The Red Cloud chief., 1882-04-20
(OtNTIN. TIE COST.

WI VII" Ut 'p>i.
Are you intending to buy a new
sleigh ,ui- winter asked a mechanic
ia" -tr'"i.
Il nave not decided yet. Why
e have som" goo! ones % hand,
aud vii ell you one at a bargain.
spmr and see them
IL I conclude 10 purchase | viii
piNr Nuu "a call
II wIl .llc you timc-if YOU have
not ne money Just NOW; can wait thr""
or -j> months. II you like; glad 10 &c
,nmmrllrc sou
We'll. I'll think about it
Charles Wallace was a Young man
iu-t started IA life. He had bought 4
snug !4j''c fam. with "A coIy CDt'I|"
anh good ont buildings, and brought
III Young wiir their. Z" help hiIn enjoy
hIs n"N hom". lie paid eight hundred
dollar down and gay" Il m"rigayo for
iA, other Thousand dollar. To- bo paiI
in yearly Iu-,allmou'~ 81 twu hundred
.l,llnr- principal. and the Interest on
the remainder. Ellen had Il liitl" money
that she earned ia teaching school. and
ahc furnished tia" house. ~ Ear a, she
could, without running IN debt. She
NJ, q -ru-ihlc girl aud preferred buy
in.s fiity sheer 10 furnishing tn" pari"r.
- Il wall not take l"ug,' she said, for
The sheep 10 hr!u| money enough Ia
huk "a uarlur 81 and carpet, and We
shall have ihrm growing All ia" time.
and "" can wait. oar sitting room i
GOOD enough \, when her husband
came ina. AMI told her that Jones would
s.ll him a -i.i.h aud wait Tor Ia pay.
shc shook her head ana hooked graT'.
Il wuuld not DO it. Charlie. W
shall NOT drive much ihi, winter. and
That old box sleigh of your father Will
answer.
..Y"u don't think that can Afford 1t.
supp".".
You know that in three month,
there i, two hundred dollars, besides
si>ty dollars interest, To bc PAID. which
W. must not iul L. meet. Let H. so"
where il i coming from before "" are"
10 pa, iifly dollar more Tor a m"w sleigh
that Ne can get along without
The youmg man looked rather SER
Gus. aud ate his dinurr vera quietly.
That evening he eat down bS the stove.
while Ellen wa~ clearing TIA" table, and
said. . reckon. ! shall hay" {" give up
the slri.h: ! hay" been thinking over
what you said az noon. and unless | sci!
off som, al the stock | cannnt. for ia"
life oi me. see h"w | can raise the mon
.y for = ia. mcut on the tlrIi, IN three
months
That has to Ice done. Charley. and
we must not ~c.l the stock either: il
would t, Ike killing the goose that LAID
the w"li"n egg.
.lIu,c y"u >cnt for your parior fur
niturr vet"
No. | wa in ~ hurry; "" sh"uld
not u,c the room halt i dozen times
through the winter; So pat the wool
money into the bank TIL | needed ii.
We had good luck with or poultry;
that brought a. a hundred and fifteen
dollars: hat ! haze To pas some "Ht of
that. How large a store hill have We.
do y"u supP"~". Elicn.
- have no store hill. Charley. or any
other hill (" pay. | have sold eggs and
butter for groceries.
Il I'VE something for nails; perhaps
:: dozen dollars or :"
-. Then there i~twrnty-iIyc dollar yet
on the sewing machine.
YES: and i there not a balance due
on the pros. OF have Won paid it,
Mo: ten dollars there, And twenty
dollars more ON the colt; and say ten
dollars L. the hlacksmiih?'
ANYTHING else that You think OF.
Charlr, ?"
NV boots, Three and 4 half. let
me sec; il seems IL If there was m
rhiuw more. Yes, YOU know | got a
meat barrel and a water tub: siN more.
lit will take about all the poultry
money L. pay these bills, and | would
pay them right away
They ought - be paid. sure But.
Ellen, where viii the money come from
Ia take up the first note"
You have some grain 10 sell. unless
YOU conclude 10 feed the lambs and fat
them for market
They are yours. 1t would pay 10
IA; them
"oh. We are going I" pay for the
farm. whether the parlor i ever furn-
ishrl or not: AMI. Charley. We willAcep
out of debit, if possible. for the future
II did not suppose MAS OWING 80
much."
Little debts count up fast. and it
does no; take long 10 make them large.
| hope Yea Will settle them all up right
aNaN, ~ aS 10 begin 4 free man. \
man in debt i a slave 10 his creditors.
suppose YOU get Il hundred dollars
for the lambs; how in The name of good
hess are We going 10 raise the other hun
drcd and sixty dollars"
There * the money for the wool,
and fifty dollars If the butter money;
and | reckon. Charley. you can arm
twenty or thirty dollars in three
months"
Bat, Ellen. You want 4 new dress or
tive
No. thank Won. | am Very well of
now. You never asked me what | did
with III" money that You gave me when
YOUR checks came FOR the butter. and ~
Ibid not need il for household expenses.
| thought il best Ia save il 10 help pay
of the mortgage. for | am in 4 hurry 10
get that of our home. 80 that we can
feel independent"
You are Il dear little prudent woman.
and am aS happy as1can be 10 see my
way clear,,''
As happy as II YOU were riding In
Jones' sleigh with 4 lien on it,:
Ii YOU had said one word in favor of
1t. l should have bought it, Ellen; | had
not thought
Then there would have been anoth-
er debt TO pay! We can be jus, As hap
Ply 10 ride in the box sleigh till we are
ready 10 have 4 better one. and we shall
lee! better by a fifty-dollar bill neA,
spring
he neHt day Jones saw Wallace and
MIC buy one of his new sleighs.
urged L.. replied, Il am not intend
NO" be u this season"
Ing to buy a reN well as You have
If / had doAe - ~, u would
this wear" said the Asn> give NV
haze a handsome turnout 70
wife a ride in oroe in a while"
.. NJ, ,y;fe woulA not enjoy rlSiES -