Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1901 — A Question m Finance. [ARTICLE]

A Question m Finance.

Jack Shields, well known on Mount Adams, tells the following story on a young man of the East End whose refuses to divulge: o “He'courted a young lady of my acquaintance,” explained Jack, “and finally proposed to her. She was from Missouri, and ’had to be shown’ how much «ny friend was earning. He told her sl6 a week. She accepted him. During the first week after the marriage the young fellow arose at 4 o’clock each morning and was on his way to work an hour later. He never returned unth 7 o’clock In the evening, stating that he worked twelve hours, from 6 o’clock a. tn, to 6p. m. Thus It was that the wife saw but little of her husband. “On pay day the early riser nnd hard worker brought his envelope, still sealed, to his better half,. When she opened it she was rather astonished to find but SB. “ ‘How is this, dear? I thought you were earning sl6 per week?’ she asked. ‘“So I am; but I only worked half time last week,’ he replied. “ *Well, for heaven’s sake,’ was her startled query, ‘what time would you leave the house and when would you return each day If you worked full time?’ ’’—Cincinnati Enquirer.