Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-08
Two Mirrors.
Certain Young EEasbahds and Wives
may see Themselves EsassEsd.


may see Themselves RehssEsa.
M1RBoR FOR YOUNG HUSBANDS.
"Albert, I wish you would let me
1 have rs cents.n
Kate Landnaan spoke very carefully,
/ for she knew that her husband had not
much money TO spare yet she spoke
/ earnestly, and there was 81 world Of
/ entreaty in her look
what do you want rs cents for ?''
/ asked Albert.
II want to get some braid for my
s9Piague take the vo8enss fashions !
Your endless trimmings and thing-a-
ma-jigs cost more than the dress is
worth. It's nothing bat shell out mon
ey when once a woman thinks Of a new
dress"
''Surely, I don't have so many new
dresses. I do certainly try to be as
economical as can +. 3. --.
SIT is funny kind Of economy, at all
events. But il you must have Il, sup
pose YOU must.H a
And Albert Landman took out his
wallet and counted .e9Ef 70 cents bnt he
gave it RrudRinRlwssaEla VzaRn he put
the wallet back into bis poeEet be did
it with an emphasis which seemed to
say that he would net lake st cut again
for a week.
When Albert reached the outer door,
on his way to his work, he found the
weather so threatening that he cOnclu-
5ed to go back and get his umbrella.
he found his wife in tears She tried
to hide the fact that she had been weep
ing, but he had caught her in the act,
and asked what it meant.
sfCfOOd gracious ~ cried the husband,
ST should like to know if you are cry
ing at what I said about the dress 2''
i'I was not crying at what you said,
Albert repli d Kate, tremulously; "but
YOU were so reluctant to grant me the
favor. 1 was thinking how hard have
TO work I am tied to the house; how
many little things I have to perpleX
me-Ihen to think"
'sPshaw What do you want to be
so foolish for?'
and away started Albert Landman q
second time, but he was not to escape
SO easily. In the hall he was met by
his daughter Lizzie, a bright-eyed, rO-
sy-cheeked girl of ten years.
80, papa, give me Is cents ?"
tsWhat in the world do you want with
itP Any changing school books again2''
''EO I want to buy a hoop. Ellen
Smith has got one, and so has Mary
Ruck and Sarah Ellen. Mr.. Grant has
got some really pretty ones to sell.
Cant I have one ?''
Nonsense! If you want hoop, go
and get one OF a barrel. can't afford
to be buying hoops for you to trundle
about the Streets"
The bright blue eyes were hlled with
tears, and the child's sObbing broke up
on his ear. Albert Landman hurried
from the house with some very impa-
tient words upon his lips.
This was in the morning. AT noon
when he came home to his dinner,
there was a cloud over the household.
His wife was sober, and even little Liz
zie, usually so gay and blithesome, was
sad and silent.
After tea, ALBERT did a few chores
around the house then. he lighted a ci-
gar and walked out. He had gone but
a short distance when he met Lizzie. In
her right hand she dragged an old hoop
which she had taken from dilapida-
ted -four barrel, while with her left she
was rubbing her red, swollen eyes.
She was in deep grief, and was sOb4l1R
painfully. He stopped his child and
asked what was the matter.
She answered as well as her sobs
would let her, that the other girls had
laughed at her, and made fun of her old
hoop. They had nice, pretty hoops,
while hers was ugly and hOmely.
"Never mind, - said Albert, patting
he little one upon the head (fOr the
chiId's grief touched him > perhaps
We'll have a new hoop some time"
"Mayn'G have one now =? Mr.. Graut
one one 3
/ The sobbing had ceased, as the child
caught her fathers hand eagerly"
''Not now, Lizzie-not now. I'll
/ think oft.
Sobbing again, the child moved on
towards home, dragging the old hoop
At one of the stores. Albert Landman
met some of his friends.
! "Hallu, AlberbP
What do you say to a game of bill
liards?"
! 'fGood [ am for that"
! And away went Albert 10 the billiard
/ hall, where he had a glorious time with
/ his friends. He liked billiards; it was
a healthy, pretty game, and the Keeper
of the hall allowed no rough scufs on
bis premises.
they had played four games. Albert
had won two, and his opponent had
won two.
"Ehat's two and two, - cried Tom Pi-
per, What do you say for playing
"All right. go in said Albert, full
/ of animation.
So they had played the fifth game,
4 and he who lost was to pay for the five
games. 1t was an exciting contest.
Both made capital runs, but in the
| end Albert was beaten by three points;
and with a little laugh he went up 10
! ettle the bill. Five games, 20 cents
/ game-iust 81. Mt much for such
| sport ; and he paid out the money with
. BGuGNg anu uENGE QAEn sGdAAAAl4A ~ AEGA
that ne could afford it.
The two lighted their cigars and then
sauntered down the hall to watch 9TH
ers play,
Albert soon found himself seated over
against table at which some of his
friends were playing, and close by stood
! two gentlemen, strangers to him, one
Of whom was explaining to the other
the mysteries Of the game.
at is a healthy pastime, /" said he who
bad been making the explanation /;
'tand certainly &c Is one which has no
evil tendency"
Albert heard the remarks very plain
4 ", and he had a curiosity 20 hear what
the o.her, who seemed unaequainted
with billiards would say.
''I cannot, Of course, assert that any