Saint Mary's beacon., 1886-04-08

your idea of keeping an g ht o
Of the daily expenses Is the p thing
You ever did. It's businen and
/ want to encourage yon in u
'Here's.the ink. said MFsL q spen.
dyke, growing radiant as IL upli.
ment. had the pan The daJ sfore
yesterday. Lat ne think. =
dose iaEo hsr. xnzk basket "a ia
glanced nervously under the bureau,
Well, do you suppose I am going
to split my finger and write with
that? ? demanded Mr.. Spoopendyke
Where's the pen? / want the pen ?
1 put it somewhere, said Mrs
Spoopendyke. All here I have it
Now, you see. she continued, I put
what money you spent down here
this is your account here, and this ID
the joint account. You know
What's this?' asked Mr.. Spoopen.
dyke.
That's your account; this
No, no; I mean this marine sketch
in the second line?
That? Oh, that's z
'S'pose ever spent seven dollar.
with tail like that to it? IF you re
going to make figures, why don't you
make figures? What dye want to
make a picture of a prize fight in a
column Of accounts for2 What is this
elephant doing here?'
i think that's g. replied Mrs.
Spoopendyke, obviously. Maybe it's
a 4. can tell by adding it up
What are you going to add up?
Do you count in this corner LOT and
that rose bush and this pair of sus-
penders? Dye add them imp
That's a Z and that's a 8 and the
last is an s. They come out all right,
and during the last month you have
spent more than l and the joint ac-
count together
Haven't either. When did spend
this broken-down gunboat -
That amt boat. It's S42 for
your suit
Well, this tramp fishing off rock,
when did spend him p
1t amt tramp. It's $50 cash you
took, and don't know what you spent
it for. Look at my account now
What's that man pulling a gig
for?'
It's nothing of the sort. That
amt a gig, its 81 for wiggin. You
see I've only spent S22 in a month,
and you've spent SlS4.
You can't tell by this what I've
DONE growled Mr.. spoopendyke.
What's the rat trap doing in the
joint account?
That's fourteen cents for fruit,
when you were sick
And this measly looking old hen.
what has she got to do with it2'
That's no hen. That's q 2. It
means two dollars for having your
chair mended.'
What have you charged me with
this old graveyard for2'
That's fifteen cents for sleeve elias.
tics. The fifteen amt plain, but
that's what it is
How do you make out I have spent
% much1 Where's the vouchers ?
Show me the vouchers.'
I don't know what you mean.' said
Mrs.. spooPendyks, but You spent ell
I put down
Haven't done anything Of the sort.
Show me some vouchers. Your &C.
counts all humbug. You don't know
how to keep an account.
Yes, I do pleaded Mrs. spoopen.
dyke, and I think it's all right
No. you don't. What do you mean
BY getting up engravings of q second
hand furniture store and claiming that
it's nv accOunts You are q great book.
keeper you are. All you want is q
sign hung between vou and the other
side Of the street to be q commercial
college. If I ever fail in business,
I'm going to 6ll you up with benches
and start q night school. Give me
my PEN And Mr.. spOOpendyks
commenced running mp the columns.
Two twos four and eight twelve and
and four sixteen and carry one to the
next and three is four. Here, th,s il
wrong. You've got an eighteen for q
twenty hare
'Ehr jerksd out Mrs. spoopsndyks
'Thss'sit; S2o4. not Sls4. Iknsx
you couldn't keep accounts. Yor
can't even add up
That makes your account even big
ger, replied Mira Spoopsndyks. 4