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Show Puck:' , Stlmson . was resolved to. save for a 1 home. Stlmson earned tU a week. Saving Sav-ing t a week he would, at the end of se.venty-eight .years and some months, own a houae and lot worth t0. Of course, the Sttmeotis had to live frugally. fru-gally. They out out all luxuries, among other thing plcklea. which was not very hard, because Stlmson worked in a pickle factory snd knew how the dainty things were made. But there were others. Indeed, saving for a home was become quite the rage. - One day Etlmson's foreman toI4 him he need not come, to work any more. "The pickle business has gone bump," said the foreman. '"t0Dody seenjs to e eating pickles.". Stlmson didn't try to figure it out. He just simply stopped In on his way home . and bought a quart of oysters, and they all had a square meal for once. |