Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-03-05

ingly, don't you think we could afford
new set of furniture?"
mo, | don't" | returned. sayagely;
whereupon she burst into tears and called
me a heartless monster To paeify her,
\ had TO promise the furniture, together
with a new silk and sealskin, that the mis.
tress of the house might be as fine as her
| dwelling
at does seem shame, she said, few
/ days afterwsrd, ''to spend so much money
on this house. That's very handsome and
/ expensive paper that we looked at, and
to substitute an archway for the folding
| doors will cost something this was the
first that had heard Of the arehway--
''and then those lovely carpets cut up to
fit these small rooms, too.
Yes, it is shame, l replied, hardly
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; 81 was sure that
you would agree with me that 1t would be
wiser for us to find house that suits us
better, and buy right 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 1t was | meakly
objected:
my dear, | don't know where in the
world could get the money to buy
larger and better house, any house at all
in fact. :"
you could sell this" she replied moth
ing daunted
But if real estate is a drug on the mar
ket | do not want to sell, | retorted,
thinking cunningly to turn hsr 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 Investment.
We'll, what else are you going TO DO?
! You said yourself that we must have a
larger and better house. "
Thereupon | mentally babe a regretful
| farewell 70 the stock and the money which
| had expected by holding it. My wife
occupied her leisure time for the next
three weeks in looking for residence
which should be IN all respects suitable
tor the turaiture we were going TO buy.
! What she would desire next could not
guess, unless she should become thorough
! ly 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.
| A. Amt I,,a l,l H.. i. 4
death for the past six months, ! was
hardly surprised to hear this biz of news,
| did my best TO comfort my wife. however,
and comforted myself like dutiful
nephew-ln-law at the mournful ceremonies
following the death.
When | returned home the day after the
funeral my wife met me at the door, her
face flushed, her eyes blazing.
What do you supp SO that old crank
has donep" she demanded.
what old crankp" inquired wonder
ingly.
Why, Aunt Jane, of courss.
m sure ! 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 aEy other cir
| ~A''l.9 tt'NtlN- ID ~ Atth lllt Gl0D III 1fNIs
and that dear old silver to nay second
cous N, John Scott He'll sell IL and spend
every cent on liquor and cigars and hors s.
| | know he will
Then the blaze in her eyes was quenched
! by food of tears. did my best TO soothe
her, bnt my forts were useless ! assured
her that if her cousin sold the silver we
would buy it,.
81 don't want it, she declared. al
won't have it'-yery vehemently-"a AMI
| won't get a singlesHaw thing in the
house, or il new dress or that seaIsSin, or
anything III jlst 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 was afraid the consolation nigh t
be costly Good housekeeping