Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1901 — WHY PAY DEBTS? [ARTICLE]

WHY PAY DEBTS?

On# Man Got Out of Trouble by Growing a Beard. A Cheadle man, who had the reputation of being always in debt, sat one day in a barber shop waiting for be shaved. He was lathered, when the door opened and a tradesman entered who happened to be one of his largest creditors. No sooner did the tradesman see his debtorthan he angrily demanded his money. The debtor composedly begged him not to make a scene. “Won’t you wait for the money until I am shaved?” he asked. “Certainly,” said the other, pleased at the prospect. The debtor then made the barber a witness of the agreement, wiped the lather from his face, and left the shop. He wore a beard to the end of his dayg. —London Answers.