The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-04

no more. / shall never contribute an
liquor, I've sworn or"
And 90 1t was. Every day, instead Of
spending that money on liquor, he laid 1t
aside, True, the friendship between
him and Brown cooled OF, but his pile
grew from day TO day, and In the snort
space OF one year he had saved the requi-
site amount.
One evening he walked into the house
with bundle under his arm. When ne
had laid aside his hat ant umbrella, ne
stepped over to where his wife was slt-
ting, and tossed 1t into her lap. she
opened it. There were ten yards OF ele-
CANT silk velvet and $25 IN shinplasters.
The little lady's eyes sparkled with joy.
| She sprang up and threw her arms about
his neck. "OhI Johnny, where did you
get It, you dear, good, old boyf Oil amt
| It Just lovely, my dearf and the money,
too, how much there is of it'll am sure
never had such pleasant surprise In
all my life. kiss me-"
John smith, he Of the mildewed head,
but warm heart and tender stomach, sat
down and told her all about 1t. And a
happier evening never was spent by TWO
human beings.
ness.
The cloak was made up. 1t did lock
| fine, and no mistake. II was simply
magnificent. Too magnificent. But Mrs.
Smith was no grumbler. She knew 1t
loyershadowed everything else she had,
Indeed she did; but instead OF whining
land complaining about IL, she stayed at
home. Really, the first Sunday she wore
liz to church she could actually have
sunk out of sight through the tiniest
little bit of a hole when she saw
Georgiaua Robinson the hateful, squint-
ling thingi) look out Of the corner OF hef
leyes at that cloak and then at the
shabby old hat sne wores and nudge her
sister Millie and smile, as much as 10
say, 80. dearl put beggar on horse-
baoklo To be sure, the bonnet was oniy
Trimmed over once, and without any
4 thing SO beautiful and aristocratic as
thai cloak to dwarf IL, would have been
a yery passable bonnet-indeed, quite
nice. But, thenl And she burned all
over tor pure shame when she had to go
slowly. an inch at q time, down that
long aisle when the church was out,
with the Joneses crowding behind her,
and though they pretended to be 90
sweet and nice, she knew very well
what they were grinning at. It was
those old gloves-black gloves-that she
had worn year, and tnat casnnere
dress with the bugle trimmings. Dyes
They needn't be 80 very NIGEL She
knew them. And she stayed at home
next Sunday, and the next, and then
!. Smith demanded an explanation. he
COZ il. and how her fac3 burned and hei
ewes snapped through her tears as she
made it.
Never mind, his dear. She should nave
silk dress and things to match ina
. cloak. Indeed she should. His wife wal
, lust as good as either Jones' or Robin
son,s. il he hadn't as much money, and
!, | IL some peoples judgment was 10 b'
!, trusted, q good deal better. And he't
see about this matter OF dress.
a SO Smith quit chewing tobacco ant
! stopped smoking. 1t almost killed him
. but he stopped; and in another year MI
: wife had as beautiful a six dress al
1 ever you saw, and gloves! Y, my!
y But there was that hat trouble, tina
: everlasting hat difficulty. That brok
= out again on the occasion of the opera
a Dear. dearl What an awful looking
= thing it was, indeed. And she cOuldn'
y take it off in the theater, either, thong
!, she distinctly heard the young gentle
n man behind her curse it in actual terms
g with downright awful swearing words
= and the young lady that sat next to he
y really seemed to be unne cessarily scorl
=. full and select just because, fors0oth, sh
n had on hat that cost at least $75, Whe
= = the truth was it was not the real style
~ wear any bonnet at all at the OPERA bt
I. only Western barbarism.
II had TO come. Smith needed ne
- boots. He needed new suit 0t clOthe
~ He didn't get them, but Mrs. smith R(
- new hat-a perfect marvel OF hat,
~ ~ hat that was worth 10, but cost at leai
n ftteen times that much. A regular ca.
- sized oysterboat OF hat, With the moi
"a enchanting Of impossible flowers q
~ over it, aud a streamer behind 1t tn
- would have done honor to, the mast-tt
a. OF vessel about to sail.
ay Did this end ite No. " mace the aea
good little lady feel absolutely SICK
come into the house and see th
MT shabby old black horse-hair fnrnitul
~ Such clothes made anything 0
.v cherry puffs look SO poyert
~ stricken after coming home from chur'
as or the theater. AND these tickets !
ns gan to foot up an enormous figure, Smi
to fhought.) But that was not the worst
~ Il. The season changed, and 8
49, could'nt wear the same clothes all t
'a' "a wear round. Poor SMITH Brown vi
~, almost ashamed to speak TO him now,
Ea began to look 80 ragged and slonci
And he was ashamed to speak 70 BROW
no The boys at tue office declined TO pc hu
II plugged BY his incidental remarks tn
az as d man grew older, he didn't care
81 ~ his looks. His efforts to keep his boz
w. W under his chair were distressing to 81
W. and it was enough to make
III stricken deer 60 weep $50
i'n speak) to see him figure
mo keep his back to the wall on
'he court OF those holes in his--but "
dwell on these thing: Smith, from
'us pleasant, light-hearted man, grew moo
= ,uG : and silent. He made mistakes in his
.nra ures; he was seen when alone to
~ into reyeries, to muttsr TO himself,
NJ NJ clutch at the bald spot on his crown
rht sigh and grind his teeth. And IT w
- on at home. The expenses continue
70 grew, while the income did mot. 1t
Tough. it was hard. Mrs. Smith 81
~, ashamed of him. He gradually beca
,n,, ~ shabbier, until his employers spoke
~. him about it. He never went oul
~ lunch any more. He starved bims
.x His boots parted company with II
ss as sonls one day. Then his coat fell
ino ;o Then his vest. Then his -- IN 4
,ad little BY little, his raiment went az
aeu ana from him. His wife ran away with
fS,s E other man on the day when ne bec'