The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-11-23

/ Because it is easy to get up q
gathering Of fooIsI' he replied.
MIR Bowser meant to find swim
die in the very first purchase.
Ten cent pins had been reduced to
A cents, and he happened to hit
them at once. Amy man knows q
good pin from a bad one. He
knew these to be all right. and he
had never met with them at 4 cents
before. To Mrs. Bowsey'6 3 conster
nation. he ordered ten papers. and
-xultantly observed that it was 60
cents saved. The new articles to
attract his attention were the socks
at go cents pair. Mrs. Bowser
had said that they were the same
as his 80 cent ones. and he had al
most thought her an idiot. She
mad been right however. They
we're made at the same factory and
of the same material and after be-
ing satisfied of the fact he ordered
six pairs, and Indignantly exclaim.
ed:
You just wait till 1 go around
to the furnishing store and see
Johnsonl I'll call him forty kinds
If robbers and if he says a word
haok rIl nunoh hia headfn
The umbrellas came next. They
had been reduced from 81 so to SO
cents. Mr.. Bowser expected to find
pine handles and cotton covers,
but he was disappointed. He had
paid l 80 for just such umbrellas.
Umbrellas are always a good
thing" he replied. land I'm going
to take three of these. That's a
saving of 81 56 right in a lump"
Bath robes had been reduced
from 81 to 81 20 and Mr.. Bowser
elbowed his way into the crowd.
He didn't need bath robe, but he
wasn't letting such a bargain as
that slip through his fingers He
ordered one and saved 81 80. There
were lot of womens wrappers on
the next ooupter. and though Mrs
Bowser had been lost in the crowd
he stopped to look. They had
been reduced from 50 to 80 cents
and he ordered two and saved $2.20
Then a mad desire crept into
his heart. 1t was to spend 81. 900,
600 in that store. He dropped on
to the corset covers and bought
ten. He found himself alongside
the glove counter and bought six
pairs. He moved down to the
handkeroaiefs and scooped in two
dozen. He bought soap. perfum-
cry, bay rum, night shirts, night
dresses, garters, neckties, hat pins,
table napkins and a SCORE of other
things, and he was so busy that it
came 3 O'Clock in the afternoon be-
fore he got out and wended his way
home. He found Mrs. Bowser
there, and before he had got inside
the door he called out:
Ispent over $500 and made a
saving of about S175, and if 1 had
any more cash I'd 90 back this
afternoon.
Didn't l tell you that there were
bargains?" che replied.
Bargains! Why. they were piled
ten feet deep all over the store"
Then his purchases began to az
rive, and it happened that the two
wrappers were the first to be dis.
played.
What are theseP" asked Mrs.
Bowser, as she held them up.
Wrappers for you. Iforgot how
much 1 saved, but 81 or SO.
But they are large enough for
a woman weighing 200 pounds, and
don't need anything in that line.
1t wss kind of you-but-"
Mr.. Bowser drew himself up.
Then his face began to grow red
and his ears to twitch, and with a
hoarse yell he jumped for the heap
of packages and tossed them in the
air by the dozsn. They fell on the
cat, and they fell on Mrs. Bowser,
and the chairs and the lounge and
the piano, and they were still rain
ing down when he shouted out:
Didn't 1 tell you that the whole
thing was swindle, and that the
man ought to be prosecuted for a
liar and deoeiver?"
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