SOME Members of a Legislature were making schedules of their wealth

　　at the end of the session, when an Honest Miner came along and

　　asked them to divide with him. The members of the Legislature

　　inquired:

　　"Why did you not acquire property of your own?"

　　"Because," replied the Honest Miner, "I was so busy digging out

　　gold that I had no leisure to lay up something worth while."

　　Then the Members of the Legislature derided1 him, saying:

　　"If you waste your time in profitless amusement, you cannot, of

　　course, expect to share the rewards of industry."