The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-01-20
That's your account; this"
mo, no; | mean this marine sketch
in the second line"


in the second line.
THAT? Oh. that's a Z.
''S'pose | ever spent seecu dollars
with tail like that TO it? If you're go-
ing TO make figures, why don t you make
figures? What d We want to make pic
ture of prize fight in a column OF ac-
counts for? What is this elephant doing
here?n
Il think that's =, replied Mrs. Spoop-
endyke. obviously. May be it's 4. |
can tell by adding it up"
.'What are you going to add up? Dye
count in this corner lot and that rose
bush and this pair of suspenders? Dye
add them in?n
That's and that's and the last
is an 8. They come out all right, and
during the last month you have spent
more than / and the joint account to-
gether."
Haven't either. When did l spend
this broken down gunboat?'
That amt boat, It's S42 for your
suit"
..,geri. inns tran 3 . s.s.hing off rock,
| when did spend him?'
1T amt tramp, It's $50 cash you
took, and don't know what you spent
| it for. Look at my account now
whats that man pulling gig for?"
''lt's nothing of the sort. That ain {
2 gig, it 81 for wiggin. You see I've
| only spent S22 in a month, and you'v
| spent 1884"
''You can't tell by this what I've
! DONE" growled Mr.. Spoopcndyke.
What's the rat-trap doing in the
! joint account"
That's fifteen cents for fruit, whe,,
| you were sick?H
And this measly looking old hen,
what has she got TO do with itp"
That's no hen That's 2 II means
two dollars for having your chair
| mended''
What have You charged me with this
old graveyard for?"
That's fifteen cents for sleeve elastics.
The fifteen amt plain, but that's what
| il is"
How do You make out l have spent
so much? Where's the vouchers? Show
me the vouchers"
Il don't know what you mean," said
Mrs. Spoopendyke. but yon spent all
| Il put uoWu
Haven't done anything of the sort.
Show me some vouchers. Your ac-
counts are all humbug. You don't
know how to keep an account"
Yes. do" pleaded Mrs. Spoopen,
| dyke. land think it's all right"
mo YOU DONE, What do YOU mean
by getting up engravings of a second.
| hand furniture store and claiming that
it's my account? You are great
book-keeper, you are. All you want il
a sign hung between you and the othe,
| side of the street 10 be commercial
college If ever l fail in business. Tn
going to fill you up with benches anC
start night school. Give me my PEN
And Mr.. Spoopendyke commenced run
ming up the columns Two two's foul
and eight twelve and four sixteen anC
carry one to the next and three is four
Here, this is wrong. You've got al
eighteen for twenty here.
'EhP" jerked out Mrs. Spoopendyke
That's it S20i, not 1854. 1 knew
you couldn't keep accounts. You cam
even add up"
THAT makes your account even big.
GER" replied Mrs. Spoopendyke. ..
didn't think it was so much.h
Slam went the book across the room
followed by the pen, and the ink would
have gone too, but Mrs. Spoopendykt
cautiously placed it out of harm way
| bod CAST it, howled Mr.. Spoopen
dyke, az he tore off his clothes and pre-
pared for bed. you amt mt to have
pen and ink. Next time | want accounts
kept I'll keep 'em chained up in th'
yard, and don't YOU go near EN-; yos
hear me?''
Yes, dear" replied Mrs. Spoopen
dyke, as she slipped the obnoxious bool
into the drawer Toledo Blade