The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-08-12

'On, yes puI no" tell NE oouu, NOV
g much have you saved =
Well, 1 have the enormous sum o
It twenty two dollars and ten centsl'
: Have you SO rnuch?'
~tThore-don' poke fun at, me, tel
:, you it's no use.
Well, wait moment, and I'll show
d you my savings
y Emma left the room, and when shC
y returned she bore a little paste-board
box in her hand, which she gave to hel
t husband. He took it, and having open
e ed it, he counted out fourteen ten dollar
gold pieces, and one fve-dolIar gold
e piece Oue hundred and rty five dol
} lars lie weighed the bright pieces in
his hand, aud then. looked at his wife.
Emma, What is this?'
'TriAes,' John, only tribes
) 'Eh? 'trifes?' But what do you
, mean? Whcre'd this come from-whose
is it?'
Its yours and mine, John, and it is
the amount got for trifes =
But john was bewildrcd. Emma had
to struggle to mentain her composure,
for tears were filling her eyesin spite of
her. This was moment she had been
looking forward to, for long while with
strange emotions, and now that it had
come, those emotions were all brought
to climax together. But finally she
spoke, though her voice was tremulous,
and her eyes bodimned with tears
John, know you will pardon nc
I own that have presumed upon your
failing, but could not help it. 1 saw
that your 'trifes' were eating up our
substance \ dollar is not much but
dollera aeek makes ffty-tWo dollars
year, 1 knew that the traders took ad-
vantage of your fear of being thought
mean as you termed it, and that they
were taking your money for things which
we did not need. 1 have furnished you
with all you needed, and arr sure we
have had enough and to spare. You paid
the grocer and butcher an average -of
Eve dollars and forty-six cents week l
have paid them a trife less than three
dollars and forty cents a week, thereby
saving just one hundred and eleven dol
lars and twenty five cents. Have not
done well?'
But where does the rest of this come
from?' asked Join, eagerly showing by
his looks that he kept his emotions back
until he knew all.
You will not blame me John p
Blame you? How could 1 =? But tell
me all now'
well first your best suit of clothes
cost only twenty dollars! That trife of
ten dollars L got the tailor to give me,
while he gave you a sui of my own Sc
lecting But you know the clothes have
pleased you.
john looked at Lis wife in blank sur
prise.
Next John We have very fne Kid
derminster carpet in our parIor So
got eight dollars and seventy five cents
for that three ply. But yoa know We
have been perfectly satisfied.
John still looked surprised.
Next John, bought Mr.. Barnes
sofa, for which 1 paid twenty dollars in
cash. So Mr. Goodwin gave me the
money you handed him. But you know
the sofa is nice one, andI saved a triae
in the purchase. Are you offended?'
In moment more Emma was sitting
upon her husbands knee, and his arms
were about her neck. He did not blame
her. He blessed her and from that hour
he knew that he possessed treasure iu
his wife which he had never before ap-
preciated The gold was in his hand
and even after all had been explained he
could hardly realise that it was all his
= saved from his years pay.
And John Hodge had received a les
son which he was not to forget. The
nest egg thus procured was not long
left alone. He began to look upon trifes
more in their true character-as only
parts of great whole; and by a little
practice he succeeded in putting on
bold face when he entered store and if
the trader urged that twas only "a tri
ne.' John could camly answer. But
it's trfe which 1 do not need
In four years from that day on which
] ohm learned his first lesson on trifes, he
had accumulated trifes sufficient to buy
him good house And when be had
become settled down in home of his
own he went on laying up triAes still in
the hope that some day lie might be able
to work out vast amount of good from
so trifing beginning,
EA An English nobleman once sent
his stupid son to Rowland Hill in order i
that he might be ed Gated, accompanied
by note. in which the father said of
his hopeful SON
Il am confident he has talents, but
they are hidden under napkin
The eccentric but shrewd divine kept
the youth few weeks under his care,
but then sent him back to his father
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