Didn't Want Work

An interesting anecdote of the late Asa Otis, of New London, Conn., who let't a million for foreign missions, is ,is f ollows : He was at one of the New London iish-markets on the wharf, ciad in his customary overalls, and, as ever. unassuming in his deportment, when the captain of a sinking vessel rushed ashore and, seizing Mr. Otis by the shoulder, shouted, "Say, old man, quick! Do you want a job?" Mr. Otis looked at him a little surprised and turned away, whereupon the persistent captain followed him up and again demanded, "Say, don't you want a job to pump out my vessel? As Mr. Otis remained silent, the exasperated captain exclaimed, "Well, old chap, if you're too lazy to work you will die in a poor house surer than thunder." The man in the overalls was thentheowner of more than three rnillion dollars.