The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-13

Before separating, a little excursion to
/ Beech Island was proposed for Monday.
/ MI. Gray invited them, meantime, to spend
/ the evening at his house. The evening
/ passed was pleasant one. Annie was in
/ excellent spirits; sang and played, and was
altogether charming. Mr.. Raymond, re-
membering the money, decided that mat
rimOny was q snare, when women were so
/ deceptive.
The next day, which was Sunday, Mrs.
Gray, without being asked, gravely handed
Z her husband Fl ~ cents Mr.. Raymond
was present, but did not appear to notice
it. He was apparently engrOssed in the
book he was reading. But he heard Mr..
Gray ask:
What's that for? o, the contribution
box Thank you! he said. But to him
self he pdded:
why not save q. to go with the twenty
| Eve cents have yready, so as not to be
compelled to ask Tor money on Tuesday? q?
Then can sGecsed in getting some for
Mondays trip, without the knowledge Of
my friends, and this absurd farce viii end
without any more unPleasantness.'
Monday morning came all too soon; for
try as he would he could not get the atten-
ton of Annie, when he endeayOred to
brOach the subject Of the projected trip.
Fidgetting with his knife and fork, he
cleared his throat at last, and in O nervous
way made plunge.
Mrs. Gray elevated her eyebrows.
TO the Island? Pray what for? 1t is
hardly the season for excursions
Mr.. Raymond really pitied his friends
evident distress, so he said jOkingly:
why, you see, Mrs. Gray, We want to
get off for a time, as we used to when boys
The lady smiled grimly, and said:
ALBERT is, as you see, too extTavagant
by half I cannot, in the present state Of
our finances, give my consent to his going
With these words, spoken with great COM
pOsure, she walked of, leaving the gentle
men to themselves,
BY Heavens, Albert, I never would stand
thatp said Frank, vehemently. To be tu-
tOred like q schOOlbOy! Haven't you any
money at the store? If not, call upon me
for any amount, and let us hurry, OF we
shall be late
No I am afraid cannot go. am pledg-
ed not to take any money from the store,
and it would not be right to accept any
from you
Glad of an excuse, Mr.. Gray then told
his friend the secret of his wife's conduct.
'Whew! so that is it, said Frank We'll,
Pm glad to have my faith in wOmankind
restored; but. isn't she OVERRIDING the mat
ter? Did you ever refuse her money be-
fore OthersP
I think did, last summer, when Mrs.
OsgOOd was visiting her. They wished to
visit friend residing in BiddlefOrd. I
thought it was foolish, and told them so
and finally refused my wife the money.
The truth is apOlOgetically, I had met
with some heavy losses, and felt that we
must economic.
Why not have allowed her to use her
own judgment? Perhaps she intended to
ecOnOmize in other ways said Frank.
I believe she said something Of the kind.
But to tell the truth, I had got into the
way Of thinking that women needed to be
continually ''cuTbed, OF they would run into
extTaYagances.'
It's a shame to treat a high spirited WO-
man in that way,
I realize it now fully, more fully than
yOu can, unless you 20 through with my
experience. Annie said she had done plain
sewing to pay for things that she needed,
AtlLAANA LAlt-A4 1llHA A-AN IVA A-AS A-A--ANIa
derstand it now; I would far rather have
earned the money for our trip by saving
WOOd, than have asked for it. Fancy hay-
ing to always askP II
do YOU know, Albert, I am glad this,
has happened? I may marry sometime;
in fact, Pm thinking Of it strongly, and
now I shall avoid the course you have ta-
ken. Otherwise I presume might have
done just the same. believe a great
many men do.
DO? Why, yes. My mother never had
a simple penny without asking father for
it, and she helped earn 1t all, and was pru-
dence and industry persOnifed. III turn
over a new leaf All, here come our
friends
Mr. Raymond, to Mr.. Gray's great relief
said it would not be possible for him to 60
on the proposed trip, owing to unforeseen
whereupOn, Mr.. Gray, in an
Of-hand manner, proposed, that as Frank
could not 90, they should all come to his /
house that evening again. My wife viii
he clad to see you, said he
The week had passed, and Richard was
himself again. or could be if he chose, but {
his wife had mirrOred his past actions so !
truly and fOrcibly, that he had no wish to
repeat himself Annie had taken care to |
curb his extravagances, by giving him al |
ways q little less than he asked for, and in |
variably inquiring Just how he spent 1t, |
and, meantime, reckoning up how much I
he had each day, with great eXactness
All this, as he knew was copied from his I
own custom. Besides he reflected, if he |
found it so disagreeable for O week, how /
much more so must it seem, year after |
year, with no prospect Of q change? In /
short, he felt himself to be the meanest /
man in existence. 'Iis one half to own it. /
and the other half to reform, we suspect.
There, Albert said his wife, 4 am glad .
the farce is ended. Resume your prerOga-
tiye.4
It.was Tuesday evening, at half past six
precisely, when Mrs. Gray said this At .
the same time she handed her husband his |
and then returned to her .
seat
Mr.. Gray counted the money carefully, /
and then divided it into two equal piles.
This accomplished, he crossed over to
his wife, and placed one in her lap, saying
'HencefOrth we will share alike. Buy
what you choose. I have faith IN your
and Judgment. am not infalli-
be- Why need sit in judgment upon
7ouY
Mrs. Gray's eyes glistened with pride and
as she replied:
Believe me, Albert, you will never re-
yret this; for now I shall have an OppOrtu-
lity to use my reasoning faculties'
He never did regret it.-PetersOR's AfagG-
.iRe.