The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-06-19
MR.. BOWSER.
He DELIVERS ALECTURE on THE CARE.
LESSyESS OF WOMEN.

street railway Office and get it, he
replied:
No, ma'am, | won't. Anybody
careless enough 10 leave an article
OF value in a street car deserves
10 lose it. Besides, you did not
take The number of the car, and
they would only laugh at me at
The office"
"Do you take the number of
every car you ride in y | asked.
"Certainlv. Every sensible per-
son does. Day before yesterday |
came up in No. 20. | went back
in No. A. | came up to supper in
No. GO. Yesterday | made my
trips in Nos. 55, II aud IS. To-
day in Nos. So, II AMI u. The
street railways contract TO carry
passengers-nol TO act rs guardl-
ans for children and imbeciles."
"Mr. Bowser, other people have
lost lhingS on the street car"
"Yes-other women. You he yer
heard of a man losing anything"
let the matter drop there,
knowing that time would sooner or
later bring my revenge, Ii came
sooner than | expected. Mr. Bow
ser took his coal down TO the tail
or to GET couple of buttons sewed
on, and AZ he returned without it,
| observed:
"You are always finding fault
with the procraslinati0n of my
dressmaker. Your tailor does not
seem TO be in any particular hur
ry."
"How ~
"Why. you were to bring that
coat back with you"
"Tllal coat Thunder y
Mr.. Bowser turned pale and
sprang out OF his chair.
Didn't lose it going down, did
youy"
IL believe I-I-!"
You lett ii on the street car
when you came upg'
Yes"
"Mr BowSer, anyEo ly careless
enough t. leave an article of value
in street car deserves TO lose it.
However, you took hr number Of
the street car, | presume W
"N-nol'
you didn't! That shows what |
sort of a person you are. Yesler-
day when | went alter baby's shoes
took car No. Ill. When | re-
turned | took car S6. When |
went over to mothers | took car
So. The conductor had red hair.
Que horse was brown and The
OIher black. The driver had cast
in his left eye. There were four
women and five men in The car.
We passed two loads of ashes, one
If dirt ard an ice cream wagon.
The conductor wore No. shoes,
and was near.slghted. The street
railways contract To carry passen-
sers, Mr. Bowser, not to act as
guardians for sapheads and child. .
en-"
But I'll get il at the office to- j
morrow" he slowly replied.
"Perhaps, but il is doubtful. AS {
-ou can't remember the number S
# the car, they will laugh at the I
dea, and perhaps take you for an {
=
lie glared at me like a Gagged an 1
NAL, and made no reply, and | Z
oniess | almost hoped he would e
ever recover the coat. lie did, G
vever, after couple of days, a
nd as he brought it home he b
1oked at me with great impor- v
lnce and said {
''There is the difference Mrs. h
'owser. Had you lost any thing
u the car il would have been lost s.
,rever. The street car people 7,
ere even sending out messengers s.
D find me to restore my property n
One day laboring man called {;
| the side door and asked for the h
IAN of a SPADE for a few minutes, e
,ying that he was at work near {,
Y; and as he was SO respectful n
lat | FASTENED TO accommodate S,
i'm. Two DAYS later Mr.. Bowser, r,
ho was at work in the back yard, u
'anied The spade, aud had 10 tell a
i'm that l lent it. As il was not il
} be found the natural inference "
as that the borrower had not re- 81
lrned it,. II
This is a pretty state Of af. fl
hrs !" exclaimed hr. Bowser, O.
hen he had given up the search. "
The longer some folks live the ii
.ss they seem 10 know" h
"But he looked honest" b
"Wha of itg You had no bust
ess 10 lend the spade.'
Il was sure he would return it." Il
"Well, he didn't, and anybody u
sense would have known that il
e would not. II somebody should Il
lme here and ask for the piano, / e
oppose you'd let il 90. Mrs. Bow n
r, you'll never get over your n
ways If you live 10 be G.
] old as The hills. 1t isn't the loss .
the srade so much, but il is the b
let the man thinks that you are II
, green"
In the course of an how | found
le spade al the side steps where "