The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-06-06

frankly told the many unavaiIing efforts
that had been made To economize.
1t was impossible, we found he add
ed despondiney. We could not save
the money and keep up appearances
Keep up appearances Humbug !
humbug! My dear nephew you have
been wrong all through the business.
Let me ask YOU if YOU ever received a
service from any Of these many friends,
to secure whose good word Won put your.
self to all these shifts, denied so many
sold comforts, and yc. spent SO much
money!
Merlvae was forced TO confess he had
not; moreover they had all been shy Of
him since his difficulties.
did it do Your daughters any good to
go to Mrs. Poole's expensive school? p
Except that all the Mshionab!es sent
their children there
'Ay! and I'll venture to say none of
these fashionables have invited your
daughters to their children's parties since
your difficulties
Merivale was forced to confess they
had not.
Are your daughters able to assist in
the house!'
'Oh! no--,hey never had time 10
learn,-When they were not in school,
they were taking music lessons Il, home
or doing fancy work.
liumph! And what use will either be
to them f! But how much could you have
saved by cutting OF these unnecessary ac-
compartments, 10 say nothing Of the wa
ges of at least one servant that You could
then have retrcnched.'
Mervale mentioned the sum,
And suppose. when You began life
that You had moved into a house of two.
thirds the rent Of the present ono, how
much would that have saved annually,
not only directly in the rent, but Indirect
~ in other expenses ?
Merivalc again told the amount.
Now, look here. | will calculate all
these lillle matters together. We will
add their interest, moreover, every wear.
'Ihcre--you have been married twelve
years, and if You had begun life as you
ought to, you would have been worth
twenty thousand dollars, instead of being
beggar. And further, the interest ofthe
sum, added to your practice, would have
supported you handsomely in the style in
which you now live
Marivale looked aghasi He had never
seen so keen calculation; but there ii
was, in black and white.
Now, my dear nephew, you see yon
have begun wrong, and so noundercd
from bad to worse. The moment heard
you had moved into that big house, saw
how all would end for | knew your
means, and felt assured that, sooner or la
later, you must come to ne. You have
held out longer than | thought you could.
Now, take my advice. will pay your
debts. Move into a smaller house.
have one in - street, just the thing,
You shall have it, rent free, and then
your income will more than support you,
especially if you abandon Mrs, Poole's
fashionable academy, and bring your
daughters up like sensible girls, intended
! for citizens. Get-mlnd-l don't Object
to accomplishments in the abstract, any
more than object to living in fine houses
only those who can afford neither ought
not to aspire to them. Believe me, three.
lourihs Of the difficulties Of getting along
come from being proud as well as poor.
MerivaIc took his uncle's advice, and
rigidy adhered TO it., Notwithstanding his
wife, at first, prompted by her mother
was continually suggesting new expense!
in order 10 be reSpeciaLic.
The consequence was that he lost none
Of his practice, gained the respect Of al
honest men, and is now rapidly ginning ;
competence. He often says there art
more families than one imagincs, whit
suffer daily privalons because they ART
POOR AND PROUD.