The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-31

Do you know, Mrs. Plunkett, that there
Is only one woman in ten thousand fit.
ted to run a boarding house and that
you are one of the few? Your table
groans with luxuries; your beds are
the finest horsehair; the motherly smile
with which you greet every one Is
something simply seraphic. 1t can't be
six weeks; it can't be-"
"Six weeks, major, and what are you
going to do about It? My smile may
be seraphic, but 1t takes money to keep
1t going. Your bill is 500"
"Only sixty? Why. my dear woman,
II you had said a hundred l should
have thought 1t cheap enough. | shall
bring you up check this evening, of
course. Glad you spoke. These trlfies
sometimes escape my memory"
every well. major" said Mrs. Plum
kett. "If you should forget the check
l should have to-
"You can send the girl down to the
Office In an hour If you wish, and II
you want six weeks in advance you
can have It. Good morning, my dear.
That bacon this morning was fit for
the gods"
The major reached his Office with n
feeling that he must do some business
or he was q lost man. He hadn't eX-
pected Mrs. Plunket to come down on
him for two weeks yet and therefore
hadn't removed his clothes. lie had
not been in the office FIVE minutes when
u man knocked on the half open door
and was hidden TO enter. He was n
stranger and prosperous looking man.
The majors mind was instantly made
up. He placed n chair for him and
said:
you are, no doubt, looking for an in-
vestment. and you have come TO the
right place. Times are bit dull just
now. and am going to offer you some
thing special. I'll not ask you to take
anything paying less than 80 per cent
dividends. I'll Just run over a list of
what I've got, and you can tell me
what you think OF them"
The caller smiled family and nodded.
and the major cleared his throat and
continued:
Rather Good Thing.
There's the great American two end
nursing bottle, one Of my own inven-
tions. Been on the market only year,
and yet we can't fill the demands. The
| bottles cost us 10 cents and sell for 90
Two babies can drink at once, you see,
or the mother can fill one side With
milk and the other with ginger ale. We
divided 45 per cent the other day.
Stock has gone to 2e0, but I'll try and
get you some at 90. Rather good thing,
don't you think soT
The caller bowed and smiled.
"But perhaps you want more for your
money? Don't blame you. for all OF us
are looking for good things You may
have heard OF the Universal Pumpkin
Pie company? | didn't get the idea
myself, but bought It of widow. The
pumpkin pie has been with us ever
since the time OF the pilgrim fathers.
Can't drive It away. 1t grows In pop
ularity. Always been worth 10 cents
at the bakery. Been the same old pie
for 200 years, but now It is TO be
changed and improved. Our company
has invented way Of improving the
crust so that II looks like plaque and
is also ornamented with pictures. II
you don't want to eat the crust. then
hang 1t up as picture, In few weeks
you will have the parlor walls covered
with plaques worth a dollar apiece in
any art store. Lord. but you ought to
see how the people are rushing for our
pies! In some places. particularly in
Italy. which is the home of art and the
black hand, our sales rooms are fairly
besieged."
The major paused TO see how his
caller was taking the news, but saw