The Press., 1888-07-19
Providence Journal.) TRUE TO HER TRUST.

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 The tale of Boston man and the money he settled on his wife is rather interesting, it is suggestive, and it possesses that quail ity which to small minds seems to add to the value of any narrative--it is true. Mir. M., Boston broker, who indulges in specHlations, and as a. consequence is of uneven fortunes, on one occasion came to his wife and said:
 "Here is $50, 900 in bonds. There are ups and downs to my business. and want you to have something to fall back upon if anything happens. Now, you are to draw the interest on this, and you may spend it or save it, just as you choose only don't give it to me. If I come to you and ask for it, no matter what say, don't you let me have it. You must hang on to it for yourself and the children, and don't let me speculate with it."
 The wife, with proper gratitude, took the bonds, and for time nothing more was said about them. Mir. M. in time had run of hard luck, and just at the time when he was on the edge of serious finan- eial vexation friend, who was on the in- side, gave him straight tip" by which he could have made brilliant investment. Casting about for funds which he might embark in a speculation which promised so we'll, Mir. M. remembered his wife's $50, 900, and requested loan of them for a short time that he might deposit them as collateral security. His request was met with a quiet refusal. At frat he thought his wife was testing, but he soon found that she was in serious earnest. He rep. resented the unusual advantages of the scheme in which he wished to embark he 1 talked of the sstip" and of the enormous returns promised.
 >''But you told me when you gave me those bonds," Mrs. M. replied, 'sthat l was not to let you have them, no matter what you said. You warned me against just this sort of thing"
 MT. M. was naturally little disconcert. ed by having his own words brought uI against him, but he set himself pluckily to demonstrate that this particular con. tingeney was entirely different from any thing he had foreseen, and that he had meant nothing of this sort. He urged that it was madness to let sure thing like the present go by without taking advan- tage of it and with all his powers of per suasion he endeavored to make Mrs. M realize that while she was undoubtedly right in holding 8 conservative policy to ward speculation in general, this was one of those cases where she would be throw ing away money by negleeting the chance
 And by all his eloqnence he moved hic wife not 8 whit. She remained firm in hel determination to hold fast to what she haC rather than to risk losing it in the hope of gaining more. Even when he came nearer to losing his temper than had eve1 before happened in the course of theil welded life, Mrs. M. would not yield She developed 8 firmness of character which was astonishing, and in the end ht was forced to acknowledge himself utterly baffied by her quiet resolution.
 A lucky turn in transaction from which he had hoped little enabled him to inves in the desired scheme sum much smaller than he wished, but which was still con siderable. By all laws of poetic justice h' should have lost, but as matter of fac his gains were propOrtionately enormous He had the satisfaction of demonstrating to his wife that if she had jet him have he $50, 900 he would have more than doubled it, but he had the good. nature and manli ness to add: ''But you did perfectly fright, my dear. That money is safe whert it is, end itsis aAafeguard against want fol you and the children. Don't risk it Don't let me have it next time" And, h, added, with comieal face, 1T don't thinl you will