Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-10-02

| STORY FOE THE KARp TrxEs,

The other evening came home with an
extra ten dollar bill in my pocket-mon-
| ey thaE had earned by out~door work.
The fast is, am a clsTk in down town
store, at salary Of $500 per annum, and
a pretty wife and baby to support out
of it.
| suppose this income will sound amas-
iugiy small to youw tive and three thens-
and ofhcs-holdeFs, but neEsrthelass sc
oontriye to live comfortably upon it. We
live on one floor Of an unpretanding little
house, for which we pay $3.50 per annum,
and Kitty, my wife, you'll understand
does all her own work. 80 that we lag up
a neat little sum every year, E'ye got a
balance Of two or three hundred dollars
at the savings bank, the hoard of several
wears, and it ID astounding how Tiah ] fed.
Why, Rothehild himself Isn't eiEcam-
stance TO me.
/ We'll, | come home with ny extra bill,
sho4s$d il triulnphantly to Kitty, who Of
course vas delighted with my industry
and thrift. ......
"Now, ny love-" said /, ttiust add this
to our bank account, and with interest to
the end of the year. u
| Forthwith commenced casting inter
est, and calculated in ny brain Kitty was
silent, and rocked the cradle musiagly.
EPTe been thinking Harry" said she
after few moments pause "that since
yoa have got shis extra mousy, We might
afford &c buy neg rug. This is getting
dreadful shabby, my dear, yon must see. F"
| | looked very doleful at the rugs ii was
worn and shabby enough, that's a fact.
81 can gst beautiful new velvet pattern
for seven dollars" responded my wife.
"A velvet rug-sesen dollars" /
groaned.
"Weil, then, common tuft rug like
this would only cost shree," said my bet
ter half, who seeing she couldn't carry
her first ambitious point, wisely withdrew
her guns.
"Thas's more sensible" said /, "we'll
sue about It,"
"And there's another thing want, "
continued my wife, putting her head on
her shoulder, Sand iE's not all extraEa-
giant either"
'sWell, what is it ''' / asked, softening
rapidly.
II saw such lovely silk pattern on
Canal street this moraing, and can gel
it for about ak dollars--onay six dollars,
Harry! It's the cheapest ever saw"
4 "But hayn't you got spretty green silk
dress"
| "Why, that old thing declare Har.
Try, Eve worn il ever saaes %e'FHs bseg
married"
4 "Why, Kitty, is it much soiled or rag
| ged;"
I ssNo, of course hut then who wants Il
wear ths same old dress foreveFP Every
body knows it is the only SILK l have"
DWELL, what then T0
ssThat's just mans question" pous
ed Kitty. sand suppose you have no
obsesv cd how old-fashioaed my bonnet h
getting" ...a ...-.
'sWby, thought it looked very nea
siRce you put on that black velvet wints
trimming.
''Of course, you men have NO taste il
auoh matters" ..-
We were silent for 9 moment; In
afraid we both felt little cross and on
| Of hunor with one another. In fact, u
nay journey home, lad thought of chang
ing my old silver watch for more med
eru time peace, Of COLA, and had mental
iy appropriated the ten dollars TO furthe
that purpose. Those savings bank re
aeetions had cofne later. .'1-t..
As We sas before the FIRE, each Hrappe
in thought, our neighbor, Mr.. Nilmoa
knocked st the door. He vas employe
at the same store as myself, and was D
old family frieud. - s-.E.#r- 49,.
81 want you TO congratulate me,o b
said, taking seat. 81 have purchase
that little cottage out on the Blooming
daIsrpad.n gsA@ j. IS g.sey5
"What! thai beautiful little e9ttag
with the piazza and lawn, and fruit ga
e den behind p7 exclaimed Kitty almost Go
!. giously. IL
4 .sIs 1t possible ~ l cried. A liale eo
= tage home of my own just like that | ha
It often admired on the Rloomingdsle rnlsl
Z had always been she exowniug point of u
:. anabision--a distant aua hopeless seln
" bias no less earnestly deaired.
Ge ssWhy, Wilmot," said /, show did ia
Ihappens You've only been in busine
eight or ten years longer than /, at ; 50
y ary bus little larger than shias, get 90
II a. soon buy . mint - Purchases eottAs
IF like that
= ssWell, y said ny neighbor, eve ha'
r Tall been working 20 this end fer years
of Nv wife has darned, patched, meudad ~
sAssd--~we hare lived on plain fare, ~
is dona with the cheapest things. Bal i
III magic charm "a the whole affair was th
.. we laid aside syeYy penny that was q
needed by actual, positive want. Yes,
hare aesa my sife elay by red eoppers, q
no b., one
- ssTimss are hard, ypn know. Just no'
"a | the owner was not what yoa caM an &c
]. nunioaI snan. and he was gasd toseiI Nv
Iak as y@y noderasa prios. SO ypa sn
- see thai eyea sthard simesn hare help
Ins me-
We When cur neighbor was gone, Kitty i
M looked very msansngly ID each other.
AL ssTTarry, 2, said shs, astne rug u not
7 bad afssf oil, ay gresa sslk tarsss viii
aaosissr ysss loagsr with earesp IA.
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tieaa purposes, ~ b roId repeater = y
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