The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-07-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
.. Or. the Ca1eu1atrns WIG. =.

1t was a dirty November night,
the rain had been falling all day,
and I was thoroughly and inwardiy
disconsolated, when my little wife
met me at the door. Il 1sueds7 isc
'Why, Will, what has caused you
to be so late ?' said she t1the tea has
been stepped this hour. and IsreaIiy
began to fear that some one had
taken a fancy to. your watch, and
thus caused you an unpleasant de-
lay.' 81 -a7sa Fa-s3f5--7 = acfI1si
This remark was made with refer
euce to an ancient time-keeper which
1 carried-a huge watch which had
belonged to my grandfather. MY
wife was always predicting that
some gentelnlanly footpad would
seek to possess himself of this yaIu-
able, III was not more careful about
exhibiting 1t. The truth was, she
was sorry In her heart that i could
not afford a better one, and so she
took this method to batter me.
We sat down to eat that night in
our cozy little back parior, beside a
cozy CRATE fire and the fragrant
and stimulating OoIong and my
wife's CHEEKY talk, soon caused me to
forget my long walk, the. drenching
and the unpleasant incidents of the
rain. 71 -l---
ado you know, my dear,'' said /,
breaking open a white, cream biscuit
the while, and laying on. q slice of
yellow butter 'sdo you know I mad
some very serious thoughts on my
way home tonight? ?n
-9h! no doubt you had" said she.
lyon thought, perhaps In fit of
mental abstraction, how much YOU
had made on the last Corner inspec-
ulation." - -, - =.
All this was decidedly naughty.
You BEE Ihad managed to save a
thousand dollars, and q friend OF
mine knew it, and he also knew a
nice AeOrner" on wheat, and the
half of my humble pile, hesaId; was
sufisienJ seed for rich harvest on
| such "corner" as was preparing.
Well, I invested, partly to please my
friend, and more to please myself, to
makes little money quick, and the
the result was, the following Satur-
day night, VIII Aitkin was minus
Aye hundred dollars. H
tsNo, ,"said i, nothing of the kind.
I was thinking how hard 1t is to
be poor. How hard to toll on year
after year, and just barely make a
living. Here we live in a rented
house. We have paid out in rent
for this little cottage three times its
hrst cost. A man ought to own the
house he lives ia, If it be but shed.
have never seen the time when ]
could spend money for a house:
| When fortunate in speculation,
have LET my funds slip through nv
fingers, 1 don't know how, and my
regular salary is only sufficient for
our yearly expenses" e.ao
"Do you mean to say" said she,
looking at me archly over the cup,
"that you would willingly compel
the wife of your bosom to live in q
smaller and cheaper structure than
this ? Do you really ?'' .s1 ID
mo, no." said / s'and, indeed, il
I were to think of building chear
cottage, where is the money to come
from ?" and then / groaned audibIy
over the aforesaid corner"
"Well, }" said she, ''I am glad you
are still a devoted husband, not d J.
posed in. the least to play tyrant
but would it not be well, now thai
we are on the subject, to see if there
is not some way open TO liberty
For my part, I would like to watch
over a patch of ground which wi
could call our own. Do you know
said she, "that i have never cared
anything about flowers? /? 1t. is no
because am not fopd of flowers. a.
you well know, but it seems so rid
tculous to be cultivating flowers OF
rented ground. How / would like
to be mistress ofa' little yard, auC
then the flowers would be my own i
The fact is, my wife had alWay
been talking after this manner. Sh,
wanted me to build house. eve
though it had but one room. = An(
so / answered her. Ellf-.----7
t. ''Yes, yes, but where is the none,
TO come from ?'' and again I THOUGH
OF the "corner."