The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-24
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"But the real estate man had 4
scheme of some sort TO work." said
Mrs. Bowser after a moment.
Scheme? Scheme? Mrs. Bowser.
didn't l tell you he was no such man ?
Even II he had been he would have
known better than to try any schemes
on me. He wanted my name as a
draw. He wanted permission to use
st."
And Of course he wants you to build
villa and become residentY'
Certainly. Would the place be
Bowservile without BowserT
"And he gave you one Of the best
lots In the placer
"He--he did. That is-that Is
well. l paid him $50. That was for
making out the deeds and so on, you
understand. People are to think paid
5000. Yes. all l had to pay was $50.
/ tell you, dear, It's great thing to
be Bowser."
"And you paid him $50 in advance
and haven't yet seen the propertyw
But I'm going out to look at it to-
morrow. He has telephoned out to-
day to have the sign of 'Bowserville'
put up. Yes, III go out and see the
town tomorrow. and then I'll consult
an architect about the villa. What
are you signing that way forY'
'To think that you are Bowser," re-
piled Mrs. Bowser as she sighed again.
Hnrff fhoN m oI,o n
the initials II. M on our gate a few
days ago"
But what had they to do with meT'
easy Mark; that's ALL"
Woman" he shouted as he sprang
to his feet. you are insulting yoIr
own husband! What do you mean Ivy
such words? How am an easy mark.
as you call 1t? Explain, and explain at
oncer
You have been done out Of your
$50"
Never, never! I am $3.50 ahead In
stead. All. Jealousy-envy--spite! ex-
pected to see something Of 1t crop up.
Because have been honored you are
mad about 1t and want to spit out your
venom. Now, listen to me- Not an
other word tonight about this epoch
not another word at any time. You
can live here. and will live there
Easy Mark will build villa to suit
himself, and you can. stay in this old
shanty. Stop! Not word-not a
wordw
He Visits Bowserville.
There was no more to be said, and
no more was said. When morning
came Mr.. Bowser took his departure
for Bowserville. 1t was to be reached
by a suburban trolley, and 1t was
reached. The sign "Bowserville" could
be seen a quarter of a mile away erect
ed against fisherman's shanty, the
only villa so far completed. Mr.. Bow
ser got off in the sand to see swamp
and beach before him. He also saw
some stakes driven In the ground; ;
also some snipe and seagulls that
were not driven into the ground. The
tide was out. and the half mile OF mud
fats looked cheerful as he walked down
to the shanty. Stopping before the
owner of It, he asked:
$50 this is BowservllleT
"As you see." was the reply.
"And I've been skinned?"
"If you haven't it's not your fault
look here! Have you anything to
do with this blasted fraud on the pub
Hep
"only to show purchasers over the
town. Behold Bowserville! Take
your time TO take it all In. IL you
can stay for an hour, mebbe old Bow
ser himself will come down"
Then Mr. Bowser lighted down on
him. and there was another epoch. 1t
continued for half an hour. and when
he caught car for home the con-
ductor asked him how many grizzly
bears he lad tackled at once. Mrs.
Bowser saw him half block away.
She saw him at the steps; she met him
in the hall. He expected something,
but it didn't happen. All she said
was:
"You'd better lie down on the lounge
for awhile, dear, before going to the
office. Everybody's having grip. and
vnn,va probahlv onf a mild attackU