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eyes, one-third of my profits on an
average are swept off by them"
81 will set them an example, them"
said Mrs. Newton. Hereafter what.
ever articles shall be purchased shall be
paid for upon the spot, and ] shall ex-
pect you to sell them as reasonable as
you can"
This arrangement was also made
with the others, who. it is scarcely
needful to say, were glad to enter into
the arrangement Ready money is
great supporter Of trade, and a cash
customer is worth two who purchase on
credit.
There are otherways in which care
ful housekeeper is able to limit expen.
ses, which Mrs. Newton did not over
look.
With an object IN view she was al,
ways on the outlook to prevent waste,
to get the full value of whatever was
expended. The result was beyond her
anticipations.
At the close of the year, on examin.
ing her bank book-for she had regu.
larly deposited whatever money she
had not had occasion to use in one of
the insttutions-she had $3.50, besides
reimbursing herself for the money
spent during the first month and had
enough to last the other.
"Well, Elizabeth, have you kept
within your allowance ?" asked her hus.
band at that time. 81 guess you have
not found it so easy to save as you
thought"
81 have saved something, however" !"
said his wife, chow is it with you?'
"That's more than / can say. How
'ever, haye not exceeded my income,
that's one good thing. We have lived
fully as well as last year, and I don't
know but better than when we spent
$780,"
"Its knack, Ezra" said his wife,
smiling. She was not inclined to men.
ton how much she had saved. She
wanted, SOME time or other, to surprise
him when 1t would be of service.
"She may possibly have saved $25,
or some trife," he thought and so dis
missed the matter from his mind.
AT the end of the second year Mrs.
Ms savings, including the interest,
amounted to $3.50, and she began to
feel quite rich.
Her husband did not think to Inquire
how much she had saved, supposing,
as before, it could be hut little.
However, he had piece of good
news to communicate. His salary had
been increased from 81 900 to 81 200.
He added: Gas | before allowed you
one-half Of my income for household
expenses, it is no more than fair
should do so now. That will give you
better chance to save part of it than
before"
AS before, Mrs. Newton merely said
that she had saved something, without
specifying the amount.
Her allowance was increased to $500
but her expenses were not increased al
all, so her savings for the third year
swelled the aggregate sum in the bank
to 5000.
Mr.. Newton, on the contrary, in
spite Of his increased salary, was nc
better off at the end of the third year
than before.
In spite Of his carelessness in regard
to his own affairs, he was an excellent
business man, and his services were
valuable to his employers. They &C
cordiugly increased his salary from tim,
to time, until it reached $1,000. lie
had preserved the custom of assigning
one-half to his wife, and this had be
, come such habit that he never though
to inquire whether she found it neces
, sary to employ the whole or not.
| Thus ten years rolled away. During
, all this time they had lived in the sam
E hired house, for which he paid an an
nual ntof $3.50. Latterly, however
he had become dissatisfied with it.
had passed into the hands of a neN
: landlord, who was not disposed to kee
it in the repair which he considered de
sirable.
s About this time block of excellen
,. houses was erected by capitalist, VIII
n desired to sell or let them as he Nigh
It have an opportunity. They were mod
4 ern and much better arranged than tn