Evening journal., 1891-10-30
A WIFE'S ECONOMY.

MI anu NIB LitHN1il fHAN ANN rAHAa VI a
fine brilliancy but Of small magnitude in the
society Of Warrensburg. Alexander Blossom
and Minnie Blossom Ind been married for
one short year, which time seemed 10 them
just one long summers day. There are sew
eral married people unlike Alexander and
Minnie, for these were never happy except
when they were together, and when they
were together never unhappy for a moment
When Alexander came in from business he
always instituted a search for the brown
haired, brown eyed girl who was waiting for
him, and when he began TO despair she
would start out OF a certain passageway
with a gay laugh and ask him where his
eyes were. OF course, under these circum-
stances, it was necessary for her 20 take
good, square look at his eyes to determine
II they were the same as ever, and then
occurred some OF those manifestations
which foolish people call foolishness. and
which only stopped when the genial house
maid came TO announce that dinner was
served OF course, the housemald did not
say, Dinner is served;n her proclamation
verbatim was, "Come, now but the mean
ing was the same ! have omitted 20 say that
Minnie was not very tall; that she was re
markably healthy and deliciously plump Her
lips were as near bursting with fullness as
cherries after rain; her forehead was low,
and her eyebrows, heavier than the ordinary,
made her just SO much the more magnetic
There Was nothing wonderful about Alexan-
der You will comprehend Alexander at
once when ] say that be received 500 a
month, which he did not earn. However, he
firmly believed that IN some mysterious way
his labor brought large returns 20 his en-
ployers
With 500 q month the Blossoms had 10
live Fortunately, chez had no rent 60 pay;
The market books, under Minnie's care, fig
ured up reasonably, and the domestic was
kind enough 70 demand but sl5 a month.
One day Alexander came home from his
alleged business looking nice and sweet, and
also hooking for Minnie. The latter rushed
out from the unexpected place in which she
always hid, caught HIM around the neck,
asked him where his eyes were, put "A raptur-
Gus kiss just below bis camelis hair mustaehe,
and cried, What do you thinkF
The sagaciois husband implanted a rap
turons kiss just below whore Minnie would
have had a splendid brown mustacbe had she
been in that line. and replied that Re didn't
know. He also demanded advice az to what
it was appropriate to think Minnie then
explained that letter had come addressed TO
him, that il looked like wedding cards, that
she had had oponed it, and that it wasn't
welding cards after all
Some men, hearing Of a mysterious letter
opened by loving wife, would have expert
enced feeling Of vague unrest Not 70
Alexander He silently weighed the merits
Of some hasty falsehoods and inquired hravely
what the letter was
IAN invitation to Join the Warrensburg
| Social club, said Minnie, land / have been
thanking Of it all the afternoon" So she
had, in her womanly way; she had been
thinking what dresses she could wear. "lsnf
, il nicer she cried. Nov, say we can so.
"0f course we can go
The unguardedness Of this answer was
essentially masculine. Women, on the con.
tlnry. always begin by refusing, AMI after.
ward allow themselves 10 tieargued into any
thing whatever.
"Then you must get dress suit, mid Mrs
Blossom.
These were indeed, strange words They
conveyed the revolving idea that the fashion
able Alexander had nothing in dress more
formal than getaways or Prince Alberts
How, then, had he been married. The ex
PLANTATION throws light on very dark pas
sage IN Mr.. Blossoms liie-his dress suit has
. been pawned and worse the tame Of redemp
ton had expired
Il can't 80, he said, resgning himself 4
Fate with large r
"Thats Il, - cried Minnie delighted; ''I'v
been figuring It al up, and you can 60
Here she ran into the next room. and in on
second returned With sheet Of legal ca
bearing very Illegal looking figures Nov
look at thisr
Alexander looked, aud I have 70 recor
that be was NOT shocked The figures an
their method were about as nearly like thos
Of an ordained hookkeeper as Mr.. Blossom
: own
We've got 10 be economical for ~
, months, yon see, said Minnie. "There it i
all on paper"
The indisput8hle document ran thus:
'.Grocer, $50, Jane, SIS; butcher, SIS. Goa
IS; everything else, $40; altogether, S7S-Si
out Of 500 leaves se2-say $40; two month
s40T
D zone Of these suits doesn't cost more tha
y that, does itr she asked, confidently
I costs SIS, p replied the gloomy Alexande
$ "Humpbw cried Minnie. Cant you ma
; ages II il were a as dres, 80 would
plenty
. Alexander shook his head.
"Bct the club meets early IN the evening
persisted Minnie. "CoDldn't you get one til
would do-ready made, or somethingP
Is Alexander was pained DE said be trust
she did not speak in earnest
y tDearr cried Minnie in despair, "what G
), we doi We can't take bosrders, and y
can't be a book agent / wish somebo'
would leave as Some money"
$50 do ." muruured Alec with feeling.
d Il know what ? cried Minnie, with sudd
Z brightness.
don't you ask your father for none,
said Mr. Blossom, sternly.
81 don't intend ton
be Alexander scented to think She might he
&. been little more wiliful ON this point
as be tried "a look much relieved, and issu
es another command that she was not to so
IN debt Her assent TO this was immedia
De Alexander had no more 70 say.
nd The next day Minnie, ia pursuance Of
Ily idea. went By stealth 20 the clothing 9
az porium Of Warrcnsburg ard demanded
las price Of dress suits. The answer was
She Their asked the price OF the cloth. 7
was a great surprise 10 the tailor.
affected TO solve an intricate problem,
'u- finally coming out with ma'hemati