The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-17

fly we must 10 back tO first principles
and take the birds for our pattern
Birds don't fly with their bodies. but
with their wings. Put the right sort
of wings on a man and he flies You
fly-I hy--everybody flies. BY thun-
derl BY thunder!"
but those wings have got to be
invented" ] protested. q bit startled
by his earnestness.
Easy as rolling Off log-iust a
matter of three days practice. Mrs.
Bowser. You will see me leaving
this house for the office on wings with
I'm week. You will see me sailing
over houses and trees and the river
like. an albatross. You will see the
streets full of people looking up at me
and shouting the name of Bowser. A
thousand reporters will be tramplng
through the house and looking into the
closets and under the beds and up the
, chimneys and asking You whether the
mole was on your grandmother's chin
or cheek. The fame Of IT! And the
millions and millions of dollars"
have seen Mr.. Bowser enthusiastic,
but | never saw him so far gone be-
fore. Almost any second expected
to see him spread his wings and fly
away. | started out 10 discourage
him. but ! made n failure of il. BOYS
might throw stones and men might
bring out their shotguns, but he had
a way Of dodging them. He knew
just how those wings ought to be
made and just how they should he
worked, and he sat down on all my
, arguments and fRttened them out |
got him TO fly TO bed at last. but It
was long and sorrowful night for
me. When he slept Il was TO work
his legs as If flying. and when he was
awake 1t was TO tell me how many
| eagles and wild geese he would over
haul and bring to market Just before
daylight | fell into sound sleep, and
when | awoke he was gone. | ques.
toned the hired girl about him, aud
she replied:
HE came down here, tapping his
/
hurry to get off that he would only
wait for a cup of coffee. As near as
| could make him out he expects to be,
come a bird Begging your pardon,
ma'am, but fine, fat. baldheaded
bird will he make VIII he be called
the Bowser bird?"
/ was OH my dignity and didn't an
i gxtTan l.ftf fl.. n
away / became very anxious. | fig.
ured that he had gone to some machine
shop TO get his wings made, and |
| could not tell at what moment he might
come flying home and drop with Il
plump on the doorstep or be brought
! 10 the gate in an ambulance. At mid
afternoon | gave boy quarter to
circle around and see If he could see a
large bird sailing TO and fro in the air
| No bird.
Then | gave another boy 10 cents 10
walk about and inquire If any one had
been hurt or killed.
No news.
Night came on and no Mr. Bowser.
"When a man gets to thinking he's
n bird what can you do with him p
asked the girl rs | sat down to my
dinner.
Nlne-10-11-12. No Mr.. Bowser
He had probably started for Boston or
Philadelphia on wings
| awoke next morning to go up on
the roof OF the house, but there was nc
clew. Mr.. Bowser is sure TO leave
tracks wherever he goes, but he had
| left none on the roof.
At noon that day | had the police
send out general alarm. The officer
who came to the house to get the par.
ticulars said that Mr. Bowser and his
wings might be hanging to the tele
graph wires out in the country or have
been caught in some treetop and that
the police would do their best to let me
know whether was a widow or not.
The afternoon and the night passed
and still no news.
1t Is now three days and nights
since Mr.. Bowser few away and yet
the mystery is unsolved His wings
have either carried him upward be
yond the ken of man or they have fail,
ed him and his body Is lying in some
thistle patch and awaiting discovery
Any news from him, dead or alive will
be thankfully appreciated and liberal
reward paid by
MRS. SARAH BOWSER
Wife of the Only Bowser.
Per NJ. Quad