Baum: Personally, or out of the sneriff's fund? 



Miller: Out of his own pocket. So, of course, my job was to 

 follow in his footsteps. They all thought that I 

 should do the same thing. Well, I followed the old 

 creed of Robert Louis Stevenson: "To make a little 

 money, to spend a little money and to save a little 

 money, and to spend a little less than you make." 

 So therefore my big job was like a tightrope walker, 

 to keep the people happy, and there were many years 

 that 1 made as high as $42,000 gross, but when I 

 got through on the income tax return there was about 

 $6,000 left. I Invested it wisely in stocks and 

 bonds and my wife was very frugal and we lived very 

 cautiously on the few dollars we had — $150 a 

 month was ample to take care of us, and the first 

 thing you know, little by little, I had just about 

 enough to keep me comfortably. Many people think 

 I'm a millionaire and many others think I'm broke, 

 but I never have been either and I'm just in the 

 middle ground and I do have just about enough to 

 comfortably keep me. 





