The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-01

ponses one halfS", asked hef nusDano, |
Il INK - :s.,, aa,lls Both 18th
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: i "a q ~ e y sF Us, s s.is
~ 1T. - " can livs - plslnly
I've xIls and 49, "a 4 hsye NO
eaI VIII be "a tsi enss - az -
alth q oonoexned.n
-. What ! calealator you ars, Carrie !"
ss.d i Is mind. really sbink, ssssr ID
yoa have said, that IL won'e Be % hard 70
live ON half our usual inc0nse-fOr the
present 81 least. But--and HE countenaDce
again changed suppose my work should
entirely fail; suPpose yon cSaiG not OLA I'D
youi" ),
"That certainly surpasses my powell,
said his wife, smilingly /; 8 but even In that
case there are. NO good grounds for dis
couragement. You have not forgotten our
savings bank, have you ..,a
"Why, no; didn't think of that" SAID
her husband. :" l suppose that would keep
/ off starvation for q few weeks"
"And in those few weeks abe sdded,
I" business might revive" d
|
1 guess it will be all righG IN ottronbts'
myself about it any longer"
The apprehensiOns to which Mr.. Lynford
had given expression, proved to be only
too well founded. In less than month
from the date of the conyersetion just TsS
he had been able to secure entirely smaled,
4 and he found himself without work OF any
kind-thrown back ON HIS own resources.
Although he had anticipated this, 1t
seemed unexpected when it actually came
upon him, and he, again returned home IN
q at Of discourSgement. He briefly ex-
planned to bis wife the new calamity which
had come upon them. -,
"And the worst of it il, }" he added, "there
is no hope Of better times till the spring.'
"DO you think business will revive
then I" asked his wife. t ,.i14 :
1T must at that time, but there are
Ave or six months between. I don't know
how we are to live during that time"
do,n said his wife quietly. s
"Youw exclaimedfthe husband, in spr-
lprise. .',b XII t.s.s.i ss bta .si,5fl
I. eyes, your income has never been more
than six or seven hundred dollars year,
, and have no doubt we Gun live six months
ON two hundred and fifty dollars" aa,
Eyes, certainly; but where is. that
money to come from I don't want to run
!, in debt, and if I did should not kno"
where to borrow"
8 Fortunately, there is no need OF 1t,
n said Mrs. Lynford; "you seem to forge
b our little savings bank"
"But is it possible it can amount to TIVE
hundred and fifty dollars" exclaimed he
. husband in surprise.
, eyes, and six hundred mOre," said III
"a wife.
20 "Impossible !"
~ "Wait a minute and / will prove it,"
N Caroline withdrew moment, and the
"a re-appeared with several certificates 9
ar bank and railroad shares, amounting t
h eight hundred dollars, and a bank book
"A which the balance was deposited to he
In credit.
ot Are you quite sure You haven't had
a legacy Z" demanded Charles, in amazement
n. "surely dime day has not produced this
=, "No; but two dimes a day have, with
little extra deposit now and then. think
ar Charles, we she'll be able to ward OF starva
M tion for o time" a.
ut "All this owe to your prudence" ga,
ar Charles, gratefully; chow can repay yon
M Charles Lynford remained out Of en-
:. ployment some months, but in the spring
a az Re anticipated, business revived, and
Mt was once moro in the receipt of his old II
mo- come. More than two thirds Of the fun
q was still left, and hencefOrth Charles WI
an no less assiduous than his wife in striYir
of to increase it. -. - ,s..-s,.y.,.s.
% The little tin savings bank still stands {
me- the mantel-piece and never fails to recei'
,ce deposit daily.