The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-05-12
WESTERLY, r. l., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1853.

lCOITCspOnu Will my NeIVeI, anu IL IL
dress | never wanted" Then the
bitter taunt in the morning rang in hel
ears, and she said to herself" No
will suffer before | ask for anything fol
myself again"
Il hope to have the pleasure of see,
ing my wife on the street this afternoon,
remarked Mr. Dean, as he closed tn,
door after him.
YES" muttered the unhappy woman
you may see her walking miles and
miles, to hunt up something cheap-tha
will correspond with her very limiteC
purse"
Mrs. Dean soon started to do hel
shopping She went aglin to look al
the three-dollar collars. The balance
of the six dollars given her in the morn
ing, added to little change she pre-
viously had, made just two dollars aud
| fifty cents"
Can you let me have one of those
for two and half, Mr. Gray"
We certainly could not, Mrs. Dean
You see the work is very fine. We
have sold most of them for four dollars u
She was obliged to leave without the
collar, and then Mr.. Gray said to his
fist clerk, "What a niggard she is
How incxpressibly mean !"
We found that out long ago." was
the reply"
Little did they dream that she had
not another farthing in her purse. Her
effort to obtain fine work at low price
was truitless. At length her little shoe
less Emma came into her mind; she
had forgotten the accident, and she
stepped into store and priced some
exquisite little CATERS. The shoe man
threw off quarter, and let her have
them for fifty cents; and when she left
he grumbled about it, saying" There
is not man in more surer business and
more easy circumstances than James
Dean, and yet his wife is a. close-fsted
as Jew. She squeezes a sixpcnce as
though her fingers were a vice" There
upon the clerks all laughed at her cx-
pense.
" Two dollars is all I have left :"
thought Mrs Dean. 1t then occurred
to her that she could get some lace and
put around Il narrow collar she had at
at home That would give it fashion
able look, and it would answer for the
coming evening. This was done and
y much walking and talking, she man
aged to save ten cents, to pay for clean.
lug pair Of old white kids, which she
concluded would answer for that night.
Mrs. Dean WAS quite an elegant
woman, and she looked very charnangly
at the party Of which W. have spoken.
She was at heart a noble, generous
woman She had no tendency to extrav-
agance-of this her husband had never
accused her +; neither was she naturally
penunous. But necessity, actUaL ne.
ceyslty, had made her appear mean and
selfish i'll the eyes Of the world. Il was
ncnsSayy for her to maintain certain
'tyle so long as she moved in a fashion
able circle, and this She found It difficult
to do All the rich and extravagant
clothing she had-the elegant bgac lets
aud other welry, the velvet aud brocade,
Nr Dean purchased himself; and these
N his estimation, were the sum total of
all that were needed At that time she
v greatly in want Of common dressing
gown, OF h So and pocket handkerchietS,
'nd nght clothes, and these she resolved
o get for there was no such incongru-
ties in her character as to make her
atlstied with outward splendor and
hidden poverty and want.
The next morning after the incidents
4bove related, Mrs. Dean at an early
lour repaired to the shop of a jewellrr, :
or the purpose Of disposng Of a brac let
vhlch cost her husband one hundred {
lollars. 4
" could not give you more than
madau," said the dealer
. jewels; it probably cost more than I
hat; but do not fnd this kind f
racelet very saloable, and should not
70 willing to raise the sum-"
The bargain was completed, and vita i