Show MOURNED LOST CENT boys miserliness greater than his reason ng power henry H of the standard oil company was born in fairhaven mass and a fairhaven woman said of him the other day mr rogers Is liberal As a bo he was the same I 1 never saw any one as free with his money as thi man I 1 once ed mr rogers the best and quid est way to accumulate a big fortune and he told me that liberality a willingness to part with lots of money in the hope of getting still more back was the secret of success provided that industry and intelli gence ac compan ed it he said that was fatal to the speedy acquisition 0 wealth and he pointed to the case ot a miser a friend of his boyhood who with all his scrimp and scrap ings had hardly saved 10 in the course of a long life I 1 remembered this miser well even as a little child he had been mean and close A jadv one after noon had found him seated on a curb stone crying and weeping as if his heart would break aagat Is the matter my pool child the lady said oh sobbed the child I 1 ve lost a penny what my mother give me poor dear said the lady poor little dear and she opened her pod and took out another penny there she said take that and she walked on well pleased with her philanthropy but she had hardly gotten ten yards away before the youngster be gan to bowl louder than before now now child said the lady returning what Is the matter nowa it s that cent I 1 lost sobbed the boy it I 1 a lost it I 1 d a had two cents now buffalo en |