Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-09-19
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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 plums are go
ing to drop into your mouth every
time you open it,
That's the way you've got it put
up, is it?" said the irreverent youth.
"Well, you're just about two miles
and a half in the opposite direction.
I'm hog for work and / figure that
81 is worth just 100 cents, no more,
no less"
did you ever do a hands turn in
your life?" asked the rich relative.
81 haven't heard of your doing any
thing except going through college
and being on the football team. Who
paid your bills?"
IL though you knew l sawed wood
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?"
IL suppose you think that's funny"
said the rich relative, sourly. Il
don't"
Its always a melancholy thing to
fall down on joke, but l guess I'll
have to stand it," said the irreverent
youth. "Of course, didn't know how
it would strike you, but 1t certainly
seemed to me humorous idea my
getting cricks in my back over saw
buck when there was a fond father
doing the needful with reasonable
amount of cheerfulness.
1.-The funny thing Is that dads
pretty well satisfied. He's got fool
ish fancy that must have worked to
get through
He doesn't know you can opeu your
mouth any old time and have 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 little grind on the grio.
! gave him a great imitation of
husky lad at work that day believe
me-"
II don't say you are a loafer," SAID
the rich relative. What ! mean is
that you haven't ever got down and
grubbed for your dollar until your
finger nails were worn to the quick
father has had to do. When you do
that you'll be able to talk"
Il notice most of the ex-grubbers
are" said the irreverent youth. Still
father doesn't have much to say about
his grubby days. / don't think mo-
Their would let him to tell the truth.
1t wouldn't go well with the social
game. Cheer up, thought I've got
job now, and it's going to bring me in
lone of those same dollars"
You'll never hang to them If they
do come in." predicted the rich rela-
tive.
Il 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 clothes lines
by the heels and belt me with a car
pet-beater to jar nickel loose. But
watch me when | get out on the track
in the race for commercial supremacy,
and place a small bet on me. | tell
you, I'm in elegant form. Pm trained
to a hair"
Il don't say you won't make
money" said the rich relative, but
it will be easy come and easy go. |
know how that is myself"
Il should be sorry TO think you
were stringing me-" said the irrever-
ent youth.
when | 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 it, and
you can be sure | didn't waste any
of it. Then one day a man came along
and offered he just double the money
| was getting and / went to work for
him.
What was the result? At the end
of the first week, when l got that rs
bill, thought to myself, Here's $3.50
just as good as found Then | went
out and spent dollar of it for things
had no more need of than a cat has
for two tails. The next week that
man broke up in business, and / had
four days wages coming to me that
I've never got to this day. That was
a warning to me-"
81 should think it would have
BEEN" said the irreverent youth. IL
notice my own feet are getting cold
just hearing you tell it. I'll let it be
a warning to me-"