Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-11-25
turned shade pale. II footed up Just sixty
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turned shade pale. II footed up Just sixty
| i've dollals-An average Of i've dollars week.
This II impossible !" he exclaimed, = hs
sazsd upon It. But he examined the di6e.ent
articles, and he could remember when no order
ed them. Those things which cost him only .
dollar, looked very innocent whom viewed alone,
but In the aggregate they had . very different
look. How much shall we Lay up this quastsr,
Charles kindly asked his wife, ~ she came
and leaned over be shoulder, and smoothsd tho
:. How much shall we lay up p he repeated.
"Not much. Get the slate and let us reckon
up." He was resolved 70 be frank about the
matter and let hie wife know all
one hundred and ATTY six dollars - the quarters
salary. Then came tho rent. and the butcher
and the grocer and the baker.
SNOW you put down thirteen dollars for this
chain-and twelve dollars for sundriss-that
means tobacoo, cigar, ooncerts and such things
much RENAME"
shs did 10, and gave hfty-swo dollars as the
result. -.... -. p iHel -.
"Fifty.two dollars ~ uttered Charles s,nking
back into bis chair, ''and We have not bought
two dollars with which to pay sixty y-Avs. There
10 thirtecn dollars abort this .quatss, and bad
meant to save at least thirty dollars"
well, its no uss 10 mourn over Il" eaid the
wife In 81: cheerful s tone 70. che ssw th.. her
0Af&e4NVtbk0
There ia nothing like trying, yoa know"
For some moments Charles remained silent.
He gazed first upon the bill he held In his hand
then upon the floor. At last he spoke :
"Hannsh. I 500 whore The trouble is, and I
must freely admit that I have been wrong, II
had paid for everything q bought It, / should
have hit 1t. You were right. I sec 1t al now. I
have not estimated the value Of money ~ I
ought. Let me once get up again 70 where
began, and will do differently. l must step
down to ths store this evening, and pay the rest
"That matter is easiIy settled" she replied,
''for h,ye money by me that had when was
He protested most earnestly against taking
the money It was her win, and hs must sub
mlt. 30 he went down and paid the Groossy
bill and on bis way home he sold bis gold chain
for thirteen dollars. He felt happier now, and
was ready to commence tho next quarter.
On the next Monday morning tho young man
went into the meat store TO sond home . piece
Of best for dinner.
'.How much will you hAve2" asked the butch
"Oh three or four mm 1u
Charles got this far, and then he stopped. He
had always been In the habit Of ordering an In
definite quantity, and leaving the butcher cut on
the highest figure, and charge the highest price;
and then he remembered how much was usually
wasted.
"Let me have two pounds" he said. He
stopped and saw It weighed, and then pa,d for It,
When he went home 1t noon hs found that
his two pounds Of beef was enough fora good
dinner. The next morning he went to the store.
MI. Waldron had some nice Ags Just come in
which he showed; They were only, twenty-five
but - he remembered that be had got to pay for
al be bought, he concluded not to take them.
Ho found that things we're not 10 entcing a.
when the payment could b. postponed. He paid
for what he bought and went his way and thus
things went on through the week When 1t
In his pocket was his own, after deducting the
rent. That evening he went over 70 market, with
Wilkins and bought ~ much vegetables and
meat rs he thought would last through the
week. He found he had made saving Of at
least twenty pei. cent, and when the opportuni-
ty offered he made the same saving in other mat
ters. u
At the end Of that quarter Charles Matthews
| did not have to get slate. He paid bis house
rent, and then he found he had thirty-Ave dol.
lars left In his pocket. That was his-he did
not owe penny Of it.
".Ah, Hannah, (" sa,d he ~ he held tile money
| In his hand and looked 1t over, "now l see how
| easy it is for man to be wrong and his wife
right. This money al comes Of paying a. I 60
| along. It 10 very easy and simple to say, Just
charge it, and man can easily buy things un.
der such circumstances, but when tile day 0i
reckoning comes these simple words, that sound
\ 30 innocent when spoken, are found to be costly
things. did not believe 1t until tried II
ioould mot have believed that man would par
11heee qe@a4Z.lesls.s 49, edl eesena.
sd III ~ Itd q idII5 81 5 e 3 IL q
have gained sxpsrisncs enough TO follow IL mor'
explicitly now"
Charles Matthews never again allowed him
self to be led away by the credit system, but ha,
followed the cash rule, and the consequence hai
been that he could buy produce, coal, etc., .
cheap prices. and he has now cut OF the expens'
of house rent, for he owns = snug little cottage
| and IL il all paid for.