Show careless Stingy or which last im t summer a good citizen of a certain town not over a hundred miles from almost everywhere every where built a wooden house for a woman and her children he built the chimney of brick because he had to do so the chimney was able to stand alone so he did not noc have to prop it with wood but the floors of the house would not stay up without props the good citizen saved a dollar by u aing ing the chimney as a support for t the he floors he nestled the denb of the floor joist nicely into the bricka i of the chimney he then covered up the job and got his money the rains fell and the winds blew in biblical manner and winter came after its usual fashion the Ve chimney settled a little and there was a tiny crack one morning the woman woke up with fire a al 1 about her she tried to get to her children if she got to chemno one ever knew it the good citizen that built the house was not ai rested for foi manseau manslaughter ahter he is ia still building buildt ng other houses of the same kind for other women and children he makes his living by it nation al fire protection association |