Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-08-29

v now ne lived on hundred and fifty dol
lars ycat after he was married-thougt Il
D he had fat salary, and supposed oi
course, he saved four hundred dollars a
year out of it-and always wound up
saying that he would give him lot
might take his pick of all he owned
} whenever he got ready to build.
All these things rather worked upor
Charles Converse. He hadn't saved 8
dollar, and, what WIS more, there was
no present prospect that he ever would
do so. The promised advance in lux.
uries. The idea of taking Mary to the
opera, or pleasant trip to Niagara, ant
other amiabilities, hld taken possession
J Of him.
But the reasoning of his wife had pro-
duced strong impression upon his mind
She had been brought up in the strict
est habits of economy. Her father
though rich had an army of children
they were all wealthy in their thrifty
habits.
Charles read over and over the circu
lar of the Savings Bank in the evening,
figured up the statistics, and wondered
whit had become Of that two hundred
and sixty-eight dollars.
Before he went to bed he had matured
a resolution, though he did not say a
word to his wife about it.
The next day Charles Converse re-
ceivcd quarters salary, and his first
step, after receiving it was to visit the
Peoples Savings Bank, where he d.
: posted fifty dollars.
But the hundred and fifty dollars
which he had LETT, burned in his pockets
1t was all he had to carry him through
the ensuing three months. There We're
: a dozen little things that he wanted, ant
u dozen big ones, for that matter.
Against the later he resolutely set hi.
face, though in consideration Of the fac
, that his salary would be thousand dol
| lars year after next pay day he had &;
week before made up his mind to hay,
I hem.
@ Among other things, his segar-ca
was empty, and he stepped into Seavy'
in Congress street, to have it replcnish
= ed, Scgars We're great luxury
fact necessity to him in his own opin
! ion.
The gentlemanly proprietor of the cs.
a adjustment placed a box Of the fragrant
t rolls upon the counter
| Something new, said he.
. Charles took up handful and smcl,
them.
Best segars in the market, eontinu-
ed the vendcr.
'Tip-top,' replied Charles, inhalns
the grateful odor. How do you sell
them
-Four cents apiece
: Six of them were transferred to the
case, quarter thrown down, and, as it
t was not magn4nimous to pick up a cop
f pcrs change, he left the store. But then
a little fellow inside seemed to say:
Oh rley, YOU can't afford to smoke
such sesars as those They will hardl '
last you two days. If you NUT smoke
buy cheaper seg1r than that. You
: will not be able to b4ll a house in ten
years 1t this rate.
He did not pay much attention to the
monitorial voice, however. an. as he
passed along he drank sherry cobblel
himself and paid for three friends, whom
hc could not h lip asking to drink with
him, at Barton ;.
At Ninton's a Charlotte Russo was
disposed OF, and 50 On to the end of the
chapter. And these were daily h4bits.
1t was only a sixpence or quarter at a
time, and these were so ridiculouslv
, small, that they never caused him ID
thought The idea that they absorbed
, any considerable portion of his salary,
never occarred to him. He had always
gratiicd his appetite or inclination in
, these matters, as they had come to be
, regarded as necessities.
, Still Charles Converse had turned over
a new leaf He refrancd from purchas-
ing great many articles which he had
intended to get when he received his
, quarter salary. and as he seated himself
2 in the cars, he congragulated himself on
the firmness with which he had carried
> out the resolution of the previous even
ing
You are late, Charles SAID Mary,
when he reached his sunny little cot
tase.
, L have been paying my quarter bills,
replied he, with a smile. Here 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 astonish-
=, ment, as she saw the book. Fifty dol
$ lars
Yes. my dear, female inauence-the
S influence of wife'-and the husband
e playfully kissed her. : | am convicted
l of sin, and converted too, which is better
a still. am resolved to be prudent, eco
nomical, saving, even parsimonlous.
y Il am glad to hear it,.
And the house will be built in just
l five years according to the programme
: of the savings Bank.
+ As he spoke, he took from his pockets
f three of the city evening papers.