St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-11
found it 50 easy to save as You thought

for"
Il have saved something, however,
said his wife. 'Ibut how is it will
You H''
''Thars more than ! can say. How
? ever, | have not exceeded my income
that's one good Thing. We have livcc
full as well, and don't known but bet
ter than last year, when we spent five
hundred"
at, kna,k, Era" said his wife,
smiling. She was not inclined to men,
ton how much she had saved. She
wanted some time or other TO surprise
him with it when it would be Of some
service.
"Shc may possibly have saved up
tw wcnly- five inllars, thought Mr. New
ton, "ur some such trihr," and 50 dis
missed the matter from his mind.
AT the end of the second year, Mrs
Ncwtun's -aving~ including the interest,
amounted TO three hundred and fifty dol
lars, and she bean 10 feel quite rich
Her husband dI not think To inquire
how she had succeeded, surprising, aa be-
tore, rhIt il rnull he bat "a very small
sum.
However,, he had Il piece oi "n"l news
I" communicate. Ills saIary had been
raised from thousand 10 twelve hun
lrrd dollars
lie aI,Icd As het,Ic aliuArI vuu
one hali my income for hnuS..huIl rN-
pcn-r$, II l. iIu more than iair that
should dn 81 now. That w!ll give ynu
better chance To save part {" it shan
before. Indeed, don't know how you
have succeeded in sa,in" anything thus
far"
As before, Mr.. Newton merely >ad
that she had saved snmrthinn, without
specifying the amount.
Her allowance WAS increased To six
hundred dollars, but her expense. were
not proporti"nally increased at all So
that her savings for the third year swell
cd the aggregate sum III the SAVINGS bank
To slN hundred dollars.
MIR. Newton, un the contrary, in spitc
of his increased salary, WAS no better off
ut the end of the thtd year than before
His expense had increased 10y II hundred
dollars, though he would have found it
difficult to tell in what way his comfort
or his Happiness had been increased
thereby.
In >pi,c "t his carcI,o>n,>, IN regard To
his businc--, his services were valu-
able To his employer. They accordingly
increased his salary, from time To time.
till he reached sixteen hundred dollars
lie hal steadily preserved the custom of
assigning unc-halt 10 Li- wife for the
same purpose a~ heretofore, and th, had
become such a habit that hc never
thought Ia inquire whether she found it
necessary 10 employ the whole or not
Thus ten Yeas rolled away. During
all this time Mr.. Newton lived in the
same hired h"u>c, lor which he had paid
an annual rent OF one hundred and iillv
dollars. l.lttcIly, however he had he .
come dissatisfied with it, II had passed
into the hands OF Il new landlord, who
was not disposed to keep it in the repair
which he considered desirable
About this time block of excellent
houses WIS erected by a capitalist who .
dcs gncd TO sell them or let them a. he
might have an opportunity. They were
more modern and much better arranged
than the one in which MIR Newton now
lived, and lie felt Il strong desire to move
INTO one OF them lie mentioned it To-
his wife one morning.
''WIat i the rent, ENa !' inquired
she.
"Twu hundrrd and twenty live dollars
for the corner house; two hundred tor
either of the uthcIs."
"Ihe corner one would he prrlrrab!r
on account of the side windows"
"lr-. and they have a lnr@r yard he.
sides think we must hire one Of them.
gucs7 I'll engage one To day you know
our year Is out neat week.
PLEASE wait, Ezra, until to morrow.
before en@a%in" one"
''Fnr what reason -
II should like Ia examine the house.
"Nery well, | suppos, to-morrow will
bc sufficiently early"
Soon after breakfast Mrs Newton
called on Squire Bent, the owner of the
new block, and intimatrd her desire to
be shown the corner house The request
he readily complied with Mrs. Newton
was quite deli@htcd with all the arrange
mcnts, and expressed her satisfaction.
'Arc these houses for sale ar Ia let ~
she inquired.
"EIthCr," SAID the owner
"lhe rent Is, | understand, ;wo hun
drcd and twenty-five dollars"
''les, | consider the corner house
worth at least twenty-five dlIars more
than the rest"
'And what do you chargc for the
house TO a cash purchaser - asked Mrs.
Newton, with subducd ra"rrncss
"Four thousand dollars cash" was
the reply; and that Is but small ad
vance on the cost
Very well, | will buy it of yom," ad-
ded Mrs. Newton, quietly.
"What did | understand you To say ,"
asked the Squire, scarcely brlirvin. his
ears.
81 repeat that | will bny this house,
at your price, and pay the money within
IA week."
"lhen the house is yours. But your
husband said nothing OF his intention,
and in fact | did not know
'Ihat he had the money TO invest, |
suppose you would say. Neither does
he know it, and must ask yon not TO
tell him for the present"
The next morning Mrs. Newton invi-
ted her husband to take a walk, but
without specifying the direction.