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evening and pay Mr.. Waldron what | have.
and the, rest will pay him when nm able.
" That matter can be easily settled, said
Hannah, with bright happy look. IL have
more than enough to make up the amount Of
that bill, It is money had when we were
married. Wait n moment"
Charles protested most earnestly against
taking his wife money. but she would listen
to no argument on that subject. 1t was her
will and he must submit So he went down
and paid up the grocery bill, and on the way
home he sold his gold chain for fourteen dol
lars. lie felt happier when he got the old
black cord once more about his neck, and he
had money now to commence the quarter
with.
On the next Monday morning the young
man went into the meat store to send home
II piece OF beef for dinner.
:" How much will you have1" asked the
butcher.
%, three or FOUR
Charles got thus far, and then he stopped
lie had alwds been in the habit of ordering
an indefinite quantity, and leaving the butch
cr to cut it off at the highest figure and
charge the highest price and then he re-
memhrred how much was usually wasted.
- Let me hnv" two pounds he said. lie
stopped and saw it weighed, and tlcn paid
for d..
When he went home at noon he found that
his two pounds of beef had m,de enough, and
there was none to waste. The next morning
he went to the store. Mr.. WaldrOn had
some nice iigs just come in, which showed.
They were only n shilling pound For a
moment Charles hcsitatrd, but ~ he remcin-
here taat he had got u pay for all he bought.
he concluded not to take them. lie found
that l'inEs wrr" not SO enticing when it re-
quired cash To- get them as when the payment
could he ppstp med. lie paid for what he
bought and went his way and thus things
went on through the week. When it came
Saturday night he knew that all the money
in lis pocket was his own alter deductlng
the rent. That evening he went over to the
market with wilkins, and bought as much
meat and vegetables as he thought would
last him through the week. lie found that
lie made swing Ofat least twenty per cent.
by this operation. and when the opportunity
offered, he made the same saving in other mat
ters.
AT the end of that quarter Charles Mat
theSs di / not have to get any slate. lie paid
his house rent, and then tie found that he
had thrty-hve dollars left in his pocket
That was all his-he did not owe penny of
it.
All, Hannah" he said, as he held the
money III MS IldIll anu lopkcu III u, lON 1
s,e how easy it is for IL man to he wrong and
his wife right, This money all comes Of pay
ing as go along. 1t is very easy to say
gust charge it, and man can easily buy
things under such circumstances, but when
the day of reckoning comes, thes, three simple
words, that sound so innocent when spoken,
are found to he costly things. | would not
have believed it until tried it. | could not
have believed thata man would purchase so
many more useless articles simply because he
could have them charged. But see 1t now,
and if | refused to follow your advice at first,
have gained experience enough to lead Inc
to follow it the more explicitly now
Charles Matthews never again allowed
himself to be led away by the credit system
hut he followed the cash rule punctually. and
the Consequence has been that ne can not only
now buy any quantity of produce, wood, coal.
etc, at cheap cash prices, but he has cut off
the expense OF hous;-rent, for he ownsa snug
little cottage in the suburbs, and it is all
Maid for