West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-06-12

OF useful and pretty things for them.
| and If any misfortune sho"ld happen to
Jaae they would only be too glad to
hep her"
well, who do you suppose would
help you If you needed hclp?' said Mr..
Jarvis, for want of better question
Mrs. JARVIS eyes sparklcd angrily as
| she answered:
Nobody. II you should lose your
| property to-day, | should be beggar.
without claim on any one for help.
You have always held your purse
strings so tightly that il has been hard
enough TO ask for my own necessities.
leaving others out altogether Many n
time a dollar or two would have en-
ablod 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 cac not
now command dollar of it,"
Lucky you couldn't, if YOU wanted
TO spend II on beggars."
donald, you know that ! would
spend money rs wisely rs you do Who
| was II that only last week gave n poor,
lame beggar five dollars TO pay his fare
TO Burton and then saw him throw his
| crutchcs away and make for the nearest
saioonP Your wife could not do worse
| II trustcd with few dollars. You say
that the money is all mine, yet you
spend as you plelsc, while i can not
spend dollar without asking YOU for
1t and telling what want il for ANY
bcggar can yet il in. the same way!
Christmas, you bought presents for us
and expected us To be grateful for
them. A shawl for me, the very color
i can not wear, n set of furs for Lucy
that she did not need, drum for Robin
that has been nuisance ever since.
and lot of worthless TOYS that are
broken up in n week There were
forty dollars or fifty dollars of my
money Just the same rs thrown away,
yet when | ask you TO tr'..--.. me with
two dollars week you can not imagine
what use | have for it, and fear it will
be wasted. | am sure could not spend
fifty dollars more foolishly ii | tried to. "
Well, snapped the proprietor, Il
guess IT Is my own money, and can
spend it as l please. / guess you'll
know it, too, when you get another
present"
ooh, it is your money, then. UNI
dcrstood you TO say it was all mine, and
SO pretended to protest against your
spending it so foolishly. If it is your
own, Of course you have n right to spend
1t as you please; but it seems TO me that
Il woman who left parents and brothers
and sisters. and all her friends to make
a home for you among strangers, n wo-
man who has given her whole life to
you for fifteen wears, may be looked
upon with rs much favor rs YOU give To-
beggars, who are very likely TO be i'm
! posters. / know that YOU seldom turn
| them of without help. Perhaps / would
be more successful if / appealed 20 YOU
as beggar / might say: Kind sir,
| please allow me out of your abundant
means small pittanco for my comfort
IL is true | have enough to eat. and do
not suffer for clothing; but although
| work for my master from morn
! ing TIL night, and if his children
happen to be sick. from night till morn
ing again, yet he does not pay me rs
much as he does his cook, and | am
| often greatly distressed for want of a
| trllilng sum which he would not mind
| giving to perfect stranger. The other
! day while he was from home | had TO
| go to the next station to see n dear
friend who was i'll, aud not having a
| dollar OF my own, | was obliged to Dor
| row the money from his cook l was so
mortified! And not long since the berry
woman came with such nice berries 10
sell. and my little girl, who was not
| well, wanted some very badly, but had
| not even five cents to pay for q handful
/ for her. Yesterday a friend came to
ask me to assist in work of charity.
1t was worthy object, and | longed so
much TO give little money for so GOOD
a purpose, but though the wife OF so
| rich man, / had no money OF course.
| might ask my husband for money.
| and if | told him about what I wanted
of it, and he approved OF my purpose
and was in good humor, he would give
IL TO me. but, sir, it is terribly slayish
to have to do so, even if could run to
| him every time l wanted anything. Peo-
! pie say am fortunate woman because
l am rich; but often envy the factory
! girls their ability to earn and spend
! their own money And sometimes I
| get so wild thinking of my helplessness
/ that If it were not for my children
think would drop into the river and
end it all. "
"Ncttio Nettie Jarvis What are
| you saying?" cried the startled hus-
band at last for the far-away look in
her eyes as If she did not see him. but
was looking TO some higher power to
help her, touched his pride in "a selfish
sort OF way. lie was proud TO be able
TO support his family as well as he did.
TIC was proud that when his children
needed new shoes he could tell his wifi,
to take them To- Crispin's and get what
| they needed. He q d il with flourish.
lie was not one of the stingv kind.
he liked % spend money: and
when Nctt'e, who was once the
most spirited young lady of his
/ acquaintance came mcokly to him for n
/ dress or cloak, nc was sometimes
tempted to refuse her money lust Co
show her how helpless she was without
MN. Yes, he WIS proud Of his family.
! ana wanted them TO feel how much
I they depended upon him He would
. have felt aggravated if any one had left
/ bis wife a legacy. thus allowing her to
be free in her purse. The idea of her
/ earning money, as his other work-folk-
did, never entered his mind He "sup-
/ ported her that was his idea of their
relations. He never had happened to
think Chat 10 was very good Of her To-
take h's money and spend it for the
good of himself and children. lie never
bad thought chat any other woman
would have wanted biz pay for DOING
b. lc had even thought himself vcrv
generous for allowing her money to gct
thing To- make Che family comfortable
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