Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Mr.. Bowser's Letter.
BY MRS. BoWsER.

I wanted to send off for a lady's
fashion magazine, and on a dozen diff
ferent occasions ! begged Of Mr.. Bow
ser to write The letter aud send OFF the
money. He kept promising and ne
glecting, manlike, but one evening he
said:
Give me the name of that maya
zine and l will get a letter off to-
morrow"
Its gone" l answered.
WHO sent it?"
Il did"
"Humph DO you mean to tell me
that you wrote Il business letter."
81 do | ordered the magazine and
sent in years subscription"
"What did you write?"
"Oh in the usual form"
And chucked the 81 into the letter,
l suppose"
Yes, sir"
"Well, that's about what l should
expect ofyou. You'll never see either
money or magazine again"
won't, why ?"
Because, in the first place, it stood
just as good chance of going to some
machine shop as to a magazine office,
| with your style of directing an enVel-
ope; and because, secondly, if some
| post Office official doesn't steal the
money, they will gobble it at the end
of the route aud swear they never got
it. Mrs BOwser, you are as simple as
a child"
'' But it may come all right"
eyes, and we may discover a box oi
gold in the back yard. There's but
one way to do business"
How's that?"
See this p. o. money order for
$38? l am going to send that to BOs
ton to morrow. 1t will 90 straightel
than a crow, and there is no cause fol
worry. However, it's useless to try tC
learn a woman how to do business"
Three or four days went by anC
then he suddenly inquired
"Have you heard from Ihat maya
zine, Mrs. BOwser?"
mot yet"
81 suppose not. When you do hear
please let me know. After forty o
fifty experiences of this sort you may
learn how to do business"
Two days later he asked me again
and l was then able to show him a let
ter acknowledging receipt of the none.
and a copy of the magazine.
1t seems to have gone through, +,
he said as he handed the letter back
but that was owing to Providence
Probably the parties had heard of IN
and hesitated to defraud you for fea
I'd raise a row."
"What about the order you sent of
Mr.. BOwser?"
He jumped out of his chair an
turned pale and gasped:
, by gum but I'd forgotten abol
that l ought to have had an a
acknowledgement three days ago"
. Cant have been lost, eh?"
, N-nO."
at was the only proper way to {
L business, wasn't it?'
: "Ofcourse it was, and of course
q got there all right. I'll probably get
letter tomorrow"
When the morrow came / asked hi
if he had heard from his order.
mot exactly" he replied, "but l a
certain that it got there safe"
"But they ought to acknowledge il
eyes"
l. "There is but one way of doing bl
n mess, Mr.. Bowser. When 1 send
- money l receive an ACKNOWLEDGING
of its arrival. You are sure you sc
it?n
"Sure l sent it? Do you take /
for lunatic, Mrs. Bowser?"
J, But it's so queer"
Il don't see anything so quC
about it, l wrote again two days a.
and | shall have a letter to-morr
begging my pardon for the delay"
5, A letter arrived next day. l saw
Mr. Bowser's perturbation when
came home that something was wro
n and he fually handed me the lett
NJ II read:
NY mo post Office order has been
ceived from you. Please do not
any more chestnuts on US"
IN but you did send it." protest
u "Of course l did"
Directed your letter all right ?"
Certainly"
ES stamped and posted it?"
Look here Mrs. Bowser, you {
as if / didn't know enough to
aboard street car ana pay my far
N But it's so queer. There is but
way of doing business, Mr.. Bow
eto, After forty or fifty experiences of
~ sort you may learn how to do busine
He glared at me and was too
\ suited too reply. He went to the
Office and made complaint, and
J. the next two weeks that lost order
the topic Of conversation. The
cials sought to trace the letter,
Mr.. Bowser made afildavits to this
N that, and the hunt was still going
III. when. in busting off his secretary
} Strengthening up his loose paper
found a letter sealed and addresses
the Boston firm. / had no doul
contained the missing order, qu
handed it to Mr.. Bowser as he c
mn m dinnnr and hia face turnef