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Too Little

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
January
Year
1892
Copyright
Public Domain
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Children very soon learn tbe ways o their elders, and catching their me'.,bods o '. .-.e llie, i ohildish f?ühion, t evolve conclusions of their nwn. Some timos these results show a bab) wisdom and again they are only worth a sim". Freddy is the son of a millionaire, apd has frora liis earliest chiklhood Uved ín a; atmosphere oL pomp and preteiaft; He liears a great deal ab(}at rnoney ;ind what it wfll tniy, and e ísunder tlic üapreüsion that "poor folks" really have very little business iu the world at all. One day his long suffering governess gave him a little sum in percentage, the result of which would show how much Anit.nl a mat) ranst have to ffain a certain income. Freddy worked away with determination, but evidently to no purpose, ïhe answer would not come, and his face contraeted an earnest scowl. "Well, Preddy," said his teacher at the end of iifteen minutes, "how are you gettint; on?" "Not at all," was the reply. "I can't inake it come out right. I don't know liow I can do it any differently, and I keep getting the same answer every time." "Wliat auswer do you gei ?" "Fifty thou.sand dollar-;.'' "Why, thatrs right! What made you think wasn't?" Freddy looked at the figures in some disgust. . "Anybody wonld know it couldn't be right," said he haughtily. "Nobodjwoald think of having such a small tal as $50,0001"

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News