The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-30
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Why, Bell it's not your affair, it's
mine; you need not say anything about
it. You women have the strangest1ideas
about money matters"
But, oh, Lawrence I'm afraid she
will be saucy."
"Just let her try il once.nH didn't
tell him she had tried it already:)
Don't you listen to a word of her inn
pudence, but send her off ~instanter. If
she attempts it we can easily replace
her ladyship."
IF only had an allowance, Law
renee" l stammer, 81 think / could
manage by thought and care"
ooh, no, you couldn't interrupts
my husband, half impaticntly. @Women
always think that. They're always ans-
ious to get the purse-strings-or a
partof tlf6m into their own hands, but
I've heard of such cases, and it wofld
be only q worry to you, a big deficit to
pay at the end of the year, for me and
a great hubbub generally. No, not
] want to ask hin,wto refund the money
that was my Aunt's~ gift, so / can make
Arthur happy with his rubber boots,
but the dreadful lump comes In my
throat again, aud / have to wait till /
can gain command of my voice.
by the by Lawrence says, as he
rises from the table, "Mrs. Leo said
last night that You wouldn't let Arthur
play out in the snow yesterday.
Bell, you coddle that fellow too much.
1t was just the day for him to go out. "
Had no 'ubber boots" says Artie,
promptly, for the first time taking an
interest in the discussion.
What does this mean, Bell? Why
haven't You bought his boots?"
Her had no money!" Artie ex-
planned.
What does this mean ~ again asks
Lawrence rather sternly. ST gave you
two dollars and a half a week ago, to.
buy his boots"
YES" / said, struggling to keep my
composure, ''but / had to give the
money to the egg woman she came so
often and was so unpleasant about itr
BELL" says my husband sternly,
.syou u the risk of d~ispleasing me
seriously by such singular actions; /
will buy the boots this morning and
send them home, if you will give me
one of his shoes for a measure i will be
sure the poor little fellow gets them
this time without the money being
tossed away on some frivolous excuse
He is gone, and he is angry. 1t is
only about money that he ever is angry,
and 1 am no better off for having
aroused his. wrath. Artie will get his
boots, but will they be paid for, or only
charged, with q bill coming later to
worry me. And Ellen will be angry
when she finds / have no money for her,
and angrier still when she sees that the
boots were bought, although she could
not be paid.
The rubber boots that Lawrence
bought a year ago ara SO small for Ar
tie now that we have laid them by till
little Katie's small feet shall grow big
enough t fill them.
"But / am to have a new pair to-day,
mammal"
Eyes, Artie," ! say, "put on your hat
and coat, and we will go to the shoe
store after we have been to market"
While he equips himself, / pick up
Katie and carry her to the kitchen.
Ellen is ironing, but nowadays she is
generally willing to look after the little
one for me.
She is particularly amiable this morn
ing, having, as L learned in a moment,
a favor to ask. She wants her months
wages to give to a sick sister, although
three weeks will pass before they are
due. give her the money willingly,
very glad that it is III my power to do
so, and she shows her appreciation by
getting such a delicious little dinner for
Lawrence's guests tonight, that he is
ecstatic.
"Bell, little woman" he exclaims,
when his friends have gone, ayou are a
regular trump. What a housekeeper
you have turned out to be. And 1 de-
Clare looking at me attentiyely, ayou
are growing young again.
Il am not very old, Larry"
aOh, no, but there was a time when
You had a worried, absent look that did
make You look older than you should. =
"And if that look is gone" / say,
perching myself upon my husbands
knee, lit is all owing to your ~consenting,
to try giving me an allowance for the
year.
1Oh, yes" says Lawrence, reAec-
lively, 1the time Of that experiment must
be abous up now. Do you really find
it an Improvement"
"Has it caused you any inconvenience,
Larry"
How Like a woman to answer one
question with another! But has it made
things easier for your"
"Oh, what a wild way of putting it,
1t has emancipated me, II say feryently.
How about the accouts ?"
This with a little touch of sarcasm,
for he had insisted upon my Keeping
them, and he had predicted utter failure.
"Oh, they were m~addening at first,