The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-24

wifo's hand that evening. ''' IN as
] mig bit as well make il 6ftr,
smiling - 'AAae
NO. said she, not cent Owe,
the savings to represent exactly N, want
spend on these little luxuries, and M nu n you
The next evening he had NOTHING IN I ao
except the usual amount for cigars N'p''S
1t won't amount up very fast at tb.. ,.
said he triumphantly. '"' 'as'
Never mind said his wife Ga,
want you to increase your expenditures o aa'
account. | am inclined to think thew ~, u!
not be often as small as this ivy Will
She was right.
The next day, being "Wednesday .7...
Stetson brought home couple of tic f1 bV t
the theater. 1t was benefit night .nI ' W.
was anxious that his wife should 90, N Ut
Certainly said she, Il shall he r,,
to 60, but you remember our compact 2, S'''
'What2'
How much did you pay for the tickssp
Fifty cents apiece.
That will make dollar. Please hand
me that amount for our fund.-
Was the theater included g said IobD
little reluctantly.
Certainly. That was expressly mcpto,.
ed.
% we'll, then, so let it be. Here is SASH
yer dollar
The dollar was at once dropped into the
box.
The next day, in passing shop window
Stetson noticed some fine oranges.
Just what Mary and the children would
like thought he. I'll go and inquire the
price
They were four cents apiece. He BOUGHT
half'a dozen, at a cost Of a quarter, which.
with his cigar money, left him thi.ty.seven
cents to deposit.
The succeeding day he spent nothing ez.
cept for cigars. On Saturday, he steppedn.
to confectionery establishment with friend
and had lunch. This brought that daysac.
count up to forty cents.
When his wife added up the daily sums she
found to her own surprise even, that she bad
received from her husband two dollars ana
sixty.two cents. He would have been aston.
ishsd to hear it, but she thought it best not
to say anything about it. He would have
alleged that it was special case, as they did
not 60 to the theater every week. This wa;
true, but then something else was sure TO
come Of equivalent cost, such as ride ora
concert
So time slipped away. The necessity,a:.
cordiug to the compact, of giving bis wife a;
much as he spent for incidental expenses, no
doubt contributed to check him somewhat, 81
that probably he did not spend more than two
thirds as much in this way as he had done be-
fore the agreement. Still, he kept up to the
average of the first week.
We will now suppose the year to have GIL
ded by. John Stetson came into the sitting
room with pre-occupied air.
What are you thinking about? asked HI;
wife.
About the half acre lot adjoining the ons
Holmes bought last year.
DO you wish to purchase it
Yes, [ should like to; but of course |
can't, not having the money
How much do they ask for it?!'
Holmes paid hundred dollars for his
This is on some accounts preferable, aud they
hold it at one hundred and twenty-five doI'
lars
Perhaps you could raise the money, John
said his wife, quietly.
BY borrowing. l shouldn't want to 10
that
You remember our fund.-
Pshaw That may possibly amount 10
thirty or forty dollars
Suppose VIC count it, as the year is upio
day"
Very WE'LL
The box was opened, and husband and vie
commenced counting They soon raaoo'-
and passed forty dallars.'
Bless my soul " said John Stetson, ! n''
no idea there was so much
What was his astonishment Wl'U
the total proved to be one hundred and twenty
nine dollars and forty cents
You sec you can buy the lot ,
But haven't you sweled the amount 'EO,
your own allowance he asked, someWr''
beSildercd. -,
Not cent; and don't you see, Jon0 ' 10,
it you had rcirained from even hall o. W.
little expenses we spoke Of, We mlgh', 's
had in the neighbohood Of two hundred '''
lars p
John Ste;son did see it, and he detor'n''''
that the lesson should be serVlcaole w.
The half.acrc lot was bought, and now " w. ~,
end Of FIVE years, it was worth double N ,rr