Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-11-30
ssFss-, s Vol. II, No. Is.

eoihe, that one good thing. We
have lived full as well, and 1 don't
know but better than last year, when
we spent five hundred dollars
1T is knack, Ezra said his wife
smiling. 2 q % -t- d.
| She was not inclined to melton
how much she had saved. She
wanted some time or other to sur
prise him with it when it would be
of some service.
She may possibly have saved up
twenty-five dollars thought Mr..
Newton, 'or some such trife.' and
so dismissed the matter from his
mind. ~
At the end of the second year,
Mrs. Newton's savings, including
the interest amounted to three hun
dred and fifty dollars and she be-
gan to feel quite rich. 49,
Her husband did not think to in
quire how much she had succeeded
in saving, supposing as before, that
it could but be very small sum- =
However, he had a piece of good
news to communicate. His salary
had been raised from Thousand to
twelve hundred dollars.
He sdded: AS Il before allowed
you one-half my income for house
hold expenses, it is no more than fair
| should do so now. That will give
you better chance to save some
thing than before. Indeed, I don't
know how you have sacceeded in
saving anything thus far
AS before, Mrs Newton had mere
ly said that she had saved something
and not specifying the amount.
Her allowance was increased to
six hundred dollars, but her ex-
penses were not proportionately in
creased at all; so that her savings
for the third year were larger than
before. His expenses had increased
a hundred dollars, though he would
have found it difficult to tell in what
way his comfort or happiness had
been increased thereby.
In spite of his carelessness in re-
gard to his own affairs, Mr.. Newton
was an excellent man in regard to
his business, and his services were
valuable to his employers. They
accordingly increased his salary,
from time to time, till it reached six
teen hundred dollars. He had stead
lily preserved the custom of assign
ing one half to his wife for the same
purpose as heretofore, and this had
become such habit that he never
thought to inquire whether she
found it necessary to employ the
whole of it or not.
Thus ten years rolled away. Du-
ing all this time Mr.. Newton lived |
in the same hired house for which
he had paid an annual rent of one
hundred and fifty dollars. Latterly,
however he had become dissatisfied
with it. 1t had passed into the
hands of new landlord, who was
not disposed to keep it in the repair
which he considered desirable.
About this time a block of excel
lent houses were erected by a capi-
talist, who designed to sell them or
let them as he might have an oppor-
tunity. They were more modern
and much better arranged than the
one in which Mr.. Newton now lived,
and he felt strong desire to move
in one of them. He mentioned it
to his wife one morning.
What is the rent, EzraY inquired
she. .
Two hundred and twenty five dol
lars for the corner house; two hun
dred for either Of the Others
'The corner would be preferable,
on account of the side window
Yes, and they have a large yard
besides. think we must hire. one
of them. 1 guess FL engage one
of them to-day; you know our year
is out next week
please wait, Ezra, until to-mor
row, before engaging one
'For what reasonY
Il should like to examine the
house first
Soon after breakfast Mrs. Newton
called on Squire Bent, the owner of
the new block, and intimated her
desire to be shown the corner house.
The request was readily complied
with: Mrs. Newton was delighted
with all the arrangements, and ex
pressed her satisfaction.
Are these houses for. sale or to
letY she inquired.
Either said the owner.
The rent is, | understand. two
hundred and twenty five dollars !
sYes, the corner house is worth at {
least twenty five dollars more than s
the rest .e !
'And what do you charge for the /
house to cash purchaser? asked
Mrs. Newton with sudden eager
ness. f.r.- ....
-Four thousand dollars cash. wa
the reply, and that is but small adj
vance on the cost ..I s.t. II
Very well, will buy it of you,
she added.
What did 1 understand you to
sayY asked the Squire, scarcely be- !
lieving his ears.
Il repeat that will buy your /;
house at your price, and pay the /
within week. Il
Then the house is yours. But
your husband said nothing of his
and in fact l did not
know .e L
That he had the money to invest, s
1 suppose You would say. Neither {
does he know it, and l must ask you S
not to tell him for the present. I
The next morning Mrs. Newton in S
vited her husband to take a walk, 8
but without specifying the direc-
tion.'
They soon stood in front Of the I
house in which he desired to live.
Would you like to go inr she in
quired.
Yes. 1t is pity We haven't got :
the key
4 have the key said his wife, and
forthwith walked up the steps and
proceeded to open the door.
When did you get the keyg' in
quired her husband.
Yesterday, when bought the
house., said his wife. \