Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-09-19
A STORY OF THE TIMES
Or, Paw as You Go.

Ho, hum" sighed William Taylor.
as he seated himself by the stove, and
propped up his head with both his
HANDS.
He had just made the fire. Itwas six
O'Clock OH Il winter morning-the LIST
day of January-and his wife had be-
gun to get breakfast. ..- =. ..s
| William Taylor was an under clerk in
the office of the Bagg Corporation, a
large manufacturing establishment in a
New England village. He had been
married about two years, but life went
hard enough with him. Though he did
the best he knew how to do, he could
not make both ends of the year meet.
1t is true, he had some notions about his
social standing that were not exactly in
keeping with his position, and especial
ly not with his salary, which was only
three hundred dollars year.
Dollars and cents were the most un-
manageable commodities he was called
upon to handle. They were slippery,
and would not stay between his fingers;
all he could do. He had not devoted
much attention to the subject of finance
and in consequence it became one of
the many trials of his life.
"What is the matter, William 2"
asked his wife, touched with his deep
sigh. .f.
"This is payday" replied the hus-
band, with another deep sigh.
"What of it? You look as though
you had not friend in the world" q
g am miserable, Ellen"
Miserable?'' ..... "a.
81 am indeed.'' esd.
"What, because it is pay-day?' sHT
eyes, ..5..E
"People generally feel rejoiced at
such times.''
al don't know. I have been awake
half the night thinking of it"
"Why, William, why should you feel
so unhappy" F.t
81 owe more than can pay" @
"You do"
Ellen who was no financier, any, more
than her husband, had never given the
subject thought. She was not little
surprised at the abrupt announcement.
a do Ellen; and am fearful that l
shall have trouble with it, III
"What sort of trouble?" asked FL
len, frightened, but having no definite
idea OF what to dread. ... .......l. ..
perhaps some one will sue me, trus-
tee my salary, or something of that
kind" .-...
"Why did you not tell me of this be-
fore, William? | would rather live on
a crust of bread and wear calico to
church; than make You unhappy, or
have you sued or trusted. VIII they
put you in jail:" and the young wife
actually trembled at the thought of
such catastrophe.
81 think not; but they may put me
to great deal of trouble.'
"Why did you not tell me before?"
81 did not know it myself. Last
Tuesday 1 made few figures and found
that owed about one hundred and fif-
ty dollars. My quarters salary is only
seventy-five." ..... ...f...
"But some of them will wait. We
will retrench." ...
"I went to Spike; but he refused to
wait beyond the first of January"
"We have been extravagant, Will
liam.'' .- 4.f. H...
g | am afraid we have"
elbow much do you owe Spikes"
"About thirty dollars" HF
Yes, such bills count up fast"
"We ought to not owe him a cent.
We ought to not ride at all, though l
enjoy riding very much" ..etI
$50 do |, and Spike was always will
ing to trust me-
Spike kept the livery stable of the
village, and was generally willing to
run long bills with those of whom there
was any chance of getting his pay.
al am sorry"
l had no idea the bill was so much
till he sent it in about three weeks
ago"
"We must stop riding.
at will be hard to do so. After
get done at the office, it is so pleasant
to drive half-a-dozen miles; but I didn't
think had ridden so much"
"Perhaps he'll wait"
No; he said he would not"