Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-15

WHAT THEY COST AND WHAT THE
AMOUNTED TO.

It. was Saturday night, and :, the, little
woman who beats my name and imends
nv stockings, was sitting in her low chair
BY the fire, zealously putting d patch upon
the knee of little Toms trowsers, turning
. the piece of cloth this. way and that, and
holding her head on one side to watch the
effect. But the stripes would all run the
s wrong way, while the colors were provok
ingly bright, compared with the faded gar
ment.
s-"Neyer mind that, Mary" said I" here's
: a chance to throw away your patches.
Hurrah for lovely country. seat On the
in town, or anything else you wish, and
all for dollar |"
Snow, Thomas" said she, and when she
wishes to be particularly severe she always
calls me Thomas, "whatare you talking
'1oa a gift enterprise, Molli9 tickets only
adollar, and sure to draw q prize. = read
the heading and displayed the long list of
prizes. "What do you think of that "
shouted /, triumphantly. fg0H0I1 -
cd think" she said, laughing, shat if
you make SO much noise you will wake the
baby, Then, seeing that, X looked an
noyed, she added !" But do not think
y that lotteries are just right, especially for
church members. do you!
80, nonsense never saw a church
fair in my life that did not have grab-boxes
and lotteries. ] shouldn't dare to say how
many dollars have spent on them, and
never drew anything either"
you think, then, you are most too old to
begin?" r ~
a a 1t may as well be ], az any one, and it
is no great matter-only dollar"
81 know, Tom," and the wise little wo-
man looked grave, "but we haven't many
. dollars to throw away" and she held up
the baby's socks with, aSgood. sized hole, in
each heel. And little Toms school bill
comes in next week"
laid down my paper and tried to speak
yery convincingly. , g Now, Mollie, it is all
very well for d man to Jog on day after
day, earning and spending just so much,
but he likes to make venture once in a
while, just for the excitement of the thing,
j If gnoghing more" g5Ly4 ryffT gTqLr
"Yes but Tom M, don't you remember the
"Ye-e-s," said I, slowly, for it was rather
an unpleasant topic of conversation to me-
l had invested the little sum left me by a
maiden aunt in an oil company, against
Mary's good Judgment Capital a million
VI uOhdlS, luOlC VI lCoo Oll WOllo IOWlhE
day and night on the land of the next com
pany, Just over the fence. l was very
much elated, and promised Mary, among
other things, a new black silk dress We
had seen displayed in some show window
Well, they bored and bored, throwing UP
q great geal of dirt, and q great deal 0
water, but not drop of oil; and just a
they were about to begin in new spot
The treasurer, or some one else, ran away
With the funds, and that ended the Who'll.
flair. Mary, like good little woman
lever reproached me, but when L came
lome one day and found her turning he1
ldmerino inside out and upside down,
elt-well, ! can't tell just hoy; but
hought Of that black silk dress.
"And oh /" she continued, don't 70,
emember the patent for the aour-sifter?
md she laughed outright. So did /, whe,
when / CHANGED to turn the crank th
wrong way, and the -four flew in every di
ection,
But had made up nay mind to buy on
# these tickets; so, though Mary sighed
The said no more. | invested, on my wa,
Town town, Monday morning, and though
while was about it might as well bu
me for Mary, and one for little Tom, toe
tshowed them to her when j went HON
odinner at noon. "'-@'
shot threel o, Tom, how could you?
md she looked really grieved !; while
linking it pity if l must account TO
very penny spent, assumed tue dignifie
ir which the occasion seemed to demand
nd the meal passed In silence. / wen
,ome at night to find her sewing as usua
Nv conscience gave an uncomfortable
winge as she looked up pleasantly, an
hen turned to the great basket of work
she only had sewing machine Pei
APPS should draw onei and grew quit
Apply over the thought, imagining he
lrprise when sent it home unexpected
,. She would not think me unwise the
lhaving bought the tickets. I
Little Tom interrupted my reverie wit
40, father!g Old Susan, who used t
ork for us, has been here to-day. Sh
IS burned her hand so she can't do an!
ling Mrs Briggs gave $herAa dolla
Iother said she couldn't give her an
.oney, but she put some salve on he
and and gave her something TO eat"
dnot look at Mary, but contrived totur
om's thoughts into another channel
Nor was any more comfortable, @
sssing through the hall the next day,
yerhear her conversation with frien
No" she was saying, I shall not sui
ribe to the reading club this winter !;
mt very well spare the two dollars"
Well, the days went by without our sa
o ANYTHING more about it. Igrew lit
sryous as the time for drawing the priz
ew near, and opened my morning pap,
it'll some trepidation. Atlength my ey
oro orootad with q long list of the FL