Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
AS TO LOSING MONEY.
A Case Showing the Importance q Tea
Dollar Bill May Reach.

A Case Showing the Importance q Tea
Dollar Bill May Reach.
ITO some men," said man now Of
amplest meas, 1.-The loss Of $4,000
might be Joke, and then TO some the
loss of ten dollar bill might DO Q
tragedy.
Poor? Why, we were so poor that
we had to count every cent, every PEN
ny. Not that we were miserable. We
were very far from that. AS matter
of fact, we were happy, but we GER
tainly did have all the time to sail
very close to the wind.
There were four OF us-wife two
children and myself-and. bless you.
how we did have to figure and scrimp
10 make both ends meet I've seen
the time, many time. when niclsel
was Of great Importance to u. when
II was the last cent for carfarc /
often think what a blessing II was
that we were none Of us ever sick:
that nothing ever happened TO us. |
don't know what we'd done II there
had.
II was going TO tell you what 1t
might be to some folks TO lose a ten
dollar bill.
Ten dollars was the amount of our
monthly rent, and whatever else we
did we always saved out Of my weeks
pay the weekly proportion Of the rent.
to have II ready when II was due
always used to get ten dollar bill In
my pay envelope, and when II came to
the last Saturday In the month we just
used to take the ten dollar bill out Of
the envelope to pay the rent with, and
then we had the amount we'd saved
out OF three weeks TO go on for cur
rent expenses.
"Well. one last Saturday that hap
pened to come three days before the
end of the month we took the ten dol
lar bill out Of the envelope as usual
for the rent and as usual my wife put
II away--she always looked after the
finances-and there we were all COM
Portable and happy, with the next
months rent all ready. and then on
the last day OF the month. when she
went to get 1t out to have 1t handy
when the landlord came she couldn't
find It.
IF that wasn't tragedy ! don't
know tragedy when l meet IL. l
don't suppose took 1t quite so hard as
she did. and I'd have shown 1t as lit
tie as | could anyway on her account,
but to her II was nothing less than q
calamity.
when the children had gone to bed
we tore the house apart. We looked
and looked and looked into every nook
and corner over and over again, but
that ten dollar bill. with all that 1t
meant to us-and / doubt II you can
Imagine how much II did mean--was
gone. That was the first thing we had
on our minds when we woke up In the
morning, and gloomy enough for US
that morning was. And then when
was eating my breakfast In our mod
est dining room she looked In al the
door from the kitchen. and I've found
It.. she said, and so she had, Just
where three days before she had hid
den II away. and so was our great
gloom changed to Joy-to Joy with
large, large j.
"Yes, sir. We got more now, by con-
siderable. and now she has what she
wants; now she doesn't have 10 skimp.
In these days / take her home myself
now and then ten dollar bouquet
We can afford 1t. But | never shall
forget us iuug as i've how nc :si.::
when we thought we'd lost that ten
dollar bill or the JOY that came to us
when we found 1t. for. you see how a
loss strikes you depends so much on
how much you've ot."-New York
Sun.