Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
MRS. CARLETOII'S ECONOMY.
nY cnclLIA K. amsoN.

that Eef husband would nencelOrth
devote himself to her alone. That he
would worship and adore her, walk
with her, talk with her, stay with her,
have ho friends but OF her choosing,
no interests apart from her, no hap
piness in which she could not share,
be her friend, adviser, confident, low
err husband-in fact, that she would
be all Of earth, and part OF heaven 10
him. What then was her disappoint-
ment before hehoneymoon was over,
TO discover that she had formidable
rival, whose claims threatened to in.
teriere seriously with her happiness.
This rival, not Of flesh and blood,
bore The familiar soubriQuet Of the
almighty Dollar"
Tom was patriot, and reverence
for lis country and its coin was part
OF lis education and religion Mrs.
Tom was a shrewd little woman nat.
urally, and had she known before they
we're married that Toms father was
Indigenous 70 The land OF wooden nut
megs, and that, in truth. he had been
repeatedly accused OF squeezing a
penny Till the eagle squealed," she
might have resented the insult 10 the
bird o. freedom by refusing TO marry
tile son 81 such asire. But OF all these
family traits she Was kept in blissiul
ignorance until after the wedding,
when they worked out Of themselves,
little BY lis,le. like trothy yeast from
eaky vessel
tirsy, she learned how Grandfather
Carleton Nad made his fortune selling
skim.milk rnctses and sour milk. how
"uncle EpUraim" had started Ia life
with hail q dozen cabbagrs for Ills
stock ID trade. had eaten the outside
leaves, sold the solid heads and rc.
cguited h.s stock from the profits:
how Amos had made a fortunate
deal ptsi4lug' fin,ware III exchange for
rags III Ac country, and how his own
dear father had laid the foundation 81
his success IN HE saving wood for an
education Iu the winter. and hrrdlng
cattle FOR tis board ia the summer
All these family annals we're rcaEur.
ius 20 j bride and calculated 10 iui.
ulsh abundant food for reelection. and
when. n the course Of time. il became
necessary 10 tap the family vault, it
was nos wlth fear and trembling she
made thu lnittatory move. But the
timid rA;.tat+'at reboundcd on her
own pate, and IL was not until her
spirit WIS reused. and she had had
n rcsolute skirmish with the kuockcr,
that she succeeded in eitect,ng a diff.
cult and Gnwcicome entrance. But
tie skirui-hrs continued. and the
family motto, Save the pennies. !"
was hurled at her from time to time
uuilI AZ Inst the truth was fairly force.
cd upon her that this family inherit.
'ancc had descended TO her own dear
Tom and that he WAS really and in.
dnputab.y parsimouious.
Aside from this failing Tom Carleton
was not q bad fellow. Honest. good.
naturcd sympathetic and affection
ate he WAS very proud oil his young
wife, and would not for the world
have caused her distress. Had he
known Of the bitter feeling nj work in
the depths 81 her heart he would have
been frightened at the thought OF any.
thing coming between their happiness.
Nay, he would even have parted with
some OF his precious dollars rather
than impcril the love ofhis pretty wife,
even though the parting had given him
pam. Bu, he did not know and there
lore, was not so much to blame. Nor
dld no guess that in many ways his
manners annoyed his wife beyond ex-
preston Did she bake potatoes for
dinner Tom ate the skins to save
Them; for the same reasonhc munChed
dry bread and mouldy cheese rinds,
while TO pick md serape bone was,
IN his estimation. a pleasure amount.
ing TO rapture. Had Tom been poor,
Jennie Carleton would have munich.
eeu The dry bread with him, and glad
y rellnquished his share OF the pre-
clous cheese rinds in order that he
might enjoy them all; but Tom was
not poor, and more than once it had
Deen limited by intimate friends and
acquaintance that she was overtax-
ing her strength doing her own work.
u IS an insult" said her brother
jack hotly," for a man to ask deli
cate woman, who has never been ac-
eustomed to work, to leave comfor.
table home for the privilege OF being
nus household drudge, and I'd be
hanged it'd do il il / were girl.
Tom y abundantly able to hire help,
ana I'd make him do It..
Again neighbor would remark;
What fortunate lumber deal that
was OF Mr.. Carleton's," while she
opened her blue eyes wide with aston
ishment; or, How nice it is for you
that the Goodrich farm has fallen in.
70 Mr.. Carleton's hands. IL is one OF
5he finest farms in the country. What
it?' ''S'''''' ''0''N ~ -
We haven't decided yet" this arch
hypocrlto would observe, while drink
ing IN the unexpected news, and then
she would fall Co wondering why Tom
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