Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-08

''If you gave no champagne sup
pers, you would soon find it out"
'sPshaw! they only cost triae."
ga number of trifes make up quite
a large amount
"You pay as much board as 1 do,
wear ai good clothes, although you
persist in having them cut in a villain
Gus fashion, and then, to offset my
riding and supper bills, you have your
French and nansic masters. How you
keep out of debt and always have
money on hand, is more than l can
fathom."
Zone reason is, that 1 pay as l go,
which enables me to buy at much
better bargains. Now what did that
suit of yours cost you?'
'STo tell the truth, it is not paid
for yet, but let me see. Twenty
seven dollars for the coat, ten for the
pants, ten for the vest, and ten more,
I>belieye, for q set of fancy vest but
TONS"
Precisely fifty-seven dollars. Now,
you have observed mine, and will
own, setting the cut aside, that the
material is equally as good as yours,
and yet it only cost me thirty-eight
dollars.
"Whatl nineteen dollarsdiderenee.
Pray how did you manage it,"
"Why, bought the cloth of q
friend who keeps in q whoslesale
house, and he let me have it at 9
small advance from the original cost.
The buttons l got of a friendly jewel
ler, at the expense of six dollars
"But / never have the spare casL
for these operations.
''You would if you pursued my
course.
Hang it, that would be no easy
matter for me. My credit ID tolerably
good, and l manage to come out a
the end of the year pretty well, by
drawing on my rural old governor
rather freely"
II have no father to call upon il
case L get into debt, SO that prudence
becomes a necessity with me.
"Well, each one to his taste, Jack
You will be rich man in the course
of time, but at spaiPs pace; whls
/ mean to make q bold push anC
achieve fortune before / am too OLE
TO enjoy it, ...
"We shall see, Alfred, which is the
best as we'll as the shortest road tt
success. You will remain another
wear with Mr.. Gingham, and so shal
l. You will then start in bushes:
upon your plan, and so will on mine
and leave it to time to show the re-
suit"
''It is a bargain, and this, blythe
by, reminds me that Mr.. Gingham
has raised our salaries another hun
dred this year.
tThis is good news, indeed"
II daresay you will save it clear. F"
YES and two hundred besides. "
"What, three out of seven? Come,
Jack, that is almost too strong for me
to beliye."
81 have five hundred safe in the
bank already"
"Zounds, what a miser! Why, at
that rate you will have nearly a thou
sand to commence business with.
Well, my governor shall advance me
Il like sum, so we shall start fair. But
/ must be off. / suppose it is use
less to'urge you to go with me I"
/ The friends parted, the one taking
the preliminary measures for rest
less night and prospective morning
headache, the other calmly settling
TO his books, indulging in quiet
dreams of the future, in which the
form of fair Kate would contriye al
most always to be present"
One year soon passes away, and
during this interval the young men
had not changed their habits. Alfred
had got more deeply into debt, and
John had grown surprisingly in his
employers confidence. Kate, too
had shown him no ordinary marks of
favor, and Jenkins saw, with many
jealous twings, that if John happen
ed to praise piece of goods in the
hearing of Kate, she was sure to have
dress from it.
When his twenty-first birthday ar
rived, Marshall was invited as his
friend had been, to wait upon Mr..
Gingham in the evening But in this
case his present did not consist of a
watch. His employer, who was shrewd
observer Of persons and things, hit
exactly upon the gift most acceptable
Ito his clerk, and rendered him a check
for one hundred and fifty dollars.
Kate also added a splendid bead purse,
knit by her own fair hands.
The sum which he thus received
together with what he had previously
saved, and the interest which had ac
Icrued, amounted fully to one thou
sand dollars. Alfred having obtain
led from his father a like amount
| both soon started into business. A
4 they were considered pomising youns
men, they found among their whole
sale friends those who were willing t
trust them for considerable amounts