The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-27

down here. This is your account here, and
this is the joint account. You know"
whats this?" asked Mr., Spoopendyke.
That's your account; this
mo, no, mean this marine sketch in the
second line.'
THAT? Oh, that's ~
"S'pose l ever spent seven dollars with
tail like that to it? If you're going to make
figures why don't you make figures? What
dye want to make picture Of prize fight in
a column of accounts for9 What is this ele-
plant doing here?"
II think that is a 2" replied Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke obviously. Maybe it's a 4. 1 can tell
by adding it up
What are you going to add up?" Dye
count in this corner lot and that rosebush ana
this pair of suspenders? Dye add them in?''
"That's a 6 and that is 8 and the last is an
8. They came out all right and during the
asst month you have spent more than and
the joint account together"
Haven't either. When did spend this
broken down gunboat?"
THAT amt boat. It's $40 for your suit
"Well, this tramp fishing Of rock, when
did spend him?"
'It amt a tramp. It's $50 dollars cash you
took. and don't know what you spent it for.
Look at my account, now"
whats that man pulling gig for?''
"It's nothing of the sort. That amt gig,
its 81 for wiggin. You see I've only spent S22
in a month, and you've spent hundred aud
eighty-four
"You can't tell by this what I've DONE"
growled Mr.. Spoopendyke. Whats that rat
trap doing in the joint account"
That's IA cents fors fruit when you were
ick"
And this measy looking old hen, what has
she got to do with it?"
THAT'S no hen. That's az. 1t means two
dollars for having your chair mended."
grave yard for?"
That's Is cents for sleeve elastics. The 15
isn't plain, but that's what it isl
How do you make out l have spent so
much? Where's the vouchers? Show me the
vouchers
II don't know what you mean,' said Mrs
down"
Haven't done anything of the; sort Show
me some vouchers. Your accounts all hum
bug. Yon don't know how to keep an ac
count"
eyes I do pleaded Mrs. Spoopendyke,
"and think it is all right
mo you don't. What do you mean by get
store and claiming that it's my account?
You're great bookkeeper, you are. All you
want is sign hung between you and the other
side OF the street to be commercial college.
If ever fail in business 1 am going to fill you
up with benches and start night school. Give
me that pen," and Mr.. Spoopendyke COM
menced running up the columns 1.-TWO two's
four and eight twelve and four sixteen and
carry one to the next, and three is four. Here,
this IS wrong. You've got an eighteen for a
twentyhere." ~
"Eh?" jerked out Mrs Spoopendyke.
"Tfis is $204 not S1S4. knew you couldn't
keepAccounts. You can't even add up"
THAT makes your account even bigger" re-
piled Mrs. Spoopendyke. 81 didn't think it
was so much"
Slam went the book across the room, fol-
lowed by the pen, and the ink would have gone
too, but Mrs. Spoopendyke cautiously put lit
out of harms way.
"Dod gast itp' howled Mr.. Spoopendyke as
he tore off his clothes and prepared for bed.
you amt fit to have pen and ink. Next
time want accounts kept I'll keep 'em
chained up in the yard, and don't you go near
em; you hear me?'s
eyes, dear" sighed Mrs Spoopendyke as
she slipped the obnoxious book into the draw
er. u