The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-04-23
"Well, have you figured on the co.

well, have you ngured on the cost
Of the land?'
81 shall exchange our house and lo.
for 4 farm. OF course
Wen figure, then, that you have ex
changed even up. None Of the live
stock or farming implements go in
with a farm. We must have a COW, q
team Of horses, a wagon, plow, drag
and other things. Then we must have
a hired man. You can figure on pay
ing our 500 to begin with
There yOl go-trying to discoura sc
me right on the start" shouted 3Ir
Bowser as he rose up and began walk
ing around.
But how can you get along without
these thinGS? You are to put 100 acres
into Strawberries. Do you know how
much work it IS to prepare the land:'
Mr.. Bowsar stopped and looked at
her b.ankIr.
"EirSt, what is tie cost Of the pin. -.
1t is given il tie nawuh:at te"c II =
a hundred. That's 80 al a""o 81 p y. .
for your huutcef acres. Iiod you r.
urel o. tlal:'
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the cat left t. haar.I r.!g .,-s. ..'..,....
under the p.aHO.
Would ga a:- E>s.-z=.
"And l1s- ab,ut ur-.>.s- - H.
la"d. TLcra are l.y "..ya /, ,..J~;.
dra3 and cull.h ANA g.. III = t-::
The Cr.-r' , "a "ot i -. e,.-.-....-E l:.--
pared. i:"Ta you E-ured q Ire CO..
OF l.. "
"N'oI"n, what % you I---1n - such
talk" a-a.&3lcH Mr. Do,.sar n stern
tone.
WHY. this is 4 business talk, and /
am talking business. You can't expect
your Persian -prolitcs are 60
ing TO yie.d anything if you stack them
away II the barn. They have got to be
set out in rich and carefully prepared
grounds. Let me see. To prepare those
100 acres viii take two men and two
teams at least d month. To set out the
plants will take two men from two to
three weeks. 1t says here that you
must fertjljze every plant. How many
bags of that it will take no one can
say. If it comes on dry weather, the
plants must get watered IL some WY.
or you VIII lose them, Have you
thought of th2t?"
Mr.. BOWSCr sat down, flushing red
and white, and set his jaw and glared
at her
We'll your hundred acres of straw
berries get along to the period when
the berries begin to ripen. What about
the pickers? You must have at least
fifty women and children ready. They
will have to be paid from to cents
quart. Strawberries must go to mar
ket in boxes. How many boxes, and
what is the cost? You must send them
to the depot and pay freight. They
must go to a commission house, and
If the supply is light, you may get 10
cents quart. II the market is glutted.
you may get s. Now, take your pen.
Gil, and we will get it all down to dol
lars ana cents
1--WE will 90 nothing Of the kind,'' re
piled Mr.. BOwser.
Figured Only on Ore Side.
But you want to know just where
you are going 10 stand, don't you? You
see. you had figured only on the one
side. The agent
''Never mind the agent. madam"
But if you propose exchanging ou1
house and lot
Never mind the house and lott
But you said you wanted a business
. talk with me, and l am trying
"Never MIND the business talk
Mr. BoWser looked at her for mo-
ment and then rose up and passed
down the hall and put on overcoat and
hat and banged the front door after
him. 1t was dark, and it was cold, and
the wind walled as if the spirits Of
dead and gone murderers were spook-
ing around. Three blocks down was @
small park, and a single bench had
been left for persons to sit on and
shiver and ponder and think. He sat
down and bumped up his back and
thought Of the Persian Double-Prelifics,
the hundred acres, Mrs. Bowser and
the cat, and he moved not until Mrs.
Bowser was in bed and asleep and q
policeman came that way and punched
him with the end of his club and said
Now, then, Old man, you get a move
on you and get home or I'll give you
lively trot to the station houser'
NJ OT7AD