The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-29

I'D DeI mOte gOO0 tD00 Twice tnf
amount of money in the bank would
This year she is laying away . number
Of useful and pretty things for them
and il any misfortune sho::ld happen Il
Jane they would only be too glad te
help her"
''Well. who DO you suppose would
help You If you needed help?' sid Mr..
Jarvis. for want Of . better preston.
Mrs. JARVIS eyes sparkled angrily q,
| she answered:
'NObOdy. II you should lose you,
property to-day. | should be . beggar
without . claim on any one for hep
You have always held your purse.
strings so tightly that it has been hard
er-ngh to ask for my own necessities,
leaving others out altogether. Many q
time a dollar or two would have en-.
abled me to do some poor man o,
woman untold good; but although YOU
have always said tbs: all your property
was mine, / never could and car no,
now command a dollar Of it."
Lucky you couldn't. il Won wanted
TO spend il on ~begyars-"
"DODald. you know that ] would
spend money rs wisely A. you do. Who
was it that only last week gave a poor.
lame beggar five dollars To pay his fare
to Burton and then saw him throw his
crntches away ard make for the nearest
saloon? Your wife could not do worse
il trusted with a few dollars You say
that the money is all mine. yet you
spend IS you p'else, while ! 4 not
spend q dollar without asking you for
it and telling what l want il for. ANY
beggar can get it in the same way!
Christmas, you bought presents for US
and expected us tn be grateful for
them. A shawl for me. the sery color
/ can not wear. \ set OF furs for Lucy
that she did rot need. :, drum for Robin
tat has been a nuisance ever since.
aud a lot of worthless TOYS that are
broken up in u week. There wer.
forty dollars or fifty dollars of my
money just the same AS thrown away.
yet when | ask YOU to trust me with
two dollars n week You can not imagine
what use | have for il, and fear i. will
be wasted. l am sure Icould not spend
fifty dollars more foolishly If | tried to-
WELL" snapped the proprietor. Il
guess il Is my OWN money. and | al
spend it as l please. l guess you'll
know it. too. when you &c. another
present.
"Oh. it IS your money, then. / I'M
dcrstoOd YOU to IA it was all mine, and
SO pretended to protest against your
spending it SO foolishly. If it is your
own. of curse You have q right to spend
il as you please: but it seems to me that
a woman who left parents and brothers
and sisters. and all her friends TO make
a home for you among strangers. a wo-
man who has given her whole life to
you for fifteen years, may be looked
upon with as much favor As YOU give to
beygars, who are very likely to be i'm
posters. know that you seldom turn
them off without help. Perhaps / would
be more successful if l appealed to You
as a beggar. l might say: Kind sir.
please allow me out Of Your abundant
means q small pittance for my comfort
1t is true l have enough to cat. and do
not suffer for clothing; but although
l work for my master from morn
ing till night, and if his children
happen to be sick. from night till morn.
ing again, yet he does not pay me rs
much rs he does his cook. and l am
often greatly distressed for want Of a
trifiing 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 a dear
friend who was i'll. aud not having q
dollar Of my own. / vas obliged to bor-
row the money from his cook. / 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 l had
not even five cents to pay for = handful
for her. Yesterday a friend came to
ask me to assist in . work Of charity.
1t was a worthy object, aud l lOnged 30
much to give a little money for SO good
q purpose, but though the wife OF so
rich u man, l had no money. Of course.
| might ask my husband for money.
and If | told him about what / wanted
Of it. and he approved of my purpose
40 was in good humOr. he would give
II to me. but. sir. it is terribly slavish
to have to do so. even If could run to
him every time / wanted anything. PeO-
pie say ! am n fortunate woman because
I am rich; but l often envy the factory
girls their ability to earn and spend
their money. And sometimes !
get SO wild thinking of my helplessncss
that if it were not for my children /
think ! would drop into the river and
end it ALL"
'Nettie. Nettie Jarvis! What are
you say;ng:?" cried the startled hus-
band at last, for the PARKWAY look in
her eyes rs il she did not see him. but
was looking to some higher power TO
help her. touched his pride in a selfish
sort of way. He was proud to be able
to support his family as we'll as he did.
He was proud hat when his children
needed new shoes he could tell his wife |
to take them to Crispin's and get what
they needed. He did it with a flourish. |
He was not one of the stipgy- kind:
he liked to spend money: and
when Netsie. who was once the
most spirited young lady Of his |
acquaintance came meekly to him for a
dress or cloak. he was sometimes
to refuse her money Just to !
show her how helpless she was without !
him. Yes. he was proud of his family. |
and wanted them 10 feel how much
depended upon him. He would
have felt aggravated if any one had left
his wife . legacy. thus allowing her 70
be free in her purse. The idea of her
earning money. as his other workfolks
did. never entered his mind. He "snp- !
her." that vas his idea of their
relations! He never had happened tn
think that it was very good Ut her to
take his money and spend it for the
good of himself and children. He never
had thought that any other woman