Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-13

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magnanimous to pick up a copper's change,
he left the store. But then little fellow
inside seemed to say:
"Charley, you can't afford to smoke such
segars as those. They will hardly last you
two days If you must smoke buy cheap
er cigar than that You will not be able to
build your house in ten years at this rate"
"Hc did not pay much attention to the
monitorial voice, however, and as he passed
along he drank sherry cobbler himself and
paid for three friends, whom he could not
help asking to drink with him, at Barton's.
"At Vinton's a Charlotte Russo was dispos
posed Of, and 50 on to the end of the chap
ter. And these were his daily habits. 1t
was only sixpcnce, or quarter at tine,
and these so ridculously small that they new
er caused him thought The idea that
they absorbed any considerable portion Of his
salary, never occurred to him. He had al
ways grati6ed his appetite or inclination in
these matters, till they had come to be re-
gardcd as necessities.
Still, Charley Converse had turned over a
new leaf. lie refrained from purchasing
great many articles which he had intended
to get when he received his quarters salary,
and as he seated himself in the cars he
congratulated himself, on the frmness with
which he had carried out the resolu-
tion of the previous evening.
"You are late, Charles" said Mary, when
he reached his sunny little cottage.
~ have been paying my quarter bills"
replied he, with smile. "Hcre they are,
my sweet accountant"
He threw the bills upon the table, and
while she was examining them he threw his
handbook in her face.
"What" exclaimed she, in astonishment,
as she saw the book. "Fifty dollars"
"Ycs, my dear, woman's inAuence-the
influence of wife e'-and the husband play
fully kissed her. ri am convicted of sin,
and converted too, which is better still. I
am resolved to be prudent, economical, say
ing, even parsimonious."
"I am glad to hear it,"
"Aud the house will be built in just five
years, according to the programme of the
Saving Bank"
AS he spoke, he took from his pocket there
of the city evening papers
"Not quite cured, Charles" said Mary
with smile.
"What do you mean ?"
"Jounal, Transcript, and Trarel'er,
two cents cach," laughed Mary. "You are
determined the publishers shall live"
"Why, Mary, you wouldn't have me live
without a newspaper, would you? That
would be depth of barbarism to which [
would never descend" replied Charles,
with look of astonishment at the interest
ing mentor.
"Ccrtainly not; but is not enc paper day
enough"
"That is but triAc."
"The rain falls in drops, but washes the
whole earth. Four cents a day, for year,
amounts to about twelve dollars"
Charles scratched his head. Itwas most
astounding revelation to him.
you are right, Mary, one paper is enough.
Charles ate hssuppcr, butwas moody and
abstracted A new idea was penetrating his
brain, which, he began to think, had been
rather muddy on financial affairs.
As he rose from the he took out his cigar
case, and as he did so, the little fellow with.
in, who spoken to him when he came out of
the cigar-shop, began to upbraid him pretty
sharply. He burned his fingers in attempt
ing to light the fragrant roll, and then re.
lapscd into fit of deep musing.
"What are you thinking about, Charles ?'
asked Mary, after she had cleared away the
table.
"Eh? Oh, was thinking how much
twelve times three hundred and sixty-Gye
are"
"Twelve means twelve cents, suppose?'
said she, performing the problem on the mar
gin of one of the newspapers. "IIcreit is
forty-three dollars and eighty cents"
"For CIGARS" added he, blankly.
"Which added to the sum paid for super
Auous newspapers, makes ffty-six dollars
and twenty-eight cents"
"And twenty for shaving, which I may lt
myself, are scventy-six dollars and twenty
eight cents" continued he, taking the penci
and ciphering away with all his might for q
few moments.
"Gleasonss Pictorial, Home Journal, ard
Saturday Courier, and your country paper
come TO-"
"But, my dear, we can't do without oul
country paper" exclaimed Charles, looking
with amazemcnt into the face of his wife.
~ don't want you to do without that, ,
said his wife.
"Sherry- -cobblers, ice-creams, and oysters
over hundred dollars, by thunder !" con
tiuued he, turning to his figures again.
"Indeed ~
II begin to see where the two hundred
and sixty-eight dollars have gone to-" sale
!, he.
"And sherry-cobblers are worse than use
less. had no idea you drank, Charles ;
"Say no more, Mary; am DONE"
And he was done. The idea of "savins
up," something took complete possession o
him-not so far as to make him niggardly--
but far enough to make him abandon the
four-cent cigars, three evening papers, Vim