The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-07-28

-. Wen, /" said she, '.this is the tirs
time that ever you seemed t0sees ey
70 eWlth me as to Iovein cottage.
When the thousand. dollars were u
the bank, you Insisted. that we haC
not enough now that the half Il
gone, 1 say that we still have enough
to begin with, and my feeling. is,--
Strke Tor your alters and Your
l. BY this time we were through our
Tea, and taking4 cigar from off the
1 mantel, 1 sat down in my easy chair.
leaned back, took two or three Whit.
of smoke, and said to her -:---l..' -
4 Ny dear, win you be kind enough
to inform me how I shall go to work
TO build house for five hundred
In the meantime she had drawn a
stool to my feet and was sitting
looking up at me, her rosy and 4us-
tfous face beautiful in the gaslight.
1t has been difficult from the first
for me to Withstand that fact I be-
11eve had never yet refused any re-
quest of hers save that to abandon
my cigars and build a cottage, and
now 1 felt that my time had come,
ana SO pulled away at my Sc ed
-i'sNoW, Viii = said she listen. ,-oI
hear there are lots for salem @.
great large lots on. long time, at
three hundred dollars each. It is
only. six miles out by rail, and
property, they say Is risingin value
there every year. Ny plan is thiss-s
GO and buy. lot now. and getready
to build in the spring.D
YES, /" said /, "but YOU forget the
money" 7l51f6S
''SEop." said she, pulling with her
tiny hand at my beard, .syou tpaV
down for your lot 500, and have
nothing more to pay for two wears,
We shall be ableto replace the money
by spring, and have $500 to begin our
house With.z-We- can build a cozy
place, large enough for you and me,
'sYes, said ]. knocking the ashes
from my cigar, "but where is the re-
naming $500to come from p,
LOOK here" said she. We now
pay here $500 for rent, do we not (?
This amount at least, we shall save
IN the new house, You can readily
borrow, on the security you will
have, the .remaiding $500, and bya
little economy we shall be out ofdebt
save the $500 on the lot. % *
(. Yes yes,'H said ], sand such a
house as we shall ihaVe-Oh! dear.D
Well, Il was Influenced by my good
little wife. e We went one sun-shiney
day, and looked at the lots, and clos
ed q bargain, and in the spring our
house was commenced, and ready
for occupancy before the efirstO May.
1t was not SO large q cottage as
the one we left /; there was no gas
Ihad myself helped to dig. a1.We1l (;
but somehow there was q strange
exhflaration Of feeling on getting
settled in our new abode. 3 The affair |
too, had cost more than we had an
ticipated by $500, so we were in debt
on the house alone $700 on moving |
in. I quite uneasy over this |
debt the first night. This feeling |
quickly passed of, and as we |
began to put out trees, make a gafl
den, and prepare for a family of
children, our estate, seemed : so !
immense that the debt thereon was
Iea6not stop to tell you of thejoyl
of that summer Away from theoI
road dust Of the ereity-among large |
trees and growing shrubs and flowers |
our moonlight nights were blissful,
and the little cottage was a palace. |
Two years passed, and soi much |
cheaper had we found it living in3l
this style, that we had not only paid |
the debt Ofthe house, but the LOT also.
We wanted to remain there, and /
never leave it. But we could not9l
had advanced in price to /
such an extent that the half of our
lot BROUGHT S5.000. This I mt iniC-l L
business, and on this venture fortune /
smiled. We remained another year
In the little cottage, sold it,. and
built large and elegant house0out
of the proceeds Of our first invest
ment.E Years have past since Them
I own number Of 1h0uses, and have
been successful In trade, and now
oceupyg marble front om1a time
avenue but we have newer been /
than when living in q th0us- /
and dollar cottage; and my wife's |
advice was the foundation sof our |
fortune 5 i.tag losE9As uJiiETa1zsTI |
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