Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 04

<h2><SPAN name="THE_TWO_HUSBANDS" id="THE_TWO_HUSBANDS"></SPAN>THE TWO HUSBANDS</h2> <h3>BY CAROLYN WELLS</h3> <p>Once on a Time there were Two Men, each of whom married the Woman of his Choice. One Man devoted all his Energies to Getting Rich.</p> <p>He was so absorbed in Acquiring Wealth that he Worked Night and Day to Accomplish his End.</p> <p>By this Means he lost his Health, he became a Nervous Wreck, and was so Irritable and Irascible that his Wife Ceased to live with him and Returned to her Parents' House.</p> <p>The Other Man made no Efforts to Earn Money, and after he had Spent his own and his Wife's Fortunes, Poverty Stared them in the Face.</p> <p>Although his Wife had loved him Fondly, she could not Continue her affection toward One who could not Support her, so she left him and Returned to her Childhood's Home.</p> <h3>MORALS:</h3> <p>This Fable teaches that the Love of Money is the Root of All Evil, and that When Poverty Comes In At the Door, Loves Flies Out Of the Window.<span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_588" id="Page_588"></SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />