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Show HOW SOME MEN SUCCEED. ' i ssfl """ '' Remarkable Cats of Penurlouaneaa ( H Told by Florist. , M A florist In the outskirts of the ' M city has como across what ho consld- ' ! . era tbe meanest man In all New York. illsiB "He recently bought a .lino summer litssa home and CBtate about a half mile M'H from my nursery," said the florist. "A ' 'iH few weeks ago ho was ' entertaining ' jH somo old friends, and Bbowlng them silia around tho neighborhood. In tbe iH course of their peregrinations he lill brought them to my flowor patch, on iil which I havo a number of largo glass- 11 houses, Wishing to display his wealth iH by purchasing something, bo stopped (silll at a cucumbor frame and asked mo H tho price of various specimens ot that , jH vegetable I pointed a largo ono out iH to him at 25 cents, another at 15 cents, 'H and so on; but Mr. Suddenwealth jH would have nono ot them. His eye H fell on a particularly tiny specimen. jH 'How much?' ho asked, pointing to It. H I told him flvo cents. Mr. Croosus H brought out n $50 bill. I couldn't M change It just then, so I told him ho H could pay later. That suited him fine. I Jl Just as I was about to pull tho cucum- fH ber ho requested me to lcavo it where (H It was, as ho would send his man for ' jH It in tho evening. Ho went away H smiling, and sent his coachman to tho jH nursery nt tho end of a week, by ' 1 which time, of course, tho tiny cucum- v M ber had lengothened Into a largo and M brilliant vegctablo! What's moro he's forgottten to divvy up tho nickel!" JM |
