The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-04-15
1 said nothing, but felt greatly re-


lieved.
AS long as we don't have TO buy a
bedroom carpet" she remarked. insinu-
atingly. don't you think we could af-
ford new set of furniturr?''
NO, / don't" / returned, savagely;
whercuPon she burst into tears and
called me a heartless monster. To
pacify her, had to promise the fUrni-
turc. together with a new silk and a
sealskin, that the mistress OF the house
might bc as fine as her dwelling.
1t does seem shame she said.
few days afterward, Ito spend so much
money on this house. That's very
handsome and expensive paper that yve
looked At, and to substitute an arch
way for the folding doors viii cost
something this was the first that
had heard OF the archway-'' nj then
those lovely carpets cut up 10 lit these
small rooms, too"
YES, it is a shame" ! replied hard
ly crediting my sense. Not all had
been lost, although much had been in
danger.
I'm so glad that you think So re-
turned my wife, briskly; Il was sure
that you would agree with me that it
would be wiser for Us to find a house
away. Real estate is cheap now, they
say-there's SO much in the market
She tried to put on a knowing look;
if she had known half as much about
that subject as about managing me, |
should have felt impressed. As il was
l weakly objected.
My dear, / don't know where in the
world l could get the money to buy
larger and better house, any house at
all in fact
You could sell this she replied,
nothing daunted
But if real estate is a drug on the
market do not want to sell" / re-
torted, thinking cunningly to turn her
own weapon upon herself
There are those shares of stock,
then"
but that stock is going up daily; if
! wait six months ! can get double
what it would bring now; or hold it
and draw big interest on my invest
mcnt."
We'll. what else are you going TO do?
Hou said yourself that we must have a
larger and better house"
Thereupon | mentally bade a regret
ful farewell to the stock and the
money which had expected to pocket
leisure time for the next three weeks
in looking for residence which should
be in all respects suitable for the
furniture we were going to bay. What
she would desire next l could not
guess, unless she should become
thoroughly dissatisfied with me
At the end of the period mentioned !
came home one evening to find her in
tears.
Aunt James dead" she sobbed; ''the
poor old lady died this morning.
have Just come from her house"
As Aunt Jane had been at the point
of death for the past six months, ! was
hardly surprised to hear this bit of
news. l did my best to comfort my
wife, however, and comported myself
like 4 dutiful nephew-in-law at the
mournful ceremonies following the
death.
When I returned home the day after
the funeral my wife met me at the door,
her face flushed and her eyes blazing.
What do you suppose that old crank
has done?" she demanded
What old crank?'' inquired, won
deringly.
why, Aunt Jane, of course
I'm sure i don't know" / returned,
mildly; but you should remember, my
dear, that"
''Oh, know she's dead. She wouldn't
give her things away under any other
circumstances. She's left me one hun
/ drcd dollars in cash, and that dear old
I silver TO my second cousin, John Scott
! He'll sell it and spend every cent on
liquor and cigars and horses l know
he VIII
Then the blaze in her eyes was
quenched by a flood of tears. did my
best to soothc her, but my efforts
were useless | assured her that if her
! cousin sold the silver we woul6 bug it
Il don't want it, she declared; Il
won't have it.'-very vehemcntly-
''and l won't get single new thing in
/ the house, or n new dress, or that seal
skin, or anything III just stay here
with things as they are, and John
Scott can keep his silver and you can
keep your building association money
! and stock, too. SO there, now
After that ! did not try to assuage
her grief. l was afraid that consola-
tion might be costly.-Good House
keeping.