The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04
ASWlFE's ECONOMY.

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AS1WlFE'S ECONOMY.
Mlr. and Mrs. Blossom were new
rta s Of II tlile brilliancy but Of a small
9nagnitude III the society Of Warrens-
iutg! Alexander Blossom and Minnie
Hl SSom had been married for one short
2litr, Wlicl, time seemed to them Just
one long summers day. There are sew
&'2 mRaryled people unlike Alexander
anti Minnie, for these were never happy
except when they were together, and
rigill they were together mover un-
harry for " moment. When Alexander
cauit'3in from business he always iii
stil tod q search for the brown-eyed
&irl ~ho wa waiting for him, and
WEletithe began to despair She would
sta'tHout Of q certain passage way with
y ety laugh and ask him where his
90 were. Of course under these cir
cum itances, 1t was necessary for her to
take q good, square look at his eyes to
det lmino If they were the same as
eySr and then occurred some of those
Wio ifestations which foolish people
ri. 'Oolishness, and which Gully stopped
wil Ms the genial housemaid came to an
4l0NncoE that dinner was served. OF
Spur,e, the llousemaid did no say,
ZIP inner is served;" her proclamation
ger atm was, Come, now" but the
ncaliing was the same. I have omitted
W Say, That Minnie was not very tall;
tlIti she WAS remarkably healthy and
aud del,clously plump. Her lips were
as near bursting with fulness as cher
Ties after n rain: her forehead was low,
and her eyebrows, heavier than the or.
uinary made her Just 80 much the more
lnAGnetic. There was nothing wonder
VI about Alexander. You will COM
bielend Alexander at once when l say
ttAt ho received $l00 a month, which
be did not earn. However, lie firmly
believed that in SOM mysterious way
nlS labor brought large returns to his
@in ployers.
With 500 a month tho Blossoms had
2 live. Fortunately, they had no rent
y pay; the market books, under Min
Elt's care, figured up reasonably, and
&lls domestic was kind enough to de-
nlond Dut$l5 Il month.
One day Alexander came home from
w alleged business looking nice and
ttt and 'Alic lopliIiG f0g Minnie.
jattac rtiSl00 put sioul tie Une&~
@.ct. place in whiah }b9 atwtys ND,
iGlib Him HroNnd the uiGgg, asked INN
ere Ais eyes WclG, nit3a gapturols
s.luS' Opiow His %aalHl,s l|iairIinuS~
32sb tsSNglnt sE@3 itnlinNEhf
xne s~agaclous iM4l}$n& iNtpla1t@d q
ptNgOu KISS jOsb boio% Moro hliunio
}Uld hNYu ha1a Slicudid DypNn 1nnsS
,,Agle had Sl.o been intlint liDe, autgre.
sled that lie didn't know. He also de.
handed advice asSto what it was appro-
rriate to think. Minnie then explained
mat o letter had come addressed to
lin, that 1t looked like wedding cards,
5Ilat she had--had opened it, and that
Il wasn't wedding cards after all.
Some men, hearing Of a mysterious
ittter opened by a loving wife, would
}laye experienced a feeling Of vague I'M
rest. Not SO Alexander. lie silently
weighed the merits Of some hasty false
hoods II inquired bravely what the
irtter was.
can invitation to join the Warrens-
burg Social club" said Minnie, ''and l
ave been thinking Of it all the after
soon.n So she had, in her womanly
gays she had been thinking what dress
IS she could wear. "Isn't It nice?n
olle cried. ''Now, say we can go.n
"Of course we can CO."
The nnguardedness Of this answer
" essentially masculine. Women, on
he contrary, always begin by refusing,
and afterward allow themselves TO he
II :led into anything whatever.
"Thon you must get a dress suit"
said Mrs. Blossom.
These were, indeed, strange words.
They conveyed he revolving idea that
she fashionable Alexander had nothing
u dress moro formal than cutaways or
Prince Alberts. How, then, had he
been marriedp The explanation throws
light on o very dark passag, in Mr..
Bossom's life--his dressed suit had
oeen pawned; and worse, the time Of
redemption had expired.
81 can't CO." lie said, resignlng him
self to Fate with q large +.
That's it, cried Minnie, delighted;
''I'ye been figuring it all up, and you
a 'go." Hero she ran into the next
room, and in one second returned with
a sheet OF legal cap bearing very illegal
looking figures. Nov look at thistn
Alexander looked, and l have to re-
cord that lie was not shocked. The
figures ard their method were about as
nearly like those Of an ordained book
keeper rs MI. BloSSOm,S OWN