Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-08-25

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That's more than can say
However, / have not exceeded my
income, that's one good thing, We
have lived full as well, and / don't
know but better than last year, when
We spent five hundred"
ats knack, Ezra" said his wife
smiling.
She was not inclined to mention,
how much she had saved. She
wanted, some time or other, to sur.
prise him with II when 1t would be
of some service.
"She may possibly have saved up
twenty-five dollars" thought Mr..
Newton, cor some such trifie," and
so dismissed the matter from his
mind. Es @gN. #Es# /"
At the end of the second year, Mrs.
Newton's savings, including the in
terest, amounted To three hundred
and fifty dollars, and she began to
feel quite rich.
Her husband did not think to in-
quire how she had succeeded, suppos.
ing, ms before, that It could be but a
very small sum. E
However, he had piece of good
news to communicate. His salary
had been raised from thousand to
twelve hundred dollars. He added:
"As before allowed you one. half
my income for household expenses,
1t is no more than fair should do so
now. That will give you better
chance. Indeed, l don't know how
you have succeeded in saving thus
far.n "a
AS before, Mrs. Newton said that
she had saved something. without
specifying the amount.
Her allowance was Increased to six
hundred dollars. but expenses were
not proportionally increased at all;
so that her savings for the third year
swelled the aggregate sum In the
savings bank to six hundred dollars.
Mr.. Newton, on the contrary, I'm
spite of his increased salary, was no
better off at the end of the third year
than before. His expenses had in
creased by hundred dollars, though
he would have found it difficult to
tell in what way his comfort or hap
piness had been increased thereby
In spite of his carelessness In regard
to his own affairs, Mr.. Newton was
an excellent man in regard to busi-
ness, and his services were valuable
to his employer. They accordingly
increased his salary from time to
time till IL reached sixteen hundred
dollars. He had steadily preserved
the custom OF assigning one.half to
his wife for the SO me purpose as here
tofore, aud this had become such a
habit that he never thought 10 in-
quire whether she found II necessary
to employ the whole or not.
Thus ten years rolled away. Dur
ing all this time Mr.. Newton lived
In the same hired house, for which
he paid an annual rent of one hun.
dred and fifty dollars. Latterly,
however, he had become dissatisfied
with it. IL had passed into the
hands of new landlord, who has
not disposed to keep II in the repair
which he considered desirable
About this time block of excellent
houses were erected by a capitalist
who designed to sell or let them as
he might have opportunity. They
were more modern and better ar
ranged ;than the one In which Mr..
Newton now lived, and he felt a
strong desire to move into one Of
them. He mentioned 1t to his wife
one morning.
"What is the rent, Ezra?" in
quired she.
1.-TWO hundred and twenty-five
dollars for the corner house two
hundred for either of the Others"
"The corner one would be prefera-
BILE on account of the sidelwindows."
"Ycs, and they have a large yard
besides. I think we must hire one
of them. guess I'll engage one to-
day; you know our year is out next
week. #FA
"please wait, Ezra, till tomorrow
before engaging one."
"For what reason ~ sa.-
81 should like to examine the
house."
VERY well, 1 suppose Tomorrow
will be sufficiently early"
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 he readily complied
with; Mrs. Newton was delighted
with all the arrangements, and ex-
pressed her satisfaction.
"Are these houses for sale or rent?"
she inquired.
Either" said the owner.
"The rem is, l understand, twesty-
five dollars more than the rest"
eyes,"
"And what do you charge for the
house TO q cash purchaser ?" asked
Mrs. Newton with subdued eager
ness.
"Four thousand dollars cash" !" was
the reply, "and that II but o small
advance on the cost"
Very well, will buy 1t OF you,"
added Mrs. Newton quietly.
What did understand you to
say ?" asked the Squire scarcely be-
lieving his ear.
81 repeat that ] will buy this house
at your price, and pay the money
within q week."
'Then the house Is yours. But
your husband said nothing Of his in
tentions, and, In fact, ] did not
know n
''That he had the money to invest,
/ suppose you would say. Neither
does he know it ana / must ask
you not to tell him for the press
ent."
The next morning Mrs. Newton
invited her husband to take walk,
but without specifying the direc-
tion. 3s8 n . ~
They stood In front of the house