THE SUM OF TRIFLES:
OR, "A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY GAINED."
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
"SAVING? Don't talk to me about saving!" said one journeyman mechanic to another. "What can a man with a wife and three children save out of eight dollars a week?"
"Not much, certainly," was replied. "But still, if he is careful, he may save a little."
"Precious little!" briefly returned the other, with something like contempt in his tone.
"Even a little is worth saving," was answered to this. "You know the old proverb, 'Many littles make a mickle.' Fifty cents laid by every week will amount to twenty-six dollars in a year."
"Of course, that's clear enough. And a dollar saved every week will give the handsome sum of fifty-two dollars a year. Bat how is the half-dollar or the dollar to be saved, I should like to know? I can't do it, I am sure."
"I can, then, and my family is just as large as yours, and my wages no higher."
"If you say so, I am bound to believe you, but I must own myself unable to see how you do it. Pray, how much do you save?"
"I have saved about seventy-five dollars a year for the last two years."