Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1845-01-02
From Arthur. Ladies' Magazine
That Hole i'm the Pocket.


In this lies The true secret Of econn
'my-the care Of sixpences. Man,
people throw them away without re
morse or cons itlrralion no, rrfectin!
that penny dav il more than three
d"llars a year. We would complain
loudly il tax IT ,ha' amount were lai,
upon Us; hn, when We come To add al
tina, we u~rlt ssiy tax ourselves f'r on
penny expenses. We shall find tina, w
waste in this way annually quite
enough /" supply family with wia'e
fuel
|, is now about a year since my wife
said To me "ne day. PRAY. Mr. Slack
water. have y"n that half dollar ab"n
you that l gave you this morning!
frI, III my wAis,coat pocket. and turn
ed my purse inside "u,. hut it " al
which j. very different from
specie; =" l said tn Mrs Slackwa,er
I've los. it. ms dear, positively. there
must be hole in my pocket Ill
sew i, up, said she.
An hour or two after. met Tom
S,rhhins. How did ,ha, ice cream
SET! said Tom. Il, set. said |, like
,hr sun. glori usly.' And AS spoke,
j, flushed upon me 'ha, NY missing hall
dollar had paid for ,ha, ice cream; how.
ever. l held my peace. f"r Mrs Slack
water sometimes makes remarks; and
even when she assured me al brpakfas,
next morning tina, there was y" hole in
nv pocket. what could | d" bu, liz, my
brow aud say. Aye! isn't there! real
~!
Before another week hal gone by.
nv wife, who like a dutiful helpma.e
as che is. always gives me her l""se
change IN keep. called for twenty-five
cen, piece ,ha, had hern deposited in
my sub-trea~uryfnr safe keeping: 'there
was a poor woman At the door. she
said. tina, Id promised il 10 for GER
tain We'll, wal, a moment. | cried;
So pushed inquiries in this direction.
then in that. a.L then III an"tiIer; h".
nv soul. said l. thinking j, best to
show bold front. you mus. keep my
pockets in better repair, Mrs Slarkwa-
ter this piece. and | don, know how
many more. is lost, because 80 ne cor
ner OF seam in my plsguey pockets is
LEI, OPEN
Are y"u sure!' said Mr.. Slackw va
ter.
Sure! ave. that am. it's gone!' -
My wife dismissed her promise, aud
then. in her quiet way. asked ne Ia
change NV pantaloOns b.fore wen,
out. AMI To b,r all argument, lad anulh
er pair on my knees.
Tina, evening. allow me to remark.
gentlemen IF the species husband, |
was very l"a,h to G" home I" tea; had
half a mind 10 bore some bachelor
friend. and when hunger and hahrt. ~
their nna.suming Msnnrr. one on each
side. walked me up to my own door,
the muc!, made nv blond run cold -
Isn, do NJ, think Mrs Slack water a
far,ar my good friends. because | thus
shrunk from home: the far, was | had.
while abroad. called to mind the fate at
her twenty five ecu, piece, which | had
invested in smnke,-,ha, Is I" say. 81,
CARS. and | feared to think "f her com.
mrn,s on the pan,al ""s packets.
These things went on for snme
months: we were poor tn begin with.
aud grew p"orer. ar ~ any rate II"
richer. fast. TIMES grew worse and
worse; my poke, leaked worse and
worse. even ms pocket book was II"
longer To he trusted. the rags slipped
from il in manner most incredible 10
relate; as an Irish song says,
And such was the fate Of poor Paddy o.
More.
.Tha, his purse had the more rents. as he
had the fswef.'
A,l.ny.h one day my wife came in
with a subscription paper fur the Or
phans' AS, lun. l"oked a. it. and
sighed. and picked my teeth. and shook
uv head. aud handed i, b,ck to her.
Ned Bowen, said she has put down
ten dhlns'
srne more shame to him. l replied.
He can. afford il: lie can bu. jus,
scrspe along any how. and in these
times i, ain righ, Cor him to do it,
Nv wife smiled in her sad way, and
took the paper hack to him tina. brought
il.
The next evening she asked m. If !
would gn with her and see the Bowens;
and. az | had ~ objec.,"ns, we start.
ed.
/ knew that Ned Bowen did small
business that would give him sb"u
5000 year. aud though, it w""l.
be worth while ~ see what that sun
woulI do in The way VI housekeeping
We wers dmi,ed by Ned. and wei
coined by Ned's wife, = very neat Ii''l'
body, Of whom MIv 6lsskwstas hs'