West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-03-17
Mr.. BONSERS CALLER.
He Wanted Data In the Interests Of
Science.

The Bowsers had finished dinner
and returned to the sitting room.
and Mr.. Bowser was about TO ask
Mrs. Bowser how long Noah floated
about in the ark, and then claim
that the time was 10 days more or
less when caller was announced.
He was shown into the library, and
he explained his presence by say
ing:
"Mr. Bowser, my name is Peters,
and represent the "Iniernational
Medical World" II you are not
too busy this evening should like
to have a little talk with YOU"
al do not wish TO subscribe to a
medical paper" stiffiy replied Mr.,
Bowser.
You will not be asked to. The
paper will be sent to you free gratis
for the rest of your life. My idea
is to interview and write you up.
have been instructed to give you
full page, and to ask for your
photograph, and of course there will
be no cost to you"
"But don't see the object"
"Solely in the interest of medl-
cal science, my dear man. Your
case has been referred to in almost
every medical journal in the land i,
but nothing like an interview has
yet been published. l do not ask
you to give me your time for no
thing. am authorized to pay you
Szs in cash for such information as
l require"
GLOW has my case been referred
to in medical Journalist" sharply in
CURED Mr.. Bowser. cam / some
sort of freak that have been writ
ten up and held up to the gaze of
the publicr"
"Not at all, sir-not at ALL"
soothingly replied the caller ''You
understand that there Is a wide diff
ference between a freak and a
unique character. You are recog
nized as MISUNDERSTANDING.
You do things that nobody else
does, You stand out from other
characters as knot does on log.
The world truly says there Is only
one Bowser. Others may try to
initiate you, but they cannot share
your originality. 1t is for that
reason that / am here.
Mr.. Bowser didn't know whether
to feel hattered or insulted, and
after a minute he made a com
promise between the two and asked
just what was wanted, and added
that he could not think of accepting
any money for the information he
could give.
81 wish to ask you" aid the in
terviewer, as he consulted his note
book, 81 wish to ask you, with all
due consideration for your sensi-
tiveness, how you felt under certain
circumstances. For instance, could
you tell me whether your brain was
perfectly clear or beclouded when
you started out to ride bike in
your back yard year ago1"
"Why shouldn't l learn to ride
bike, and why should my feelings
differ from anyone else's1 Your
question seems a bit impairment,
sir"
"It was not meant to be, Mr..
Bowser. Medical science is never
impairment, but ever and always
curious. You need not answer the
question if you feel sensitive on the
point and will pass on to the next.
"You took a day off in the coun-
try with Mrs. Bowser in June.
Among the things you observed as
you rambled over the green mead
ows and sauntered through sylvan
glades was wasps' nest hanging on
the limb Of a tree. You at once
pronounced It the nest of an oriole,
and when Mrs. Bowser differed with
you you said that you were gather
ing oriole nest, while she was still
in her cradle.
"In order to convince her that
you we're man who never made a
mistake, and to humble her as she
deserved for having an opinion on
an agricultural question, you hunt
ed around for pole and knocked
the nest down. Much to your de-
light she ran away at a safe distance,
and thus permitted you 70 get an
other laugh on her. II am in
error you must correct me. but /
believe the number OF wasps who
got down your collar and up your
pant legs was IS, and that they had
lots Of fun with you. What / in.
tended to ask you was whether the
orioles few away before-2"