Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-11-01
No, II.

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king CONVICTION or INNS "lle 8
ro w,s q ,sal :, aided by Il
sof, and his own part that
v purcr 'lsu':s'u''y : oe'"re" r,
ao. ,4aSe Inc pam carpet. Inc
~ 'nore,. cost fifty dollars and a
lie sober which made George look u
wife = but he could not denv 40
q de aid, that tile room looked u
A~ al improved.
was this..all? BY no means.
/ the time the carpet was put down
was discovered that the chairs, which
we're only seated, looked quite in
ferior to the good company which had
recently been introduced. When the
next quarter-day arrived, it was found
absolutely essential to purchase some
black stuffed chairs. Afterwards came
new mirror. and a piano was hired,
for even Mrs hall did not venture to
suggest SO large an outlay IS the pur-
chase would require. So the piano was
bought, and some fifty dollars year
were paid for its use, though, by the
way, it was never used, since Mrs, Hall
had no ear for music, and therefore it
served only for ornament.
By the time the year was up, George
found that two hundred and twenty
five dollars had been spent for furni-
tute, and not one cent had been depos-
tied in the Savings Bank More than
that, as their style of living had increas-
cd with their new furniture, which had
unconsciously elevated their idea, Geo.
found himself some two hundred and
fifty dollars in debt, At this time, or
] lst before, the great commercial revul.
sion had swept over the land, and
Georges employers had not been spared.
They had not failed, but their resources
had been greatly drippled. They called
him aside on the last day Of the year
and told hun; that, though they should
be glad to retain him in their employ,
they should be obliged to cut down his
income for the year to come to six hun.
ared dollars. He went home much de.
pressed, as we'll he might be. HIS ex-
penses increased, his income diminish
ed, and debt to pay, which would
swallow up nearly all he had laid aside
N the Savings Bank.
He at length told his wife the cause
of his dependency, on her anxious So
icltaton. The vanity and love of show
he had exhibited, lay on the surface.
She determined to express her sympa-
by in an active way. What that was,
will explain.
When George came home the next
vening to tea, what WAS his astonsh-
aent to find a load of furniture before
is door.
Can it be possible" he thought,
that Mary has been purchasing new
lrnitute ?"
Looking more closely, he observed
nat the new parlor sofa and other arti-
cs of furniture were included in the
agonload. Full of alnazemcnt, he
ltered the house.
"What's all this, Mary ? What have
III ,lone with the parlor furniture -
Sold it" said his wife composedlv.
"Sold itr' exclaimed Ge,rge in sur
Use.
"les; | knew that your circumstances
ere not as good as they have been,
I'd thought the money would be
orth more to us than the furniture,
had heard that the watkins were
'out to furnish their house, and tho't
ey might be willing to buy our furni-
re at reduced price. Here is what
got for it."
She placed in her husbands hands
lrss containing one hundred and fifty
liars.
"Nlary,' SAID he, with emotion, "you
n know how you have relieved my
nd. This will pay off our just debt;
d shall not be obliged to take the
,ney from the bank."
The year passed. Again business has
lived and with the first of January,
S5, George had his salary raised to
e thousand dollar; but though his
ans are increased, his wife has learn.
a valuable lesson, aud probably will
content, for some years to come, at
ST, with the OLD FASHIONED SOFA.
A SARATOGA halle who siy months ooo