Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-11-09

wen, saIu sue, Ch'fVsSif 'u'nng u''
head on Que side, you can get another ;
his hoard will be something though. -
Yes, know that, more than his wages.
These fellows turn up their noses al good
plain food, such as is Wholesome Ia be
eaten and you indulge them too much iu
their dainty Precdiness. But Anna, how
often must pay you suppose il
would be cheaper Al that than TO get a
clerk. Every Saturday, answered Anna,
with quiet composure. shooldni
work second week till the first was
paid. Mr. G. groancd aloud. Anna,
whnt will folks say OF it =? Pay my own
wife ! Anna, ] have To work hard, !
should think you would be willing TO
help ma without pay. ! married you
because | thought yon superior TO the
rest Of women, and now you serve me
80. His hand unconsciously clenched
his pocket and his head sunk upon the
bed. Anna was inIDovea0le. You can
get another clerk aud mo' pay the money
Ia me. Yes, hut the board and waste. -
Anna, | will pay you, and ! will hs
YOU box with hole IN the cover just
large enough to drop the money in; you
can keep il then and not spend II for
foolish things Anna tried to suppress n
laugh and started, considering her sick :
ness, with amazing aIacri,y from her bed
She was forthwith enstalled into The mys-
ieres Of shop keeping. Her books were
kept in the most perfect neatness aud or
der, aud her small fingers and good eyes
were just The things in selling needles,
pins aud ribbons. The old mans Gus
toners increased daily. Money never
came in so fast before. We will no,
presume 10 tell how il was. but scarcely
ever did passer by catch IA glimpse o'
Anna, as she stood carelessly leaning
agaIns, the post Of the door, with one
Ille foot half projecting over the sill,
but he suddenly bcihought himself Of the
necessity of purchasing a pocket hand
kerchef, few cigars, or some buttons
for a coat
Some, however, came in for no other
os'enS'ble purpose than 1" chat awhile
with the grocer's wife and admne her
fine eyes Ofcn and often did poor Mr.
q. feel that he saved nothing but the
board of a clerk, and the constant vigi-
lance he was obliged To exercise was
more than equivalent TO that. But then
his business was better and his accounts
in better order. So after wearying him.
self with "Reminiscences, he only groaned
in silence. The money box he had mnde
for Anna contained nothing but his first
aud last gilI the iourpence ha penny, and
in spite of all he could urge to the con-
trnrv, Anna had expended a part of her
weekly wages in painting and new FUR
nishing their hllle parlor, To say nothing
of the new gowns, and bonnets, aud
ribbons with which she cmbc cllIshed her
own pretty figure. She was rig"ronsly
pnnciual in exacting her whole wages
every Saturday, and the poor old man
was Obliged TO comply on pain Of losing
her services for the next week. Anna
was alwavs good natured managing things
III her own way hearing his long lectures
and rcpro"is with the most immoveable
philosophy, and his groans and waiings
over her exiravagance with the firmness
Of stole She never thought Of reason
ing with him or rebelirg at his uncon-
scionable long phillippics on the extrava-
gance Of the age. She ad dlusted the
rich braids Of her hair, arranged her
musIins, and altered and fixed till all look
ed becoming, with perfect nonchalance.
lie leciured and she listened, and SO il
passed day after day. 'Tis true when he
heard the merry tones of her voice half
bantcriDg with customer he would seem
to be oa ae,iles ill he was gone. lie
often urged her to keep out OF the shop
door, and NOT peep so often from the shop
window.
But all to no purpose she had pret-
ty face, and she would show it n becom-
ing dress, and the neighbors should
know It, The men might admire, and
the women envy. Sometimes the poor
grocer would Just get his head down into
the pork barrel 10 weigh piece of pork
for the purchaser, when the lively tones
of his wilo's voice would arrest his ear,
aud in hIs eagerness to see who she was
talking TO, down would go the piece of
pork spai'crlng the brine in every direc-
ton, and wasting salt enough for mans
dinner. lie once wasted two or three
eohNtiS w i'SS hp
plored for months afterwards, in his ca
.sern-sS To run up stairs 10 see who was
dalk,ng to his wife, aud the measure III the
meantime was deposiiing all IT could not
mold on the cellar floor. lie split the
sugar, scattered the tea, and all on his
wife's account. She kept him in con-
s,anl idget, while she seemed entirely
undslurbed herself. Some Of INV rea-
ders, perhaps will think little Anna a
marvellousy happy wife, while some will
believe she had u goodIy share Of trials
Some will commsera,e the condition of
poor Mr.. G., while others will believe
he deserved it. AT any rate if their lives
answered no other purpose they serve TO
teach one general truth, viz that
the supernatural old miser who narries a
giddy girl, hoping TO make saving in
expenditures, will generally find himsel
wolully mistaken, and the inconsiderate
gml who marries without affection or re-
spec,, only with the hope Of gratifying a
silly vanity, will be pretty sure to wish
her cake was dough again.
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