The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

something. and you We're curt as you
please"
why, there is no mystery about It.
1t was a great. big healthy tramp who
asked for "a dime, and | told him to
pass on"
"Ah, l see. A homeless wanderer ap-
plies at your door on night like this,
and you not only turn him down, but
do It in way to hurt his feelings"
''The cook fed him yesterday, and he
found fault with what she gave him"
How do you know? You know be.
cause she said so. She said so because
she was vexed at having to bother
with him. You made no investigation
to see If her statement was correct"
II know that all fellows like him
ought TO be in jail for the winter" re.
piled Mrs. Bowser, with a little show
of temper.
"Oh, you do? Because n man has
met with misfortune he ought to be
dragged off to Jail, had he? BY thun.
der, Mrs. Bowser, but If any one had
told me ten years ago that you would
turn out TO be such hard hearted wo-
man l couldn't have possibly believed
II. We have passed through almost a
financial panic, winter is with US. and
times are hard, and yet you send a
man forth into the night TO sleep and
freeze In n snowdrift. An African sav.
age wouldn't be as inhospltable"
Il had no 10 cents to give him, and |
knew you wouldn't bother with him."
"You knew what? Speak for your.
self, madam. Had known who 1t was
l should have given him ut least a
quarter. That's the difference between
US. | presume he inquired for me, and
you told him | wasn't in. He probably
turned around at the gate and looked
at the house and said TO himself: This
IL the Bowser house, and 1t Is inhabited
by the most selfish and cold hearted
people In this town. / will warn all
other unfortunate people against call.
Ing here to be insulted and lied to-"
There will be at least three tramps
here In the course of the day tomor.
row." said Mrs. Bowser. "and ! will
ask them all to sit down In the parlor
and wait for you. / won't tell them
how you threw one OF the profession
over the fence last spring and put his
shoulder out of joint"
Wouldn't Hear Excuses.
"Woman, don't try TO bluff me! You
have done an un-Chrstian thing. You
have turned man from your door who
may be dead of hunger and cold before
daylight. Don't seek TO excuse your
conduct by indulglng In sarcasm. u
threw a tramp over the fence because
he sassed me. This one simply ap.
pealed to you, and you practically told
him TO go away and die In the snow
BY Jimmy, but woman that will dc
such thing as that would put poison
in her husbS nd's cotfeer'
"Mr. Bowser, aren't you making al
great fuss over tramp who IL getting
along In his way as well as you are
He looked fat and healthy, aud his
breath had the odor Of gin"
''You say that to bolster up your case,
but II won't do. woman-it won't do
He has gone away from here feeling
that this house Is occupied by sayages
] propose I, dlsabuse his mind on that
score. ! am going out on the streets
and hunt for him. II can find him
shall bring him back with me and seek
10 cheer him up bit"
"yery well," was the reply. and Mr.
Bowser put on his hat and overcoai
and started out. He hadn't far to go
Just as he reached the corner be saw
tramp kicked out OF the drug store
and. approaching him, he queried:
did you call at house down the