Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1912 — EARNING HIS WAY THROUGH LIFE [ARTICLE]

EARNING HIS WAY THROUGH LIFE

“How docs it happen, Willie?” asked the boy’s teacher, “that you always have so much money?" “I earn it." “You earn it? How?” “By takln’ medicine. Pa paid me sfl cents for takin’ a bottle of some kind of oil with a flshy taste, and ma gave me a quarter for takln’ a bottle ol something with iron in it. and I’m try* in’ to get grandma to give me a dollar for takln’ a quinine pill every night for a month. If I can’t get her to make the bargain I’m goin’ to let pa give me a dime a day for takln* malt or some thin’.”