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different. Charles would not have bought
those pickles if the cash had been required
for them,
All. Matthew'S look here have got
something to show you" This was said by
the trader to the young man on the very next
morning after the purchase Of the pickles
And 80 Mr.. WaldrOn led our hero out to
the back side Of the store and opened a box.
There, Matthews, amt these nice oran-
gcs -
" They are nice, replied Charles. And SO
they really were.
d" know your wife would like some Of
these. carried some in to my wife, and she
wanted me to save her four or five dozen"
Thesc are nice. How do they come !"
" Let US; | can send you up three dozen
for dollar | got these very cheap. Yuu
know they are retailing at five and six c.nts
piece"
Yes Well you may send me up three
dozen, just charge them, if you please -
Certainly. Any thing else this morn
| ing1"
" | believe not"
And so Matthews went on This morning
it would he dolllr-to-morrow perhaps fifty
ccnts-and then, again, perhaps only twenty
| five cents 1t did not seem much. The
vonng man kept just as much money in his
pocket ~ though he had not hOug'rt them -
- Onlv dollar " he would say to himself
" That jsn much out of twelve dollars IL
week." And 80 it might not he hut the
trouble was that the next dollar was also
." on1V doNar." lie forgot to add this dol
lar with the former dollar and c,ll it " two
dollars. and with the next dollar, and call 1t
three" and so on
One evening Charles came home with new
rOl1 chain attached to hls watch.
Where did you get that ~ asked his
wife.
"Ah." returned the husband, with an i'm
prrssive shake of the head, q" made II bar
gain in this chain. Now guess what | paid
for it
=" am sure cannot guess
80. nut try--gucss something"
We'll. perhaps ten dollars "
Ten dollars - echoed Charles with a
sort of disappointed look. Why, what
are YOU thinking OF jack Cummings bought
this chain wo months ago, and paid twenty
dollars ca 81 Tor it. Why, just heft il, and
see how heavy tits. Eighteen carats fine
Jack was hall up for money and let me have
it for twelve COLLARS"
" 1t is chear to he sure returned Han
nah, but yet net with so much pleasurable
surprise as her husband had anticipated
But she aided " you do not need it, aud
I fear you will feel the loss of the money
POOH, have money enough. You know
I have spent but very little lately. have
been rrctty saving"
:" But YOU forget our things Charles -
The money which you have on hand is not
yours"
" Net mine :"
No 1t belongs to the storekeeper, and
to the butcher. and to our landlord. You
know tlrv must be paid"
Don't YOU fret about them. | know it
don't cost mo any where near twelve dollars n
week to live. for have an estimate. There
il wilkins, who works right side Of me in
the shop. he has four children, and gets the
same wages that | do, and yet he lays up
some three or four dollars every week besides
plving his rrnt' -
- Yes, =" said Hannah " know he does
was in to see his wife the other day. and she
was telling mo how well they were getting
along Mr. wilkins takes his basket every
Saturday evening and goes over to the Market
and huvs his weeks quantity Of meat and
,egetahlcs and trades for cash, so that he gets
every thing at the hest advantage. So he
does at the store. He Aysin COOL quantity
Of those articles which will keep, and buys
them ne cheap as he can. Butter, cheese,
eg-s aprlrs and 90 on, he buys when the
market is full. and when they are cheap, and
lie always buys enough to last his family
over the season of scarcity, when such things
are high. His huttcr. for instance, he bought
for eighteen cents il pOunJ--a large frkin Of
it--lnd it is much sweeter than that for
whith you Paiu twenty e'S"l ceh's yester-
day.
" twenty e'eht cents reFea'eu the
youn. man IN surPri'e'
Yes asked MI Nhiiron man VINO
Drought u anu lie ,''u ~ n''n riscn W
twenty eiSht cents. Mr. ilA.ns gov my
doIeh OF eESS sohc rlnle ns" 'Jr ,n ."Gso Genus
Dozen and ms we packed theh down. ana
tn'y Keep we l. iou WIN nave 10 pay Mr,
""Idron tnlrty-ehree ecn's 'or '"ose you sent
up yesterday -.,o. ..-.
iN.' ~ VI l't Ir"s M'' s'h "a: "s'onI
'sheI a' 'hiS view Vi ''e 1'sI' "u' ~ couiu
NOT ne heiped no" anu me su,yec, was
dropped His gold chain had lost his charm.
1t did not look SO well, even In ms own eyes,
as had the simple black cord whleh ne had
worn before.
At length tho eno OF tie quarter came
arounf. lhe hfst 'iii paiu was inc rent
which amounted to tnrty-one dollars Inc
next was the hutcher hiil, which came 10
thlrty'sN dollars Charies was astohisned
to see how the meat Dill looted up; But
when he saw how many steaks he had had AT
seventeen cents Per pound, the cause oi won
ger was AT an enc NeAt ne Paiu tue naReT
NIL wh'ch was thirteen uoI'ars. neh ne ne
came nome IN inc evening ne hau Paid ui'
ms bills except the grocery oiii; m =.
INF "aidron sent IN MS oili To-Day
said ms wiie, aiter supper. >,
A." An, ana ne let me see H.
Hannah brought IT, ana .naries looked a,
1t. lie was astph,shed Ut ns lenSth, ana
when he came 10 look at the oottom Oh tne
eo'umn' ms lace turned shade pale II
ipoted up Just sixty-hye doilars-an average
OF iiys dollars per week
" This is Impossible he uttered as he
gazed upon It, But he examined the diiier'
ent articles ana ne could remember when he
oruereu them' ihoee thihgs "hirh cos'
only uollar, looked very innocent when ,
s'IWTn I:e "'o,", w, ~ '''e "ss''e'' '"'S "'o
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