Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-04-22
HOW SHE CURED HIM.
A Story which No Economical VILE
Should Miss Heading.

Should Miss Heading.
$50 you say your husband always
grumbles over bills before he pays them,
my dear? Well, that's just q way some
men have. 1 think they do it to keep
alive the masculine tradition that wo-
men would be wildly extravagant If
men didn't hold them in checkr'
1T makes one feel miserable, all the
same" said the other woman, flourish
ing scrap of cambria. "My husband
knows well l make every penny go as
far as can. In his calmer moments
he acknowledges it. Sometimes you
might think 1 was spendthrift and
every bill an insult for which l am re-
sponsible!'
Don't cry at him, my dear, whatever
you do. Cure him! I'll tell you how one
man was cured-if you like"
The other woman said of course she'd
like. She said she needed the wisdom
of all the ages to manage the particular
man she had.
"Well, VIII used to do just so. And
it made me feel wretched-just as it
does you-for long, long time. At
last / came to the conclusion that it
was nothing but habit and that 1
must break him of it before he broke
my nerves or my heart.
"One day viii was obliged to order
coal, and before he did it he assured me
that the servants either ate the coal
or gave it away to their friends! That
evening tried my plan.
'We were having quiet time to-
gether. He was reading to me and l
was trimming a school hat for Aggie.
l remember. Presently stopped him
and said in a serious tone:
Will, have confession to make. ,
What's the special sin now, little
woman?' he asked.
:" It's about the coal. You've often
wondered why IL went so fast began.
'And then he said: L didn't mean
that, my dear. / know you are the
most economical wife fellow ever had.
You make me blush at my own extrav-
| agance sometimes 1 am sorry hurt
your feelingsn
"'You see, my dear, said, I've been
| spending money at n terrible rate for
some time. Little lunches and the mat
inee tickets and carriage hire, besides
an extra dressmaker's bill, and a few
little things the children actually need.
ed. And found it was absolutely neo-
essary for me to raise a little cash
somewhere
"Then Wills eyes began to stick out
What upon earth do you mean,
Agnes?' he said, staring at me in amaze.
ment
so concluded it would be good
scheme said /, to sell out the coal in
small lots to the nelghborsr
"'Agnes, you must be crazy he said.
go, no. l replied calmly. Some
of 'em took as much as quarter of a
ton at time, some only couple OF
| pailfuls.' Then began to warm up to
my subject
4 made quite a good thing out OF
the coal business, my dear. Of course
/ sold a little over the market price,
That's the reason the coal goes SO much
faster. felt that could not deceive
you about it any longer
''All the time viii kept staring ct me
as if had suddenly gone deranged.
''When l stopped he said solemnly:
"'Do you feel very i'll, Agnes? Shall
l get you salts-or something's
'Then 1 began to laugh, and
laughed, believe, until 1 had hyster
les. The poor man was at his wits
ends to find out what in the world wa:
the trouble.
''But when he did, my love, he didn'r
need a second lesson. If from force o
habit he began to growl over bill
just said: 4 can sell little coal, dear
and raise the money 1t settled him.
We'll" said the other woman, draw
ing long breath, II might try that
or something else. The dear creature
certainly have drawbacks to their de
sira ability."-N. Y. World