The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-04
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half Of ali YOU owe. TIE wouder is, if you
have been going on in this loose way for
ten wears, that you are not three tunes as
much in debt as you are. The remedy is
plain. Don't you see It?
''lf were even with the world see how
| might net only keep out of debt, but
save something every year. But what am
| to do with this debit asked Ellis,
gioomily.
10 keep on in the way you have been
going will not help TO pay II of.
No; that is clear enough.
You have been going in the wrong way,
Mr.. Ellis" continued the neighbor IF
you keep on in that way, trouble, worry.
humiliation and final disaster are sure to
come. You must stop, turn around aud
90 the other way Every step you take in
this new way viii Lea you toward pecun-
ary ease and comfort OF mind 1t will be
better for you in three months from to-
day, If you have cut down your ordinary
xpenditures-which may be done-$35O,
than if you had not cut them down at ALL
You will not only have lightened the bur
dens of debt so much, but have laid the
| foundation of new order of things that
will lead you to pleasant and prosperous
| future.
Mr.. Ellis sat in silent thought for long
time. Then, looking up, he said, with a
deep sigh: Il shall not have dollar Of
ready money to begin with EVERYTHING
can raise will have to be exhausted or
these bills, or | shall be tormented out Of
nv life. must pay a little here and &
little there; put this one off with promise
and that one with frowning denial. Oh
dear, what miserable lite it is! And
must still keep the grocer 5 pass book 60
Ing, or starye.
Cash down! 1t must be cash down.
exclaimed the neighbor. There is u,
ether hope for YOU
But where is the cash to come from ?
Reserve enough from the payment O
bills to keep your table and pay your ser
wants wages Take Your vile fully nut
your confidence Lay your affairs all opel
before her. Put the money needed for ex
luenses into her hands, and ask her TO max
it 90 as far as possible. Spend nothln
yourself. In fact, don't carry money abou
you | is temptation?'
Mr.. Ellis drew long, deep breath,
IF | had a clear one hundred dollars t
start with, he said,
The. neighbor understood him, an
would have cheerfully placed that sun
his disposal: but he did not think it wei
1t would be best for Mr. Ellis, in the enc
, ii he worked out his own pecunlary salv;
ton,
TO meet the difficulties and overcon
thom." he replied, give US discipline an
strength. Il ism t the hundred dollars "
L,,+ No anI Vnc1Infinn
turn about squarely and 60 in Il new dire
ton. Ii is easier to walk therein than
the old way "a hundred times easier.
And - cur TREND found it. let US sc
how it is Nith him twelve months atte
ward
: Happy Nv Year. A bright fl
looked into the chamber, as it bad locke
aylar age: sweet voice rang through
ii tOacs 0i music.
Happy New Year, darling" answert
d Nj Ellis, IL a cherry VOICE, not now stoo
n IN. Ia a sort OF mechanical way to kiss ii
5 child, but ca ching her up IN his arms al
y, nugging her tightly.
J., T. Happy New YEAR" met him on Il
t s.aiis and at the breakfast table; and
T. fang the grcetiug back wira a heartiue
OF eujoyment and a lightncss of spi1
never ielt before.
The door bell rang as he sat at the tab
: But the sound Jared no nerve, AIKEN
no troubled feeling, brought 10 Image
an unpaid bill True, therc wese unpa
bills, nut n, ne If resent date; none b
/ that had been adjusted to mutual satisI;
|. tin. Th,ir aggregate, s'ead OF tei
! 81, 500, was scarcely 5000, and this ST
II =, he expected to wipe eff in less than
ID month";
/ Happy New Yeari"
he How swiftly timc flies, Twelve mott
lg had come md gone again.
en- lit is hapry New Icar the happi
- have ever known" RESPONDED Mr.. +
bl to tie New Years greeting Of his lii
ed wife, and he kissed her in a wild, froI
at some way. Il feel like a twelve year
ed cd 10y. Happy New Year, darlngs" cat
iug up his little ones ana daacing alb
the room with them in his arms "Hal
New Year to everybody!
ok Not til on his table! Net dol
yes owed t. any one! Mr.. Ellis was indee
happy man.