Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-11-17

lng INTO my store aud taking Hopsons
place. All the money from retail sales
passes through bis hands, and be has it 10
bis power, il not honest, to rob me serious
ly. I've not felr altogether easy in regard
to him Of late-wby can hardly tell; but
It you take bis place, fifteen hundred dol
lars will be saved certainly It tH
But if have the house to keep, Mrs.
Little answered to this, how can help you
in the store p .... -.
The FIRST thing in order is to get the house
off my hands,
Don't you think that Auuie could be In.
duced to come and live with us for few
months, until we try the experiment p
But the money Aaron the money the
furniture would bring ! That's what I am
looking after. You want the money now.
Very true.'
Then let us hang out the red-hag. Half
way measures may only ruin everytbipc. 7
know that mother will not let Annie leave
home, so it's no use to think of il Tho
red flag, Aaron, the red flag! Depend nm.
on 1t that is the first right thing to be done
A thousand or fifteen hundred dollars in
hand will make you feel like another person
give you courage, confidence and energy
You may be right, Betsy but can't
bear the thought Of running out that red
flag of which You talk so lightly
Shall say coward ? Are you afraid
to do what common prudence tells YOU to
be right
i was afraid, Betsy but am no longer
faint-hearted With such brave little
wife as you to stand BY my side, l need not
fear the world 7 b..
In week from that day the red flag was
hung out When the auctioneer made up
his accounts he had in hand little over
eighteen hundred dollars, for which check
was filled out to the order of Aaron Little.
It came into his hand just at the right mo-
ment, and made him feel to- use his own
words, as easy as an old shoe.' ..
One week later, Mrs. Betsy Little took
the place of Mr. Hopson as chief manager
and cash receiver in her husbands store.
There were some few signs of rebellion a.
mong the clerks and shop girls at the be.
ginning; but Mrs Betsy bad quick, steady
| eye and selfreliant manner that caused her
presence to be felt, and soon made every.
thing subservieot TO her will. 1t was re-
markable fact that at. the close of the frst
week of her administration of affairs. the
cash receipts were over hundred aud fifty
dollars 10 excess of the receipts of any week
within the previous three mouths.
Have we done any more business than
usual this week she asked of one clerk
and another and the uniform answer vas
no. . sd. --r. rr e.ar-. ..sf-. rs1 ...-
Then. said the lady to herself, there has
foul play here. No wonder my husband
was in trouble. s-....f. 81.
At the end of the next week, the scales
came up to the same average, and at the
end of the third week were two hundred
dollars better than before Mrs. Little un
dertook TO manage the retail department.
Whether there had been foul play or not
Aaron Little could never determine but
be was in no doubt MS to one thing, and
that was the easy condition of the money
market after the lapse of half year.
For four or Eve months previous to Mrs.
Little's administration of affairs be was on
the street for nearly half his time during
business hours, engaged in the work of
money raising now his regular receipts
have got in advance of bis payments, so
that his balance on the morning of each
day was usually in excess Of the notes to
be lifted. OF course he could give more
attention to business, aud of course business
increased and grew more profitable under
the improved system. BY the end of the
year, to use his own words, he was 'all
right Not SO with a neghbor of his,
who, TO get more capital, had taken Mr.
Lawrence as partner, instead of bringing
in ten thousand dollars, that capitalist Va
only able to put down three thousand, and
before the end Of the year he had drawn
out six or seven thousand and had given
notes of the firm for as much more in pay.
ment Of old obligations. A failure Of ths
house was an inevitable result.
When the fact of the failure and the cause
which led to it became known to Mr. Lit
tie, he remarked with shrug.
am sorry for B. But he shoulC
have told his wife,
OF what 2? asked the person to whom
be addressed the remark
%! his want Of more capital, and inten
tion to make partner of Lawrence
What good would that have done /?
1t might have saved him from ruin, a
it did me-
You are mysterious, Little.
'Am / Well in plain words A yea
, ago was hard up for money in my business
f and thought of taking in Lawrence. told
my wife about it, She said, don't do it,
And l din't for her don't do it, was fol
lowed by suggestions as to his wire's ex
travagance that opened my eyes a little,
told her at the same time of my embarrasS
ments, and she set her bright little head t
wore and showed me the way to work ou
of them. Before this | always had poo
opinion of woman's wit in matters of bus
ness but now | say to every man i
trouble :
Tell your wife
Election at LineOln's HOme,I