Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1895 — ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME. [ARTICLE]

ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME.

How an Impecunious Youth Undertook to Pay a Debt of S3O. ‘■That little bill?” said the debtor, pleasantly. “Oh, yes, of course. Well, you need not worry about that any more. I’ve got things down to a system now.” “You’ve,been a long time doing It,” suggested the creditor. “I realize It,” returned the debtor, “but it’s all right now. You see, S3O is ■ more than I can afford to let go of at any one time, but now I can get it together without missing it You see, a man never misses his small change, so I’ve bought a little bank that I can drop it Into every night You’ve no idea how fast it accumulates.” “I’ve heard of the plan before,” said the creditor. “If a man lives up to it and doesn’t hold out on the bank it mounts up rapidly.” “Oh, I live up to it,” protested the debtor. “I put every cent of small change into it every night, and It’s all for you.” 1 “I may hope then ” “My dear sir, you may more than hope. The system makes the payment in full an absolute certainty. It overcomes all obstacles and it’s only a question of time ” “How much time?” “Well, that’s rather difficult to say. You see, the amount of small change I find In my pockets varies, and ” “What do you call small change?’ “Pennies. I—what’s that? Oh, well, sue if you want to. That’s wliut a man gets for trying to do the right thing.”