[Gutenberg 18776] • The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.)

Once on a Time there were Two Men, each of whom married the Woman of his

Choice. One Man devoted all his Energies to Getting Rich.

He was so absorbed in Acquiring Wealth that he Worked Night and Day to

Accomplish his End.

By this Means he lost his Health, he became a Nervous Wreck, and was so

Irritable and Irascible that his Wife Ceased to live with him and

Returned to her Parents' House.

The Other Man made no Efforts to Earn Money, and after he had Spent his

own and his Wife's Fortunes, Poverty Stared them in the Face.

Although his Wife had loved him Fondly, she could not Continue her

affection toward One who could not Support her, so she left him and

Returned to her Childhood's Home.