Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-10-18

store. But he could see no hops
5 in a dollar bill, and much less could
I he discover the nucleus of u grand
saving in fifty cent scrip. rs
With Alice it was diffeTcnt.-
From her meager earnings a;
school teacher she had in less thar
Eve years saved $500, and the first
saving she had put by was a silver
J dime. She knew what little by ut
tie could do, and she was determin-
ed TO show it to her husband. She
must be patient and perseverIDg
and these qualities she possessed in
/: an eminent degree. 1t was TO be
the grand undertaking Of the first
! years of her married life, and to it
she would bend every available en-
ergy. She planned that if possible
she would get hold of that odd fifty
cents every day; or, if she could not
do that, she would do the best she
could.
! Generous, frank, loyal, loving,
Albert was an easy prey 10 tke
wilos of wife as loyaf and as low
ing as himself. He gave her mon
ey when she asked for it, and she
asked for it when she thought he
had any to give.
And here let me say that Alice
knew her husband would not run
in debt. That was an evil they
both armed themselves against in
the outset. When AIbort's purse
was empty he bought nothing, and
when it was full he was apt to buy
more than he needed. Alice knew
all this, and governed herself ac-
cordingly.
Il think said Alicc one evening,
that must fix over my old brown
cashmere for the winter. | should
like new one, but L don't suppose
you can afford it."
Albert looked grioved. The idea
that he could not afford his wife II
new dress.
IF you want it, get it, said Al
bert, emphatically. d will let you
have twenty dollars from this
months pay, and the balance you
shall have next month";
Alice got the thirty dollars, but
did not get the dress. BY the out
lay of five dollars for new trim
mings she contriyed to fix over the
brown cashmere, so that it looked
every bit as good as a new one.
And so Alice worked. Some
times she asked her husband for ten
cents, sometimes for a dollar, and
sometimes for more; and, at the end
of the year, upon careful reckoning
up, she found that she had managed
to get hold of rather more than fif-
ty cents day; but she had done it
by denying herself of many things,
some of which were ncedful.
The result of the first year eff
fort inspired Alice with new life
and vigor. She had saved up $3.50
and had invested it in government
bonds. Through the influence of
dear friend who was in the banking
establishment, and TO whom she
confded her secret, she was ena-
bled TO get the bonds at their face
value.
1t was only little at time
sometimes a very littlo-but even
penny dropped into the strong box
was SO much gained. Only little
but those Titles, multiplied by 9TH
er Titles, grew amazingly. The
husbandman who would sit himself
down by hill of corn and wait TO
see the tender blade put forth,
would be disheartened, but be
knows if he plants the tiny seed
and cultiyates it as he ought, that
the harvest of golden grain will
come at length.
Albert and Alice were married
in the spring of 1865. 1t was on an
evening in August, 1870, that Al
bert came homo out of sorts. He
had been notified that he must
give up the pleasant home, and lose
the little garden they bad cultiva-
ted with so much fondness and
care. .. .r .. r. ...r
The owner wishes to SELL he cx-
claimed, and he has an offer. He
asks $4,000, and must have $500
down.
Alice's eyes gli=tencd with radi-
ant delight. She had been think
ing for sometime that she must let
her husband into the secret. 1t had
begun to wear upon her. And now
/ the time had como as though by
prOvidential interposition.
She did not make Il 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 a
little book in her hand.
'AlbertH said she, lets you and |
buy the cottage
Albert looked at her in amaze
ment; and directly il flashed upon
him that there was too much solem-
nifty in her look and tone for badin-
age. Something that he had MOTTO
cd during the past month came
back to him and he trembled with
the weight of suspense that fell up
on him.
Alice saw and understood. At
first the great flood almost over
came her, and she was forced 10
rest and wipe her eyes before she
could proceed. And then she show
ed her book-that 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 lit.
tie, and how she had at length found
: herself able to purchase a fifty dol
lar bond. Aud then she told how
: her uucie in the banking house h aC
taken charge of the Investment; anC
how, under his management, the in
terest had accrued in amazing vol
ume.
But the grand result was not tn,
chief thing. The chief thing wa
r the beginning-was the first littl
- which had been rcligiously save,
until the second little could be ad
!, ded to it.
7 And now, as the result of tn
= wife's careful and tircIess working
Albert found something upon whlcI
1 ambition could take u fair start
:, He never could, himself, from 81
small commencement, have in
If creased the pile; but with the struC
ture started, and its proportions al
blocked out, he could help on tn
e work. He could now see how
was done-and not only that, bu
the demonstration was before hir
1t that the thing could be done.
One year had elapsed since AlECI