The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27

ply skirmlshcd around and got n gen.
eral education, and when he had reach
ed the age OF twenty no man in Amer
lea could sell him patent washing ma
chine"
II don't think you have overdrawn
IT, said Mrs. Bowser as he stopped to
look at her. what elsef'
In his eventful life Mr.. Bowser has
owned groceries.
He has brought out five different
patents.
" He is the only man that ever beat
q gas company.
"'Hc has met mad dogs dnd earth
Quakes.
"'He has been engaged in scientific
discoveries.
Had Made Discoveries.
" He was the first to discover that II
n man put his ear 10 hole in the
ground mt night he could hear the graf
ing sound of the world turning OIL its
axis.
" He made It first known that rab-
bits hind legs were the longest. so that
he could run backw ward when tired of
going ahead.
"It took Mr.. Bowser FIVE years TO
discover that cockroaches devoured mi
crobes by the thousand.
ait was through his indefatlgable
efforts that the world came to know
why nature made the cucumber as we
find It,
During the past ten years Mr.. Bow.
ser has been offered various political
nominations, but has always declined.
When the presidency is offered him,
however. which is sure to come about,
he may break over his rule.
He Is not "A man of one idea. as
was Pliny, Cicero and Caesar. but has
dealt in hogs, chickens, cows. or
alarms, spring tonics, hair dyes, busted
water pipes, gas saving arrangements
and many other things"
That's as far as l have gone" said
Mr.. Bowser as he sat down. 1T won't
make more than half page. but If ]
once get Il start the rest will come
along. What criticisms have you to
make?"
Mrs. Bowser had made up her mind
right at the start what TO do, and not
the shadow of smile had been seen
on her face during the reading When
appealed to for her opinion she said:
1T would look almost like presump-
tion on my part TO criticise. ! wish you
would go over 10 the druggist. You
know him 10 he somewhat literary. and
he will surely tell you just what he
thinks"
'He can think only one way unless
he is Jealous of me-"
"But I'd drop in and see him any
how"
Would Ask the Druggist.
swell, guess | will. He isn't gen
orally busy ut this hour of the evening.
I'll ask him TO just run over what I've
written and tell me what he thinks"
Mrs. Bowser was sorry to see him
go, and yet she had read IN the paper
that the UNIVERSAL yeas swindle, aud
she felt that he needed heroic treat
ment At the end of half an hour she
heard fussing at the front door, and,
thinking some child was trying to ring
the bell, she went down the hall and
opened It, There was Mr.. Bowser,
with man supporting him by either
arm, and one of them queried:
This is where he lives. isn't IT."
"Ses. What on earth has happened?'
'He got a shock down in the drug
store, ma am"
Mr.. Bowser was assisted down the
hall into the sitting room and laid on
the lounge. In his hand he held the
manuscript. After the men had been
thanked and departed Mrs. Bowser
took the sheets and found an extra
one, and on 1t the druggist had writ
ten
"Notice to the Public.-The bearer OF
this Is not dangerous, and children can
stroke him without fear. He Is simply
an easy mark"
Poor Bowser" she whispered as she
looked from the cruel words on the
paper 10 the man who lay on the
lounge with closed eyes and hopeless
expression on his face. NJ. QUAD.