The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-07-07

70 demand that he should add his share tsthe family
una: She b saving for his children"
not know bos 70 use and enjoy iSsEwesith only lin.
vuigarify and ignorance upon q pedestal, where they
shall be . sure mark for ridicule and contempt. But,
Charles. let US leave the Murkes to manage their own
way-and tell me what you think Of sending ths
children to dancing school; they are quite old enough,
and if you do not feel able to afford the expense.
can do very well without the silk dress you promised
me this autumn."
50 many times; you must have the silk; and as for
the children. pray what real need is there of their
learning to dancer"
at is a pleasant accomplishment; it makes them
graceful and gentle, prepares them. in short, for
the society in which we hope they will maintain an
honorable place"
"How ambitious you are but nave your way. ]
will trust a mothers instinct against all reasoning
The ghosts Of Mr.. and Mrs. Murke had been allay-
ed, but only for one evening; day after day they re-
turned TO perplex and weary, but never vanquish
good little Mrs. Lighte.-it was.
"Carrie, Murke has taken n house far up on the
neck; the rent is cheaper, but that's not the best; he
assures me that by moving TO so inaccessible a place
he is rid of scores of relatives and friends who former
ly made a convenience of his house, almost convert
ing il into n hotel. Now, the next house to Murke's
is unoccupied-had we not better remov thither 20
"a mile from our children's school, and our
church, and your store. Why not go up into the
backwOods at once, if we are to seclude ourselves
from society; / wonder if Mrs. Murke ever happen
ed to read what the Bible says about entertaining
Strangers how often we meet these injunctions, be
courteous be hospItable,' given to hospitality,
entertaining the saints q ministering unto others
necessities Let US remain where we are, my hus-
band, and while we have a crust of bread, let US
share it with our friends"
So Mr.. Lighte went whistling TO his store, thank
ing the Providence that had given him q wise help
meet
But the ghosts returned.
How sober you are. Carrie 9"
"To tell the truth, my teeth have ached for q fort
night, and | am half worn out with pain"
why did you not tell me earlier! Pray go to a
dentist Immediately"
81 knew this would be the first thought with you;
and dentists claim such exorbitant prices. I could not
bear to add one of DIR. Bemis's bills to our expenses;
but I viii walk as far as his Office with you this very
afternoon"
'That's right; yet Carrie, now I remember, Murke
recommended n Mr. Huddle, who fills teeth for just
half what Bemis charges"
g Is that all he told you ?"
Yes"
Mr.. Huddlc filled Mrs. Murke's teeth so badly
that in three years they had half broken out, and the
other half were biackened with decay; even after
this, their eldest daughter was sent TO the same per-
son, and her 6ne teeth will be sacrificed in conse-
But Huddle is making a beautiful set of false
teeth for Mrs. Murke."
You'll see if they are not always breaking, and
set in sncl brassy gold that they fill her mouth with
"Ah, 7 yield you are foresighted - and the hus-
band and wife departed on their way to DIR. Bemis's
Office.
Yet the ghosts tracked them home again.
"Carrie, Mrs. Murke has sent away her servant;
and her board and wages and waste are subtracted
at once from the family expenses. Do you not think
that we might do the same %
"No, my dear; I am constantly and fully occu-
pied already"
81 know that; but Murke says you can get worlds
of work out of children. Keep Ellen at home from
school awhile; the rest from study will do her good.
Ned can wait upon you and set tables, and the little
ones also may gradually be drawn into harness."
"My children are not coltsi' Mrs. Lighte had
never addressed her husband with go much asperity
before. "Itis but a little they could do at best, and
why compel them to this. Are we not too sure that
in after life care and toll will enter; and we'll for
them, poor ~things:if it do not make up the whole
sum of their lives?"
ing"
"Yes, by the teaching of example,; we shall never
make them industrious men and women by disgust
ing them with work in their childhood; let US accus-
tom them to a cheerful, orderly household, to palata-
bic food and decent clothing; they will not readily
submits to n change in after years. Let us make our
remember home as a pleasant place, not ass
theatre Of eKactions, Notifications and querulous
complaints"
The ghosts anne once more, and the children siding
with their mother. this time the influence of the
Murkes was vanquished and annihilated.
Carrie, Mnrke and / have been comparing ex-
penses, and il ~frightens me to find my own triple the
amour of his; We must retrench-"
I'm what way; / am ready"
In q hundred ways our house IL too large, our
fires are too bright, our table is too luxurious, our
our pew at church is too expensive; the Murkes have
n pew close by the door. they hear quite as well, and
pay only half the tax that is required for ours; they
close two-thirds of their house, anu thus are rid Of
the expense of heating it,"
swat a minute their water pipes have frozen
and flooded it three times this winter; the expense Of
repairing cost more than several tons of coal"
THAT was only an accident. Murke covers his
fires with ashes, and the coal burns half as long
again in consequence
'Yes. and their sitting-room is like Greenland"
"Cool rooms make children hardy"
"Oh, father" broke in a little voice, don't heat
our room with ashes and water-don't.-Coming
home from school the other day, L should have cried
with cold, but | kept thinking of our good, bright
fire."
"Yes." outspoke another, " and last week I called
Willie Murke in here to warm his hands. he looked
50 cold as he was running by; and he stared rs if he
never saw a parlor before, and asked me If we always
kept our piano unlocked, and lived in the front room,
and bad silver spoons on the table, and other plates
for pudding. He said he wished that ne had a
mother like mine. Why, you can see sparkles of ice
on the inside Of Mr.. Murke's hall door all winter
long"
Hush, children. don't interrupt when your
mother and I are talking. The butcher calls here,
Carrie, twice n week; and Murke says they use sailed
and dried meat, which they procure ut wholesale and
pickle themselves"
Do you like pork very mucn 80 whispered Lizzie
Lighte, pulling her mothers sleeve.
And Mrs. Murke doesn't use butter nor pork for
frying griddle cIkes; a little dry salt, they assured
me, will answer every purpose"
81 know one thing, I'm glad mother doesn't have
grizzlies CREASED with SALT ventured Lizzie.
"Then. these potatoes, small and ptor as they are.
cost over a cent apiece. Murke substitutes Indian
duniplings-"
Z" Boiled in water, 1 suppose. ~Talatable Give me
another piece of chicken. Charles. if you please
was Mrs Lighte's only reply.
"What do they make instead Of sweet potatoes 2"
asked Lizzie, who was very fond Of the latter delicacy.
Mrs. Lighte looked smilingly for her husbands
answer.
"They do not eat such Injuries, my child; Mr..
Murke is saving against he grows old"
Why, father, we'll take care IF you when you are
old; and I mean to have a home just like ours, sweet
potatoes and ALL said the child; ''yet the Murkes
do have some Injuries, for when the cake gets burnt,
Mary often brings the crusts to school for her lun-