Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-25
SMALL SAVINGS.
BY HORArIo ALCER, JR.

salary, to be sure"
"Then he does save, does hep"
"You know the half-acre lot adjoin-
ing his housep"
Yes"
"Well, he has just bought it for q
hundred dollars, and what is more paid
for it out Of money saved from his
salary this year"
"How does his salary compare with
yours?"
''He has only seven hundred dollars
year, while have eight Then our
families are the same; each OF us has
two children"
yet, l am afraid you don't save near
that amount"
"No. l guess not. The fact is, IL l
find myself square at the end of the
year, think myself lucky"
"And yet, John, said his. wife, grave
ly, lit seems to me as if We ought to
lay by something"
at is easy enough to say that, but
the question is, How are we going to
do itP' There's Mary's music lessons,
at ten dollars quarter. That's the
only way can think OF, and l shouldn't
want to stop those"
No, to be sure not; but isn't there
any other way?"
Not that know Of"
Don't you think, John, the little in
cidental expenses cost more than you
think for?"
such as what?"
Cigars, ice cream, oysters, the
theatre, and so on"
John Stetson WINGED little.
"They are nero trihcs," said he.
carelessly. "A few cents each time.
Pooh! they would make precious
little difference at the end of the
year"
you know there's an old proverb,
Many little makes mickle.'
''Pshaw! / hate old proverbs. Be-
sides, these little things are really very
little account A man doesn't feel
the sum he pays out, and, If it
didn't go in one way, it would in an
other"
"How many cigars do you smoke
daily?" pursued his wife.
Three"
"And how much do you pay for
them?'
"Foar cents apiece"
That would make twelve centsr
"And what's twelve cents?n
mot much in itself, but multiplied
by large number, it amounts to some
thing"
What are you driving at, wife?"
II am going TO make proposition
to you"
I'm all attention.
you say you don't mind a few cents
a day."
"Of course not"
"Thcn propose that a small box be
obtained, with slit in the lid, just like
the chlldren's tin savings boxes, in
short, only larger; and that for every
cent you spend for cigars, ice cream,
theaters, or any such little luxury, you
deposit an equal sum in the box"
John Stetson laughed.
Il dare say" he remarked, ''it would
bring me out II perfect Cresus at the
end of the year."
do you agree?" asked his wife, with
some appearance OF anxiety.
Eyes; / have no great objection, Il
you desire it, though acknowledge il
seems a little foolish and childish"
Never mind about that. / have
your promise, and we'll try the expert
ment one year. If it doesn't amount &c
enough to make it an object, then il
will be time to give it up"
"You must take all the trouble OF it.
/ can't engage to do anything about il
except to furnish the mercy when it is
called for"
THAT is all shall rs4u;Ee Of you
But shall expect you to give an &C
count every night of all that you have
disbursed in the ways have spoken Of,
and to be prepared with an equa
amount OF change for deposit"
every well, I'll try"
This conversation took place at the
breakfast table. Having drained his
second cup of coffee, John Stetson put
on his overcoat, and took his way tc
his place of business. l may as well
mention, in this connection, that he
was cashier of bank, and, as his
duties occupied him only n few hour:
in the day, he was more likely, from
the leisure which he enjoyed, to in
dulge in small expenses.
"My wife is an enthusiast" thought
he, as he was walking down town
However, her hobby won't cost much,
so l might as well indulge her in it,"
He stepped into a store, and obtained
his daily allowance Of cigars.
Meanwhile, Mrs Stetson proceeded
TO the shop of cabinet maker.
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