The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
INV Wife and Z.
" Oh dear, l wish | were rich -

OF d ldTSe opening III tie toe VI lltllc
Peters stocking, which she had been try
ing in vain to devise some mode of closing,
without destroying the symmetry of the
garment, while. pile of similar articles,
of various sizes and patterns, lay at her
elbow, as much in need of mending as an
old rake's habits. There they lay, seven
pairs of little stockings, while their seven
daily occupants were snugy snoozing in
bed, forgetful of the many weary stitches
their little feet had caused; and all around
on the tables and chairs was scattered a
a promscuous assortment of juvenile
dresses and aprons, jackets and breechesE
each one bearing its owners mark in the
shape of rips and rents.
81 wish I were Itch - repeated my
wife,
There was strength and heartiness in
the tone and manner, which left no doubt
of her sincerity, and in an instant my
mind went back some twenty years, to the
time when we had been rich in our young
love, rich in our mutual dependence, and
rich in the bright hopes which not only
gilded but fairly plated the future all over
with twenty caret plate at least-as tpge-
ther we looked down the long vista of
coming years, fair flowers of JOY around
our feet, ripe fruits of happiness over
our heads, the richest of all richest, con-
tentment in our hearts, and Hour at only
AL, 81
years ago those soft hazel eyes that NOW
beam with tender matronly love, first told
the story of that love which those rosy
lips (their bloom has not yet faded) con
frmed; and that fair round face, that has
grown fairer and rounder year by wear,
first lay upon my breast in maiden trust
fulness.
We did not fall in love nor walk into it,
nor glide into it, bat we took it by instinct,
as ducks take to water, and we were mar.
ried with about as definate an idea of the
modes and means of meeting our current
EXPENSES as a raw Irshman has of Egypt
and hierolyphics, or a charcoal pedar has
of honesty.
There must be special Providence which
watches over fools and young married
people. In point of worldly possession
we commenced with nothing, and have
had it ever since; for what with the in
creased expense Of living, and our success
in adding to the census returns, each year
finds us as far from the possession of a
respectable competency as its predecessor.
Financially we have scrambled along in
helter-skelter way, tumbling into puddles |
of debt from time 10 time, with now and |
then long interval of exemption, TO be |
followed by new tumble, and new |
scramble for safety, until now on this cold |
Saturday night in January, my wife and | |
sat cozily by cur cheerful fire, she with a
load of unmended and to be mended |
on her mind, and | ostensibly |
reading, trying to solve the great problem !
between supply and demand; at least so far
as to make my own weekly supplies cover
the weekly demands of wife, children, the |
grocer and landlord. And so | sat buried |
in thought, now frightened by remem-
'branes of carly happiness, and now dark
'ened by shades of unpaid January bills,
which load my desk, making the demand
for the great staple, money, far exceeding
the supply, thereby, according to our poll
tical economist enchancing its value.
Meanwhile my wife still laboring under
the weight of the stockings, said, for the
third time with increased fervor and
slight asperity, as though demanding a
reply.
< Oh, dear dear / wish were rich -
Riches, my love, take to themselves
wings and fly away" l replied, with the
air of one who had seen myraids of tender
young dollars put ON their tin feathers,
become fullV fedped and soar ouay tr mn