Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-13
One Right Of a wife.

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sewing away preparatory to re-
firing, "John, as you go down to-
morrow morning, wish you would
stop at Mrs. Vests door and leave
her IS from me-"
"Five dollars !" and my lord look
ed mp quite astonished. "For
whati'
"Why, she is collecting money
to aid that society she is Secretary
of, and as feel interested in it, /
told her would give her So"
/ said this with quite show of
assurance. though really felt quite
uneasy as to the reception of my
request, for John is rather notional
in some of his ways; however l
had been cogitating some matters
lately in my mind, and determined
TO make bold stand.
swell, Sarah," at length came
the reply, "you need not count on
my doing any such thing. l don't
approve of that society at all, and
not one cent Of my money shall go
to help it."
81 give it out of my money!"
said l, growing holder; 81 only
asked you to leave it for me"
"Your money! What do you
meant"
81 mean what I say-my money.
Have / no right to spend money as
well as you! ! don't approve of
the Masons, but that does not hind
er you from spending money and
time for them as much as you have
a mind"
John looked at me quite amazed
at my sudden outbreak. You see,
had always been the most amiable
of wives. Then he broke out quite
triumphantly. "Come, now, who
earns the money that maintains
this family ?"
"You and l together" said I.
Together" Well, l should like
to see the first cent you have earn
ed in the seven years we have been
married. Together! Well, call
that pretty rich.'
My spirits were visibly declining
under his ridicule, but l kept on
as boldly as ! could.
"When we were married you
thought, or pretended to think,
yourself very happy in assuming
the care Of board and wardrobe.
didn't ask it of you. You asked
me to be your wife, knowing well
all that meant"
"As nearly as I remember" in
terrupted John, "you were mighty
ready to accept me-"
"Granted-to save argument"
said l., coloring.
swell, we stood up in church to-
gether, and you promised to love,
cherish, ETC., and so did l."
"And obey, too" said I; "but
you, in return, endowed me with
all your worldly goods, and the
minister pronounced us man and
wife; and so we have lived"
EYES," said John complacently :
"and as / look back over the time,
1 think l have done what l agreed,
and made pretty good husband.
I really think you ought to be
thankful when you see how some
wives live"
"Well," said i, 81 think I have
been domestic prudent wife, and
! don't feel one atom more of graf
itude to you for being a decent
husband than you ought to feel for
me for being a decent wife. Is it
any more merit that you keep your
marriage promise than that / keep
minef"
"Sarah, you positively are very
acrimonious tonight. Don't you
think we had better go to bed 7"
"No, sir. Well, meantime, we
have laid by money enough to buy
this house and still have some in
the bank"
"Thanks to my hard work !"
chimed in John.
"More thanks" said /, "to the
perfect good health we have always
had. We made all those promises
for better or for worse Now, it
has been better with us all the time.
Had you been sick or honest mis-
fortune befallen you, I should have
managed some way to reduce our
expenses SO that you would feel
the burden as little as might be.
Had / been sick, more care would