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Show No Eggs for Him. A prominent real estate man having several "good buys" on his list happened hap-pened to meet an old firman, who, ho know, had by frugal methods of llvin-, accumulated a small fortuno wh'ch he kept In a savin -s bank. The real estate man tried to nrsuado him to Invest his money in land, and In speaking of the many advantages of owning property he waxed warm and said, unthinkingly: "It Is a flno nest egg to fall back upon." r Tho old German thought seriously for a few minutes. "Und vhat vould I do mlt der broken egg?" he asked. "Oh, no; I keep my money In der bank.'' San Francisco Chronicle. I |