Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-11-28

| into the partor; there she threw her.
self upon her knees and sobbed, 30,
it's frightful" He would have lift
ed her up, but she begged him to
hear her, and she sobbed again.
81 was on the street this morning,
and l accidentally heard two men
talk about you. They said you were
a bankrupt, and it was because of
your wife's extravaganza. Tell me,
is it true?"
II am a broken merchant, and
that's what makes me happier to-day
than / was yesterday; but be assured,
my dear it was not because of your
extravaganza. It is because I was
weak, silly man;-now dry up your
tears-look at me. / have a more
cheerful face than you have seen me
wear for many day"
40, yes!" answered the wife, "you
have been a changed man ever since
last New Year; something happened
then-you didn't fail because | had a
new bonnet and dress then-that
can't be. You don't know how /
have grieved to see you so changed,
L feared something / might have
done, made you so, and l have pray
ed to know what it was, but ] have
not been informed-I dared not ask
you-you looked so forbidding."
Would that you could have said this
three months ago--it would have saved me
much troublc--we've both been very fool
ish. No, my dear, | have, not failed be-
cause you had New Year present;-but
before that time we had been trying to live
in as good style as richer and older people
we had too much fine company; carriages
came TO our house-they cost us a great
deal of money, and they didn't stop at my
store often enough;--of ii they did the fine
ladies didn't buy enough to make up what
il cost us to live In style corresponding
TO their ideas; 80 my business affairs be-
came embarrassed. / was afraid to tell
you'll could not change my style Of living
without doing so, and kept on becoming
more and more embarrassed, and more
and more miserable, till finally, was driv-
en- to desperation and now I'm a broken |
merchant. I've given up every thing, and |
we must take cheaper house, and let our
rich friends cut our acquaintance"
With a burning Hiss the wife assured her |
husband that his plan met her entire sp-
probation, and he acknowledged how fool |
ish he had been in not giving her his con-
fdence when his troubles began.
"We'll turn over a new Leaf said he. |
You'll never again think am richer than |
| am. Hereafter. I'll know what my il.
come Is, and we'll live within il. Rich ac
quaintances, balls and concerts-costly
suppers, or none of them--iust as we can
afford. I'm not the first man who's failed
from the same causes. | have some
friends yet, and think I can rise again.
Any how, I'd rather be clerk than such a
merchant as | have BEEN
"When must we mover" inquired the
wife, calmly.
"Next week" Mr. Farley answered, IF
we can find such house as we can af-
ford
The broken merchant had been settled
in an humble home but few months when
New Year came again. He was well sat
isfed with his experiment fliying accor-
ding TO his means, 10 suit himself, not 9th
er people-to crafty his own tastes consis-
tently with his circumstances not to please
other people consistently with their ex-
travagant notions.
On New Years day Mrs. Farley receiv-
ed plain gold ring, inside of which was
engraved these words: Our aeO Leaf
ooy as yOu 90"
The once broken merchant has found
his profitable motto. He is now able to
pay as he goes, and, at the same time,
make his wife more costly New Years
yift than the dress and the bonnet which
he money of the Insurer bought.
To those who would turn over new
eaf on next New Years day, recon-
mend the merchants motto--Poy as you
20; it will never allow duns to perpIex nor
Dailiffs to harrass you--compared with the
nan or woman who runs up bills at the
grocery. the store or the bakeshop-or
who INDUCES fancy in any particular, on
,redit-you viii be most happily inde-
pendent.