The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-05
THE MISER'S LESSON.

THE MISERY'S LESSON.
Jonas ray WAS oorn stingy ne hIu
~ e"se.nled's ii9m ms I'1ie oro . '
mheh ne was d c1nu, anu smokeo MS
oigaIs aione WHEN NC Was ypuhg man.
Dy .le .ll.e ne was torty, JONES ray
mas : very Iicn man, tnougn ne hveu as
Pl E q Ever, anu soinenom apouS tnat
age aa HIS. ten sa =; ieeiings ne mao eVer
Up Nv ms leil ~
pfe WIZ a ouAYm, young
woman namea Sara Heoiwlen, ana
oneIeu himself 70 nsr.
ne was hoe an nl-iooklng man, ana
Mnen ne chose' coulu MAKE hllhseii
aseeeaoig
para lkeo MN ana accepted MN.
JONAS meant 70 De hperai 70 ner az
nrse, Due aIter a DrieI honeymoon ms
3iu naolts resumea tneir way, ana at
iase' tle seconu Siheel VI tnelr married.
me c1ming on, Para loulu that an her
REMARKS ABOUT ner Shabby 9mner nat
nau no enecI mn at anu tlat sne
nne Shs : s sSi,,a = July mnlfe miIao UNI having
@aO4oJ " Les 40 ooaA sus
sy sbe bod Ssan !, 49, a;,, .nd had No
+ronSsaan poyi 81 az fa,.na y
nooosSoru ~ ~ b. nr;do ~ ~ uoolat
III 80 PaoSdI P
anu s a En- ~ 1oN Mnaf sue ~ hssue = man. nh;lo
or;ef eama ;DsteaS of snrsS 4
Tbera was 90 much fbst vos rood
.hont To,as r. ras +arr;bIa - soa a.
caDter craan;aa arar = al. ~ -. ths
n;nchaa lines his mouth tbe any.
ions Inn IN bis ewes -
Poor Sara Remembered s+or;es she bod
read Of m;sers. how thew starved them.
selves whiIe thew counted their qold-
Would Jonas grow to be as bad as
these9
How conld she terlY
She arose softly and went ont of the
room. and brongbt hack her bonnet md
shawl and mt Them on the table before
him.
W.Ionas dear y she said 81 don't want
YOU to think me unreasonable. Look at
these: see how shabby thew are. They
were nice when we were married. but
they were cheap-cheap things fade so,
/ have made everything I had for two
wears. 7 did not like to ask. I have
not spent one penny of your money for
clothes. You know Won gave me two
pairs of gloves in. our honeymoon;
have them stilI.o
aWhat a GOOD. careful eirl.n said
Jonas, caressing her dark hair, as she
came, and sat beside him.
aYes. 7 have been careful. It IS my
nature to be CAREFUL said Sara. "Few
mems wives would have done SO much
Now look of these things INV dearn
He looked at them Ions and Iinper
inqIy.
H. knew his wife was reasonable anf
that tbe tb;ngs wore and ono had been
nn6t for her 70 wear
It is hard enough for a wife to do that
hut n he refnsed was something She har
not calculated on
She knew her husband had a bank &C
sbonld not dress waII Rut when al,
had said nlayfunvWa Tomas shall 7 bn,
myself some winter thinqs TO-DAY?
need a shawl dreadfnIlv6 he had an
swered-aJ tbonoht Won were too sensi
HE ! woman to RIM after the fashions
Sara Pm sure Won ave yerv decen
things that YOU might wear a Ion,
While vetn
aTbat shows how mucb men know
s.ra answered determ;nad ~ he njea.
ant and not to- show that she was hurt
You Womb NOT like vour wife To loo
sbobhy -
aWeIl NO said Tomas. uno bu
really Sara money il az scarca inst now
Don't Won think YOU might make wha
Won have do a little hit ~longer
aHow much longer" She asked
ouietly.
0Ob r don't known said Jonas I"
had an aunt. who left me somethin
when she died. who wore the same shaw
and bonnet s;yteen years and boasted =
If toon
His wife looked at him and said potl
inc.
aEconomv is a great thing, Sara. % sal
Jonas. uneasily. at would be dreadfr
tn die in tbe werkhouse. Won know. an
f;on do Won Saro when Won know Won
,Jonas lies Won as we'll in vour oil
cIotbes9e We won,t call them eshabbv
Sora on,v ,veU sayed y
a1am tbem wbot Won nlooso Tomas
ss;d So IT, 80 LII tLa+s
Her temner vas r;s;na fast but n
bod sansa enough 10 crush II down
d. H. 80 tnarad ~ ~ hoor
str;nr. "es0N
aSTn,oso rors ,,oor +bor ono whit,
" !Uu a:J mIn,oom
1mTTL dr. - ra.u ~ - IL .o;,
aI w;m eateh cold ag.;n a. r did 1a'
sdru oou eaih
" mpa.. so;d .oftln on
elIL ny 1aiu, soLGiy, a.
I IooI 1ar eo"afU 'ne ueSA "nefe Ills cnec'
D' DE- &c tho fond ,bo+ -,
m;usl = s.iP ,od h;n, sornin 80 !
did 20 ' nippeu LII" 'Oi 90 !
Rae;dao Manyh n Ioons.o5 tn h;u.
isThey wesr sa9ues ! GOOD deal Sar
don't tbey p, he said
Coz T. : 49, foshio,ob1o y -
tney e5' @ l
Pit mTL y "anI
ia Lim;asJ LII IT, - ~ 80
room -, ha so;d I'M noor mo.h
,ooni! NC saiu. ny PVoA mum