Two in Trouble故事
Two in Trouble故事MEETING a fat and patriotic Statesman on his way to Washington to
beseech the President for an office, an idle Tramp accosted him and
begged twenty-five cents with which to buy a suit of clothes.
"Melancholy wreck," said the Statesman, "what brought you to this
state of degradation?Liquor, I suppose."
"I am temperate to the verge of absurdity," replied the Tramp."My
foible was patriotism; I was ruined by the baneful habit of trying
to serve my country.What ruined you?"
"Indolence."
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