marrying for Money.
When Mr Jephson \ra= thinking of marrying a girl "with money," his friend Rogers advised against it for i-easons w hich he wa= quite ready to give. "My boy," he said, "before I was married my "wife inherited 500dol from her grandfather. The whole town knew it. When I built a store, they smiled. "'His wife's money,' they eaid. "When I built a house, the same smile went round. " 'His wife's money.* "After a while I took stock in the new gas and electric company.
"'Aha!' said the treasurer. 'I see you are investing some of your wife' 3 money.' "All my life that poor little 500dol has leccived the credit for everything I have been able to achieve. "As a matter of fact, my wife spent
the money the day she got it for a diamond ring and a piano. She lost the ring a week later, and I guess some of tho neighbours have wished heartily that she ■would lose the piano."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2727, 20 June 1906, Page 79
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167marrying for Money. Otago Witness, Issue 2727, 20 June 1906, Page 79
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