Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-17

aid Mr.. Pensico.
'Psh.wI' said Mrs. Pensico.
Times are hard, said Mr.. Pensico.
Bot you've got money enough, re.
Hrtef his wife, with toss OF her cur
IL head.
Sylvia said Mr.. Pensico, gravely.
'oyou know that nobody ever hs.
money enouRh? ---.-
sNo,' said Mrs. Pensicn. shelIine
a way with great vigor at pan OF lima
D ans in her lap. Il don't know any
thing Of the Sort
Just think how nice il wruld sound ,
Id Peter PeaSieo, with ti- eyes halt
-lOsed and mis- head on GDe 81 le. 'Se
iset board for few genfI, nsn, in y
cottage on the Hudson fire vifw-
EXCELLENT b3atIDg-plenty Of shane
..,ik and vegeta bleS-terms moderate
think see 1t now in the columns OF
he paper
L thought you rented this cottage to
please DeP said Mrs. Pensico, raining
Town the emerald shower of lima
sesns At q double quick rate.
so did, my dear-so i did, ~
pOnded the husband. But Why
.hould't we please few select board :
'rs, tou?,
Mr. Peusico was O retired grocer. 'fst
ami forty,' If not fair Mrs. Pen.ic0
qad been y pretty ward school teacher.
full tWenty years younger than her
husband, v no had boarded al the SAM
house with the dealer in nuts, spices
and moist sugars.
Love is like the whooping c0uRA, q
more dangerous disesse the older you
crow. Mr.. PeDsico took 1t very hard
so hard, indeed, that he married Syi-
:ia Saith at the end Of Q fortnisht's
acquaintance. and took her to livein q
pretty cottage on the Hudson.
'You are . jewel, my DEAR said Mr..
PeEsico; 'and / mean 20 place you 10
an appropriate setting
But as the conhsgratiUn of his young
love died into O more steady and une-
ven fame, Mr.. Pensico's old spirit OF
thrift arose within him. Love In @
cottage " as all very charming; but the
wages Of eook, chsmbeTmaid and han.
iy man counted up amazingly ct the
euo Vi month. a COW gruzlng, in
the meadow was picturesque, 20 be
sure, but the feed bills were something
to sh1dder at. Sylvia in white muslin
was au adorable object; but Il SONS.
times occurred 10 Mr. Pentico's pee-
turhed brain that calicos would have
been more economical, viewed from
the lalndress' standpoint. In short.
Love and Economy were at daggers
drs Wn in the noble soul Of the ex-gro-
ceryman. -. 90. -.
Don't you think its a good idea, my
lrr 1,N NJ Il Il -
a fly away from the circular bald spot
on top Of his head.
No, DON'T said Mrs. Pensico.
'But why not?'
'Idon't like the idea of keeping q
tavern,' retorted the bride.
MY DEAR said Mr.. Pensico, you
Iexaggerate. A few select bnarfers-'
"A few select fi'idlesticks!' interrui {.
ed Mrs. PensIco, as she rose up, fling
ing the lima bean pods all over the
floor, ..
Mr.. Pensico looked at his wife with
a calm and speculative eye. Wv
She don't like bOarders,' pondered
he. And she don't like to pubmit H.
a wife should to her husbsn's authori.
| ty. Goodl I'll enforce both Questions,
or III know the reason why
And Mr.. Peter Pensico sat down to
write the advertisement whose glow
ing periods had been floating Ia the
fragmentary radiance through his
brain for the last five or ten minutes.
i Won't take bCarders? said Sylvia.
MY DEAR said Peter, 'yaa'li do fest
-preciseiy-as I think best
'We1l seeP cried out Mrs. Pensico.
"A woman ought to be proud to have
an opportunity of helping her husband
on in the world Oracularly observed
Mr.. Pansico.
III believe the richest people In the
world are always the meanest.' said
Sylvia, with jerk OF her pretty brown
|curls. @
Economy. my desr-economy? said
MIR. Pensico. Take care of the pence,
and the pounds will take care of them.
selves "A penny saved Is q penny
earned. Money makes money
And Mrs. Pensico, fairly overwhel-
med by this cataract Of proverbs, cess.
ed her unavailing remonstrsnces. AT.
ter all, Whist good did they dor
Poor little Sylvia was beginning to
that marrying o; rich old
screw was not the shoriext way to per.
feet happfuess. !
& .Bnta wurnan defled becomes wo-
itsrl dapeefors, and Mrs. Peter Pensi-
GO deteymined that she would not be
=. ~ - -
Four days after the appearance Of the
advertisement which cost so much
time and pains. three young gentlemen
applied for board 81.
Mr.. Pensico assumed Q magisterial
aspect. .Ee2A
Ten doiiaTsa b week is my axed price. ,
said be, ,shut a. there are three OF you,
I don't mind saying twenty-five dol
lars = = ! -
Aud on these terms Messrs. Smith,
Brown and Jones became poesessors of
the three best bed rooms OF the cot
tage, driving Pensico end his wife TO o
sofa bedstead In the back parlor.
Are we always to live sog plain
lively demanded Mrs. Pensico.
One shouldn't mind 9 little incoa-