American messenger . pid questionsasked me in my life, said an elderlydoctor, but the most foolish was whenI was a young fellow, just beginning tomake my living. A young man appliedto me for some slight eye trouble; I rec-ommended a mild wash to be dropped inthe eye three times a day. He paid thefee and disappeared—was gone a fewminutes, and suddenly stuck his headback in the doorway. Shall that medicine, he asked, bedropped in my eye before or aftermeals? Amos Whittaker, a miserly millionaire,was approached by a friend who used hismost persuasive powers to have himdress more in accordance wit
American messenger . pid questionsasked me in my life, said an elderlydoctor, but the most foolish was whenI was a young fellow, just beginning tomake my living. A young man appliedto me for some slight eye trouble; I rec-ommended a mild wash to be dropped inthe eye three times a day. He paid thefee and disappeared—was gone a fewminutes, and suddenly stuck his headback in the doorway. Shall that medicine, he asked, bedropped in my eye before or aftermeals? Amos Whittaker, a miserly millionaire,was approached by a friend who used hismost persuasive powers to have himdress more in accordance with his sta-tion in life. I am surprised, Amos,said the friend, that you should allowyourself to become shabby. But Imnot shabby, firmly interposed the mil-lionaire miser. 0, but you are, re-turned his old friend. Remember yourfather. He was always neatly, evenelaborately, dressed. His clothes werealways finely tailored and of the bestmaterial. Why, shouted the misertriumphantly, these clothes Ive got onwere fathers!.
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