The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-15
OUR PARLOR FURNITURE.

Jul IAItLUh hEs
We had been married somethin.
more than a year. Had boarded at tn
Mason House for a few months, unit
we were heartily sick OF hotel life. an'
then had rctreated to a private estab
1ishment. You know how that goes
Life became a. burden. A burden?
might as well call it an intOlerable bore
We grew domestic very fast. W.
cnvied Hawkins the trim little cottag,
that had been among the many gilts
bestowed upon his fair bride. and oil
which neither he nor his bride seemed
particularly fond. We marveled al
their Indifference to the blessing thus
forced upon them. The conclusion OF
h whole matter was that We engaged
5l2 East Tenth street. the third house
in the white brick block on your right
rs you turn off from Locust avenue. The
house would not be ready for us before
the expiration of thirty days.
In the meantime we sat down to re-
f1ect, and you may rest assured that the
abstract consideration of this enterprise
was attended with no small amount OF
pleasure. There were some very de-
ligbtful visions of the coming bliss,
some very sharp contrasts drawn
t.stween our present lot and that which
<Has to be. and some very astonishing
calculations. As for the last, it might
Jnusc you to look over the schedule OF
probable expenses made out at that
time and fortunately preserved to our
SAture edification. After a long series
Of household belongings that should
constitute the original OUTLAY it proceeds
with the items of ordinary daily ex-
pense Butter. SO much per pound and
sc many pounds per week lard. so and
50 and SO and SO; potatoes, SO much per
btlshel and to last SO long -four, etc.
etc And TO the grand total we're added
rent, and fuel, AMI light, and water, and
a servants wages.
There, you see, wife," cried I, 1--WE
-hall save annually an even $500 and
1--we as people should live. Three hun
dred the first year! probably more it's
. low estimate. | think. my dear. we
might as well begin TO talk about that
new piano"
"Oh. no." she replied. always pre-
fcrring anolher's JOY to her own, mot
until the encyclopedia and the book
4Ase are bought and paid for"
"Ah, YES" said |, THAT is like YOU !;
90 shall discuss that matter again"
4 say that you would smile if O
could see that outline of probable ex-
penses; and the effect would be height
ened not q little if You should contrast
with it the itemized account kept with
scrupulous care by my vile. Suffice
1T tn say that neither piano o book
case was bought out of the first years
savings.
But to 90 back. We he'd thirty DAYS
To wait before we could get possession
OF the house. In the meantime nv
Uncle John paid us a visit. Uncle John
was a man well advanced in years.
lived in the West. had no family, and
had the matter of his fortune comfort
ably settled. He was on his way to
BHflalo TO attend a meeting of the
stockholders of the Z. n. Il c. Railway.
He stopped of for a day to make the
acquaintance of my wife and to see
what kind of a man his nephew hal
come to be. Nothing remarkable hap
Pened during his visit. and he soon re-
snmed his Journey. We told him of
our housekeeping plans. of which ne
heartily approved. And in that connec-
ton he casually remarked that as he
had not remembered us in anv sub
Stantial n at the time of our mar
riage he wished TO do so. if he could
find anything to suit, while he was in
the Fast. What he said, however, was
IN such an air that ut the time neither
vile nor l gave the matter a second
Thought.
We furnished u house simply but
comfortably. Clara, my wife's school
mate in other DAYS, lived next door.
She is a CHEEKY little body. and when il
comes to home affairs knows every
thing; so We esteemed ourselves fort
innate in being able to retain her coun-
sci She advised on the carpet-pat-
terms, the wallpaper. and even the
Eas-hNtures; in short, with us in
All our preliminary shopping. 1t is as
tonishIng what a store of wisdom some
women carry about with them as 10 the
primary comforts and little Injuries
that make everyday lie to,erable.
Yes, She knew everything and why it
was SO. Ii there was any mistake in
her counsel it consisted in the fact that
she was inclined to estimate the con-
tents OF our poeket-book by those of
Ter own fat me But we succeeded in
getting through quite satisfactorily in
3he hrst outlay. And this rather sur.
pr1ees me. as Clara was in and u con-
zfantly Tor q week, coaxing US into what
seemed -extravagances, but which we
shortly learned were necessities that we
had overlooked. =
And o that We were settled and
- 6rst blush was beginning to sub
&c. we received q shock of surprise
18th rs we shall not soon forget My
90 . left the house early in the