| Show HIS WEALTH CAME FROM AUNT I 1 honest taxpayer thought he was ron on a graft trait trail once upon a time a freeborn free born taxpayer who could not be satisfied to let well enough alone by paying his bis I 1 taxes ana letting other folks divvy on j the lings went to the alderman derman ral i of his ward and said my lear sir I 1 come to ask you a question that has caused me several sleepless nights and I 1 hope you will have no hesitation in answering did you ever know an alderman to hesitate at anything was asked in reply tb tte question sir is this how is it possible tor for an alderman in receipt of a salary of not more than a year fa to to accumulate at least worth of riches in the space of five bearg ayearst meaning that I 1 have done that it Is so there are various amys my friend such as buying stocks in an airship or manering mr nerine nering the catnip market but to bo plain with you I 1 owe my advancement vane van ement cement to the de death ath of my aunt she died and left me all she had and here in my desk are the written proofs truly but I 1 am disappointed said the taxpayer as he turned away 1 I bel bell ayed that I 1 was OB cm a hot trail and that we would have bate another case for hughes to investigate I 1 beg your pardon and will now take my moral it if any he be needed it if he had asked me how much my aunt left me I 1 should have been up cp a tree smiled the aldr alderman man as he rubb rubbed d his hands bands together and felt the blandness ot of integrity stealing over uina him chicago news |
