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for every day. Tell Mrs. Jacobs 20 send dow
Tor whatever she may need Never mind abor
The money. Your credit is good with me fc
any amount
0 When Mr.. Jacobs went home and told hi
U wife of what he had done, she, unrellecln
. woman, was delighted.
n : ] wish you had taken n piece of muslin
= said She We want shee;s and pillow case
: badly
You can get piece, replied Jacobs. wv
wont have 10 pay for it now. Edwards vii
send the bill at the end of six months. and it vii
be easy enough 10 pay it them
/ 'Oh yes, easy enough responded the wife
confidently.
, So n piece of muslin was procured on the
credit account. But things did not stop there.
, A credit account is too often like a brcech in
a canal tie stream is small at first, but soon
! increases 10 "A ruinous current. Now that
want had found supply source, want IcCatnr
more clamorous than before. Scarcely a day
passed that Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs did not order
something from the store, not dreaming, sim.l,
souls, that an alarminEly heavy debt was ac-
cumuIatng against them.
As to the income of Mr. tacols. L y,a1 not
large. lie was, az had been minated, clerk
in wholesale store, and received salary Of
seven hundred dollars a year. lis family
consisted OF a wife and three children, an! h,
had found 1t necessary to be prudent in all hi
expenditures, in order TO make both ends meet
Somewhat independent in feelings, he ha |
never asked credit of any ono with whom h,
dealt, and no one Offering it, previous to;E,
tempting induccmcnt held out by Edwards, h.,
had regulated his outgoes by his actual incon,.
BY this means he had managed to Keep cvea
with the world, though not TO Cain any advan.
tagcs on the side of fortune. Let us see how
/ ,t.itI nf tl,n ,,T.
the new system. Let us see if his good cred
it has been Of any real benefit to him.
1t was very pleasant TO have things conor-
table or Tor little display, without fecn~ that
the indulgence drained the purse too heavily.
And wca! vanity on the part OF Jacobs. was
gratiied by the iiattcring opinion OF his homes.
ty entertained by Edwards, the sturckecpcr.-
His credit was good and he was proud of the
fact. But the day Of reckoning was approach
ing, and at last it came.
Notwithstanding the crctit at tie t.y goods
store, there was no more money in the younp
clerks purse at the end of six months thaa at
the beginning. The cash that would have
gone for clothing, when necessity called for
additions to the family WARDROBE had been
spent for things, the purchase of which would
have been omitted, bnl for The fact that the dol
lars were in the purse instead ur in the shop-
Keepers hands, aud tempted needless eXpend-
.urc.
A' 'he cnu o' 81. months cro','t period "ll'
pfoachea' The mind OF JACOBS began to rest mp
on ,"r dry "ro"s ofa'cr 5 oiI'. ana 10 b. dlS'
."'peu oy ice!n| OF ah%'p'y' As to the
a'io"n, 0, V''lS DILL ne was IN some uncertain
~ nn' ne 'hnmT II cou'd not be less than
,o''y u'Ilars: in'' was lir&' sum 10: h',2
'" I|c' P''"o"'"''E ~ ne ia" ""tIi"4 a-h'U!'
j ana MS current e%Pen7Cs were l"l'y up to lis
income 1t was moW: 'or ,n' 'F'' ''he IN his
,'', "''' 'acooS '''' '!e h9"'-'htre pressure OF
u'" ana tt seem '' "' "'!''' is II II would al
'"|,l sun 'ch'e ni'n'
Onc evening nc c"''c no'"'; l''Hhs more
SHoe' 'l'. m ",'a'' ne Ha' '"o"S,t oi htl,e
cISc d" o'y oPsr'es III" O'!, al ''c S'orr' on
I-'e'''h MS "''c' "e sd" 'nat something was
wrong,
NAT ans you' Jane sad he kindly.
are lSy you S'ck
N"' was t'c S''"P!o ''Py' D"' "er eyes
u'o"Pcu as sue 'Iil"e u, ana her hu'Oahd saw
'''a' "c' Ups S'2"''y d"NeFeu'
noile'h'hs Is "rohG' jane Sld The nus
o',n' @
le"IS F'"'e TO I''e WI't c"cr@S from henea'h
h'' I'o''u nus '''e DoAoi' IAooret WIN '!e
"e'Srt (! Vi S"rie pressure
Zen me- Jane, urged Jacobs, it anything
any Gh Tl 'e nn cn''Fsi %,,;. S,cN .,. -,
Oh mo- no, Not.!'hg OF 'iIat' was qncEly !
aAIWefe1' bu'-Ou'--Mr' Edwards has senl
ID nS n o''''
hat WIS TO De expected OF course, sad
'acons' "l'A l'rcea ca'ihuPS'. Inc credit
was ior oh'y Elk ihoN'AS' hut now much 5 The
o'Ii !
Ills 'oIco was uhS'oSGy IS lie asked the
question.
a hundred ana eNrnty dollars and poor
Mrs Jacobs burst INTO tears.
Impossible There IS some mistake. A
hundred aAd twenty dollars? Never!
There ;s the mH'' AAd Mrs. Jacobs drew
II from her bosom
Jacobs glanced eagerly at the footing up of
the long column @. iignros, wlcrc were
numerals to The value OF one hundred and
twenty.
:, IT can be, lie sald IN troubled voice,
L'w",%I n@' r,auG U,'r'".G'
ro,;ed W," ,o"s''' winc" nrSt ooh'I at 'n9 DILL
speakn@ in a sad voiro nn' a'n "r'9e',, ~,
say, that it is all right. Lave been over and
over it again, and cannot Gnd an error. Oh, !
l.,,,ri h,,, 1i-I, I,