Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-01-10
MUD LAND.

have nothing to do with IT,"
II understand. / am quite willing TO
accept the entire responsibility"
"Then, If you like the house. accept the
agents offer, send to the warehouse for
the furniture, have the house put in order
by Jayne's people pack your trunks, hire
your servants and move in | shall be alb
sent ten days or longer. l shall find you
there on my returnp
Eyes. / shall lose no time"
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtiss had been married
five years. During their first year of house
keeping Mr.. Curtiss discovered that the
drainage Of the house in which they were
living was defective. He notified hisland.
lord. He waited a month. No notice was
taken of his complaint. He promptly can
celed his lease, stored his furniture and
took his wife TO a boarding house
Mrs. Curtiss after "A year or two found
the life wearisome one. She longed for
the comforts Of home and the agreeable
occupation Of homemaker
Mr.. Curtiss, on the contrary, preferred
boarding He was a man who disliked the
small responsibilities OF housekeeping. His
business he urged wasSufiicientt 10 occupy
his mind.
Yet now, to crafty his wife, he had ac-
that he was TO be utterly free from all the
daily cares. Mrs. Curtiss gladly agreed
She disliked interference and welcomed
the assurance that she was to have sole
charge Of the establishment.
A year elapsed. The contract was scru-
pulously carried out by both parties. Mr..
Curtiss provided ample means; Mrs. Cur
tiss gave time and energy 10 the making Of
pleasant home
At the end Of the year Mrs. Curtiss had a
balance Of 600. do what you will with
it. 1t is yours" her husband said. you
have earned it,"
She was planning the uses she would
make Of il when friend came In. She
could not resist the temptation OF telling
her how well she had managed.
What shall | do with III" she asked.
you know all about money, Aurelia. Ad-
wise me"
Aurelia wore eyeglasses. She speculated
in stocks Her friends said she made enOr-
nous profits her enemies declared her
grandfather would turn in his grave could
be know Of her losses. He had been day
laborer in his youth, they added
stocks, Of course" replied Aurelia.
"Stocksf" helplessly.
stocks" with decision. you have
500 you say. You shall buy twenty
shares Of the Mud Land company. They
are sure thing. It is a bull market now,
you know"
Dear mep' CALCULATED her bewildered
listener.
"Tbe bears have had IL quite too long"
continued Aurelia. Everything is boom
inc now. Put on your bonnet at once.
DELAYS are fatal. will 20 with you"
Mrs. Curtiss hesitated. II do not think l
can spend all the money that way, Azure
liza"
"Why noti" sharply.
~ ordered a new silk yesterday from
Nine. Grettine. II will cost sixty dollars p"
Mime Grettine must wait for her pay"
ooh. no'' shuddering. Il have never
had a bill unpaid"
You'll clear IT fast enough. Mud Land
can be bought today for 81. II Is worth
more; It will be worth twenty next week.
Put on your bonnet"
The stronger will conquered. Mrs. Cur
tiss yielded. In week she should have
800. she reflected. She would pay ma
dame. send a ton Of coal 70 the widowed
wasberwoman she occasionally employed
and mt s3OO in a savings bank. Her hus
band would have his little joke about her
capacity for business, but what mattered
thati
Her eyes sparkled as she tied on her bon
net She would buy larger dressing
glass sbe decided, and put her own in tbs
ouest chamber. She should still have hei
original 600.
Aurelia broke in upon her pleasant medi
tatiops. Hurry she called from the fooi
of the stairs. Mud Land may 90 up I
couple Of points while you daily"
her Il
edge OF brokers' phrases
@Wbat's a pointy" asked Mrs. Curtiss
oomin0do Stair. her gloves in her hand
"surely you know. We must take car
rage. II may score twelve IL we wait TO
the right car"
Score was Greek to Mrs. Curtis sh
had a confused feeling that 1t had some
thing TO do with baseball match, but sh