Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-10-26

al SuCu ttfuSes ADeu, diteI icV
years I'VE might own q little cottag
of our own, a3
For several days Charles only sen
up from the store what was reall,
needed. At length, as he went to tn
store one morning on his way t.
work, he saw some splendid pickle
in fancy jars. He. had ordered thu
articles. he needed, and was leaving
when Mr., Waldroh spoke:
''Mr. Mathews, don't you want I
jar Of pickles? | carried my wife
jar last evening, and she thinks then
superior to any she ever saw"
+ Nov Charles knew that his wife
had plenty ofplain, picked cucumber
some that her mother had put dowr
for her, but Mr.. Waldron's wife hae
some. Of these fancy ones, and why
shouldn't Hannah have jar Of then
too?
And then be ordered jar Of them
and as it was inconvenieut to pay fol
them, ordered it charged. i,
''Mr Mathews, you may rest assur'
ed we shall be very. happy to accom-
MEDIATE you in anything, ~
Now it was fattering to young
Mathews feeling to think that the
trader had such confidence in him;
and he. left with exceedingly good
opinion of himself and his credit, and
especially of the trader.
Only dollar! Yes -only dollar
on the traders ledger-that's of nc
account. But a dollar out of one
pocket that vas different. Charles
would not have, bought them had he
been obliged TO pay the cash at the
time. 5. .
"Ah, Mathews, look here, l have
something to show you" ~
This was said by the trader the
very next morning after the purchase
of the pickles, and so-Mr. Ha,lroa
led our hero to the back store and
opened box of oranges
"There, Mathews, amt they nice q
"Ihey are NICE" replied Charles
ard SO they were.
>'fi know your wife would like some
of them; carried some home to my
wife, and she wanted me to save her
three or four dozen of them at least. y
''How much do they cost ?"
E'Let me see-I can send you up
three dozen for dollar I got these
oranges very cheap. You know they
are retailing at FIVE cents apiece"
eyes. Y, ellis you may send me
three dozen, and please charge. them"
81 will, certainly. Anything else
this morning.
81 believe not"
And so Mathews went on. This
morning it would be dollar-to
morrow perhaps FIVE cents. 1t didn't
seem much. The ycung man kept
just as much money in his pocket as
though he hadn't bought them.
"Only dollar" be. would say to
himself "That ism t much. out Of the
twelve dollars a week"
And it might not be, but the trou-
bic was the next dollar was called
one dollar, and, he would forget to
add it to the former dollar and cal! 1t
two dollars, with. the.next dollar and
call it three dollars.
One evening Charles came home
with new gold watch chain.
''Where did you get that % inquir-
ed Mrs. Mathews.
"Ah," replied the husband, with an
impressive shake of the head, 81 made
a bargain on this chain. Now guess
how much paid for it.
Pm sure | could not guess
ooh, try, guess something
SWELL. ten dollars.
''Ten dollars J" echoed Charles,
with a disappointed look. "Why,
what are you thinking Of! Jack
Cummings bought this chain two
lnon;hs ago and paid twenty dollars
for it. Just heit it and see how hea-
Wy it is Eighteen karats fine. Jack
was hard up for. money, and he let
me have it.for thirteen dollars"
81 suppose it is cheap enoungh, re
turned Hannah, but not with such a
pleaserable surprise as her husband
hao expected. 'But,' she added,
you didn't need it, and fear you will
feel the loss of the money" as
''Pooh l have money enough. You
know have spent very little lately |
have been pretty saving
But you forget your bills. The
money you have is not yours
ssNet mine 2"
s'No; it belongs to the storekeeper,
to the butcher and landlord You
know they must be paid"
Don't you fret about them. l
know that it don't cost anything. like
twelve dollars a week to live, for
have made an estimate. There il