The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

IttANO VI PSANA&AASSs $3.50
liked all kinds of sweetmeats, and ii
was hard for him to do without. HI
craved them SO much that when hit
went to the store he bought half q
pound OF block sugar and filled his
pockets. He had never economical
on his likings, and he prided himsel
on a good table. On going home ont
night he found the minister and hi
wife making a call. He was glai to
! see them, of course; and now, he
thought to himself, Hannah will have
a decent supper once more. But what
was his CONSERVATION to see, as he
seated himself at the table, nothing
but bread and butter, cold boiled ham
and apple sauce.
"Well," said Mr.. Gordon to his wife,
81 I'M afraid the pastor will think
your supper a scanty one"
sI'm sorry, Stephen, but the fact is
We have been economizing lately, and
they came so late I had no time to
prepare anything different
This delicious bread and butter
needs no Apologize say nothing Of the
other good things" said the. clergy
man.
Poor Stephen! His pride was deep
ly hurt as he contrasted his table with
others that had been spread.
"Haye you met with losses lately?"
asked the pastors wife, with concern.
ooh, no." said Mrs. Gordon; "but in
the spring, on a farm, there are a great
many things wanted, and we are econ
omizing in order to meet expenses
The next morning MI. Gordon call
ed on a neighbor. Mr.. Jones, to pay
him for a pair of young cattle. "Here
is the money for the steers" said MIR.
Gordon, handing him a roll of bills.
Mrs. Jones was working over her
but4er in the kitchen. She had a but
ter-worker, and it was astonishing
how fast she made the butter into
cakes and stamped them, draining
out every drop of the buttermilk with
out hardly any exertion, while Mr..
Hor1ou uro3obad bnp
Got a butter-worker, 1see."
Eyes: and l don't know how I eve
lived without one. 1t is SO easy
working butter now compared to
what it used to be.
Here, wife, is twenty dollars you
wanted for a cloak. Give Mr.. Gordon
a receipt for fifty dollars
Mr.. Gordon stared. Twenty dol
lars for a cloak When had he given
his wife that sum for anything? He
looked around the kitchen. Here was
a model range, and everything con-
venient and handy with which the
farmers wife could do her work. What
a contrast to Hannah's kitchenl He
wen knew that he was better able to
afford such an outfit than his neigh
Dor vas
On returning, MI. Gordon stopped at
the barn. Here everything was in or
der and everything convenient to work
with. Was it possible that he had
made Hannah do all the economizing?
In one corner of the shed was some
thing that looked d little like a sled.
His little boy had been trying to make
one, and the words of the child rang
in his ears, IL shan't let my boys go
without when I'm a man" He then
went into the house. Where is Han
nah r he inquired Of Uncle Moses.
s'She,s gone over TO see Stiles sick
child"
The farmer sat down and took his
paper, but his thoughts Were too busy
to read. He had never looked so mean
in his own eyes before. He was still
angry with his wife for humbling him
50 the night before, by givingthe min
lister and his wife such a supper. Yet
now as he thought it over, he wonder
ed how he could have blamed her.
aUncle Moses, how much do you
think it would cost to clothe a Woman
for a year2'
dts never cost much to clothe
your'n,. said he, his black eyes snap
ping. Il never thought you could be
so mean and stingy with any n as
you have been with her. She's too
good for re, and its time We found it
out. You've got enough to keep her
like a lady, but instead Of that she
can't even have things to work with.
Yen never get q cent from me; what !
have, III settle On Hannah and the
boys"
"That's all right. but why did you
not tell me how selfish I was before"
Haven't I been telling ye all the
time. and what good did it do? If
YER stomach hadn't been pinched a lit
tie, yer never would have found out
how good it was to follow what yer
alters a-preachin' to her, We must