The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-13

"Hlrri Nrw INN!
A bright face Looked into the chamber
sweet ,c,ss rsrg through !, IN ionss
music.
"Bsppy Ne. Year. dArliag'"
And Mr. Ellis stopped 70 hiss the child
But the kiss be gave v~ moi isrsni Il
vas Kind and gentle bs. not loving.
A pair Of large blue orbs looked up =
him In Kind Of hnrt surprise. Then. .
II shs feli rcpelled, the child. sher stand
ing for moment or two In . shy. embAr
rassed way, vent out Of the chamber and
lei, her father alone.
Mr.. Ellis vas less comfortable in mind
after she went ou, than before she csmo in
A ray Of heart sunshine had swept into th'
room, and though hs had failed TO per
osiye its warmth II waa colder and darksl
after its withdrawal. lie breathed ont in
Voluntarily heavy sigh. II Was not
happy New Year. In fact the new yesrt
came in always with an added weight Of
care. annoyance and discouragsmeHt fo'
Mr. Ellis, each heavier and more discour'
aging than the one that preceded,
Happy New year." cried one child Af'
ter another, Asiit looked into his room or
me. him on tho stairs. Happy New
Year, greeted him from many voices.
But Il vas not happy New Year. Oh,
mol Mr.. Ellis New Years were no longer
happy ones. whyf Let us go back lit
tie.
Just ten years before the time in which
be comes before the reader, James Ellis,
then clerk on salary Of 81 900. took to
himself wife; but in doing so he made
one mistake, and that WAS going in debt
for the furniture OF his little, rented
house. For over three years he had been
getting salary OF 81 900, and out OF this
had saved scarcely enough TO buy his we'd
ding suit and the marriage ring. How,
on the same income he was to support q
wife besides himself and pay the $500 it
cost to furnish his house, WAS ono Of the
mysteries in finance he had not stoppea to
solve.
II is no matter OF surprise that the first
New Years Day following the marriage
OF Mr.. Ellis, was not for him very hap
by one, He had doar little wife. and
was very fond Of her; and she was good
and loving, and as careful as she could ba,
to make home the pleasantest place for
him in all the world. But there had been
grave error in the way their new life was
begun, and errors Of any and every kind
surely works for all its measure OF dis
quietude, pain or disaster. There is no
escape.
The first New Years Day brought to
Mr. Ellis unsettled accounts for over one
hundred and fifty dollars, besides the five
hundred dollars he had borrowed from
friend to meet his furniture bills. These
accounts came in from the grocer. and dry
goods merchant, the coal dealer, and 9th.
ers, with whom bills had run up that
might have beeni settled with the cash be
had let slip through his hands for articles
or ornaments they did not need, or for va
rious little self-iudulgences. II there had
been rigid system Of cash down for every
article that was purchased, and just self
denial in the matter Of things not actually
nsedful to comfort, that first New Years
Day would have found Mr.. Ellis in far
lifferent and happier state OF mind.
The new remedy was. neither seen nor
ldopted.
/ must have q larger income, said Mr..
Ellis. II he had said: must adopt .
lew system and practice closer economy.
he case would have been more hopeful
On the next day. Mr.. Ellis asked TO have
lis salary increased. Business had not
,een very good the past season, and there
vas some demur; but he was faithful and
Intelligent clerk, and in view Of this, 5000
gas added to his salary--not moro, really
hen the deficits for the last six months;
et enough to cause our young friend to
eel much elated, and to lure him into
freer instead OF closer style OF living.
The second New Years Day brought
mother day Of reckoning. A baby had
cen born, and with this sunbeam that
anne brightly into their home came also
dded expenses and consequent increase
debt. The original $500 borrowed to
lrnish the house was yet unpaid, and the
-iend who loaned that sum had grown
old in consequence.
Happy New Year" called his sweet Lit.
o wife, as the sun looked brightly in
trough their chamber window, awaken
IL her with its kiss.
Happy New Yearl" he answered, trying
, throw into, his voice the gladness that
as not in his heart; for he had been
wake for over m hour, thinking Of the |
i'll that had been received on the day be-
,re, and OF others which were to come in |
bills that he had no present means OF ,
aging. /,
must get more salary. said Mr. Ellis |
himself, as he broodcd that Now Years !
ay over his unhappy Affairs. He asked .
n An increase, but Was denied.
/ am worth more than twelve hundred
year, and will have i'll was his mental ]
aculation. So he sat himself TO work to q
nd another situation, and after few
onths succeeded in obtaining new place
Id salary Of two thousand . year. Id
This good fortune quito set up our =
oung friend. He felt rich; and on the
rength OF this feeling indulged himself !
it'll new parlor carpet and . set OF
credit Il