The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-05

CASH DOWN.
BY II. S. ARTHUR.

BY T. S. ARTHUR.
w dear! l wish there was no none,
in the world" said Jacob Jones. as h,
orumbled in his hand a piece of paper
which he had just taken from an envel
ope cor, he added in a low voice
"that 1 had a great deal more of i
than has, thus far in life, fallen to my
lot"
"What have you there?' enquired the
wife OF Mr. Jones, looking up from her
work, and speaking in a subdued voice
"Parker's bill, answered the hus.
band. ''
"Ahl how much is it2"
Seventy dollars"
"No!" said Mrs Jones, and she gave
a start as she made the ejaculation.
while slight paleuess oyorspread her
face
dts too true, though I didn't dream
of it being over thirty OF forty. But
running accounts always make long
journeys in a short time All. mel
Money, Money Money! 1t is the bane
Of my life!"
"Money or credit, jacob" Mrs.
Jones looked up timidly as she said
this, and in evident doubt as to the ef-
feet Of the question, for Mr. Jones was
one of your sensitive, self-willed men.
who can never bear to be thought in the
wrong.
The question was so pertinent and
timely, that it reached home. And it.
came so unexpectedly that Mr.. Jones
hardly knew whether to be vexod,
angry, amused or convicted Of error
The reader will better understand the
case after brief retrospection.
The income of Mr. Jones was not
large, yet sufficient for the comfortable
support Of his family, had he not been
afflicted with a singular malady which
showed itself in a strange aversion to |
paying cash for everything-that is
anything useful. Mrs. Jones, on the
contrary, had a particular horror of
running up accounts. If she lacked
the means Of buying any needed arti-
Gle, she preferred doing without it alto
gether to purchasing it on credit. Mr..
Jones liked to have money in his pock-
ct. 1t made him feel uncomfortablv
poor if his purse was empty.
But, unfortunately, he was a man Of
many wants, and we fear with a little
grain Of cOVetousness in his heart. for
TO look upon an attractive thing was in
stantly followed by a desire to possess
it. This being SO, it was not strange
that the money carried in his pocket
was ever diminishing, and that he
could not always tell what had become
Of it.
81 am going out this morning" said
Mrs. Jones, about six months nre-
yious to the time our story commep-
'es-"and / Wish you to let me have !
EN- dollars" "
"Ten dollarsl Mr.. Jones shrugged
lis shoulders. "What are you going to
2uy2" y
"L want a piece Of muslin, for one Z
hing, and"
ooh, well, Mary, can arrange all r
hat for you, easily enough. haven't n
he money to spare this morning, but u
I'll stop in at Parker's as I go down, 7
md tell him to let you have whatever /
you want You'll find him very a
'leasant man to deal with, and he will p
,e glad to get our custom"
cit don't matter particularly TODAY" i
aid Mrs Jones, her oountenanoe GIII- u
ng, and her voice becoming a litfIe .
usky. "L can wait until to morrow"
"But am not sure that I'll have l.
be money TO spare tomorrow. Bust -
ess is dull, and Ihave considerable to =
ay about these times, No. I'd rather
ou,d get what you want at Parker's." I,
Mrs. Jones never opposed her hus- /,
and very strongly in anything. She
,lt acutely, and had her own clear
Jews in regard to what was useful and II
roper but her disposition was yield h
q, a little too much so, it may be ad- NJ
lifted =
"Yery vel" she answered, almost