Thus we went on Increasing our ex?
penses and our outgo, while our Income
remained the same. Then the first
thing I knew the bills kept piling up,
and I wus a finuncial wreck." "Ah,
yes," I said to myself when I heard
that story, "how true that ls about the
unsatisfying result of selfishly living
for what we can getl When we live
for self the more we have the more we
want Oreed has an omnivorous appe?
tite. Greed ls a glutton. Greed keeps
crying: 'More, more. Give me more. I
must have more!'" My friend, ls not
this the personal history of your greedy
life?
Growls.*: Rich bat Sslilssh.
My brother, how old are you? "For?
ty." How ure you getting along in
business? "Oh," you say, "splendidly,
splendidly! My business was never
better than now." Are you making
any money outside of your business?
"Yes," you say. "I do not tell this to
everybody, but I will to you. Last
week I closed one deni alone whereby
I made on one piece of land a net
profit of $10,000." Indeed! I suppose
you inherited a good deal of money
from your father to start In business?
"Inherited! Indeed, I did not. Why,
father never had anything to speak of.
