Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-11-22

tBut you can hire half of one. W
tcan have half of Mr.. Niles pew for hy
dollars" .ginem;:sez te ri.s-l ~
II CAM afford il" vas Walters reply
-f'I should get. no good from the meetings
anyway" le ia 'am
"Dont say so, husband. Suppose er
rybod5 should feel like that You Ger
;Ainly woeIdn't wish t0dive, and bring
up your children, where there was no re
ligious influence. And if you reap th,
benefit Of good Christian institutions, yeg
certainly ought to feel wiling to,hslp sup
port them" .yo7 .sh
: $50 l would be Wiling, if I could af
ford it; but can't" d.
! Mrs, Gray looked very serious, and
seemed to hesitate, as though there were
a subject upon her mind, which she fell
delicate about broaching; but It had oe
cupied Der thoughts. too long, and she de-
ternined to let it out. =
"walror," she said, q Ii;tle tremu!ousIy,
butstiil resoiutsly, "sou have ten dollar
week" ".' ll'4A .7n'ii''
.-yes'' ,asssH NJ f-utgsr
"And how much Of that does it take to
| feed US ?" no'g .raa'1 Z .ala'si
Il don't know, I'm sure l only know
that it takes all to feed and eloth- US and
fpay up the interest on the house. 20
Il haven't had new dress since last
Fail and | was reckoning up yesterday
how much We had spent for the children:
and I found it to be only fifteen dollars
Cor the last ten months [ have worked
over some clothes for Charles, and Lucin-
do jumps into Mary's dresses as the latter
outgrows them" 'a'' 81
"That's all very we'll, replied Walter,
a little testify. Il understand my own
business, and | know just what I can
afford, and what I can',. While L have
the payments 10 make on my house, l
must econcmize-I must economiee," he
repeated,very decidedlysggt 50 zs8J
and | would have you ecouomize,"
returned ths, wife; "but Go not forget
that all is not economy WHICH, you may
call SO, | think that to hire half Of
John NiIes's pew Would be great source
of eeonoriy j ID comfort aud lasting good.
1t Hpnld be FIVE dollars Iaii ont to. good
advantase--sure to return a heavy inter
est to Us and our children. And / think
j; might be a source Of great saving to.
pu. a good gate up at the back ...
Stop interrupted Walter, With
nervous motion, You've said enough
sbops this. | know my means"
b Let me sa5 one word," urged Maria.
There was an earnest4ess ia her .o9e
which caused her husband to stop and !
listen, III you.wiil give me five dollars
a Eeek,2I will agree to furnish all the
provisions for the household, and clothe /,
myself and children. / will do this for
one year, That will leave, you three
hundred and sixty dollars with which to
clothe yourself and make payments on
the. house. On the house you only pay
a hundred dollars, with interest for two,
years, which will leave you hundred
and forty eight dollars for your clothes |
expenses" "-.,----
Walter was ,eon The poin. oe denying
this result Of the case, but he saw uSpcn
a moments reflection, that, from his
wife's statement, the deduction was cor.
rect, SO he deuiea the statement a. '-li
'sYou canao. furnish the food, and
elo,he yourself and children for the SUN
you have named" he said -1Hoq taa II
Thereupon Maria sat donn and made
known few facts to him that had been
hidden within the mysteries OF her own /
housekeeping. She was not long in prov
ing to INN that, during the past year, the
items of expenditure within said limits
bad I OF averaged five dollars per week I
Walter said "Pooh % aud then Ee added
'nonseuse" and then he left The house
"Ihere must be some mistake" he
said to himself, after ne had got away
from TIE house and he really Believed
there was a mistake. 9I .fs
tHa~e ,Iglass- Of soda, Z Bin Come
Tuu-sa,e a glass ;3''uih yiago3 baa!,b
''Dou's care ii / dos''l said Tom and
bih.7as Eijsom sep s1s.i1td2 safT .gaialof
"uaYe some, Ned p he ,s3s,ra; ,.t Sd,
Aud Ned said yes. So iAe clerk pre-
pared four glasses Of, Soda, for which
Waller Gray paid twenty-five cents. s9-aHI
"Le.'s have game Of .seyen-up tor
he oysters Z sand Bill, aftsr shc days.
'efN @'ss oser s!iHt 10 gGi sg.gl i