Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-01

"Oh yes." said I. First. you and
the children; second. a house that does
not leak to cover us; third, corn cake
and salt fish; fourth. q good fire in the
winter; fifth, warm wOollen suit for
each Of US; sixth, some light active OUT
door employment, which willn reduce
my spirits to such point that ] can't
enjoy your society when have leisure
to sit down in the evening""
land you would like to keep .
horse" said Florence, confidently.
"Why, yes" lsaid. rather surprised;
"but since we have never kept one
since we were married, it seems to me
we might dispense with it now"
UNLESS il came in the way OF bust
ness" said Florence, calmly. Now
know what your real viewsof the neces-
saries or life are, have plan which l
had hesitated to propose before. think
ing you might demand more" She
unfOlded newspaper, and pointed to
an advertisement.
E,OR SALE.-The horse, cart ana complete
II stock of a tin peddler. Excellent route.
Business pays WELL Sells only because family
matters require a removal to the West Terms
easy. Address A. WICkS. Plainville.
felt a spark of hope. 81 suppose
you are in fun, florence" said; .:but
l really think l should not hate this as
much as anything else l see any pros
pect Of trying. However. it will prob
ably amount to nothing"
1t then appeared that it was several
days since Florence had seen the no
tice, and she had taken pains to inquire
into the matter before speaking to me.
She knew some one in Plainville who
had learned all the particulars. II re-
ally was true. The business was good,
that is, of its kind. "Of course,n our
informant said, '.it did not paw any,
thing like the law" and we hoped he
was right The peddler really was
going West. for he had money enough
to live ON, and his wife's health de-
manded change of climate. He would
sell cheap and let us pay in INSTALL
ments, and we could rent his cottage
for very small sum.
1t did seem providential. Riding
about the country, even in pedd!er's
cart, had far more attractions for me
than toiling in factory. Besides. l
capacity for '.toii, and l knew could
drive any horse in--Plainville, at least.
Then the selling, my good looks q be-
lieye forgot to mention these before),
my gentlemanly manners. my good
nature, my persuasive address, on
which l had been complimented again
and again, would all be of the utmost
service to me in this business; and here
/ had been almost tearing my hair in
my anguish at. thinking that none of
my powers were of the least avail in
the bread and-butter question.
And so we purchased the business by
selling some of our furniture, and went
to Plainville to live. l seriously be-
lieve that there is niche forevery one.
Looking back on my time of despair.
and comparing it with my present, am
grateful that L can say that while then
thought l was so constituted that l
could be neither useful nor happy in
life, now find that / have been en-
lowed with abundant capacities for
both usefulness and happiness. and that
no talent possess has failed of bearing
some fruit. And Florence says the
same thing about herself.
Let me elabOrate:-
That tin peddler is useful as well
as an honest member of society, who
can doubt? He deals in simple, neces-
sary articles, and by carrying them
from door to door he saves vast incon-
venience to numerous people, So much
for use.
The cottage we lived in was not
strictly beautiful. but it was comforts
BILE, and in pleasant place, with an
orchard before it, and we trained
creepers on trellises about it, and
planted roses and towering shrubs
along the stone walls. 1t was fresh,
sweet place to live in, and the children
had a lovely playground. At first