The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-30

easy to save as you inOught for."
Il have saved something, however,
said his wife. but how is il with
you ?'
''That's more than 1 can say. How
ever, l have not exceeded my income,
that's one good thing. We have lived
still as well, and | don't know but bet
ter, than last year when we spent five
hundred.n
.5fs knack, Ezra" said his wife.
She was not inclined TO say how
much she had saved. She wanted some
time or other TO surprise him with it
when II would be of some service.
'lShe may have saved up twenty-five
dollars, or some such triiie," thought
Jones, and so dismissed the matter from
his mind.
At the end of the second year, Mrs.
Jones savings, including the interest,
amounted to three hundred and fifty
dollars, and she began to feel quite rich.
Her husband did not think TO inquire
how she had succeeded, supposing as
before, that it could be but small sum.
However, he had piece of good news
TO communicate. His salary had been
raised from a thousand to twelve humid
red year, he added:
"As before, allowed you one-half my
income for expenses, il is no more than
fair that / should do so now. That gives
you better a chance to save some OF IL
than before. Indeed l do not see how
T you have succeeded in saving thus far.n
I As before, Mrs. Jones said she had
saved something, without specifying the
amount.
Her allowances were succeeded 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.. Jones on the contrary, in spite of
his increased salary, was no better of
at the end Of the year than before. His
expenses had increased by n hundred
dollars, though he would have found it
difficult to tell in what way his comfort
or happiness had been increased there
by. In spite of his carelessness In re-
gard to his own affairs, Mr.. Jones was a
most excellent man in regard TO his en-
ployers. He had steadily preserved the
custom of giving one-half to his wife for
the same purpose as heretofore, and this
had become such habit that he never
thought 10 enquire whether she found
il necessary 10 employ the whole or not.
Thus ten years rolled out. During all
this time Mr.. Jones had lived i'm the
same hired house for which he paid an
annual rent of one hundred and fifty
dollars. Latterly, however, he had been
with it. 1t had passed into /
the hands OF 4 new landlord, who was
not disposed 10 keep IL in the repair 1
which he thought desirable. About |
this time a block of excellent houses
had been erected by 4 capitalist, who [
designed TO sell or let them as he might |
have the opportunity. They were more !
modern and better arranged than the /
one in which Mr.. Jones now lived, and /
he felt a strong desire 10 move into one |
Of them.
He mentioned the fact to his wife one /
"What is the rent, Ezra ." enquired |
she.
1.-TWO hundred and twenty-five dol /
lars for the corner house; two hundred /
for either of the othersn
"The corner one would be preferable I
on account of the side Windows"
"Nes, and they have a large yard be- |
sides. ! think We must hire one Of
them. ! guess I'll engage one to-day; /
you know our year is out next week.
"Please wait, Ezra, till tomorrow be- /
fore engaging one.n
''Nery well, l suppose tomorrow will 4
be sufficiently early"
Soon after breakfast, Mrs. Jones called I
upon 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. Jones
was perfectly delighted with all the ar
rangements and expressed her satisfac-
ton.
Are these houses for sale, or rent >"
she enquired.
Either" said the owner.
"Ihe rent Of this one is, understand,
S25 more than the rest"
'What do you ask for the house 10 a
cash purchaser asked Mrs. Jones with
subdued eagerness.
-Four thousand dollars cash, was the
reply, land that is but a small advance
on the cOst.n
Very well, l will buy it Of you,"
added Mrs. Jones quietly.
What did l understand you to say ~
asked the Squire, hardly believing his
ears.
II repeat that will buy this house at
your price, and pay the money within a
week.
''Ihen the house is yours, but your
husband said nothing of his intentions
and, in fact, did not know
THAT he had the money to invest,
suppose you would say. Neither does he
know it, and must ask you not to tell
him for the present"
The next morning Mrs. Jones invited
her husband TO take walk, hut without
specifying the direction.
They stood i'm front of the house in
which he desired to live.
t4Woulhpff Won lilo IN cro IN o. IL
asked.
''Yes. It's pity we havn't got the
key"
~ have the key" said his wife, and
forthwith walked up TO the steps and
proceeded 10 open the door.
"When did you get the key Of the
Squire?n asked her husband.
Yesterday, when l bought the
house." said his wife quietly.
Mr.. Jones gazed on his wife in pro-
found astonishment.
"What on earth do YOU mean, Eliza
beth ?" he enquired.
''Just as l say. The house is mine,
and what is mine is thine. So the house
is yours, Ezra
"WheTe in the name of goodness did
you raise the mOney?n asked the hus-
band, his amazement as great as ever.
81 havn't been n managing wife these
ten years for nothing" said Mrs. Jones (
smiling.
With some difficulty Mrs. Jones per-
suaded her husband the price of the /
house was really the result of her saw 1
ings. He felt when he surveyed the
cOmmOdiOus arrangements Of the new
house, that he had reason 10 be grateful 4
for the prudence Of his managing wife. 4
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