Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-02-03
THE vvIFE,S laEvENGR.

u tne reason you DID not order some T.
exclaimed Edward Lester - b. entered
bis pleasant homo in the suburbs Of Bos.
ton. "Yos know, Maria, I am very fond
Of them, and you are determined 70 pun.
ish ne 10 some way il you can"
"Punish you, Edward What do you
talk % forf" returned the wife, sweet
little woman, very full Of beauty and
grace.
"You know like them very much,
BuitSey taket 'shxsly of money"
"Cone, come, Maria, no moro of poor
Richards saws. an heartily sick Of
them"
"You would not have me psy sixty eea.s
. boz, would youf' a...
"Why nots" -.
sit IL too much" >. .
mo it ism - s..
"You can't afford it," -..=..
"Yss l can. Isn't my salary fifteen
hundrsd dollars year2"
~ don't think straw berries ct sixty cents
. box very profitable, said she, with >
pleasant smile. .5f s7
"Pooh !" 4a4 ....5..
The brute! Edward Lester did not
deserve such . beautiful, sweet tempered
wife - Maria. What business had hs to
fret and scold such > lovely piece Of wo-
manhood - she wasf Il wss wicked,
and can hardly keep my temper while l
record it.
He was smart salesman, and WAS en-
ployed in . large establishment in the city,
At salary Of fifteen hundred dollars .
year. For the first year after his mar
risge he had boarded but desiring to
have the comforts in eli their purity, the
young couple decided to 60 70 houss-keep.
ing.
Edward was out of humor because be
had no strawberries, and when he sat
down to the table the tea was too weak,
the bread tasted Of salsratus and the but.
ter was strong. He snarled aud growled,
first At Maria and then at Bridget, till the
wife WAS almost discouraged. But she did
not yield TO the impulse Of the moment
and get out Of temper. She kept smiling.
however cutting and severe came the sar.
After tea be Was little molifed, 70:
there seemed nothing more to grumble at,
and even condescended to smile.
Edward, want fifty dollars to.morow,' >
said Maria.
This was rather . remarkable request
for the careful little woman to make, for
she was very prudent in regard 70 her pri
vate expenses.
Certainly. Maria." replied Edward, ~
hope you are going to buy yourself new
silk"
IL am
tie handed her the money, and said be
hoped she would dress better than ever
befors-he could afford it.
u am going TO spend - much money
as csu,' she replied.
THAT is right, do" added the reckless
husband.
Aud Edward soon had reason to repen,
this advice, for Maria now seemed to spend
all hel spare time in asking him for mon
ey. He was too reckless, too magnani
nous, to deny her, or to suggest that she
was exceeding the bounds OF reasou.
He did hint, but she would not take Z
hint.
A year passed by and there was no im-
provement in the now reckless woman
Fortunately for him his salary WAS raised
t. two ihoasaud, but it WAS hardly done
tsfors Maria demsndsd = fifty dollar bill
you spend more money than you used
70, Maria, hs At length suggested.
What Is The use tor me to plnsa my.
self # you spend all you can get Z" sm,ied
Nara SO s"eetiy he could not say another
word. Il want to have the good OF .ns
money while it is going. rs we'll as you.
''Ali right, my dear he replied.
There WAS no improvement in the wo-
man, and edward had some doubts Is to
the consequences; but what puzzled h,m
most WAS ~ know what became Of the
money.
Another year passed BY, and the dan
ger Of running in debt stared him in tho
lace.
"Aaria, We are living too fast am
afraid,' hs observed, in . mclanchol,
mood.
Il am afraid We are, for yeste rday you
brought home pair Of chickens for which
you paid twenty cents poundl' re piled
Maria, with smile.
Pooh, Maria, / don't mean those little
Ihings. We must have something 70 eat,
aud while my salary is two thousand dol
lars . year mean 10 live well.'
"Grsat trees from little acorns grow, .
added the wife. .
Lea Us stop the bung hole first con-
sinued Edward, desperately. "Would you
believe me, dear, sha. | have given you
sa hundred dollars year for the les. two
years.
"Whal is six hundred dollars year Cor
lady? You were reading the other day
that . great many ladies, Ia New York,
spend two thousand dollars year ios drsss
alone. You certainly csanst eomplAia oi
six hundred.
70. no, By no mcans doat mssa 10
complain, replied Edward.