Show z = = = SO THEY WERE MARRIED It does not always pay for 0 man to scribble all over the face of the i he is In of the woman earth the name love with said a prominent businessman wIh < savcdqnc man the other day but It one job and made a success of fellow his and who was then a mere The man him hC for oO a I for mo ro lhns working I I month I thought a good deal of his I Industry intelligence and accuracy Suddenly he became very unreliable l making all sorts of inexcusable mistakes I mis-takes About the same time I found I the name Amy written on blotters I loose scraps on the wall everywhere I called the young man to me one cay and told him that he was getting so careless and unreliable that J J was goIng go-Ing to give 111m thirty days in which to1 I stop making mistakes or resign Suddenly Sud-denly I occurred to me that the name Amy was In his writing Who Is Amy I asked him abruptly He blushed deeply Shes my sweetheart sir he replied Were going to get married as soon as I can save 300 Im putting away 25 a month and welL get married In n year I looked at him hard and he turned redder and redder No you wont said I youll bo out ora Job and whats worse unfit for work before then You go to Amy and tell her she must marry you In a month But I cant do that sir replied re-plied the clerk Im only beginning to save this month You do what I tell you I rejoined You tell Amy that youve got her on the brain so that you I are not wqrth UO month to me and tllatl If she docs not marry you In n month youll lose your Job The poor I fellow was in quandary She wont marry me he said I must wait till I I can give her a home How can I get I 300 In a month Oh thats nil right Jim I said Ill let you have the 330 t You can pay It back to me 10 a month But you must get married Inside o I I thirty days Ill give you thirty days to go on making mistakes while youre I thinking of getting married and thirty days to make mistakes while you re getting used to being married Then no more mistakes or out you go Well 5lm mado mistakes for two days Ho got married In thirty days exactly I That was five years ago Today he and his wife and two boys arc ns happy a little family as you could find anywhere any-where He Is still wording for me He gets nearly 150 a month salary and I the first boy was named for me Now I fill this shows merely thatn man I fl tils not let love affect him like fhouhl dope and that most men achieve their I beet work when they are happyNeW Orleans TirnesDemocrat |