The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-10-07

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debt stared him in the face.
81 am afraid you are, for yester-
day you brought home a pair of
chickens for which you paid twenty
cents a pound" replied Maria, withs
herusual smile.
aPoor Maria, l don't mean these
little things. We must have some
thing to eat, and while my salary
is two thousand dollars q year, |
mean tolive well.
.Great trees from little aeorns
grow" she added.
"Let US stop the bung-hole first, "
continued Edward. desperately
Would you believe it. my dear, that
| have given you six hundred dol
lars year for the last two years.
"What is six hundred dollars a
year for a lady? You were reading
the other day, that q great many
ladies in New York spend two
thousand dollars a year for dress
alone. You certainly cannot com
plain of six hundred
"oh, no, by no means. ] do not
mean to complain" replied Edward.
81 knew you didn't. Whatever
l spend goes for a good Cause
u suppose so, but l don't care
anything about it, only that l am
getting a little short. There is DIR.
Smith's bill ofsixty dollars. I don't
see how l can pay it
"Let it rest, then. lie will never
ask You for it,
'.But l don't like that way of DO
ing up things. I don't like to gel
in debt. will 90 and see him..
And he did 60 and see hlm. The
doctor was a rich man and offered
to take Edwards note, payable any
time he pleased, which offer the lat
ter eagerly accepted, promising to
take it up in six months.
No change for the better appear
ed in the affairs of the young cou-
pie. Maria kept asking for money,
and she was so pretty, so sweet-tem-
pered, and so gentle, that Edward
could never refuse. If he demur-
red, she always coaxed it out ofhim.
At the end of six months the
doctors note was due, and Edward
could not pay it. He had borrow
ed money until he was ashamed to
do so any more. But he had nice
sense of honor, and instead Of let
ting his creditor whistle for his pay,
he went to him to procure afurther
extension.
"Doctor, | am hard up, sald he.
Sorry to hear it
My family is getting to be ex-
pensive.'
"Be prudent, then
Il can't: my wife
He checked himself. lie was
impulsive, and did not mean to say
anything about his wife.
what other? lsshe eXtravagant?
We'll, yes
"Put the bit in her mouth, then, :
laughed the doctor.
Don't like to do that
"AIusn't let her run YOU
81 hope she will not
':Be firm, Lester. There is only
one way to serve an extravagant
woman: shut down upon her before
she ruins YOU
Il haven't the courage to deny
her"
I'm sorry for you; what can lido
to assist YOU" asked the doctor,
who seemed to be in the best of
humor.
That little note of mine.
"What note!''
@Why, the one | owe"
But You paid that"
"Come, doctor. You are quizzing
me-"
Pom my soul I am not. Didn't
you pay it few days afteryou gave
the notc?:"
NO, surely replied Edward,
COMPOUNDED by the statement.
But l am sure you did. Here :
continued the doctor, pulling an ac-
count book from his pocket, .'here
is We're / entered the cash. You
nave got the note.
Not l.
Look over your papers and You
will fndit. l will go home with
YOU
They repaired to the cottage, and
Edward, all the time protesting that
he had not paid the money, ran
sacked the papers in search Of the
note"
There it is exclaimed the doctor,
as he pointed to apaper.
To Edwards aStonishment he
read out the note, with the sigma
tura form off. He ans utterlv CON