Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-06-03

ALBERT. wish you would lot me have
sevcnty-iiye CENTS"
Kate I.andman spoke very carefully.
for she knew that her husband had not
much money to spare; yet she spoke
earnestly, and there was q world of en-
treaty in her look.
"What do vote want seventy-five cents
tor? asked Albert, not very pleasantly.
III want to get some braid for my new
dress"
"lthought you had the materials all on
hand for that"
$50 Thought had; but Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. Thompson 10th have trim
ming of braid upon theirs. and it looks
very pretty. 1t is very fashionable, and
it certainly adds much to the dress"
..Plaguc take these women's fashions !.
Your endless trimmings and thing-a-ma-
rigs cost more than tic dress is worth.
Its nothing but shell out money when
once a woman thinks of new iress."
"Surely. Albert, | don't have many
new dresses. l try to be as economical
;iS cam"
ats = funny kind of economy, at all
events. But il you must have it, sup
pose you must"
And Albert I.andman took out his wal
LET, and counted out the seventy five
cents; hut he gave it grudgiugly; and
when he put the wallet back into his
pocket. he did it with an emphasis which
. seemed TO say that he wouldn't take il
ont again for a week.
When Albert reached the outer door,
on his way TO his work, he found the
weather SD threatening that he cOnclud-
al to go back aud get his umbrella, and
upon re-entering the sitting room h
hilc-the fact that she had been weeping
but she had been caught in the act, and
she WAS aSke,i what il meant.
Good gracious - cried the husband.
81 should like tn know ii you are crying
at what sail about your dress ?''
Il wasn't crying at what you said. AL
BERT" replied hate. TREMENDOUSLY; "but
YOU were SO reluctant To grant me the
little favor. was thinkin, how hard |
wcrk-how am tied TO the hOuse-hOw
many little hings have 10 perplex me !;
anil then TO think"
ID. pshaw. What do you want to be
so foolish Cor -
.Nnd away started Albert I4andman a
second time: but not to escape so easily.
In tue hall he was met by his daughter
Lizzie. bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked girl
Ten years of age.
80. papa: give me Is cents
.-What?"
~, want IL cents. DO please give II
TO Inc.
What in Inc world do you want of it
Are they changing school books again
No-I want 10 buy Il hoop. Ellen
Smith has got one. and so has Mary Bucl
AMI sarah Allen. Mr.. Grants got som,
real pretty ones to sell. Mayn't l have
one"
"Nousense. Ii you want hoop e
ami get ole off from an old barrel.
can't afford TO be buying hoops for yOl
10 trlindle about the streets"
"Picase. papa"
no. I tell you!
The bright blue eyes were filled will
teart, and rs the child's sObbing broke
upon !lis ear Albert I.andman hurried
from the house with some very impatient
words upon MS lips.
This was in the morning. At noon
when he came home TO his dinner, ther,
was Il cloud over the household. Hi:
wife WAS sober; and he was sober; an(
even little Lizzie. usually so gay an(
blitheSome, was sad and silent.
But these things could not last long il
that family for the husband and wit,
loved each other devotedly. and were
really, 1T heart, kind and fOrbearing
When Albert came home to his supper
Kate greeted him with kiss, and i'm a
moment the sunshine came back; and
had the lesson ended there the husband
might have fancied that he had done
nothing wrong-that the cloud had been
but the exhsdtation of domestic fermenl
for which no one was responsible
though he might not have banished the
conviction that wOmen's fashions were
nuisance and 4 humbug. as we'll as {
frightful draft upon husbands pockets.
After tea Albert did few chore.
around the house. and then he lighted
cigar and walked oft. He had gone bul
n short distance when he met Lizzie. In
her right hand she dragged an old hoop
which had been taken from dilapidated
-four barrel, while with her left she wa:
rubbing her red, swollen eyes. She was
In deep grief. for she was sObbing pain.
fully. He stopped his child and asked
her what was the matter.
She answered, as well as her sobs would
let her, that the other girls had laughed
at her. and made fun OF her old hoop
They all had nice, pretty hoops, while
hers was ugly and hOmely.
"Never mind" sail Albert, patting the
little one upon the head-fOr the child's
grief touched him-"perhaps we'll have
a new hoop some time"
Maynt have one now? Mr.. Grants
got one left--O. su'h pretty one J"
The sobbing had ceased as the child
caught her fathers hand eagerly.
mot now, Lizzie-not now. Ill think
OF It."
Sobbing again the child moved on to.
wards home dragging the old hoop after
her.
At one of the stores Albert Landman
met some Of his friends.
"Hall0, Albert, what's up?"
sNotbins in particular"
"What dye say 10 game of billiards.
"Goodi I'm i'm for that"
And away went Albert to the billiard
hall, where he had glorious time with
his friends. He liked billiards. 1t was a
healthy, pretty game; and the keeper Of
the hall allowed no srUugh-scuH upon his
premises
They haG played four games. Albert
-000 won ft0f1- and hin 0nnOnppt had Won