, 1885-05-24
lei WAGES AS WIFE.


rather %anxiously at him. after he had paid
the factory hands their week wages.
why. Donald. " said she. Il thought
as ] bad worked for you all the week. |
pay Jane s. a week. surely | earn that.
and ] would like very much to have IL as
my own
talk. You know hat all l have belongs
TO you and the children-and don I
furnish the house everythingg What
under the sua would you do with tho
money If you had liz"
Il know. Lonald, that you buy the nee
essaries for US all, and | am willing that
you should do so still, but | should like a
little money OF my very own. We have
been married fifteen years, and In all that
time ! do not seem 10 have earned 81 As
fur as money is concerned / might as well
be n slave. ! cannot buy a quart OF Der
ries. or Il book. without asking you for
The money, and | should like to be a little
more independent.
Mr.. jarvis. proprietor OF Jarvis mills.
worth thousands and thousands OF dol
lars. laughed derlsively.
YOU'RE a fine one to talk of indepond-
ence. = he said If you would start out
10 make your living you'd fetch Up at the
%poorhousc soon enough, for what could
you do to earn a living? The girls in the
factory know how to do their work and
they earn their wages. When | have paid
them of my duty is done. but / have to
board and clothe ou, and take care of
you when you are sick II / had 10 do
that for the girls l would have precious
little money left, l can tell you
-Donald. / gave up a good trade when
/ married you. For FIVE years l had sup
ported myself by 1t, and many a timo
since have envied myself the purse Of
those days As for my not earning any
thing now. ] leave ii 70 you 10 say whether
II would be possible TO hire another 10
a my place; and how much do you
suppose II would cost to do without me
a year7 / know the girls have little after
paying their expenses. but they enjoy that
little so much. Allie Watson supports
herself and mother with her wages, and
they both dress better than l do. Jennie
Hart is helping her father TO pay the
mortgage on the farm, and she Is happy
that she can do so. Even Jane, the kitchen
girl, has more freedom than /, for out Of
her W money she Is laying by presents
for her relatives. and will send them
Christmas. Yesterday an Indian woman
was mt the house with such
handsome beadwork to sell. and, al
though ! wanted some very much, ] had
not a dollarl / felt like crying when Jane
bought a half a dozen of the articles /
wanted so much. You often say that all
you have IS mine, but s. would have
given me more pleasure yesterday than
your hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth Of property did. "
NO doubt Of that Mrs. Jarvis. You
have no ideu Of the value of money, and
would have enjoyed buying q lot of bead
Trash that would not be worth a cent TO
anybody. Jane needs "A guardian IL she
fools away her money like that She will
be In the county poor-house yet II she
don't look out. It's very lucky, indeed.
That the men do hold the money. for
there's not one Woman in q hundred who
knows how TO use itl'
For shame, Donald Jarvisl You
know bette. Look at Jerry and Milly'
Gregg. will you. and say that he makes
the best use of his money. She is at
home with her parents every night. making
her wages go as far as possible toward
making them comfortable, while he is
%carousing in the village wasting his time
and money. and making a brute of him
self besides. inc why does Mrs. Sarton
conc TO receive her husbands wages her
self Simply because he can not get by.
the saloon with money in his pocket. and
II she did not get the money they would
all 60 hungry 10 bed after his wages were
paid. And / believe that every woman
who earns money here. spends 1t rs wisely
rs The average man. and | have yet 10
hear OF one OF them being in debt
AIR. Jarvis knew that he could not gain
say n word his wife had said. for they
were all true. Luckily he thought Of
Jane. M
"Well. how much do you supp Sc Jane
VIII haze left when New Year comes II
size got sick how long could she pay for
such care as you hayey"
at Is not likely she will lay up many
dollars out OF 800 a year: hut she
is laying up something better. / think
] ai winter she sent her mother a warn
shawl and a pair of shoes. and to her
brother and sister new school, books. and
the warm. loving letters they send her
do her more good than twice the amount
Of money in the bank would, This year
she is lay ng away a number OF useful
and pretty things for them, and il any
misfortune should happen to Jane they
would only be 10 glad to help her.
We'll, who do you suppose would help
you If you needed help7" said Mr.. Jarvis,
for want of n better question. Mrs. Jar
Wis eyes sparkled angrily as she answered:
Nobody. II you should lose your
property to-day. / should be a beggar.
without n claim on any one for help. \ on
have always held you purse. strings so
tightly hat IL has been hard enough to
ask for my own necessities, leaving Others
out altogether. Many n time q dollar or
two would have enabled me to do some
poor man or woman untold good: but
although you have always said that all
your property was mine. / never could
and cannot now command a dollar Of It, -
Lucky you couldn't. il you wanted to
spend 1t on beggnrs . .r
-Eonald. you know hat | would spend
money as wisely as you do. Who was it
thai only last week gave a poor, lame
beggar 80 TO pay his fare to Burton and
then saw him throw his crutches away
and make for the nearest ~saloon7 Your
wife could not do worse If trusted with q
few dollars. You say that the money Is
all mine. yet you spend as you please,
Willie J cannot spend a dollar without ask.
ing you for IL and telling what | want IL
for. Any be~gar can get il in the same
way, Christmas you bought presents for
us and e ptctei Us 10 he grateful for
them. A shawl for mo tho very color |
canno wear a set of firs f0r Lucy thai
she did not need. II drum for Robin that
has beea n nuisance ever since, aud n lot
of worthless toys that are broken up In a
week. There were $40 or ~ Of my
money iust the same as thrown away. ct
when ask you to trust me with - a
week you cannot imagine what use you
have for II, and fear vii e was.sa !
am sure l cannot spent p mur- Z OIL
ishly II tried to @
We'll. snapped the ptopric OF, Il
guess II Is my W money. aud / can
spend It as / please. ] guess you Il know
H. too. when you got another present '
-Oh. il Is your money then. I undnr-
stood you TO say ii was all mins and 20
pretended 10 protest agninst our spend
ing II so foolishly. If 1t is your own. Of
course you have a right 10 spend it as
you please. but 1t seems 10 me that q
woman who left parents and troiLers and
skaters. and sill her friends to make ahome
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