Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-09-06
HIS OWN BOSS.

I'VE will begin right now to save money
In order that we may get out OF town for
the whole summer"
Maude made few rapid calculations
with the aid of pencil and paper. II is wop-
derful how quickly a woman can figure out
the cost of IL dresses, while q man will
study for months on scheme for standing
of a tailor on $40 suit Of clothes Then
she said:
I'VE shall need to save 600 at least by
the LIST of July" ~
'The lst of July" said warmly. "You
will not catch me spending the month Of
June In New York city"
1--WE can't do it," said she. "You need a
suit of clothes yourself"
"Well," said /. "here's 60 which In
tended to give to Taylor b Cutter. Their
collector has formed the habit of sleeping
on the mat before the door Of my Office 1t
is injuring his health and wearing out the
mat. However, as we must save money,
viii buy suit somewhere else with the
90, and thus. according to your figures. we
shall need but s460 by June l."
Maude had little hope Of getting out of
town by June 1. She knew that ! could
earn q summer vacation In October, but
never In the spring.
The reader who may have tried some
thing of this sort himself may not be sur
prised to learn that had accumulated the
amount required by June I. Our plan at
that time was to get away about tho mid
die Of the month.
But very soon It began to be hot, much
too hot for work. Doubtless the people
who stood behind counters or sat all day
at desks appreciated this fact, but they had
to do only half as much work as /.
When man Is his own "boss," he ought
to draw two salaries, one for the work he
does and the other for kicking himself un-
till he does It.
Ipresent this fact for the comfort of those
who will have their vacations meted out to
them by higher power, and we envy writ
ers, doctors, lawyers and confidence men
who can go away when they please
Do not be deceived when you see such
men apparently idle at this time Of the
year. He is not taking his vacation. Heis
working CHASTITY hard.
He Is trying to make himself get up and
hustle do not love any kind of work,
but would rather saw wood ON commits
sion than try to make myself do It In my
own interest.
BY the middle Of June It became evident
that Maude and / could not get out Of
town before the last part of July, and the
moro / couldn't get vacation the more /
wanted one.
had previously known "that tired feel
ing" only as 1t appears in the pages of ro-
nance. / had not learned by experience
what it is to be so tired that lying fiat on
ones back seems like violent exercise.
caught doctor on the street, where he
couldn't reasonably charge me large fee
or, II he did, he couldn't collect It, because
can run faster than he can-and I asked
for his advice. laid my case before him,
and he said:
"You must take long vacation. Go
away and stay away all summer. You
won't be fit to work till you do"
told Maude aboutit. Husbands should
confide In their wives. ! am an open hearted
beast, and never fail to tell her anything
that will make her miserable.
"Poor old fellow" she said, and / began
to feel very bad for myself, ''you must have
q little fresh air. Suppose we 60 out into
the suburbs for q few weeks."
Now, strictly speaking, New York hasn't
any suburbs.
There Is Westchester county.
There Is New Jersey, but have been
there.
Then we have Brooklyn, where a good
many people live, and its vast outlying re-
gions Of cemeteries, which many of the ju-
dicious seem to have preferred.
Connecticut has certain attractions and
very superior quality Of malaria, but 1t
costs Gil O minute to ride out there.
People who live In such city as Boston
(which has such charming suburbs that
one fails to understand why It has not long
ago been entirely deserted In their favor
do not realize the difficulties under which
we labor here.
However, Maude found q place on the
south shore Of Long Island. 1t is called
Quahog. Her friends, the Browns, went
there last year, and they said 1t was per-
fectly lovely. learn, however, that they
are not going again.
We moved down there. II really in cool.
The first evening we were there a sea fog
came in and covered everything with
cold. white slime.
sat on the piazza awhile and pretended
to enjoy 1t along with our landlord, who
praised the sea breeze immoderately. You
should have seen how he flung open his
coat and let the wind blow on his chestl
Learned afterward that the willy old sim
ner had on two suits of winter under
clothes and a chest protector. AS for Inc,
got violent cold.
The next morning was delightfully."- cool.
Something called me to the city just after
breakfast. 1t may have been hunger, but
do not remember.
] got aboard the train. We are supposed
to be 30 minutes from city hall, New York.
This distance really ought to be covered in
that time, think, by a cannon ball.
Ten miles out Of town 1t began to be hot.
As we neared Brooklyn the engineer put
out the fire In his engine and ran the rest
Of the way by the sun on the boiler.
There were rs people in my car besides
those that were sitting down. We connect
ed with an elevated railroad and then with
three or four other things. each one hotter
than the last, and eventually got to the
Brooklyn bridge, where we enjoyed ride
over that beautiful structure and also the
pleasure of standing on one another's toes
while we did 40.
Igot thoroughly heated in New York,
and then / returned to Quahog, surrounded
by all the comforts which l have hitherto
described.
The sea fog was waiting for me, but
had bought five pounds of quinine In New
York and hoped to stave of cold Maude
said II had been hotter In Quahog at noon
than she had ever known It in New York.
Ibid not do any writing In Quahog that
night. Il was too cold. The next day It
was too hot. On the following day had
70 60 to the city. and that occupied all my
time. On the whole, my vacation seemed
further Of than ever.
But can go at any time ! wish. am
my own boss. Nobody can set apart week