The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-27
WESTERLY R. L., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 81 1856.


! was empty, and he stepped into Sevey s
: IN Congress street to have it rcple lished.
Cigars were great luxury-in fact
necessity to him in his opinion.
The gentlemanly proprietor of the
establishment placed box of the fla
grant rolls upon the counter.
Something new said he,
Charles took up handful and smelt
them.
'Tip-'op,' replied Charles, inhaling
the grateful oI,r. How do you sell
! th IN
-Four cents piece
Six of them were transferred to the
case, quarter thrown, and, as it was
not magnauimous to pick up a coppcr's
change, he walked ont Of the store --.
Bu, then liule fellow inside OF hm
seemed 10 say
Charley you can't afford to smoke
~u.o c'-urs As those. They will hardly
1T you two lays lfyou must smoke,
bn, cheaper cigar than that. You
viii MT be abl to build a house in ten
year, n This rate
lie did not pay much attention to the
monit"ral voice, however, and as he
passed along, he drank Il sherry cobbler
hi"self and paid forthvee friends, whom
he could not help asking to drink with
him al Barton's.
At Vinton's Charlotte Ruse was
disposed of, and so on to The end of the
chapter, Aud these were bis daily
habits. 1t was onl y ninepence or Il
quarter at time, and thcs, sums were
so ridculously small, that they never
caused him II thought The idea that
they absorbed any cen siderable portion
o. !ls salary, never occurred to him -
lie had always gratfivd his appetite or
his inclination in these trifing matters,
as they seemed to him, and they had
come to be regarded as necessities
Still, Charles Converse had turned
over new Leaf He rcfrained from
purchasing great many articles which
he had intended toget when he received
his quarters salary, and as he seated
himself in the cars, be congratulated
himself on the firmness with which he
had carried out the resolution Of the
previous evening.
You are late, Charles, said Mary,
when he reached bis sunny little cottage.
have been paying my quarter bills
replied he with Il smile. Here they
are, my sweet accountant.
He threw the bills upon the table,
and while she was examining them, he
tossed his bank book in her face.
{ What = exclaimed she, in astonish-
ment, as she saw the book. Fifty
dollars =
Yes, my doar-female influence
the Influence of q wife, and the husband
playfully kissed her. | am convicted
OF sin, and converted, too, which is bet
ter still. | am resolved to be prudent,
economical, saving, even parsimonious.
am glad to hear it,
And the house will be built in Just
five years according to the programme
of the Savings bank
As he spoke, he took from his pock-
cts three Of the city evening papers
: Not quite cured Charles said Ma
ry with smile.
' " hat do you mean =
Journal, Transcript, and Traveller
two cents each, laughed Mary. You
are determined the publishers shall
live
WHY Nlry ro1 wouldn't have NE
10 H., without = upU.rarou would yoa.
'fha w.iii be a Il pjh OF oarbarl>m 10
which would never desc nd rrpli'd
Charles, with a look # ast5ni hment at
the interesting mcotoy
Certainly no., bat is not one plpor
II day enough
That is but ,rifp
The rain tails IN Drops, but washes
thr whole earth. Four cents n day for
a year amounts to about twelve dola s.
Charles SC ached his head 1t was
"A most astounding revelation to him
You are tight Mary. One paper is
enough.
Charles eat his supper, but was moo
dy aud abstrsotsd. a new idea WAS