Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-06-08

shat you don't have regular allowance
every week P''
mo, papa ~ said Milly, lifting her pref
tily arcbed brows. dudley says women
don't know how to use money. and that a
wife should always receive every cent she
spends from her husband. ADd-I tell you
papa, because you are SO kind to me-1 am
so ashamed to have him think me extra
VACANT, and I do really need SO many
things that men haven't any idea of. It's
little hard sometimes"
Col. Darlington took goodly roll Of
| bills out of lis pocket and laid them on
| the window sill.
'Here, little GIRL" be said "you have
earned them dozen times over ~
| Milly reached up to kiss him through
the vine leaves.
"Oh, papa you are such darling," she
said.
He only patted her cheek in reply.
dudley don't know what treasure he
has got," he pondered, as he kept on his
walk up to the front veranda; where a
great map'e-tree was showering out its
yellow trophies over the steps, and the
balmy sunshine slept on the painted floor
HE is making Circassian slave out of
that dear little woman"
And the colonel took his book, and
stretched himself comfortably out in the
hammock for his evening reveries.
1t was the next day that his son came
to him. in the library, where little fire OF
logs had been kindled, for chill northeast
rain had blown all the yellow maple leaves
away, and the sun was obscured in driving
clouds.
well, my boy" said the colonel, kind
ly, 'syou are off for the city. I suppose"
Yes. SIR" said Mr.. Darlington, Jr., a
all, straight. ha, dsome young man. with
brown complexion. and dark sparkling
eyes. "And before I go perhaps you had
better give me a check on the bank, if it
is quite convenient"
"A check 7" said the colonel For
4 what ?'
"I'm about out of ready cash." said
Dudley, carelessly, land little sp nding
money, would come in very handy for cur
rent expenses
'sAh - observed the colonel. "And
what are you going to buy p
| Dudley looked at his father in amaze
ment.
81 need fall suit. sir, said he, sand"
Eyes, yes - nodded the old gentleman.
"And how much do you pay for fall suit
now ?"
! "Oh, thirty. five or forty dollars ?" an.
swered Dudley.
"Thirty-five or forty dollars!" echoed
Col. Darlington. Isn't that rather
vaeue?''
IA fellow never knows exactly" ex-
planned Dudley.
"Ah, but you ought to know ?" inter-
rupted the I'D gentleman. ''And now Pm
on the subject, you buy your clothes of
Lanier, don't you ? and are there not
cheaper places 20
"And," added Dudley, II have little
bill at tho cigar store to settle, and there
are some new books l should like to read
| and"
''Just send the bills to me,'' said Col
harrington, gravely. "Young men have
!. as said before, let all the bills be sent to
me. And as for spending money, here is
enough for che present.
He drew out a bank-note and handed it
to his son. Dudley stared at it in amaze
ment. 1t was one-dollar bill.
| ST -, ; bo
what discounted.
ibid you % said Col Darlington.
SIT isn't agreeable to be put on such an
allowance, went on Dudley. sharply.
"I'.n not accustomed to 1t, and"
Mot agreeable, eh ?" said the colonel,
comfortably adjusting bis feet on an en-
broidered rest. ''Then why do you prac-
tice the system with your wife 7"
II give her all that she needs to spend"
said Dudley. coloring up.
"And I have given you all that you
need" asserted Col. Darlington.
81 am man !" said Dudley.
"And she is a woman - retorted the
colonel.
II am the manager of your downtown
warehouse, and l claim my honest remu-
neration as SUCH" said Dudley. Il am no
beggar. There is not cent I ask that
do not earn"
'.That is Millicent's case exactly" said
the wise old advocate. ''She does the
work of the house and does it well. She is
an economist in every sense of the word.
| To riuht hat no oh
| her board and clothes? Is she not entitled
| to regular allowance to spend as she
pleases DO not think me meddlesome
old fogy. my SON." Col. Darlington added.
rising and placing his hand kindly on his
sons shoulder. "But have been observ-
ing all these things. and 1 merely wanted
to give you personal application of this
lesson in political economy. You see how
it humiliates one to have to beg humbly
for the money that one has honestly earned
to be called upon for an account of every
penny one wishes to spend. Don't put
your wife into such false position as this
Treat her as one OF the firm of Darlington
& Co..
dudley DdFIIuStOu oIoOu oCiii d uULutuG.
bordering; and then said earnestly:
81 will, sir / You are right -
And Milly was delighted that very day
to receive check for an ample sum of
money from her husband.
Ills it all for me 20 she cried with gilt
tering eyes.
Eyes, ALL" Dudley answered laugh
ing.
but what am to do with so much
money P''