The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-06

she answers coldly. THE culture OF lnese
friends OF yours is mere pose. ldsiltoA
Of the hour, their talk mere paIIoo Jt +,a,a
tor Yes YOU can purchase such culLuIS
as mis- and pretty cheaply, put passlon
for skittles would be OF more service "a
you, and bring you mere mere o,66 eGdei are dif
whoIesome enjoyment. My Boous dIS ~. "
ferent. l rear We Waste
time" -, 49, hos, ask
ing with a blush for love, ana Ndt s1 - :
m0therlv old heart goes out 20 nm, LOT II
is an article she loves to SELL ana sue
loves those who come to purchase II %
her So she leans acros ne Couhltt' sInLl-
ing, and tells him that she Aa5 ine Va
thing he wants, and he, All tremDllns win
excitement. likewise asks the price.
''It costs a good deal explains NaLule,
hut in no discOuragi ng tone. 1t Is the most
expensive thing in all my. SHOP. ~
Al am rich" replies the lad. MY rather
worked hard and saved, and he has left
me all his wealth. nave STOCKS ann
shares and lands and factories and VIII
nav any price in reason for this thing;
But, Nature, looking graver, lays her
put by your purse, boy" she says: my
price is not a price in reason, nor Is TINS
The metal that ! deal in. There are many
shops in crooked streets where they Keep
the thing that you are asking lot, ana
exchange But il you will take an old
woman's advice, you Will not go TO them.
The thing they will sell you viii bring
sorrow and do evil to you. 1t is cheap
enough, but. like all cheap things, not
worth the buying. No man purchases it,
only fools"
and what is the. cost of the thing you
sell then?" asks the lad.
patience, self-sacriice, tenderness" an
swers the old dame; 1.-THE love of all things
that are good and pure, and the nate of
all things that are evil-courage, stanch-
ness. self-respect when dealing with the
weak; self-forgetfulness when dealing
with the weak; sympathy and chivalry,
these things purchase love. Put your purse
away, lad; it will serve you in other ways;
but it will not buy for you the goods upon
my shelves"
"Then am I no better off than poor
MANI argues the lad
Il know not wealth or poverty as you
understand it" replies Nature. Here 1
exchange realities only for realities. You
ask for my treasures l ask for your
brain and heart in exchange-yours, boy,
not your fathers, not anothers."
An" aAG6,t this is price" he argues how shall
go about into the world" answers the
great lady. Labor, suffer and wait. Come
back TO me when you have earned this
money and according to how much you
bring me so we will do business"
remember talking to millionaire once,
and his complaint was that he himself
gained no advantage from his money.
- These cigars we are smoking" he grum-
bled as we sat after dinner IN his mag
nifcently furnished smoking den, they
cost me shillings apiece, taking them
II can quite believe it," I answered.
'tleN are III IL
"Yes, to you" he replied, almost saw
agely. What do you usually pay for
your cigars?"
We We're talking in that half ocular
half serious vein that excuses PERSONAL
ties.
Three pence" I answered. They work
out at about 2 pence farthings taken
by the box"
Just So" he growled. land your two
penny three-farthing cigar gives you pre-
cisely the same amount of satisfaction
as this fve-shilling cigar gives to me-
That means 4 and pence farthng vast
ed every time l smoke. l pay my cook
1000 a year. I don't enjoy my dinner as
much as when it used to cost me 4 sh!l-
lings, including a quarter flask of Chiant
WHAT'S the difference personally to me
whether l drive up to my office in a car
rage and pair or go on 2-penny bus?
I often do 90 on the bus, and it saves me
trouble 1t is absurd, wasting time look
ing for your coachman, when the con-
ductor of an omnibus that passes your
own door is hailing you two yards off
When I used to walk to the Office ev-
cry morning I was healthy. 1t irritates
me- sometimes to think how hard I worked
for no earthly benefit to myself. My
money pleases a lot of people I don't
care two straws about, and who don't
care two straws about me. If / could
eat a 200 dinner myself every night, and
enioy it 400 times as much as 1 used to
enjoy a 5-shilling dinner there would be
some sense in 1t. As it is, the whole
thing is a silly game.