THE COST OF THRIFT
Tip Taylor told the boys down at the boat dock that sometimes people carry thrift too far, like his Uncle Maynard, who was taking long steps to keep from wearing out his $12 shoes and split his $20 pants. From “The Way I Heer’d It” by Jim Reed, The Ozarks Mountaineer, May-June, 1985
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