| Show MARK TWAIN ON MONEY humor st points out what he consid ers some wrong conceptions mark twain said that the financial panic has caused a wrong idea of the use and value of 0 money the spendthrift says that money being round was made to roll the miser says that being flat it was made to stack up both are wrong strangely wrong too in their ideas about money are the veteran aus gold diggers these simple old fellows though worth perhaps a halt half million or more live in the sim pie dugouts dug outs and shanties of their lean early days once lecturing I 1 landed at an aus gralian port there was no porter in eight right to carry my luggage seeing a rough looking old fellow leaning against a post with his hands in his pockets I 1 beckoned to him and said see here it if you carry these bags up to the hotel ill give you hall half a crown the man scowled at me he took three or four gold sovereigns horn his 4 pocket threw them into the sea scowled at me again and walked away without a word |
