The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-03

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The trouble with You Is that YOU
don't know the value Of money. = said
the rich relative! You don't know
what work Is and think Splums are go
ing to drop into your mouth every
time you open Il. I.
That's the way you've got &c put
up. is it?. said the trreyerent youth.
tsswell, you're Just about two miles
and ashalf In the opposite direction.
I'm o hog for work and i figure that
81 10 worth Just 100 cents, no more.
no less. 2 ~ s:Ssa.; 81
Did Syon ever do "a hands turn In
your life?. asked the rich relative.
81 I haven't heard OF your doing any
thing except going through college
and being on the football team. Who
paid your. bills ~ i X I, II
Il thought YOU knew I sawed wood
for fifty cents a cord to pay. my board
and tuition, said the irreverent'
youth: Didn't father tell you about
that-and my sending the balance OF
my earnings home to help him raise
the mortgage on the automobile?r
Il suppose kyou think that's funny
said the rich relative, sourly. (. I
aon't.,' K I. Z tx,
Its always a melancholy thing to
fall down on a Joke, but i guess I'll
have to stand Il, said the irreyerent
youth. @of course, i didn't know how
1t would strikeSyous but it certainly
seemed ITO me IA humorous idea my.
getting cricks in my back over a saw
buck when there was a. fond father,
doing the needful with q reasonable
amount of cheerfulness. ~ -
sThef funny thing Is that dads
pretty wellisatistied. He's gotta fool.
fish fancy that lIImustihave worked ito
get through 54sSl, ,ti1n1tsiel lall
a He doesn't know you can open your
mouth any;old time and have q degree
FALL Into It. He came up to see the
game, In the fall and i managed to
give him the impression that had
done quite a little grind on the GRID.
i gave him a great imitation OF a
husky lad at work that day believe
me,nN XII =
~ don't say you are a loafer,n said
the rich relative. What l mean is
that You haven't ever got down and
grubbed for your dollar until your
finger nails were worn to the quick
theSway I've done and the way your
father has had to do. When you do
that you'll be able to talk sjy,
~ notice. most Of the ex.grubbers
are, . said the ,irreverent youth. astill
father doesn't have mach to say about
his grubby days. 1 don't think; mo.
sther would let him to tell the truth.
E1ttwouldn't 60 well with the social
game. Cheeraup, though !se1've got a
( job now, and it's going to bring me in
ZONE Of those same dollars (
You'll never hang to them IL they
do come in.r predicted the rich rela-
tive. ,tsss,
| = Z J.
~ don't intend to rosin my hands
to prevent my clutch slipping said
the irreverent youth. .You won't
have to peg. me up on a sclothes lines
by the heels and belt me. with a car
pet.beater to jar a nickel loose. But
watch me when I get out on the track
in the race for commercial supremacy,
and place o. small bet on me. ] tell
you, 1'mtin elegant form. I'm trained
to hair Is
81 don't say you won't make
money! said the rich relative. abut
twill be. easy. come. and easy go. I
know how that, is MYSELF
VI should be sorry to think you
were stringing me, & said the irrever-
ent youth.
when I started out in life was
earning $3.50 a week and my board, .
said the. rich relative. Il worked hard
for It and | worked long! for 1t, and
you can be sure / didn't waste any
Sofite Then one day man came along
aand ffered me; just double the money
i was getting and invent touwerk Tor
nm !; .;tr,t. essF ,,g14E a I, Sss,
What was the result? AT the end
81 the. first Week when t. got that, rs
! bill, / thoaght Il! i ny elf, Here s2.5o
Just as good as fohnd. Then went
out andlspent adollar,of itSfofthings
/ had no more need ofthania cat has
for two tails. The next week that
man broke5up in business, and l lad
four days wages coming to, me that
I've never got to this day. That was
a warning to me.r ,s.s,, !,
AZ should think It would have
been, = said the Freverent youth. II
notice my own feet. are getting cold
just hearing YOU tell It. I'll let 1t be
a warning to me.r
Time for the National Anthem.
The organist was not lacking in
i patriotism, says the New York Sun,
yet he rebelled when requested to
play sThe Star spangled Banner.