Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE wIFE's foRETHoucHT.
, SKETCH FOR YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE.

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Looking all clear and bright. His wife was one
-, those mild loving creatures that hang fondly
anon the interest and affections of the husband,
"r WI whose soul may sink or swim with the for
.mnes of the being it has chosen as partner.
one evening the young couple were sitting in
,.air comfortable apartment the husband en-
sased n's in reading, and the wife working busily
With her needle. ... ~
.do far our party starts shortly after sunrise, "
SAID Ansoil, as ne inio uo"n '''' p'P'- -N- -''''
pA.1 .1,hen he YOU are going, are you?" remarked
t;nuie There was just regard enough in her
,nne In render her voice less lively than usual,
Int il must have been very heeh opeoifoi Vna'
could have noticed 1t.
'o "n to he sure" returned the young man, i'll a
.o, laughing tone. 'sYou know the hands in
~ tS's iod shop 20 on this salt water fishing excur-
sion every year, and Of course must go with
aiom We can't take our ladies with us on such
amp, but you snail nave 6oou 'ilio W inaAo
P..you iySl mustn't THINK Auson, that envy you the
Measure you anticipate, for am sure that moth
ine can give me more satisfaction than to know
fiat YOU are enjoying yourself.
VIZ, ~ Ibeleye you, Llnnie and l assure you
sbaI enjoy myself on this trip exceedingly. 30
YOU will be happy, too, en- ,,
,tCertainly, returned the young wife but the
word seemed spoken reluctantly.
0Come, come, Linnie, you don't speak ss you
feel Now you don't want me to go" said An
non. with a tinge of disappointment in his tone.
nIf YOU think it would be for your good to 60.
of course should want you to 60"
"And how can it be otherwise 2"
.,You wont be offended, Anson; il / tell you.
"Pooh, what an idea. be offended at you
Come tell me your thoughts
As the Young man spoke he moved his chair to
the side Of his wife and put his arm about her
neck.
uleasing tone ~ was thinking OF the expense. -
"Ha, ha, la The erp'n 'nse. Why, it wont be
over five dollars at the farthest"
But five dollars is considerable. You know
We are Young yet, and all we have is the house
we live in, and your small shop"
"And is that not enoughp How many OF our
Young friends are there who are not even 80
well off as that?'
none are beyond the reach of misfortune.
\ For few years we had better live as economi-
cally as possible with constant enjoyment"
\ $50 intend to but what is five dollars COM
pared with the amountI shall be able to lay up
in year.
why, it will make that amount some eight
OF ten dollars short"
"Thata strange logic, Linnie."
Not at all, Anson. You will spend five dol
4 lars in money, and loose the time Of two work
Il ing days.
$50 / shall but l tell you, Linnie I'll work
harder for il when l come back. 30 l may go,
maynt II,
This last sentence was spoken playfully, and
4 the yong man kissed his wife as he spoke.
"0f course you may" returned Linnie with
a smile "but suppose shall have to go with
II out little sum wanted"
"low much was it ?"
% Give dollars"
20, you can have that OF course, and more
too il You want it.
u THAT will be enough"
Anson Kimball was like thousands of Others
who are situated in like circumstances. With 8
free and open heart lie marked out his future
for field of enjoyment, without taking care tc
make such preparation for the sum he might be
Fl likely to meet on the way. And then again, like
all others, lie mistook the character OF hfes rea
Il enjoyment. He lost sight of some Of the high.
N er and more noble sources of happiness, and
dwet too much in the satifaction of the physica
appetite. True, he enjoyed himself and KEEP
clear OF all extremes but yet he failed to see tha
II his enjoyments were nearly all ephemeral-tha
he was laying up little or nothing for time tc
~ come.
n A year passed away, and the annual fishing
vi excursion came in course along.
n well Lnnie," said the young man, "to-mor
81 row the boys go down the harbor, and am go
81 ne with them. or course you have no objec
81 tons
mo, returned the wife in her usual pleasan
n tone 'if you can afford it."
80 there's 10 trouble about that"
II Don't you remember the conversation w
& had year ago on this same subjectY aske'
Nj Linie.
"ies,-l remember then you talked about sa
H wing money, but we amt any poorer now thai
We should have been if had staid at home"
But tell me, Anson, have you laid up a
h much during the past year as you had expecte
III tor
4 why, as for that matter haven't laid u
much of anything. The fact is, Linnie, yo
nj nave drawn rather harder on me than l expect
&# ed
but haven't spent any more money for tri
yM vial affairs and amusements than you have, An
# son, and don't think have 30 much"
III Il DIDN'T mean to blame you my dear. onl
I'll mentioned the circumstance to explain why
nad not laid up anything. But never mint
Il theres time enough yet and besides we've ell
)oyed ourselves. think after this fishing g,
eulslon s over, however, shall begin to doc
81 my expenses little. for must lay up httl
something the next year.
We certainly have every chance to save NOR
ey returned Linnie "for both the house All
ri shop are ours without rent, and we are fire
MI from debt
Aison kimball started at that last remark al
HI tulhed his face toward the window, but his vii
Wa not appear to notice his emotion.
MI ~, lou Know, Anson," continued Mrs. kimbal
ri 'lat you promised me l should have five dc
III la's When you went on another excursion, and
E enall certainly hold you to that promise"
"Of cuurse-thats fair" returned the your
hai but do you need it now"
MI Yes"
Nj What are you going to do with it y
F ron won't be offended? 2"
rlhen, to tell the truth, owe little sum
MI lhe young man looked earnestly at his VIII
I ulu though he evidently wished to say som
a uhng about her running in debt, yet for reaso
oert known to himself he kept quiet and hand
MI over the five dollars.
Alisoh joined his old shopmates on their {
4 vuihlon, and when he returned he thought soI
s ABOUT beginning to cut off some of his unnec'
MI iaTy expenses, but he introduced no new syst,
eI operations. Two Or three times he did
MI ran from lndulging some petty appetite.
ne sooh settled back into the old track, and
@ anlah bits Of money slipped away as fast
ooll Three years had passed away since the you
MI Soupie were married, and few could have wiBi
| ior more social comfort than they had enjoy
turing the greater part of that time. Fo
S oli mohth or two, however, the young man had be
| Sauhually ,h growing more sober and thoughtf
S 1hti at length he had become really sad
uvWh-hearted. His wife had endeavored
sheer .i him up, though she was unable to LEI
'le cause of his detection
I ohe evening, just before dusk, Linnie
A no men pass her window and enter her b
MI aiu n'nu shop. One of them she knew to be
MI iil, "in, ana the circumstance troubled her
E ntile She waited half an hour for her
nand to come to supper, but he did not app,
a,,1 a,1 her suiferings began to be.acute. A the
N ,l aiu colJectures fitted through her mind,
MI h9 h9 Drought her no consolation, and at len
l sie determined to go to the shop door and sc
sl'e s, could not overhear what was passing wit
doaahg dilg that such a course would at least be