Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-22

ing at me calmly, with an air of dis
passionate inquiry.
zr-sss Mad Who. wouldn't he amadin
cries Aunt Con, Historically, al
hadn't spent an unnecessary cent all
day. Ihad weighed and balanced every
penny, starved myself, broiled myself,
tired myself to death, and all to put my
hand in my pocket, while l was waiting
for a car, and find my purse gone -
!" Gone!" we cry; and Aunt Con mods
grimly.
"Gone" she repeats. Ell Well, I
might as well confess at once, girls,
though you'll crow over me, know. /
sewed my pocket with that cheap thread
from Carter's-the, kind 1 wanted you
to buy, and you wouldn't-and it didn't
hold worth cent. That's all. Luckily
I had put my return ticket into my
watch-pocket for safe-keeping, or how
ever I should have got home bothers
me.n ...-..-, .,-,ta.f. 7r..r a.
Lou and do not "crow over her"
as she anticipated. We haven't the
heart to do so, in the face of her hum
BILE confession, and Aunt Con is duly
grateful. 7p- va, tr.-fE 81 1i
The next day Aunt Con is down on
her back from the effects of the heat,
the fatigue, and the final drenching
which she has undergone. The doctor
is in constant requisition for ten days,
at the end of which time he orders
change of air to complete the cure.
Aunt Con looks grave.
6 But l can not afford it, / really can
not, girls" she says, earnestly. "This
air is good enough for any body Is
"Just as flower-pots are good enough
for date-palins," I interrupt, rather
wickedly, am afraid. t"
"Well, but really must economize, !"
says Aunt Con, with slight flush.
- 'Aunty," says Lou, gravely, evil
you listen to mep have been trying to
make computation of your gain and
loss by your trip to New York, but
things are SO mixed up that can not
arrive at an altogether satisfactory re-
suit. Your fare to and from New York
was $1.3O. You saved FIVE cents by
going on that special day, but, as you
also encountered a thunderstorm by so
doing think we may cross off that item
of saving. Now let us begin with what
you spoiled. Your boots COST
"Four dollars, and they were new"
says Aunt Con, sadly. Is o5 SOS
ga pair of India rubbers at fifty cents
would have saved them; but you econ
and thus lost $3.50. Your bon
net 8pIu gJg ~ i-f..-aii 4
81 made it myself, and the material
cost four dollars.'' -. .rs ..,sls. a
"You saved the price of . cheap um-
brclla, say $3.50, and thus lost $3.50.
Your dress. was worth, say %; your
wasn't itP-say $3.50, as it
was far from new. A cab at e1.50
would have saved both, and rendered
India rubbers and umbrella unnecessary.
REALLY this calculation is getting too
much for my brain.) Say $3.50 for
loss on clothes, balanced by a saving of
81 so in cab hire. You saved on your
shopping" oh1i.ts
"Just enough to pay my fare." says
Aunt Con, dolefully. ..l F =,
"And some of the packages were lost
at the same time as your purse, and
some ruined by the rain. Say 60 cents
saved, which is an ample margin. Your
purse contained at ,t.l lt.~4 i
"One hundred dollars-I thought I'd
better take enough" groans Aunt Con !;
but Lou continues, remorsely; O.
(which we must set against your
in thread. You saved by buy
ng cheap thread, say - cents on a
dozen spools, and thereby lost hum
1red dollars. Then your Doctors bill,
ZEN visits at $3.50 q visit; your medi-
much did they come to,
Aunt CONF" r..
"Spare me! spare mel" cried Aunt
Con, wildly. al see! see! My econo-
ny will be my ruin. No income could
,tand it. Irepent! I reform! Hence
orth 1 am spendthrift, and shall be
.ich before die. viii go to Saratoga, |
o Newport, to Paris. 1 win have my
,ars pierced and wear diamond soil
aires. I will live on pate de Joie gras,
md ortolans, and dindons tru6es. I will
year velvets and silks and laces; 1
will"
Satisfied that Aunt Cons reformation
s complete, we check the torrent of her
repentance, gently but firmly. just at
resent, Lou and have but one object
a life, as far as Aunt Con is concerned
to keep her extravaganza within rea-
enable bounds. We know, however,
hat it is only the reaction from her life
ong habit of economy. In due time we
oubt not that this tendency will cure
self, and we shall see her firmly settled
pom that pleasant golden mean " to
7hich it has so long been our desire to
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