Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-05
THE WlFE'S WAGES
~ .tEDIE BEE.

well, Ni'tie, what doyon want Fsaid
Mr.. Jarvis to his. Yite, whosstood
looking rather snxionsly at hima after lie
had paid the. factory hands the,r weeks
wages. 4 o.. o. n J.
INhy Donald she said, 4 thought as
| had worked for you atr the week, !
would come for my wages too! You pay
Jane two dollars a week, surely earn
that, and fike very much to have it as
myown,'
'Pshaw, Nettie, how ridiculously you
talk. You know that all / have belongs
TO yon and the chlldren-and don't fur
nish the house and everything? What
under the sun would you do with money
if You had it !
n 4 know, Donald, that you buy the ne
1 cessayies for us all, and am willing that
4 you should do so still, but | should like
q little money Of my very own. We have
been married fifteen years, aud in all
that time ! do not seem 10 have earned
n dollar As far as money is concerned
tLi might as well be slave. cannot buy
4 q quart of berries, nor book, without
1. asking you for the money, aud should
like to be little more independent
H. . Jarvis, proprietor of Jarvis Mills,
n worth hundreds of thousands of dollars,
laughed derisively.
N You're fine one to talk of iudepeud-
I ence,' he said. If you should start out
to make yonr own living you'd fetchup
in the pOorhousc soon enough, for what
I could you do to earn living7 The girls
] IN the factory know how to do their
o work, and they earn their wages. When
1 have paid them my duty is done, but
4 have to board and clothe you, and take
|Ecare of you when you are sick. Ill had
to do that for the girls they would have
1precious little money left, | can tell you
Donald, ! gave up good trade when
[ married yon. For five years had sup
ported myself by it, and many time
since have cnved myself the purse of
Ill hose days. As for my not earning any
IN hing, now leave it TO you TO say
3Evhether it would be possible to hire
another to take my place and how much
10 you suppose il would cost you to do
Y kyithont me year, | know the girls
rave but lit.lc left after paying their
NJ expenses, but they enjoy that little so
much Allie Wilson supports herself
md her mother with her wages, and
Nhey both dress better than do. Jennie
Iart is helping her father pay off the
Mhortgage on his farm. and she is so hap
1ky that she can do so. Even Jane, tue
itchen girl, has more freedom than |,
Tor out of her own money she is lay
nc by presents for her relatives, and
Mylll send them Christmas, as much 10
1ler own pleasure as theirs. Yesterday
M,u Indian woman was at the house with
Much handsome bead work to sell, and,
although | wanted some money so much
III had not dollar, felt ike cryiHg
lEhen Jane brought in her week wages
Ind bought half dozen articles that
kanIcd 50 much. Iou often say that all |
lou have is mine, but five dollars would |
ave given me more pleasure yesterday |
khan your hundreds of thousands Of dol |
prs worti of property did,
IN No doubt ofjhat, Mrs. Jarvis. You
ave no idea of the value OF money and |
oala have enjoyed buying lot of bead |
ash that woudu't be cent to any
odN. jane needs a guardian il she |
ooiS away her money like thar. She
! i'll lie in the county house yet il she
ont lockout. Is lucky that men do
Void the money, for there's not one
oman in a hundred who knows how to |
se il
81 For shame, Donald Jarvis. You know |
bitter Look at jerry aud Milly Greg,
bill you, and say that be makes the best
BE of his money. She is at home with
f. parents every night, making her
Wages 30 as far as possible toward max.