The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-08-28

beud every available energy She plan-
ned uaat, II possible, she would sel bold
oflba odd Gay cents every DAY, OF IL she
could not DO THAI sbe would do ibe best
she tould.
Generous, frank and loving, Aibertwss
au easy prey 10 the wiles of wife a.
loyal and loving as himself he gave hcr
money when she asked for u, and she
asked for II when She Thought be bad 8ny
+ 20 give
Aad here let nae say thai Alice know
+ that her husband would not run in debt.
F That was au evil both had arraycd them
selves against iu the outset When Al
berts purse was empty be bought Moth
/ iag, aud when IL was full he was apt 20
+ bay more than was needed. Alice knew
all this aud governed herself accordingly.
4 think, said Alice one evening, that
must fix over my Old brown cashmere
this winter should Ikea new one, but
I / don't suppose you can afford il.
/ Albert looked grieyed, the idea that he
could not afford his wife a new dress
But for such a one a. she wanted IL
woald cost twenty-five or thirty dollars.
lfyou want It, get II said Albert, en-
pbsiically. will let you have twenty
dollars from this months pay, and the
balance You shall have next month,
Alice got the thirty dollars, but she did
not get the new dress. By the outlay of
i've dollars for new trimming She con-
uiyed to llx over the old brown cashmere
so that it looked every bit as good as
new.
i And so Alice worked Sometimes she
asked her husband for fifty cents, some
times for ten cents, sometimes for a dol
lar, and sometimes for more; and at the
end Of year, carefully reckoning up she
found that she had managed to get hold
Of rather more than fifty cents day; but
she had done il BY deuying herself Of
many things, some Of which were really
needfu.
This result Of the first years effort in
spired Alice with new life and vigor. She
had saved up one hundred and fifty dol
lars and had invested it in government
bonds. Through the influence of q dear
friend, who was in large banking es-
tabllshment, and to whom she had con-
iided her secret, she was enabled to get
the bonds at their face value.
1t was only little at a time--some-
times very little--but even a penny
dropped into strong box was SO much
gained. Only little; but those Titles
grew amazingly, The husbandman who
shall set himself down by a hill Of corn
and wait to see the tender blade put
forth, would be wearied and dishearten-
ed; but he knows that il he plants the
tiny seed and cultiyates il as he ought,
the harvest of golden grain will como at
length.
Albert and Alice were married in the
year of 1865. 1t was on the evening in
August, 1870, that Albert came no nc out
of sorts. lie had been notified that he
must leave the cottage. They must give
up the pleasant home and lose the little
garden which they bad cultivated with so
much fondness and care.
The owner wishes to sell, he explained,
and he has an offer. lie asks two thou
sand dollars, and he must have five hun
dred down,
Aice's eyes cleaned with radiant light,
She had been thinking for some time that
she must let her husband into the secret.
It had begun to wear upon her. And
now the time had come as though by
providential interposition. She did not
make scene. She would not add TO the
denouement by any by-play. She simply
got up and went to her cabinet, and
when she came back she brought little
book in her hand.
Albert, said she, let's you aud me buy
the cottage.
Albert looked at her in amazement;
and directly il flashed upon him that
there was too much solemnity in her look
and tone for badinage Something that
be had noticed dnring the past month,
came back to him, and he trembled with
the weight Of suspense that fell upon
him.
I Alice saw and understood At first
the great food almost overcame her, and
she was forced to rest and wipe her eyes
before she could proceed. And then she
showed her booll--that she bad more than
eight hundred dollars IN the bank. The
ice was broken; she told her story IN
glowing words. She told how she had
saved up little by little, aud how she bad
al length found herself able to purchase &
fifty dollar bond. And then She told
how her uncle in the banking house had
taken charge Of her Investment; an5
how, under bis management, the intcres
ha1 accrued IN amazing volume.
But the grand result was not the chie
thing The chief thing was ia the be
ginniug-was the first little which bad
been rcligiously saved until tic second
little could be- added 20 II.
And now, as q result Of hi. Wife's care
tul aud tircicss working, Albert found
something upon which biz ambition could
take a fair start. lie never coHld l8W
, srlf from 50 small commencement, have
= reared Tie pile, bot with lie structure
started and its proportions all blocked
ont, be could see how it was doHe-anl
not 0ulY that, but tie demonstration Wa
. before bin that ,h- thing c0uld be done
Oae year had elapsed since hIbcr
! Moore lad received Tie lesson from hi.
wife, aud by joining hands wiih hcr and
bending bis owu energies la tie same