The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-18
MP. AND MRS. eoWsER.


Business Methods, but
wanted to send OFF for lady's fashion
magazine, and on dozen different occasions
/ begged of Mr.. Bowser to write the letter
and send off the money. He kept promising
and neglecting, man like, but one evening he
said:
"Give me the name of that magazine and
will get letter OFF tomorrow"
sits gone" l answered
"Who sent itq"
II did"
"Humphl Do you mean to tell me that
you wrote business letter7'
II do. | ordered the magazine and sent in
a years subscription.
What did you write7"
"Oh, in the usual form"
"And chucked the 81 into the letter, sup
poser"
Eyes, sir'1a
"Well that's about what / should expect
Of you. You'll never see either money or
magazine again"
II won't9 Why's"
Because, in the first place, it stood just as
good a chance of going to some machine shop
as to magazine office, with your style Of
directing an envelope; and because, secondly,
If some postoflice official doesn't steal the
money, they will gobble it at the end of the
route and swear they never got it. Mrs.
Bowser, you are as simple as a child"
But it may come all right"
"Yes, and we may discover box Of gold
in the back yard. There's but one way to
do business
Flows that9'
"See this P. o. money order for 1881
am going to send that to Boston tomorrow.
1t will go straighter than crow, and there
is no cause for worry. However, it's useless
to 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 magazine,
Mrs BowserP
mot yet"
II suppose not. When you do hear please
let me know. After forty or fifty expert
ences of this sort you may learn how to do
business"
Two days later he asked me again, and
was then able to show him a letter acknowl-
edging receipt Of the money 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 me and hesitated to defraud
you for fear I'd raise row."
What about the order you sent off, Mr..
Bowser"
He jumped out of his chair and turned pale
and gasped;
by gum but I'd forgotten about that's /
oNght to have had an Acknowledgements three
days ago."
''Can't have been lost, eh2'
"N-no"
"It was the only proper way to do business,
wasn't itq'
"of course it was, and of course it got
there all right I'll probably get letter to-
morrow"
When the morrow came asked him if he
had heard from his order
mot exactly" he replied, 'but am GER
tain that it got there safe. /"
But they ought to acknowledge it,"
"Y-e-s.n
''There is but one way Of doing business,
Mr. Bowser. When send off money | re-
ceive an acknowledgment of itsarrival You
are sure you sent it2"
Sure sent ito Do you take me for
lunatic, Mrs. Bowser2"
''But it's SO queer"
Il don't see anything SO queer about it.
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 the letter. 1t read:
''No postoffice order has been received from
you Please do not try any more chestnuts
ON u.s."
"But you did send it," protested.
"Of course | did"
directed your letter all rightP'
Certainly"
Stamped and posted it7"
look here, Mrs. Bowser, you talk as if
didn't know enough to get aboard a street
car and pay my fareI'
"But it's SO queer. There is but one bust
ness way of doing business, Mr.. Bowser.
After forty or fifty experiences of this sort
you may learn how to do business"
de glared at me and was too insulted to
reply. He went to the postofflce and made
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 still going on when, in busting
Off his secretary and Strengthening up his
loose papers, found letter sealed and ad-
dressed to the Boston firm. | had no doubt
1t contained the missing order. | quietly
handed it to Mr.. Bowser as he came up to
dinner, and his face turned all colors before
he could open it.
Mr.. Bowser," | said, "you men folks have
curious ways of doing business 1t is singh
I'D like to. know how this letter got herel"
he demanded
You left it here, of course
"Never Because | scolded you about your