Litchfield enquirer., 1853-06-02
MISCELLANY.
DEPENDENCE.
OR WHAT MADE ONE WOMAN MEANLY
PESURIOUS.

OR WHAT MADE ONE WOMAN MEANLY
PESURIoUS.
Don't forget TO give mt some money
before you leave said Mrs. Dean 10 her
larger half.
'.Money! What now ?Yon wan, ano,h,
er silk dress, don't you? These women arc
forever wanting something. gave you
dollar yesterday. What has become of
! lhal?'
Mrs. Dean bit her lip with suppressed
emotion, and colored deeply. She was &C
cusomed to such outbreaks but there was
! more bitterness in his tone than usual, which
| made il less tolerable
'Bow much money do you want, and
what do you want ii for?' demanded Mr..
Dean, after slight pause.
Il want three or f0ur dollars-enough to
| buy a collar and pair of gloves
Three or four dollars and IFS three or
four dollars every day. These constant,
demands will make beggar of me-
Then VIC Shall be on the same footing,
quietly returned his wife.
'Here,' said Mr.. Dean, handing her six
! dollars aud school bill ''lhis bill was
| sent to me last night, and Mary's teacher
w doubtless, call for the amount To day.
II is only three twenty-five, aud the balance
you can have for yonr iurbeIows.'
Mr.. Dean iripped along the pavement,
recognizing. with gracious smile, almost
every person he met. hJttVius srio vie &c,
he found his clerk, and inquired
Did yon ae, through with those ac-
counts last night! 2
- Yes, and the balance sheet presents
handsome sum in your favor. You are
worth not less than $l50,00o.
The employer looked well pleased, though
this was mol far from his own calculation.
lie fell into fit Of musing. 'And my
business thought lie, is worth 81, 600 per
year. Then about 100000 of this is ST.
invested that il brings NE eight per cent.
haze been very lucky. That railroad
stock has been profitable, aud my last COM
me:cial venture was highly successful. My
expenses, TOO, are rather light. My wife
is an economist. Very few persons speuh
so little as we do. and live SD handsomely
And the rich man congratulated himself
upon the possession Of wealth, and his large
income, and his economical wife, and was
lhencelnrth unusually afable and Obging
to all who came in his way.
Lei us return 10 his home. There sits
his wife, where we left her, inlen,ly busy
in ma king a pair Of cuffs. They were
| finely wrought, and would correspond with
the three dollar collar that she saw yesicr~
day, and intended To purchase. And why
did Mrs. Dean consume her ilfe-iOrce in
elaborate needewOrk! Every little stitch
diminished tie power Ct the optic nerve
every half hour thus employed was needed
| for other purposes. She fell this, but eIab
| ~ hr
her purse did not permit her 10 buy. Dis
quieinde was very apparent after ler hus-
| bands departure. An occasional frOwn
might have been seen, and her face alter
nalely paled and flushed
GAS il back upon her brain
The hot blood ebbed and flowed again"
when we were poor. il was not thus,
said size 10 herself. "a dollar then was
expended less grudgingIy than now. And
il is SO humilialing TO ask, as though you
we're a bcggar, and receive as though il,
were charity, every cent you spend
| We certainly have enough expended ON
our living, but il is all for show, and very
little comfort. IL il would answer for me
to wear calico dresses and cotton gloves,
would be willing 10 do il, and then would
my dress harnOnize throughout. But no ;
my exterior must be like that Of the wife
or millionaire, while snch dearih Of
really necessary clothing but few women
would be able 10 exhibit. Our furniture
! is elegant, and our liable good enough but
all ibui buy must be got al reduced prices,
and the money given me Tor family exPen>
ses is The smallest amount that will answer.
This train of thought was interrupted by
the appearance Of Miss Aiken, the teacher.
Her bill was soon settled but as Mrs.
Dean really needed the money for her own
! expenses and forgetting for a moment the
wea risGme days that had been spen, in the
school room, and the culture that had been
bestowed upon The mind Of her child by
The faithful precep,ress before her, it was
paid rather unwlllinoiy. In addition 10
that. Miss Aiken wanted 10 raise little
sum, by voluntary contribution, 10 buy
gre ce-hoors, dumb bells and wanes for the
nse o. her pupils. This had been highly
approved by all The mothers 10 whom the
plan had been submitted. Some had con
IribUied towards the object others had re-
lerred Miss A. 10 their husbands, each pre
suming that hers would give allssbat was
| necessary.
VIVA, amount do you require y asked
Mrs Dean.
If each Of my patrons would contribute
6fiy cents, we should be well supplied bui
even twenty Eve cents would enable us to