"Do you save up money for a rainy day, dear?"
"Oh, no! I never shop when it rains."
JOHNNY—"Papa, would you be glad if I saved a dollar for you?"
PAPA—"Certainly, my son."
JOHNNY—"Well, I saved it for you, all right. You said if I brought a first-class report from my teacher this week you would give me a dollar, and I didn't bring it."
According to the following story, economy has its pains as well as its pleasures, even after the saving is done.
One spring, for some reason, old Eli was going round town with the face of dissatisfaction, and, when questioned, poured forth his voluble tale of woe thus:
"Marse Geo'ge, he come to me last fall an' he say, 'Eli, dis gwine ter be a hard winter, so yo' be keerful, an' save yo' wages fas' an' tight.'