The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-06-30
AS TO LOSING MONEY.
A Case Showing the Importance TsA
Dollar Bill May Reach.

A Case Showing the Importance Tea
Dollar Bill May Reach.
ITO some men," said man now OF
amplest means, "the loss Of $4,000
might be a joke, and then to some the
loss of a ten dollar bill might be 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 a 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
to make both ends meet I've seen
the time, many a time, when 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.
don't know what we'd done II there
had.
II was going to tell you what 1t
might he to some folks to lose q 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 1t ready when it was due. l
always used to get ten dollar bill In
my pay envelope, and 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 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
1t away--she always looked after the
fnances--and there we were all CON-
Portable and happy, with the next
months rent all ready, and then ON
the last day Of the month, when she
when the landlord came she couldn't
find It!
IF that wasn't tragedy l don't
know a tragedy when l meet 1t.
don't suppose took 1t quite so hard as
she did, and I'd have shown it as lit
tie as could anyway on her account,
but to her 1t 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 II
meant to us-and l doubt II you can
imagine how much 1t 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 at the
door from the kitchen, and I've found
itv she said, and so she had, just
where three days before she had hid
den 1t away, and so was our great
gloom changed to joy-to joy with a
large, large ].
Eyes, sir. We got more now. by con-
siderable, and now she has what she
wants; now she doesn't have to skimp
In these days take her home myself
now and then ten dollar bouquet
We can afford 1t. But l never shall
forget rs long as l live how we fell
when we thought we'd lost that ter
dollar bill or the Joy that came to vi
when we found 1t, for, you see, how q
loss strikes you depends SO much OF
how much you've got."-New Yorl
assu.