Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-19
From the American Courier
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Ry T, S. ARTHUR

lConcludedJ
"Then we have eight dollars and fifty cents
accounted for which leaves eight dollars def
cient. Think, now, what you spent for yourself,
yesterday and the day before"
"Not eight dollars nor eight cents But let
me see. There is my luncheon every day for
three days; just thirty seven and half ceutS--
True. And there is bottle of wine; I'd for
gotten that-seventy- cents, Yes, and now
| remember, paid half dollar for the toys |
bought the children.
| SO much?"
eyes; | had to buy for all Of them, and even
cheap toys, where you have to get so many of
them, count up. But VIC must indulge the chill
dren sometimes. | have spent, also, for cigars
and tobacco, the ui6c Of thirty-one cents; and
for a papcr-folder quarter. Aud in cakes and
candies for the children | may have spent, may
be, shilling. Let me see how much all these
amount to"
| The items were soon summed up, and the pro-
duct was two dollars and nearly half
That, you see, reduces il to five dollars and
hall" said Mrs Hall
so it does, remarked the husband. How
money does slip through ones fingers, I would
not have believed it, But whore is the balance :?
Where arc the five dollars and half? even that
is too much to lose. Let me sec"
Mr.. Hall thought for moment and then his
thumb and finger gave sharp crack, and he cx-
claimed
Yes That's il paid my barbcr's md
my boot-black's bills which, added together,
make just five dollars aud u half Well, dc
clare 1t is astonishing Would any one have
thought it? How money does 60 wish I
could never see dollar. Money melts out Of
my pockets like snow before the fire ! wish, in
my heart, you would take it, and see if you can
make it go any further than do
Mrs Hall did not reply for some moments, and
then she said
. will do so, provided you let me manage
things i'll my own way for year; and, also, pro-
vided that you will be content with five dollars
quarter for your tobacco and cigars also, pro-
yided that you will shave yourself, and black
| your own boots, OF let me do it for you; and,
also, take your luncheon from home, instead Of
buying it by all Of which about sixty dollars
| year can be saved"
Sixty dollars 1t don't cost half Of that
sum, Harriet
Count it up for yourself, Felix Why shil-
ling n day for lunch amounts to thirty-sevcn dol
| lars year"
$50 it does. How little things do count up .
Well, wife, if you'll take hold in good earnest.
III do just as you say for one year; and if you
bring down the cost Of living as much as a hun
| drcd dollars, will let you manage money mat
ters ever after
''If don't bring il down three hundred dol
lars, | am mistaken replied Mrs. Hall, in n con
fdcnt tone; for the light had suddenly broken
into hcl mind The account which her husband
had given Of three days disrensation Of money.
under his system, showed her where Tho leak
was.
" lIcrc arc twenty dollnrs to b"giu with--ali
| that | have left from my last quarters salary,
after keeping three dollars and y halt for my To-
bacco and cigars during the next three months.
When il il gone | will borrow - much as YOU
want to carry you on until ] can draw more
money
It the rate Hall was going on, il would have
taken little over week to have entirely cmpticd
his pocket book but it was a month before his
wife asked for 4 fresh suppy
ono Of Mrs. Halls first acts was to buy black
ing and brushes, and discharge the booth
For il week she brushed her husbands boots
every morning, before he discovered that the
boot black had been dismissed then he ucci-
,lcntly caught her in the act of Frightening his
leather understandings, very greatly to his sur
prise Artcr that, he shaved himself and backed
his own boots, without feeling himself in the least
degraded thereby,
Five dollars quarter for tobacco, cigars, and
other little nick -nackerics, Mr. Hall found to be
rather a limited income but, as he had agreed
to meet his extra expenses with this sum, he felt
some pride in doing so In order to accomplish
il, however, he had to abatc many glasses Of
wine and mineral water, and limit himself to .
certain number Of cigars daily
AT the end of the first quarter, Mrs Hall re-
ccived ono hundred and seventy dollars from her
husband Eighty dollars she bad received be
fore and as this had been borrowed by her hus
band, he kept that amount from his three months
salary in order to pay II back
By extra exeTtions, and system Of almost
pinchng economy, Mrs Hall managed, during the
second quarter, TO pay the rent and . few small
bills, and got through without asking her hus
band for q cent more 50 that when the salary
became due again, she had much larger sum to
start with. From that time, not even n bakers
bill was permitted to accumulate and even her
milk bill was settled once = week
MIR. Hall sometimes complained a little ut his
wife's " short commons, as he called them, and
at being cut off from all pleasure-taking but she
consoled him by telling him, goud-humoredly, to
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