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Show V T V KEEP OUT OF DEBT Says Walt Mason: "At breakfast time, at eve, at noon, 1 cat cabbage and a prune, as oft I've done before; 1 smile and chortlo hs I dine, for what I eat Is strictly mine, and 'paid for at the store. No man can say to me, "You loon, you ought to pay mo for the prune, beforo you cat, tho same;" no man has mortgago, claim or loin, upon tho cabbage rich and green, with which I pad my framo. A cup of wator from tho rill tastes better thnn a pint or gill ot grape, Julco bought on tick; and when I've chewed my victuals down, I'm the happiest guy In town, with conBdenco smooth and slick. Oh, bettor far for any man, a can of soup, a pnll ot bran a nickel's worth ot tripe, than nro tho viands rich and rare, which cnuso a gent to tear his hair when monthly bills aro rlpo. 'Tworo bottor far to gnaw a bone thnt yoi may truly call your own, than eat a cherry pie, and havo tho merchants look askano, and tell you that your namo Is Pance. when you drop Into buy. Tho worst old schemo Invented yet ts that of going Into dobt; It keeps tho peoplo broko; within my means I hlwnys, keep, nnd while tho others wall nnd weep, I sit In pence and smoke J nt ? |