Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1911 — Untold Riches. [ARTICLE]

Untold Riches.

Wealth is merely comparative. One’s possessions constitute a pittance or a fortune, according to one’s point of view. Rev. Frederic Denison tells a story* of one of the inhabitants ■of old Westerly, R. 1., which shows there is no general standard of riches. The young man, prompted by patriotism and desire for 'gold, bad enlisted in the uncertain business of privateering. On returning home after many and various cruises,' be was thankfully greeted by his kin and anxious friends. His mother, with maternal solicitude, inquired: "Well, Harry, how have you made out? Did you get mqch money?" “Oh, sea, mother,” answered the adventurer, “I had good luck. lam rich. I shall have enough, with prudence and cpre, to carry me through life, I hopq.” “I am glad, my son. How much have you?” “Well, I don’t exactly know yet, but I think when we settle up It will to S3O." —Youth’s Companion.