The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-07-27
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AS TO LOSING MONEY.
A Case Showing the Importance . Ter
Dollar Bill May Reach.

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Dollar Bill May Reach.
ITO some men," said a man now Of
amplest the loss Of $4,000
might be a joke, and then to some the
loss of a ten dollar bun might be .
tragedy.
Poor? why, we were 30 poor that
we had to count every cent, every pen
ny. Not that we were miserable. We
were very far from that. AS q matter
Of fact, we were happy, but we GER
tainly did have all the time to san
very close TO the wind
The were four of us-wife, two
children and myself-and, bless you.
how we did have to figure and scrimp
to make both ends meet. I've seen
the time. many a time. when a nickel
was Of great Importance to US, when
1t was the last cent for carfare. l
often think what a blessing 1t was
that we were none of us ever sick;
that nothing ever happened to US. l
don't know what we'd lone IL 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 amoun of our
monthly rent, n whatever else we
did We always saved out of my weeks
pay the weekly proportion of the rent,
to have It ready when IL was due. 1
always used to get a ten dollar bill In
my pay envelope. n when 1t 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 60 on for cur
rent expenses.
well. one last Saturday hat 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
inances-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 IL out to have IL handy
when the landlord came h couldn't
find It,
IF that wasn't a tragedy i don't
know a tragedy when l meet IT. 1
don't suppose l took IL quite so hard as
she did, and I'd have shown II as lit
tie as i could anyway on her account.
but to her IL was nothing less than a
calamity.
when the children had gone to bed
we tore the house apart. We looked
and looked and locke into every nook
and corner over and over again. but
hat ten dollar bill. with all that 1t
meant to us-and ! doubt II you al
imagine how much II did mean-was
gone. That was the first thing we had
morning, and gloomy enough for us
that morning was. And then when /
was eating my breakfast In u mod
est dining room she looked In at the
door from the kitchen, and Nv found
itr she said, and so she had. just
where three days before she had hid
DEN It away. and so was our great
gloom changed to joy-to JOY with a
large. large J.
Yes, sir. We got more now. by con-
siderable, and now she has what b
wants; now she doesn't have to skimp.
In these days 1 take her home myself
now and then a ten dollar bouquet.
We can afford IL. But | never shall
forget as long as / live how we felt
when We thought we'd lost that ten
dollar bill or the joy that came to US
when we found il, for. you see. how a
loss strikes you depends SO much on
% much you've got."-New York
Sun