Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-04-11
How that first month of house

How that first month of house
keeping hew byl So many little
necessary articles had to be pur-
chased, and the pictures were to
he hung, and, in short, the whole
house put into regular trim. Roger
denied Margery nothing, but she
way careful not to ask anything
extravagaht. He was almost too
liberal, Margery feared, when he
sent home an exquisite pair of
unselfish heart for all the good she
might do him by the sacrifice, that
Margery yielded. Her father
would not listen to the young man,
and even forbade him the house.
Roger grew desperate, and begged
Margery, through frantic letters,
to elope, bit she would not leave
her fathers roof against his will.
So the winter wore away, while
Margery grew paier and thlnner
Under pressure Of her troubfe TIL,
one spring morning, her fathers
heart relented, and he withdrew
his opposition, with a kiss and a
sigh. Roger followed up his vic
tory by taking tea at tie family
table that evening. Early in the
fall they were married. Roger
had been offered a more remunera-
tive situation in another city, ard
had rented q neat little house,
rather Far out, perhaps, but what
cared trey for peighbors. when
they had each other, Roger said.
dancing figures for their parlor
manteL She had admired them in
a jewelers. window the day before,
but had dismissed them at once
from her mind, as beyond their
means.
"Don't You think it was rather
extravagant, Roger dear :" she felt
impelled to say gently, as hs set
them in place and called her to his
side.
Rogers brow darkened. His
first hcwn since their marriage.
He dislikod being called to account,
as he considered 1t. Margery's
quick eye cav his displeasure. Per-
baps she had been over-particular,
and too ready to blame, when be
meant to give her q pleasant sur
prise. She assumed as bright a
mannet as she could, and praised
the figures, but her admiration was
tempered by disappointment. 1t
was the shadow of their first mis-
understanding. But Margery was
too anxious to be a good wife to
brood over 1t, so she put on her
bright pink or blue morning wrap
pers, determined there should be
no hour of the day Roger did not
see her becomingly attired, and al
dinner time she placed dainty little
dishes of her own careful cooking
before him, while every twilight
saw his slippers toasting before the
fire, and her smile ready to vel
come him. Dear Msrgery will
all her little might she tried t
make her husband happy.
There was one subjsct Roger al
ways waved of. with an offended
air, and that was any bother abou
the household affairs. II cook wa
retellious, or things did not worl
right, Margery felt, at all events
Roger must not be anncyed. Their
was one thing, however, she mus
speak to him about, and that wa
the difficulty of systematizing he
expenses on account Of the irreg
rlar manner In which Roger CAV
her money, so ore evening, afte
bending unsatisfactory over he
little book OF accotnts, she locke
up at Roger, who was deep in hi
evening paper, and asked: "Coul
yen not give me some regular SUI
each month, deari cannot bu,
when l am uncertain whsn / ca
pay. I do not feel comfortabl
about running up bills, and whe
you give me o little now, and rnuc
again, ! cannot know just no
! much ! ought to spend"
Roger replied sharply: "Lco
; here, young lady, between servant
wages, and house rent, and th
, and that, I hsvept mint Of none