Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-11-06

ing with them, which is not quite right
considering the difference in our position
And then the girls are growing up, and
they ought to do something better than
marry weavers."
was struck with the Justice of my
wife's remark, and requested her to look
out for another lodging or house, which
she promised to do.
The next day when [ returned home
fourd my wife had busted herself in find
ing a new dwelling for US. She had sci
her mind on one in the Hoxton road. II
was certainly considerable larger than ouI
own, and much more expensive. We
were paying twenty-five pounds year
and this was forty without taxes. 1t was
however, far more respectable, my wife
said. than the one we were then living in
Fleur de Lis street, and she has hit upon
plan to make it less expensive that il
appeared at first sight. 1t was to be LEI
off the first floor to some singl le gentlemen
who was employed in the city in the day
time, so that in point of fact we should
have all the credit for the appearance OF
the house, and not be at any higher rent
than we then were.
complimented my wife on her excel
lent arrangements; the house was taken,
and in few weeks we were in possession.
But although the rent of the house wo'd
not be more than our old one when we
had let off the first floor, and the appear
ance we should create would be far great
er, there was the expense cf furnishing to
be taken into consideration This some
what crippled US for the moment, but my
wife said in a short time she would make
up the amount by the rent of the rooms.
We found without difficulty tenant for
for ouS first floor, young man. clerk in
an insurance office. He was a quiet, or
DERBY young fellow enough, paid regular
ly his rent every week. | now proposed
that we should begin economizing the
money we had paid for the extra furniture,
but she objected to do so till later, as she
had other expenses to meet at the mo-
ment. Inquired what they might be.
"Why, my DEAR" said my wife, sit is
utterly impossible that the girls and l can
dress now in the manner we did in Fleur
de Lis street, when we were living among
weavers. The people about here are We
~ genteel, and don't like to dress differ
ent from our neighbors. We are now in
a good position, and we ought to make a
better appearance"
/ foolishly admitted her arguments, and
we not only put off saving the money for
the furniture, but we got somewhat into
debt for the purchase of new clothes as
well. When my wife had obtained the
new dresses, for herself and children, they
certainly looked very well in them, and |
was, ladmit, very proud of my family /;
but, unfortunately, after the purchase had
been made, we did not save the money
we had expended on the furniture. We
continued to live on quietly enough, but
we spent, am sorry to say, somewhat
more than our income, though not to such
an extent as to cause us any uDeaSincss.-
|, however, was obliged to apply to loan
office for assistance, which | had do diff
Guilty in obtaining; and as | contrived to
pay up the interest, the affair gave me ve
ry little trouble.
| have told you the commencement of
our misiortunes, will now tell you how
gentility ended. My wifc's love for dress
increased, and with it our expenditure, but
our income remained the same. AT last
my wife confded to me that the clerk on
the first floor had begun to show great at
tention to Charlotte, our eldest daughter,
and she had every reason to believe 1t
would end in an Offer His family, she
said, were very respectable, and it would
be an excellent match /; and she considered
the best thing we could do would be to get
acquainted with them. | told her we
must be careful what we did. | bad no
objection to make the acquaintance of the
Young fellows family; but at the same
time we must be very careful not to in
crease our expenditure, as | had already
great difficulty In keepiog up the pay
ment ofthe interest of the money had
borrowed from the loan office.
"My DEAR" said my wife, "what non
sense you talk! How is it possible we can
mix with people in better position of
life than ourselves, and spend no more
than we do now!"
"How much money should you want? ?"
inquired.
81 do not exactly know. | must get the
girls some new dresses, and we must cut a
dash little. You know, after all" she
said, ''that if he married Charlotte, you will
not be at the expense of maintaining her
SO, in the long run, it will be no loss to us. "
Igave in to her plan, and | applied at
the loan office for more money, but to my
great annoyance | experienced this time
considerable difficulty. However, got
the money at last, and my wife bought
Charlotte some new things, and we got In
innate with the clerks family, who appear
ed like very genteel people, and took to us
immensely. We visited at each Others
houses occasionally, and at last the young
fellow proposed for Charlotte.
Everything with the exception of my
increasing debts, went on fourishing. On
one occasion we went to a dinner party at
the house of the clerks grandfather, an
old solicitor, for the purpose of introducing
Charlotte to him. My wife, as we were
preparing to leave home, appeared very
nervous, and after idgeting about for some