The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-27

"Is-er- Bowsher's house?"
yes"
"Are you Mishus Bowsherp'
81 an"
"And sis that our catf"
at ls."
"And-er-who'm ~
'Why. you are Mr. Bowser"
"Sho I nm--sho ] am." he said as he
chuckled and slapped his leg. "Funny
that Bowsher forgot he was Bowsher
remember now. Joined club.
didn't u"
"Yes You Joined the s. s. s. club.
and you promised to tell me all about
It when YOU got home Did you meet
a tot of nice gentlemen there9"
"NIshus Bowser J met more'n mil.
lion nice gemlen there-perfeck gemlen
nice. soft. smooth gemlen"
"And they welcomed you?"
"Just held out their hands TO me
and cried. Sho glad to shee me that
they cried cried too"
"And then whatT'
"Then w-what? Lemme shce? Then
we began to<talk about the age ct the
earth. They thought didn't know.
you know. and they wanted TO shee
They found me on Ter job all right"
what did you tel themf"
"role em this earth was seventy.
five years ole and any perfeck gemlen
who said It wasn't was ---- liar"
"Why. Mr.. Bowserr
"Whazzer mazzer;"
"You shouldn't have said such
thing"
But amt this earth seventy.hve
years ole-ain't itr'
"Of course, bup'-
"Then ain't anybody 49, liar who
says it's only seventyfour! Yon lem
me lone. Mishus Bowser. know how
to talk to perfeck geruleu. I'm one
myself. II you dout call perfeck
gemlen - liar then you are no per.
feck gemlen yourself. SHEEP"
"Well. what elseY'
you know--you know bout 'er gla.
cial period. don't you"
YES"
80 do |. but didn't know all about
It, and so | had to sit on u cake of ice
for an hour" f.
"Rut thought they were serious
savants."
Jus so. Mishus Bowser-jhs' so
Anything more serious than sitting on
cake of icep
Tangled In the Drift.
Mrs. Bowser had to laugh. but he
hadn't the faintest smile. He looked
and blinked for moment and then
said: ,f o un
"And there was 'er drift period"
Yes"
Things was 'er drifting round.
Couldn't stop. Had to keep right on
drifting
81 know"
"I wasn't up on 'er drifting, and so
they. drlfted me-drifted me around 'er
1Oom till | was most dead"
at was a shame" exclaimed Mrs.
BOwser.
"And there was 'er sandstone period.
That was when sandstone was made
l wasn't up on sandstone. and so they
made me hold hunk in my teeth"
"You don't mean it!"
"And there was 'er granite age. when
granite was made They put n bag OF
granite on my back and run me
round"
"You poor, dear man! How dared
they use you that wayf"
"Yesh. How dared they?" he re.
piled as his lip began to tremble and
tears came to his eyes. "Then they
asked me about the circus age. nev
er heard OF Il and couldn't tell 'em
anything about Barnum or Dan Rice.
Then. Mishus Bowsher-then"-
"rken whatP
"They made me turn cart wheels and
handsprlngs. and | almost broke ms
backw
"1he monstersW
"And then-and them
Mr.. Bowser reached out his hand
and took hers. and for a minute he
was so choked up that he could not go
on. Then he crowded down his ONO
tions and continued:
"Then they asked me about the
bounce period. What is 'er bounce pc
riod. Mlshus BOwsherT'
"Why, 1t must have been a period
when everybody got the bounce"
"But couldn't tell 'em about It. ana
so they bounced me. Yes. sir. threw
me right out in 'er snow"
shameful! Outrageousw
"And sho, Mishus Bowsher-a and
sho"-
And Mr. Rowser broke nown under
The strain aud wept. The cat rubbed
against his leg and purred her sympa-
thy. and Mrs, Bowser smoothed his
bald head with pitying hand. but he
could not be comforted The Serious
Scientific Savants had done him up.