The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-27

have something to do besides falling
in love with cows"
'My dear woman-my dear woman,
but Il II plain 10 me- began the man,
when Mr.. Dowser interrupted with:
Mrs. Bowser, you have household
duties to attend to, and we win excuse
you"
And IL you don't excuse the COW as
well you'll be $50 out Of pocketp
Oh, but Mr.. Bowser was boiling as
turned awayl l expected he'd pay SIS
for the COW just to spite me and then
come in abd telephone his lawyer ana
start divorce proceedings within an
hour wronged him, however The
thought came to him after had left
that he had been IN too much OF a hur-
ry and that he wouldn't buy until the
next day, and he stuck TO It, though
the COW man dropped to $50 and Of
fefed TO make a dozen afiidavits about
the quantity Of the milk. He went
away saying that such bargain
would never be. offered IN cows again
and that he was surprised TO find
man ut this day and date who was
ruled by his wife, and then Mr.. Bow
ser came In TO settle things with me-
He was pale and determined, but after
one shlver had passed over me I was
ready TO stand up to him.
Now. madam, we will have little
COW talk" he began as he seated him
self "a farmer comes to me with
new milk COW and offers me the bar
gain OF my life"
"That man Is no more a farmer than
YOU are" replied. III I'D have asked
him how much wheat is grown to the
acre he couldn't have answered"
"That bargain is a new milk COW
giving twenty quarts a day"
Il don't believe It."
Twenty quarts of milk at cents a
quart amount 10 S180 In seven days
the sum is S11.20. That's what we
shall lose every week for years to
come because you have played the
fool"
ITS nothing Of the kind The COW
doesn't give ten quarts day. You can
tell that by looking at her udder And
you don't count in the feed, and you
don't figure that you'd have to turn
milkmau. DO you want TO peddle milk
over the neighborhood;"
"Nrs. Bowser. don't attempt 70 shlrk
the issue. Aside from the milk, we
could have made at least five pounds
of butter week. Call 1t 80 cents q
pound the year round. and what sum
do YOU make outT"
Nothing whatever We couldn't have
made an ounce Of butter. tell you,
Mr. Bowser, that man was fraud
and his COW was another"
Humilisted Him.
"And I'm telling you, Mrs. Bowser,
that you don't know a COW from q
camel. You saw ft to come out there
and butt in and humillate me. and
there are going to be results. 1t is plain
that we don't agree and that the crisis
Is here"
"You mean that we should be di-
vorced on account of swindler and
his old cowr
at must come, Mrs. Bowser-it must
come Our respective lawyers are
probably I'm their respective offices at
this moment and can be reached by
telephone. Az you have willfully and
mallclously deprived me OF an income
Of at least $500 IL year.
Then the front doorbell rang, and
Mr.. Bowser went down the hall to an
swer It, 1t was the butcher, and he
had a grin on his face.
~ didn't call about an order" he
said, "but 20 put you on your guard
against a swlndler. Did a man try to
sell you COW an hour or two agof'
"Well. yes. a person was here with
COW for sale"
"And did you buyY
"Well. the matter was left open TIL
morning"
Good! He's sold that COW FIVE times
this week and bought her back at half
price. She's twenty years old and
doesn't give five quarts OF milk u day.
Besides, you have TO tie her legs to.
gether to milk her. He calls her n
new milk COW. but she hasn't had q
calf for ten years. Good for you, Bow
ser. that you saw his little game and
turned him down. Good night"
"Well?" l queried as Mr.. Bowser
came scufiiing back.
But he wouldn't even look at me
He went out TO his bowling club and
didn't get home TIL 3 o'clock in the
morning. NJ. QUAD.
p S-We have no milk for sale