like, but one evening he
said:
''Give me the name of that magazine
and will get a letter off tomorrow" "
Its gone," answered.
''Who sent it?"
IL did"
.'Humph! Do you mean to tell me
that you wrote business letter?'
Il do. I ordered the magazine and
sent in a years subscription
What did you write?''
80, in the usual form. y
''And chrr' tthe =: dollars into
the letter, sep K
Yes, sir
"W:el', tt: .s,via, d j. >ould ex-
Pect Oh yo- 1c h'aey
Or magazintrsf
- >on't9 sS
A'2 :use, II 1st pa stood
;cod A-ssS| Of Sc p: To aome
= w shop gs+to q magazine Office,
.ur style Of directing an envelope;
re"orse. secondly, if some post
cd ., afticial doesn't steal the money,
they will gobble it at the end of the
route ..cd swear they never got it. Mrs.
Bcwstr, you are as simple as child. -
Blu; It miy come all right"
Eyes, and we may discover Il box of
gold in the back yard. There's but one
way to do busiaess.'
'.How's thar
''See this L, D. nc ley order for sas?
| am goi3ig to- nj that = Boston tc-
mario y, It vii. SO str;' : hter than d
crsfs@: 8 I there IS no cause for wor.y,
Hos,v-r, it's useless to try to learn :
woman how TO do business"
Three or four days went by, and then
he suddea.y inquired:
''Have you heard from that mag;.-
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 d. business:
Two days later he asked me again.
and was then .-hle to show him a let
ter acknowledging receipt of the
money, and copy Of lhe magazine.
1T seems e have gone through
he said a7>E. banded the letter back,
''but i, v>.s owing to Providence.
ProfAayf -a;a parties had heard of me
and fzcsitaa d to defraud you for fea,
I'd rise q row.
w hat about the order you sent off
Mr.. Bowser?"
he jumped out OF his chair ant
turned pale and gasped:
by gum: but id forgotten abou
that! I ought to have had an &C
acknowledgement three days ago.
Cant have been lost, eho''
..N-no." ---- -----------------
1T was the only proper way to d.
business, wasn't it?o''
.'Of course it was, and of course i
got there all right I'll probably ge
letter Tomorrow"
When the morrow came asked hin
if he had heard from his order.
Not exactly" he replied. but
AN certain that it got there 5afe.''
but they ought to acknowledge it.
..T-e-s.''
There is but one way of doing busi
1ess, Mr.. Bowser. When I send OF
money l receive an acknowledgment
0f its arrival. You are sure you sen
:t?"
''Sure I sent it? Do you take me TO
lunatic Mrs. Bowser?''
But it's SO queer:
II dor2t see any thing so queer abou
t. I wrote again two days ago. and
shall have a letter Tomorrow begging
ny pardon for the delay
4 letter arrived next day. I saw BY
Mr. Bowser's perturbation when he
came home that something was wrong
and he finally handed me the letter. l
cead:
mo post-office order has been re
,eivsd from you Please do not try
ny more chestnuts on u.s.
But you did send it, l protested.
''Of course did,
directed your letter all right?"
.Certainly-'
''Stamped and posted it?''
s'Look here. Mrs. Bowser, you tall
rs if I didn't know enough to ge
aboard street car and pay my fare!'
But it's so queer. There is but on
business way of doing business, Mr.
3owser. After forty or fifty expert
ences of this sort you may learn how
20 do business.
~~ He glared at me and was too insultet
90 reply. He went to the post-of1ic
and made complaint, and for the mex
.wo weeks that lost order was the topi
If conversation. The officials sough
% trace the letter, and Mr.. Bowse
made aHdavits to this and that, an,
the hunt was still going On when, il
iusting off his secretary and straight