Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-01-15

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mode " liie, vh.eh had 20, been taken 10 god
lau.
OIs iay, hoEoyar. Harry came into NJ. Hars
ycy's Store si,h M anxious brow, and IN cunsjer-
able embarrassment asked Tor The loan u ihOus
saHi dollars.
4 huye aching N leRd, said iha cd nun,
with shake ofthu head. These uro thraiens
ing tines, aud every nsa mGsI look on Gor him.
SELL
Harry cUlgr=d sai lgFnsd on lhs hesl. When
as Led gore, The Old gsntsman'' wiio vae hap
2eled 70 ts u ths scr a ;hs TINE seio,
MY dear, I thought you had plenty olmoesy.
an sure s1~ you send two thousand dollsrs
10 hank s.noe came in.
$50 ] did, replied her husband Nor Did
say had 90 Money ! only refused 70 lend. And
Harry understood me too. Il must have CALLED
q proud dnsiurs Ike his to ask me fer loan, End
i CALLED him sill more 10 have a refusal. BA
could not helpit. lie is in fell career TO ruin,
nor can any assistance save him. He would not
take my advice
'You asiUnish mel Harry on the brink Of ~
inl ! thought him in an excellent business
so he is-so he IS. Bur his business can't
stand the way he has been liyingthese Two years
past He has been spending twice as much As
he made. Until now, though dradfully behind
hand, he has managed TO keep bis head above
water; but money is gerung scarce, and he will
soon be unab!eto ra.5s Il. Forthe last N nth hO
mas got along by borrowing from day 10 day.
His poor wifei'
His poor wife, fancy said the old man
bluntly, is as much TO blame as he is himself
She is fond Of display. and Harry is easily led;
and in these few words lie the secret Of his ruin:
Ever since they bought their Brussels carpet,
they have been adding folly to folly and expense
10 expense, Until now they scarcely know their
old friends, and turn up their nose at the style Of
living they once thought good enough for any boz
dy. HOrry's business was an excellent one, and
T if he had lived on half his income; as he might
have done very comfortably; he would have been
richer by thousand dollars every wear. It
takes Little argument, my dear, g. 8 oS that, in
that case, he would have been weather. man
than ! am al my age
1t is pity, great pity. But how could that
carpet ruin himl It's whole COS, could not ba.
over one hundred and fifty dollars
yes! but that led to other expenses. Il was
entirely too good for the rest Of the furniture,
and they soon found this out, when they never
rested till they re-furnshed their parlors, piece
by piece, 10 match il. Then finding their house
more elegant than most of their ncghbors they
began really 10 lock down on their late associ-
aies and 10 court ini!mac!es with richer and more
fashionable people. Finally they moved into
larger house. Had any one five years age, told
Harry how exravaganily he would yet live, he
would have laughed; but, by adding a litle al
most daily 10 his expenses, he has finally come
to spend the large sum he does now. To live as
he is living is proper enough for wealthy men;
but for Harry il is absurd-nsy, criminall'
| Od Mr.. Harveys prophecy was not long in
being fulfilled. In less than a month afterward
he came home and said,
You remember, my dear, the conversation We
had about Harry Howards a few weeks ago.
Well-tO day, he failed
In less than week the red flag orthe auctions
ecr waved from the windows Of Harry's elegant
house; and before a month he had retired with
his family 10 an obscure street, where he found
livelihood by hiring as a clerk.
But the sevcrest pang was feltby Mrs. Howard,
who about a month after the failure, met one of
her fashionable friends in the street, who returned
hei greeting with suPercous hautear, saying TO
companion in tone loud enough 10 be over
head,
Il should have thought Mrs. Howard would
not have had the impudcnce TO speak 10 me, af.
ter Mr.. Howard had defrauded my husband out of
so much money. We used 10 tolerate the How.
ards bucause they were customers Of Mr.. Green
and gave excellent parties. But it seems they
were giving these parties. all the while, on other
|po I ~ Ia I -
is this aping style of living above ones means.
Mr.. Green says there ought 10 be law TO put
men like Mr.. Howard in the penitentary.'