The Press., 1885-06-04
THE NEW SIDEBOARD.

ssOnly four; Judge Bailey, Mrs. Bailey, and MT. and Mrs. Popkins, uncle and aunt, and you and I, just make nice table of eight.
 s'All right, said Tom ssgot everything you want ?" a ys.I
 sY-e-s,'' said Toms wife, hesitatingly, "only we ought to have new sideboard.
 s'That's true; we do need one, and we've talked about it long enough"
 ''Its the one defect i'll our dining room. Thanks to our friends, we've plenty of sil- yer and lovely china, but mothers old sldeboard just spells everything" ssWell, go and order one this afternoon I happen to have the money with me now, :" and Tom, with just the suspicion of al sigh, produced roll of bills. "I intended to pay for coal and other things, but those can wait few days No, can't go with you; get Aunt Mary.
 'sNo, she isn't we'll today"
 ''Well, then, get Uncle John; he's bet ter than all of us, and Tom hastened away. Es
 Uncle John, stranger in the city, will lingly accompanied his niece. He knew; nothing of sideboards, and seemed almost bewildered by the elegant combination of marble, mirror, and polished wood which bore that unpretending name. Jenny and Tom had examined this very assortment only little while before, so she, knowing her husbands taste, soon selected one as desirable and within her means, and con- suited Uncle John.
 .'Sixty dollars, is it? My dear, can you afford it ?''
 s'Oh, yes, , said Jenny See, have seventy-ive dollars. ,
 Uncle John said no more, and the pur- chase was made.
 ''It just gives the finishing touch to our dining room" Jenny said, as she gazed at it admiringly in its appropriate place.
 Uncle John looked thoughtful as he said: 'sPardon an old mans question, but how much does Tom save from his salary?"
 ''Save Why, uncle, how can he save on eighteen hundred :? We just manage to live"
 1T feared so, but the instinct of some of the smallest of Gods creatures leads them to take thought for the morrow"
 s'Oh, Tom hopes to do better next year ; his salary must be increased soon."
 Suppose his health fails ?"
 ''Tom is very well: surely, you don't think he looks i'll ?"
 "Only thin and worn he has aged con- siderably since last saw him. Jenny, am an old man, and speak from full ex- perience. Mysterious leaks, or too much sail have wrecked the staunchest boats. Not many of us find smooth sailing thro' the voyage, and some, as the current grows stronger and daylight darkens, are obliged . to struggle for life in the cold waters of diversity. I've seen many tired husband toll in rowing boat in which the wife re- clined at ease. /"
 sBut what do, uncle? We are more economical than most of our friends"
 t'Every captain should take his own bearing the sea that your neighbor ships, or the wind that fills his sails, ought to he nothing to you. My rule has been to live on half my earnings. If I had but ten dollars a week, lived on five; and fl you'll try my plan, you'll soon find that the tide has turned and is heaping treas ures at your feet.
 , 'But, uncle, we can't live on half Toms salary"
 5 ''Reef sail and bear hand, Jenny, and : stop all leaks. Put nine hundred dollars z in the bank next year, and I'll make youa present of the sideboard; ask Tom, and let me know before go home. " Not until the dinner party was over did Jenny find time to speak with Tom, and then his eagerness to accept Uncle JohnN offer surprised her. s.o
 ''Its time we tried something" he said. "Rainy days are sure to come, and we ought to be ready for them."s
 Something in his tone impressed Jenny, and the words, "Toiling in rowing the boat in which the wife reclined at ease, 7 passed through her mind. "I'll take an oar and bear hand, she said. '.
 As soon as she was alone she seated her. self with bills and accounts to find where retrenchment could begin. With pencil in hand she quickly checked off embroid- cries, laces, ribbons, hosiery, gloves, chil- dren's toys, confectionery, and flowers "Fewer and less costly" she said, as she passed to household expenditures. Don't scrimp Tom at table," Uncle John had said, and Jenny determined to obey; but the quantity of butter, sugar, eggs, canned fruit, vegetables, lemons, not to mention ice-cream and other dainties, that had been consumed, seemed incredible. The bills for coal, kindlings, and gas she knew to be unnecessarily large. Tom cut off his "pet expenses and vices,' as he termed them, and Jenny soon felt that the sails were well reefed. Temptation frequently as- sailed her through beautiful but un- necessary articles, and she was daily made to feel how extravagant she had been in the past. Knick- -knacks, odd pieces of china, exquisite bits of painting, kitchen utensils, and other useful articles brought to the door had helped to swell the sum total that Toms salary had barely sufficed to meet. ''I'll stop all leaks before lose my captain and wreck my ship" said Jen- ny, bravely. And few of her friends mo- ticed the economy that made Tom's purse heavier and his heart lighter as months passed. The check that Uncle John sent increased the sum which was already 8 tscoCl thousand, :" Tom said
 Jenny's letter of thanks did not so much relate to the gift as to the advice that had opened her eyes, and taught her to ''reef sail, and bear hand" | ,. .
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