The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-25

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along? You will almost be an actor?'
"There will be fraternal bond, OF
course"
"well. I shan't be Jealous of the sou.
brette. and II you want to lose sew
eral hundred dollars this way, instead
OF putting It into a flying machine, l
have nothing to say You say I al.
ways oppose you. In this case shan't,
not even II you decide later on to
jump in aud play the leading part
As you say. your grandfather was a
great actor. Your grandmother may
have also been Il great actress for all
| know, and perhaps enough of the
dramatic has descended to you to also
make you a great actor lf so shall
not object TO your going on the stage
If you secure an engagement with a
leading theater, perhaps 1t may en-
gage me to take charge of the cloak
room, and thus we will both be on
the STAGE
Mr.. Bowser stood up, with his face
flushing red and white, and glared mt
her and finally hoarsely said:
"lf l am driven TO the gallows 1t
will be you who will do It! We will
talk no more. l was an idoit for say
Ing anything about IT,"
"But you will invest"
"None Of your businessw
But the manager may be here any
minute"
And you can show him into the IL
brary. Should you listen at the door
you will hear me telling him what a
glorious helpmate | have In YOU"
With that he kicked at the cat and
took himself Off TO the library and
banged the door, and Mrs. Bowser
took up the evening paper aud became
interested. Half an hour passed. but
no manager arrived. Another thirty
minutes hlked away down the long
road. and then Mr.. Bowser appeared
and clapped on his hat.
"Going to the drug store, dear?"
| was asked.
No reply.
"Going after cigars"
No reply.
"Will you be out later'
No reply.
Revelations at Boarding House.
The manager had not come to Mr..
Bowser, as had been arranged, and 50
he was going to the manager He had
the theatrical mans address Mt board
ing house. This was the evening they
were to select the plays for the roper
| tory and decide on whether a war
balloon should be worked into the play
OF Lady Audley's Secret" The board
ing house was duly approached. The
landlady and "A man sat on the steps
taking the evening air, but as Mr..
Bowser inquired for the manager the
woman cried OUT
I'll bet he Is the man who helped
| 'em make their sneak. Don't let him
get away"
"What Is this?" demanded the "angel''
us the man barred his way.
what is It? What is it," repeated
the woman. You have got heap Of
cheek TO come here and ask what 1t is.
Where's them actor folks-the six Of
'em that owe me two weeks boardw
"Why. madam, how should | know?''
"The six that got their duds out OF
/ the house this afternoon while / was
/ off TO n funeral. l say, where are
/ they? And did you come here TO get
/ the old Waterbury watch that was
left behind by accidentY
Madam, my name is Bowser."
81 don't care whether it's Bowser or
/ Towser or Cbowser. believe you had
something to do with the gang skip
ping out and bilklng the house. If
not, why do you come here inquiring
| about 'em"
$3.50 they've gomez"
"Hear him! AS If he didn't know
I'll bet he drove the express wagon
that took their trunks! I'll call the
police and have this matter looked
into"
1t was undignified and against the
/ grain, but Mr.. Bowser broke away and
outran the man and made n clear es.
cape. Mrs. Bowser was waiting FOR
him when he arrived home. He had
only entered the house when she said ::
"You had been gone only ten min
utes when the manager
Shut up" he replied as he threw his
hat on the floor and passed upstairs
The dramatic instinct descended from
II. 4 A. A a