The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-04-12
DOMESTIC TILT.
rSsrs /, Oaiy On. Way to Do sasin....

n W "HN@ Fa.E AN'
! send If the money. lie KEEP.
Z promising and ueglsctiug, man
Z Ike. but one evening he said
GIVE me tEe name Of the msga.
zine and wIli get a letter oil ro.
m0rrUw.'
Its gone | answered
? Nv h1 seuG iIfi
Il did.
~Humph9 Do YOU mean 10 tell
ne that You wrote a business let
.fer3f
Il 10 | ordered the magazine
AMI semi IN a years subscription
What did you Wrtek
"OA, II the u-Ua. form"
And chucksd The s. into The
letter, SUPPOSED
Yes, sir
Well, that's about what | should
expect Of you. You'll never see
either money or magazine again"
Il woHul Why r.
Because, in The first place. it
stood Just As GOOD a chance OF 90
IH@ TO some machine shop as to a
magazine office, with your STYLE OF.
directing an envelope: and. be-
cause, secondly, # some p0stDfice
Official doesn't steal the money.
they will gpbhIe Il at the end Of
The route and swear they never got
.It. Mrs.. Bowser, YOU are as simple
a. a ChiId.n
But il may come all right"
"Ie>; and we may discover a
box Of gold in The back vari.
There's but one way to do bust
ness"
"HUW's that"
See this z. D. money order tor
1851 am gong TO send that to
Boston tO-mOrrDw. 1t will 90
siraighier than a crow, and there is I.
no cause for worrying. However,
rs useless 10 try to learn a woman
how to do business"
Three or four days went by. and
then he suddenly inquired:
Have you heard from that mag.
aziHe, Mrs. BOwser q
Not yel.n
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 BUSH
ness"
Two days latter he ked me
again, and | was then able to show
him a letter acknowledging receipt
oil money and a copy Of the maya.
zine.
III seems to have gone through"
he said, as he handed The letter
back, but that was OWING 10 .
Providence. Probably The parties
had heard Of me and he~ilaled to .
delraud you for fear Id ral.e a
row. ,
What about tie order you sent ,
off, Mr.. BowserH
He Jumped out Of his chair and ,
turned pale and 2asped: |
BY gun, but III forgotten about
That. / ought to have had an nc 4
knnwIedgmcnt three days ago" +
"Can't have been lost, eli Z"
"N-no.n q,
1T was the only proper way 10 :
10 business, wasn't Ill' /,
"Of course il was, and. of course n
t got there all right. III probably
get a letter Tomorrow
When the morrow came | asked ,
il he had heard from his or .
Ter
"Not exactly" he replied, "but | I
I'm Certain that it got there sale" "
But they ought to acknowledge u
"Ye-e-s"
"lhere i but one way Of dong a
business, Mr.. Bowser. When u
end off money | receive an ac "
uowledgmept Of ITS arrival. You y
re- sure yon sent il p "
Sure / sent At? Do you take a."
le for a iunalic, Mrs. BOwser p j
But its so queer"
Il don't see anything 50 queer y
bout it. wrote again two DAYS u
90, and | shall have a letter tn
borrow begging my pardon for =
he delay" o
A letter arrived The next day. |
aw by Mr.. Bowser's perturbation e,
'hen he came home that some
hing was wrong, and he finally
anded me the letter. II read: u
"No p~ostofice order has been re q
from you. Please do not !.
any more cheslnuls on u.s." 7"
But Yo1 did send IL" | pro- ID
''OT course, | did" ~
directed your letter all right r. u
"CertaInly :" z,
stamped and posted p II
"LOOk here, Mrs. BOwser, you ~
ak as il | didn't know enough TO
ct aboard a street car and pay lo
are - m
But it's 50 queer. There is but %
ne business way of doing bust. VI
ess, Mr.. Bowser. After forty or
fly experiences Of this sort you
nay learn how 10 do business" b.
lie glsred at me and was too in IL
llied 10 reply. He went to the CT
Ostofice and made complaint, aud hi
" The next two weeks that lost hi
rder was the topic Of cOnversa- q
on. The officials sought TO trace m
be letter. aud Mr.. Bowser made Al
lhdavit 10 this aud that, and the 10
INT was still going on, when, in