Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-26

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our own" she gasped, between sob!
and think we might try and-b
careful, Henry. or you'll spill no
ashes on the baby and send it int
commissions"
Inc little rain cloud passed away
put nothing more was said abou
homes or building associations tina,
night. The very next evening. how
ever, Mrs. Hunter sat down in he
husbands lap, put her arms abo,1
his neck, looked him in the ewes in he
old way, and said:
Now. dear, have a little request tt
MAKE OF you. Will you grant it like {
good husband?"
And OF course hegranted. Few mer
refuse their wives requests under such
conditions. Then Mrs. Hunter made
known her desires. She wanted to rn1
the finances of the household,
Tive me your salary every week. u
she said, s:and / will take care of ev.
erythlng. You work hard. hnbhr
ana you don't want to be worried bv
these little things Business men like
You have enough to bother them
"ithout paying butchers and grocers
ana landlords. Wen make a bargain
you keep out So a week for your
persona! expenses, and III have the
rest: That gives you fifty cents ,lay
ZOE iunch and street car fare. When
YOU want anything else come to me. !"
Inc bargain was made and Mr..
hunter lived up to it, lie gave
MS wlie seventeen dollars every week
carefully retaining and always spend
ing has So, and was glad of the ARRANGE
ment. He had no trouble about any-
thing, and smoked his pipe in peace
nnworried by the goldman, The bntGh,
er, the grocer or the landlord. The
IS a week kept him going nicely, and
altogether it was O. satisfactorv 49,
rangement for him.
Mrs. Hunter liked it, too. She vas
pieased with the responsibility and
with the care and the schemlng to make
both ends meet. She seemed to have
some object in life besides the mere
routine OF household care, The first;
thing she did, Of course, was to taxa
out her pencil (sharpened with the
carving knife; and figure up her pros
poets.
"Now let's see, said she to herse)f
Income 81 ,O4O a year; out OF that we
must pay rent, $500; groceries and
meat. $3.50; coal, $50; Henry $50:
slothlng, newspapers, miscellaneous,
91OO: think we can get along on
'ni1t II we are rot sick, and that will |
cave me $40 q year. Let me see:
WIS. smith said their thirty shares in:
me building association cost them |
$3.50 a. week-that is $l95 q wear.
We can do it,"
So this is what Mrs. .Huntsr was
irving at. She had not.given up. the 1
n'ldlng association idea. But thea
heck, sly, little woman kept her own
ounsel, and in about a week (after]
and pledging to secrecy,
irs., Smlth) went around to the Office
the building association and took
ut thirty shares of stock. This cost
er $3.50 cash., and she had to make
ayments of S ats week. She was
Dnfiuent that she could do it, but
ne did not find itso easy. There were
cry few cents left after all the bills.
ere paid. Then she began to look
bout Tor cutting down thu. expenses.
he bought d cook book ;4rnl studied
1tchen economy. She gos sitter and
fted the coal. She induced Henrvto.s
i've up the thirty cents % week paper.F
e had always read and take one. II
'r fifteen cents--a change which
e did not like at first but
18th which he Was soon de-
GIFTED. The new paper pleased him
immensely. "Of ccmrse,'' he said,
che difference in price is onay. a tri4e,
ut prefer the cheap paper at aay
'rice-it is SO clean bright and handy.
lie didn't stop to think that his wife
esd saved So q year by slyly inducing
i'm to change his paper. In raany
'ther ways Mrs. Hunter cut down the
amlly expenses, without at all inter-
erlng with the comfort which her liege
ord loved SO we'll. But her most sue
essful strike was at the landlord.
The Hunters had always paid their
ent promptly and taken good care of
he house, and when Mrs. Hunter put
IN her boldest ,.ir and bluntly told
he landlord that the rent was too
nigh and that there would be q NOV
ny out unless he came down in his
price the landlord came down like {.
little man to 500 month. WE'LL this
hing went on for several months and
Mr.. Hunter knew nothing OF the build
ng association investment. He fire. .
1uently quizzed his wife as to the re-
suits OF her tinanciering and praised hex
when she showed him little roll of bills
which she had saved and tucked away
n the middle. bureau drawer. He
didn't see how on earth she could do
It, and then, OF course, Mrs. Hunter
had to give up her secret. She had
not intended saying aword for two
whole years, but two years is an eter-
nifty to @ woman with & secret. He.
was surprised, and also pleased. His
pride was at first a bit touched at the
thought that his wife would 60 ahead I
in such a venture without his counsel
and consent; but he soon thawed SUI
to. say that as long as the in
vestment had been made it had better
be kept up. But-such is masculine
failed to display any curl
osity as to the nature OF the scheme.
What Mrs. HUI told him he lis
tened to patiently, but what she
didn't know. or forgot to tell him was
not inquired about. Soon three years
sped by, and one day Mr.. Hunter
came home with something on his
mind. He was not long in working it /
off. An acquaintance OF his who had
to leave the city wanted to
sell q nice lot at much less than it's /
value for cash, and Mr.. Hunter knew
i was q barga III, and did so wish he
had the money. ~
''The lot is worth 5000 if it is worth