The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-26

"Albert, L wish you would let me
have seventy-fiv cents
Kate Landman spoke very care
fully, for she knew that her hus-
band had not much money to spare;
vet she spoke very earnestly, and
there was q world, of entreaty in
her look.
"What do you want seventy-fve
cents for p said Albert.
Il want to get some braid for
my new dress ..-8 a1
Il thought you had the materials
all on hand for that
$50 Thought I had; but Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Thompson both
have a trimming of braid On theirs,
and it looks very pretty. 1t is very
fashionable, and it certainly adds
very much to the. looks of the
dress" .i1 .7I9' -a- - t.-
"Plague take these women's fash
ions! Your endless trimmings and
thing-a ma gigs cost more than the
dress is worth. It's nothing but
shell out money when a woman
once thinks of a new dress.'
Surely, I don't think have SO
many new dresses. do certainly
try to be as economical as can"
"It's funny kind of economy at
all events. But if you must have
it, L suppose you must |
/ And Albert Landmsn took out
his wallet, and counted out the sew
enty five cents; but he gave it
grudgingly, and when he put the
wallet back into his pocket he did
it with an emphasis which seemed
Eto say that he wouldn't take it out
again in q week. ..
When Albert reached the outer
door on his way to work, he found
the weather SO threatening that he
concluded to go back and get his
um brella; and upon re entering the
sitting room he fonnd his wife in
tears. She tried to hide the fact
that she had been weeping, but he
had caught her in the act, and ask
ed what it meant. .,..T.
"Good gracious I should like
to know if you are crying at what I
said about the dress"a ass'sai ~.
Il WASN'T crying at what you said,
Albert, replied Kate, tremulously,
''but you were so reluctant to grant
me the favor. I was thinking how
hard I have to work I am tied to
the house; how many little things I
have to, perp,ex me and then to
think"
ssPshaw! What do you want to
be so foolish for!''
And away started Albert Land
man second time, but he was not
to escape SO easily. In the hall he
was met by his daughter Lizzie, a
bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked girl of
ten years. ~ rs-s-
80, papa, give me fifteen cents p
l. "Wha p = ..---.-.--.-..- .,--
a"Oh, I want fifteen cents, Do
| please give it to me- -
what in the world do you want
kof it. =. Are they changing school
books again 2" e@-t. 4, 2
No; l want to buy hoop. Ell
lien Smith has got one, and so has
Mary Buck and Sarah Allen. Mr.
Grant has some real pretty ones to
sell. Can't have one p
'Nonsense! If you want hoop
go and get one off some old bar
.rel I can't afford to be buyinc
hoops for you to trundle about the
streets" ... q.
'tPlease. papa"
- No, q tell YOU q lis liea.% z.
| The bright blue eyes were filed
with tears, and the child's sobbing
voice broke upon his ear. Albert
Landman hurried from the house
with some very impatient words
upon his, lips. r,rs-sss.a e., ss .-.5a
This was in the morning. AT
noon when he came to his dinner,
there was a cloud over the house
hold. His wife was sober and even
little Lizzie. usually SO gay and
fblithesome, was sad and silent.
7 But those things could not last
long in that household, for the hus
band and wife really loved each
other devotedly, and were, at heart
kind and forbearing. When AL
bert came to his supper Kate greet
ed him with a kiss, and in a mo-