The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-06

always the best help, mud most to be de-
pended on. We may know ourselves, and
trust ourselves, and that is great deaI
more than we can say about other people
When snail we have the sale 2n
Not so fast, Betsy, not SO fast.
haven't agreed to the saleyet. Thatwould
be sure to make n certain loss, Furniture
sold ut auction never realizes above hall
It's costs
at would be certain gain, Aaron, If II
saved you from bankruptcy, with which
us understand it, you are threatened"
al ttink,n said Aaron, 1--WE may get on
without that. like the idea Of your
coming into my warehouse and taking
lIobsOn's place. All the money from retail
sales passes through his hands, and he has
it in his power, Il not honest, to rnb me
seriously. l'ye not felt altogether easy in
regard to him Of late. Why, ! can hardly
tell. l'ye seen nothing wrong. But, Il
you take his place, three hundred pounds
will be saved certainly"
I" But il | have my house to keep
Mrs. Little answered TO this, show can !
help you at the warehousc} The first
thing in order S to get the house Oft my
handS.n
"Don't you think that Annie could be
induced to come and live with us for few
months until we try thisncw experiment F
I" But the money, Aaron; the money this
furniture would bring That's what Pm
looking after. You want money now."
avery true.n
Then let us hang out the red flag. Half
way measures may only ruin everything.
] know that mother will not let Annie
leave home, so its no use to think Of it.
rhc red flag, AarOn-the red flag j Depend
upon it, that's the first right thing to be
done. Five or six hundred pounds in hand
will make you feel like another person.
give you courage confidence and energy.h
" You may be right, Betsy but can't
bear the thought of running out the red
flag, of which you talk so lightly"
"Sha'I | say coward Are you afraid
to do what common prudence tells you is
right.n
al was afraid, Betsy; but am no longer
faint hearted. With such a brave little
wife rs you to stand by my side | need
not fear the worlds
Ina week from that day the red flag
was hung out. When the auctioneer made
up his accounts, he had in hand little over
eight hundred pounds, ior which check
was filled out to the order Of Aaron Little.
It came into his hands just at the right
moment, and made him feel, to use his
own worls, "as easy MS an old shoe.n
One week later, Mn. Betsy Little took
the place OF Mr.. Hobson, as chief manager
and cash receiver in her husbands ware
house. There were some few signs Of
rebellion among the clerks and shop girlN
at the beginning; but Mrs. Betsy had n
quick, steady eye, and self.reliant MAN.
ncr, that caused her presence to be ielt,
and soon made everything subseryient TO
her will. II was a remarkable fact that
at the close Of the iirst week Of her admin.
istration Of affairs, the cash receipts were
over ESQ in excess Of the receipts Of any
week within the previous three months.
81 Have we done more business than
usual this week ln she asked Of one clerk
and another; and the uniform answer was,
"No.n
"Thcn," said the lady tohesell, "there's
been foul play here. No wonder my hus-
band was in trouble.n
At the end Of the next week the sales
came up to the same average, and at the
end Of the third week were forty pounds
better tlan before Mrs. Little undertook
to manage the retail department. Whether
there has been "fOul play" or rot, Aaron
Little could never fully determine; but he
was in no doubt as to one thing, and that
was the easy condition Of the money mar.
ket alter the lapse Of u half year.
For four or five months previous to Mrs.
Little'S administration of affairs, he was on
the street for nearly half Of his time, during
business honrs, engaged in the work Of
money raising; now his regular receipts
had got in advance oi his payments, so
that his balance on the morning of each
day was usually in excess Of the notes to
be lifted OF course be could give more
attention to business; aud Of course bust.
ness increased and grew more profitable
under the improved system. By the end
Of the year, 10 use his own words, he was
:" all rights Not so n neighbOr Of his,
who, to get more capital, had taken Mr..
Lawrence as partner Instead o! bring
Ing in ten thousand pounds that "capital-
lstn was only able to put down three
thousand, and before the end of the year
he had drawn out six or seven thousand,
and had given notes Of the firm for rs
much more in payment Of old obligations.
\ failure OF the house followed as an incyi-
table result.
When the fact Of the failure and the
cause which led to il became known to
Mr. Little he remarked, with shrug:
"l'm sorry for b; but he should have
told his wife"
"Of what y asked the person to whom
he addressed the remark.
"0r his want Of more capital, and inten-
ton to make partner Of Lawrence
"What good would that have donem
alt might have saved him from ruin, rs
it did me-"
"Yuu are mysterious, Little.n
"AmI7 Well, in plain words, a year
ago was hard up for money in my busi-
ness, and thought Of taking in Lawrence.
| told my vile about it. She said, Don't
do it, And didn't; for her Don't do
it, was followed BY suggestions as to his
wiic's extravagance that opened my eyes a
little. told her ut the same time, Of my
cmbarrassments, and she set her bright
little head to work and showed me the
way to work out Of them. Before this
always had apoor opinion of woman's wit
in matters Of business but now, say "a
every man in trouble TR your eyi F'