Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1914 — A Piece of Fiction. [ARTICLE]

A Piece of Fiction.

“Is this the bookkeeper?” "Yes, sir.” "I’m the head of the firm. I came in to ask you if you would accept an in* crease in your salary.” “No, sir! I’m getting too much as it Is. You could get any number of men to fill my place for half the money.” “But our profits are so great we don’t know what to do with them.” “Sorry; but to encourage me in that sort of thing would only result in disaster. Besides, if I got more money my family of nine children might get enough to eat. And if the practice should spread, the whole civic fabric would be upset.” "But I really feel—'* “Go away, sir! I won’t listen to youl Discharge we if you must, but raise my salary—never!"—Life.