A Loose Balance

Many men think they can rely in a general way upon fate or fortune to square their moral accounts, but in the long run a man must face his record.

       Mr. Moody tells of a young couple who on commencing to keep house started to keep an account of their family expenses. After a few months the young husband said to his wife: "Darling, I'll spend the evening at home tonight, and we will look over the account together." The young husband found frequent entries like this: "G.K.W., one dollar and a half"; and a little later on, "G.K.W., two dollars"; and after a little, "G.K.W., three dollars." Becoming a little suspicious, he demanded, "Who is this 'G.K.W.' you have spent so much on?" "Oh," said she, "I never could make the accounts come out right, so I lumped all together that wouldn't balance, and called it G.K.W.‚ Goodness Knows What!" (Text.)  Louis Albert Banks. 

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