The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-24
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silk, answered, cheerfully, "Won't it
do2 It's the very best l have"
"Why, yes, yes; but you surely are
not going to wear light gloves? Every
body wears dark ones now"
Little Mrs. Rosenberg quietly fast
ened one of the offending gloves, while
her husband mercilessly continued
"You don't look just right, either.
Seems to me few beads or something
of that sort would have added to the eff
feet"
Mrs. Rosenberg gave an inaudible
sigh. Just two days before she had
priced some neat jet trimming, which
she had fancied, at only seventy-five
cents yard.
But Mrs. Rosenberg had not even
money enough for this small purchase,
so she had carelessly asked, Gould
you let me have couple of dollars,
Richard?" And Dick had answered,
What have you done with the two
dollars i gave you few days ago? l
suppose you have spent it all; women
have no idea of the uses of money"
Dick had the habit of forgetting, and
so expecting others to forget, remarks
like these. But his wife often thought
them over. Before her marriage she
had formed not the least idea of Mr..
Rosenberg's opinions on the money
question, and most bitterly had she re-
pented it,
Possessed of liberal education, in
Guiding the languages, she was able to
turn various accomplishments to ac-
count and thus command several hun
dred year.
Some two thousand dollars had been
saved and were now lying in bank,
annually drawing interest. But of this
Richard Rosenberg knew nothing. He
only knew that his wife was in easy
circumstances at the time he married
her.
The next afternoon, having a half
hour of unusual leisure, he thought he
would just run up to Tom CARROTS
office for few moments.
Tom was sitting with a ponderous
book of the law open before him, and
in which he was trying to get interested.
He pushed aside the volume, however,
as his friend entered.
How are you, Dck?" he said, rs-
ing and placing a chair for his visitor
"This is an exceptional honor" Tom
carefully inserted a mark between the
leaves of his law-book, replaced it on
the shelf and then settled himself for a
coy chat
They had not gone far in their talk
when the door quietly opened and in
walked Mrs. Garrett.
After greeting both gentlemen, she
came to the desk and in a gentle, digni-
fled manner announced:
&, nL.n III.
Tom, if you can spare it. l meant to
bring enough with me to do my shop
ping, but | didn't" And to Dicks
amazement she held out her hand in
confident expectancy.
"A five? No, l really haven't it. /
have two and ten. Here, you had
better take the ten; you may need it be-
fore you are through
Tom coolly transferred the bill to his
wife's hand, at the same time saying,
6 l suppose you have no time to stop,
Amy?"
"No, indeed" she laughed. l." But
l would like to show you something if
you are not too busy"
Mr. Rosenberg, sitting apart from the
window to which the two had with
drawn, could see that the 60 something"
proved to be two handsome samples of
passementerie. " i want one of these
for my new satin," he heard Mrs. Gar
rett say. Which shall it be, Tom?"
Tom gave his undivided attention to
the trimming, and possessing a good
deal of taste, was able to help his wife
out of her dilemma. THANK you,'
she said, as she neared the door, 6
will get some of this twelve-dollar kind -
Then she walked away.
"I'll be hanged, Tom Garrett, if that
stuff costs twelve dollars. You don't
get any more salary than | do, and |
can't begin to dress my wife as you do
yours. Why, should think | was a
fool to give my wife so much to spend
on beads. How do you manage it?'
don't manage it, and don't dress
my wife, as you term it. She gets what
she likes with her own share of the
money. Inever interfere, except when
Pm asked, as was the case this after
noon"
" But she wore stunning gown last
night" persisted Dick, who felt bound
to sift this woman and dress bust.
ness" as he called it, to the bottom. &c
want to know how you manage it. My
actually ashamed of her last evening
/ really want her TO have what Other
women have, but just can't keep Civ.
ing her money for gew-gaws, and that
is what it would amount to-"
Tom gave a prolonged whistle hal
under his breath.
g tell you | don't manage my wife
at all. It's all can do to attend to my
side of the house and my business.
earn a couple of hundred every month
carry on my side of the expenses, fur
nish the house, buy the provisions anC
clothe myself out of one hundred
fifty dollars and the other fifty come
in as Mrs. CARROTS share. OF cours,
if either of us need a little more we ar
range that matter between us. Blu
one thing, Dick: l never ask her wha
she does with her money, any NOR
than | expect to account to her for tn,
spending of mine. She has just a
good right to that fifty dollars to us
as she pleases as | have to three time