The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-03-24

ulIllng-room are to De torn up, ana We
are to have the painters and paper
hangers here, VIC might as well have
the whole house done? 1t would be
very little more trouble, and then it
would all look nice together"
at would be considerably more ex-
pensiye," l demonstrated. family.
You might draw the money out of
the Building Association" she sug-
gested. and then knew that our saw
ings in that institution We're doomed
Aunt Jane fingered long time. In
justice to my wife | must admit she
had become oblivious of the fact that
all these Improvements depended up
on legacy which could only be pos
sessed after the death of her venerable
relative.
A day or so after she had decided
that the house was to be thoroughly
renovated my wife said to me:
I Il have been examining the parlor
carpets, and / find that by using the
best parts of both, and buying a wide
border, can get quite a new carpet
for our bedroom. absolutely unworn."
"Indeed!" | remarked, with pleased
surprise; there was one thing that she
would not want anyhow.
Yes, and the carpet that is now on
it has enough good to cover the chill
dren's room, if | put the worn part
under the bed. Or maybe I'd better
put that on the spare room" she ad-
ded, rellectively. land give that one to
the children. Theirs gets such hard
wear that an old one will not last any
time h trdly."
sad nothing, but felt greatly re-
lieved.
"As long as we don't have to buy
bedroom carpet" she remarked insln-
uatingly, don't you think we could
afford a new set of furniture?"
NO, | don't" | returned, savagely;
whereupon she burst into tears and
called me heartless monster. To
pacify her. had to promise the furni-
ture, together with new silk and a
sealSkin, that the mistress of the house
might be as fine as her dwelling.
at does seem shame" she said, a
few days afterward, ito 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 was the first that |
had heard Of the archway then
those lovely carpets cut up to fit these
small rooms, too"
Yes, it is shame" replied, hardly
cTcliting my sense. Not all had been
lost. although much had been in dam
ger.
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
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 it was
l weakly objected:
MY dear, | don't know where in the
world | could get the money to buy a
larger and better house, any house at
all in fact"
You could sell this" she replied,
nothing daunted.
But if real estate is 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
ment."
We'll, what else are you going to |
do? You said yourself that we must |
have larger and better house"
Thereupon !! mentally bade regret
full farewell to the stock and the |
money which had expected to pocket |
by holding it. Ny wife occupied her
leisure time for the next three weeks |
in looking for a residence which should |
be in all respects suitable for the fur
niture we were going to buy. What |
she would desire next | could not |
guess. unless she should become thor
oughly dissatisfied with me.
At the end of the period mentioned |
| came home one evening to find, her |
in tears.
Aunt James dead" she sobbed; 1.-The |
poor old lady died this morning. | |
have jusc 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. | did my best to comfort my |
wife, however. and comported myself |
like a dutiful ncphew-in-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 blaz-
ing.
What do you suppose that old crank
has done2' she demanded.
"Whateold crank?" inquired won
deringiy.
"Whys4Aunt Jane, of course"
I'm susVI / don't know" | returned.
mildly; but you should remember,
my dear. that"
oh. i know she's dead. She wouldn't |
give her things away under any other
circumstances She's left me 800 in |
second cousin. john Scott. He'll sell |
1t and spend every cent on liquor and
cigars and horses. | know he will"
Then the blaze in her ewes was
quenched by food of tears. | did
my best To soothe her, but NV efforts
were useless. | assured her that if |
her cousin sold the silver we would
buy it.
Il don't want it." she declared; Il
won't have it"-very vehemently-
land | won't get single new thing in
the house, or new dress. or that seal
skim or anything. I'll 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 | was afraid that consola- |
tion might be costly.-Good Hoasekeep-
ing.
No Trouble for Him
do you think you shall always be