Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1908 — Why He Brought His Alone. [ARTICLE]

Why He Brought His Alone.

Whenever the penurious manager of the large store wanted to sharpen his pencil he would enter the shipping department and borrow a knife from one of the boys. Sometimes the boys did not have their knives with them, but there was one lad, Tommy Breen, who always could be depended upon. “How is it, Tommy,” asked the manager one day as he whittled his pencil. ‘•ilint you always have your knife with you and the other boys haven’t?” Tommy haoitated for a moment, then, gathering courage, said: “The wages I get aren't enough for me to afford more than one pair of pants,”—Harper’s Weekly.