Daily Republican., 1889-04-13
AUNT ELLEN,s STORY.

cheeriul sitt.nR-ruom where Aunt Ellen
her mothers sister, and the favorite aunt
OF the little MorlOns, eat In a low wicker
rocker, carefully locking over the gar
ments fresh from the laundry, and mend
ing The tears, big aud lite. There was
cloud on Luey's usually cheerful face.
"Oh, Auutie," she said, "wheu 1 went
tn town yesterday, l thought mamma
gave me enough money to buy oil those
things on my memorandum, but when l
came to get my shoes l found | had only
money enough to buy my ticket for my
return aud had not bought the calico /
wanted for my dress, either"
why, my dearl are you sure you did
did not waste the moneyl'
why, no, indeed, Auntie, how could
1 have wasted iif'
"Bfing me your memorandum, Lucy.
and let us 10 over the items carefully
Did you buy nothing but the articles
mentioned heref"
"Oh, spent only few cents for some
things that were so cheap"
"Brlpg me oil your purchases, dear"
Lucy brought the package, and Auntie
opened II to see what were extras.
How much was this ribbon, Lucyl"
"Let me think a moment. Oh, that
was only 1--WE cents"
For all of ip
"No, for Ave cents yard"
"How many yards, LucyF"
"Four."
Aunlie carefully no'ed down the
amount on a slip Of paper.
"What did this lace cost?"
''rbirty cents"
That also was set down.
What did you pay for these sleeve
buttons, my deaIP
Twenty-Five cents. Are they not pretty
TO wear with my coral pinl"
Did you need them, dearl"
why, no, but they cost SO little"
This was noted down.
''rhis ruchine see Ia not mentioned
In your memorandum"
That did net need, but 1t is So pretty
to wear with my PIN aud sleeve-buttons,
as II had pink edge. IL was a remnant
and cost Gully 1ftetn cents"
Then followed u fancy hair pin for
twenty-five cents; pretty handkerchief,
twenty-five cents; pair of pretty, cheap
vases, flty cents, Tor the mantel piece In
Lury's bedroom, which was always
grooming under its load of bric-a-brac.
"And now,' said Auntic, "dld you
pay for those tin-tyPes you and Susie
Moore Ind takenl"
''only half, as we were taken together;
my was -uNt
ibid you buy candy, bananas, leo
cream, ETC., my deari"
"Yee, one pound of candy, twenty Eve
cents; four bananas, ten ctnts and IL
was SO warm that Susie and each had a
plate OF ice cream, which / paid for
thirty cents"
Nothing more?
''No ma'sm; that Ia ALL"
shall we count upi"
"Why, yes"
Having counted up, Auntie said:
well, 1t amounts 10 two dollars and
eighty cents"
"Why, Aunt EiienW was the sur
prised exclamation. ~ never dreamed
1t cost over Gevon.y-fiye cents altogether. ="
mo, my dear child. i did rot SUP.
pose You did. 1 viii tell you little
story read when was girl about your
age. 1t WIS to the effect that two people
with The same means would 20 to town
with the same amount OF money to spend.
One would buy a yard OF ribbon that was
cheap. lt Only cost few cents. Then
she would see some Ece that was also
cheap.
Then trlnket in jewellers window
wss attractive. She did 1ot need 1t, but
1t was only few cents, and so on, until
she had nothing left to buy articles
Whlcn were necessity; and on her re-
turn home she would have collection
OF articles she did. not need, and which
she had no particular use for. She had
simply purchased them because they
were go cheap. On the other hand, the
other would epend her money Tor what
she needed, and come home with pack
age of useful articles"
"Now before i read tina. piece In the
paper i had traded very much like the
one who had spent her money foolshly.
But those few words made such an i'm
preston on me that although twenty
years have passed since ] read them, /
never 10 shopping without thinking of
them, and the result has been that / buy
what / must nave first, and then find
that l have neither the money nor the
desire for such articles as will be of no
especial use to me. At least find l can
get along Just rs well. ind appear Just as
nice without them. Now, Lucy, ii you
are again tempted TO fritter away your
money, try my plan OF buying what you
need, and don't get thing because 1t is
so cheap for III nine cases out of ten you
will tind 1t dear in the end.