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Show IMI3 WEALTH CAME FROM AUNT. Honest Taxpayer Thounht He Woe on a Graft Trail. Onco upon a Umo. a frco-born tax. payor who could not bo satisfied to lot well enough alone by paying his taxes and letting other folks dlvvyou tho Btcnllnps, went to' lbe aldornian of bis ward and said: "My denr sir, I come to ask yon a question that baa caused mo sovcral sleepless nights, nnd I hopo you will have no hesitation In nniwotlDK." "Did you ever know an alderman to hesitate nt anything?" was asked in reply. "Tho question,' sir, Is this: How ts it possible for nn alderman In receipt of a salary of not mora than !0ft n year to accumulate at least $20,000 worth of riches In tho spacn of five years!" "Mooning that 1 bavo done that same?" 'Trlthce, It. is no." "There arn various ways, my friend, such as buying storkr In an, airship or cornering the catnip market, but to be plain with you owo my advancement ad-vancement to tho denth of my aunt. She died and left mo nil she had, and here in my desk aru the written proofs." "Truly, but I am disappointed," said the taxpayer, an he turnod nway. "I bellCTed that I was on a hot trail, and thnt we would have another case ' for Hughes to Invcntlgntc. I bet; your pnrdon nnd will now take my departure. Moral (If any bo needed): "If ho had asked me how much my aunt left mo I .should have been up a troo," amllod tho alderman, nn he rubbed his hands together and felt tho bland-ness bland-ness of tnterrlty stealing over him. Chicago News. |