The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-02

at the office ! found. long after. that
! it was rot simplicity and thoughtful.
| ness for me that inspired this idea /,
was the cunning OF madness That
other paper published most of the dry
! goods advertisements.
''Anita's mornings Were now spent in
the study of the newspaper. l would
come into the little parlor of our fat TO
I find her porting over them. and she
I always had one beside her at the break
/ fast table. She became distracted. and
{ sometimes careless. Thinking that she
was interested in the current news. /
( tried to draw her into conversation on
/ political or social topics. You know
I am not OF a serious nature
/ The bright and trivial events of
/ life have their value for me.
had never seen any very great
depth in my wife, but believing
that an absorbing interest in the cues
tions of general discussion was filing
her mind and disturbing her thoughts.
! made it point from time to time TO
take ND some current topic, after due
preparation. to discuss it with her. But
that was pleasing. Her ideas on the
Gillian question were most vague and
indefinite; her knowledge of what was
being done in congress was super
| fetal; the bus mess world seemed to
claim little of her interest. and GRIM
inal and religious topics were alike a
blank to her. She tried 10 fall in with
my thoughts, and seemed pleased to
hear what l had to say: but l always
found that was better informed than
she. At last one morning she preached
to me the subject of her thoughts:
though at the time did not appreciate
the Importance of what she said. had
asked her again and again if i could
not get something for her to make her
happier; but she always answered:
No, l am quite content l knew, in
time, that she was struggling vainly
with the mania which finally became
too strong for her. 1t broke out first
on that particular morning.
John, she said, in her pleading.
tender way, may have little money
to go shopping with this morning?'
LAS much as you wish, my dear /
answered. I am glad you have discov-
cred something that you want 1 have
been trying to, these many days
ut is not just something that l
want, John, she said, but they are
selling out all-wool challies at Burns
at such a low price that 1 think ought
to get enough for dress. may need it
in the spring
''As You can imagine, 'all-wool chal-
lies was rather unintelligible to me, so
fresh from bachelorhood; but whatever
it was was determined that my wife
should have all that she wanted of it.
So | took ont a ten-dollar bill and asked
her if that would be enough. She in
sisted that she did not need SO much
but pressed it IN her, and finally she
took it. That night l came home with
tickets for the opera and bunch of
great big Baroness Rothschild roses
'''Oh, you extravaganza boy she ex-
claimed, as ; he met me with kiss.
Come in and let me show you how l
have been saving money for you while
you have been spending it.
''She took me into the little parlor
and spread before me some figured
cloth. 1t was quite pretty, suppose;
am not much of judge in such mat
ters. 1t cost only forty cents yard.
john she said, with laugh, and it
should have been fifty, at least That
was six dollars; and with the rest of
the money here she drew me laugh
incly down the ball to the door of our
little dining-room with the rest,
John, she said, pointing triumphantly
at a heap of plated ware on the table,
4 got such splendid bargain, Just
think of spoons at lightweight cents
dozen. and knives and forks almost as
cheap
''But Anita, darling. said, what
are YOU going to do with that set of solid
silver my father gave us? and the case
that came from my old chums of the
law school? We thought we had more
silverware than we could use up in all
our lives
You dear silly gooser she answered
putting her arms about my neck: we
don't want to use that solid silver for
every day. And, besides, one Of these
dayswe may want some of this plated
ware, and we would have to pay twice
as much for it..
Il kissed her on both cheeks, and told
her she was a very thoughtful little
girl. She was filed with quite a glow
of pride that evening, and / think the
memory of my words made PATHS sing
ing all the sweeter to her For two or
three DAYS she subdued her inclina-
tions; but one morning they became
too strong for her She startled me at
the breakfast table with the announce /
Inent that she was going TO get q cop
tea-kettlc at Chase's 7 +
said: j think our kitchen outfit is quite /
my dear My mother is an
old housekeeper, and she fitted up our /
kitchen herself
Yes, know she said. 1T was so /
sweet OF your mother: ard I am quite I
sure there is everything that we actual 4
~ need But they are selling house 4
hold goods for almost nothing al
Chase's to-day, and well never get a /
tea-ksttie for twenty-nine cents again. /
And there are two or three other things +
IN this advertisement think III get. ]
And she did They came home that |
evening-so many OF them that heard /
or kitchen maid protesting that there /
was no room for them il the little !
pantry.
Two DAYS later nv wife said that
she was going 70 ge. a banquet lamp
Better let ne get il for you sug-
rested i can have q much larger Sc
ectiOn 10 choose from "a the down
own wholesale stores No. you ex-
-ravagant boTr she said. 'von would