The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-19

husband, takipg his seatin ,the rockings
llchair as the supper things were removed,
Thp- freig glowing in tho grate. revealed a
pretty and aeatly furnished sitting room
with all the appliances of comfort. The
fatiyuiug business of the day was oyer,
and hslsat enjoying what he had all day
been aptieipating, the delights of his own
fireside. His pretty wife, Esther, took
her work and sat down by the Ia
BILE. as a.l ,e..o E
b. ~. is pleasant to, have home of ones
own," he again said, taking n satisfac.o-
ry SURVEY of his little quarters. The
cold rain beat against the windows, and
he thought he felt really grateful for all
his present comforts. F,-.
''Now if We only had a piano." ex-
claimed the wife,
"Give mo the music of your own sweet
voice before all the pianos in creation"
he observed complimentary; but he felt
certain secret disappointment that his
wife's thankfullness did MT happily
CLINE with his own.
/ "Well we want one for our friends"
said Esther, >, "
Let our friends come to see rs, and
not to hear u piano, exclaimed the hus-
baud.
"But, George, everybody has piano
nowgaqaays7Twe dou't go. anywhere with
out seeing piano." persisted the wife.
| "And yet, don't know what we want
zone for-you will havo no time to play
Ion one, and l don't want to hear it"
/ "Why, they are SO fashionable
think opr room looks nearly naked with
out one."
~ think it looks just right
al think j: looks very naked-we
want piano shockiugly," protested
Esther cmphatically.
4 The husband rocked violently
"Your lamp mokes, my dear" said
he after long p,usc.
I AAN hen are, yen going to- g.t a. cain
phene lamp? l have told you dozen
times how much VIC need one" said
Esther, pettishly.
'ihcse arc very pretty lamps-I never
Can see by camphoue lamp" said her
husbaid. These lamps are the prct-
tiest of the kind I ever saw"
"But, George, do not think our room
is complete without u camphenc lamp"
said Esther, sharply. They are SO
fashionable! Why, the Morgans and
NIillers, and many others l might men.
tion, all have them; AIN sure we ought
| to-"
I'VE ought not to take pattern by
other peoples expenses, and don't see
any reason in that"
The husband moved uneasily in his
chair.
I'VE want to live as we'll as others"
said Esther.
"We want to live within our means,
Esther" exclaimed George.
~ am sure we oan afford it as wen as
the Morgans. and Millcrs and Thorns ;
we do not wish to appear mean"
Georges cheek crimsoned
"Mean! | am not meant he cried
ansrily.
"Then we do not wish to appear So"
said the wife. ITO complete this room,
and make it look like other peoples, we
want piano and camphenc lamps"
ave whnt-we want" muttered the
husband; there's no satisfying woman S
wants do what you may" and he abrupt.
ly left the room.
How many husbands ure in similar
dilemma! How many houses and hus-
bands are rendered uncomfortable by the
constant dissatisfaction of a wife with
present comforts and present provisions /!
How many bright prospects for business
have ended in bankruptcy and ruin in
order to satisfy this secret hank cring at
ter fashionable neccssaries ! Could the
real cause of many failures be known it
would be found to result from useless ex-
penditures at home-expenses to answer
tho demands of fashion and "what will
people think 2"
my wife has mada my fortune, !" said
a gentlemen of great possessions, "by
her thrift, and prudence, aud cheerful
ness, when ] was just beginning"
"And mine has lost my fortune" an.