The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-01

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Of II. must now 60 and dress for
the occasion"
When Mr.. Bowser was finally ready
to depart for Locust hall Mrs. Bowser
rearranged bis necktie bit and pulled
down his coattails and said.
"Mr. Bowser, l have got s1.75 that
have saved up"
"well, what Of itr
"IIl-I'll give you the whole of It II
you won't make a speech"
| by the seven spotted bulls Mrs.
Bowser, but do / find graft and brib-
cry right here in my own housef How
dare you make me such an offer2 You
try to bribe me not to make speech,
TO let the country 60 to the dogs, TO
permit the hydra head Of corruption to
be reared In every hamlet Of American
! "But / don't want you to make
| failure, you know"
"a failurel 1 make a failure! Why,
woman, have you suddenly lost the
little brains you ever had2 Failurel
shall come home borne on the shoul-
ders of shouting, cheering Bowserites,
and you had best send over for hun
dred candles to illuminate the house
A dollar and seventy-five cents as a
bribe!'
Mr.. Bowser reached Locust hall TO
find It lighted, but the expected thou.
sands had not gathered yet. In fact,
only the janltor was present, and
there was no look of anticipation on
his face. In fact, there was look Of
disappointment instead, and after a
couple OF minutes he approached Mr..
Bowser and querled:
"Say, now. can't you put this thing
amngig of for the nightT'
what do you mean. sir7" was asked.
"why, let 1t go until some other
time. / want to 20 to a scrapping
match tonight. but II you are going to
make a speech I've got to stay here"
Capital Depressing Labor.
Mr.. Bowser occupied FIVE minutes in
telling his side Of the story, and when
he got through the janitor felt that he
had been talked to in three different
Languages. He went away and sat
down, but he said It was another in
stance Of capital expressing labor and
his union should hear Of It. Ten min
utes later reporter arrived. He
looked around the hall and then at
Mr.. Bowser and said:
Going to be a hzzle, isn't it7"
"Umr
"who is this Bowser anyway
"IImw
He's probably some old fake. and
I'll not stay to hear him bleat."
Five minutes passed, and then lop
shouldered, disreputable looking fellow
louuged In and impudently queried:
Say, old boss, is there to be fan
dango here tonightT
what do you mean, sirT demand
ed Mr.. Bowser.
| "Oh, an old speech or something by
somebody or otherf"
"Yes, sir; there is to be speech
here"
"And where's the beerr'
"There won't be any"
"Oh. a sawdust speech, ehf Well,
I'm off. Let the old blowhard blow"
Then second reporter entered and
took look around. The janitor wink
ed at him, and he returned the wink
and sat down and looked solemn for
FIVE minutes. Then he approached Mr.
Bowser and respectfully asked:
"Can you tell me the name Of the
party Snat is or was to orate here this
eveningT
| "His name Is Bowser, believe"
"WeTl, his wife seems to have kept
him at home and done n good thing.
I'll Just say that the meeting was a
grand izzle."
There was one more caller. He was
man that had attended dance In
the same hall week before and lost
quarter out Of hole in his pocket.
He had come back to look for It, Aft
er casting aspersions on the character
Of the janitor and telling Mr.. Bowser
that he ought to be in the bosom Of
his family the meeting broke up.
Mr.. Bowser arose.
The janitor arose.
Mr.. Bowser went downstairs.
The janitor turned out the gas and
followed.
Mr.. Bowser went home, not borne
on the shoulders Of shouting, cheering
men.
The janitor went to the scrapping
match.
And the kind and gentle Mrs. Bow.
ser never said a word-not word.