The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-07-20

over.
Feeling pretty we'll, thank you. !,
replied the woman with the Pace Cape
"He always is well in the middle of The
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THE middle of the month";" blanlSly
repeated the woman with the forget
menots on her bonnet ron tts
why, yes; there are no bills coming
in then. you know. YOU see about Tho
eSth heibegitis to. complain that he i.
feeling badly, on the Goth he'is worse
and blythe first of the month l reallS
tremble for his life under the excite
melt of going over the accounts.
"Humph.' CALCULATED the woman
with the lace cape. -sThuts nothing
why, my husband threatens to get !
divorce every time my dressmaker's
bill is presented" s efilr
"Do you cry?' asked the other wo'
man, breathlessly.
Not at all; 1 tell him there is moth
ing which would please nae BETTER" 4
But you don't mean---''o 0saqe
,'",of course, don't; but he is so con
trary that he woaldn't doit then foi
the world. 40 he just pays the bill and
says no more about ito. "a - :
"0h! Now my sister Julia hak "a Ell
eellent plan-you know she is awfullg
cNtraSa gant-rwel when a bill cong
in that horrifies even, her she let's down
all that yellow hair of hers and when
her, husband comes in he finds her
weeping bitterly" 81" - = ''--'
eyes, yes; go on" .frbed the other
woman, eagerly. ,o.- rel
o''of course 81 he 4 asks why she is crying
and she says o. HAROLD am such q
wretch; hereis Soapdso's bill and tits
awful. You are SO generous that ]
know you'll pay it without a word, but
! Just hate myself nfof costing you 81
much money. irhenc she Uriesiand tears
her hair 9oW9iaN
i&Nell?"
''.WellJ he SAYS the bill dsnot so large
after all;t kisses her,j comforts her, and
pays it without anotbepJword' 40
} fWhatan awfully nice man her bus.
bpapa must BIZ Now ,thlrfEsi4 Cora bhssr
over her Bills, though he has plenty Of
money. Finally Cora determined to
stop it. o, it is too go6dr What DC
youithink she did?'----7----
+, ~ don't know Tell me quick" Is
r, "She iaidall her plans, and one day
her husband brought home "a swell
friend to dinner, AS they mounted the
front steps an errand boy with a huge
handle came up also. Cora met them
at the door" "'
Ii "Mhatiis this?'' asked her husband
You see he Thought She had been buy.
ing dry goods 1u. iB. COO a3a
YES, know; go on ee.fsf
" They wants the things on Satur.
day, mum said the boy. All right,
said Cora, taking the bundle. Then
she turned to her husband and said;
iNou know, dear, you told me that
was ruining you with my extrasS'
gance; this is SOME plain sewing in
tend to do in order to pay my bills--ii
shall never be said that ruined my
husband" l, ra8Et
We'll. ! never; what was the end o.
it?"
''Oh! her husband has never com
planned Of bin Since, She says. And
YOU know how Cora dresses?" 'F'o
Eyes. There's Gwendolen, too, she
manages we'll" H. % 9oei
What is her plan?2 naio. a
why, about the last week in tht
month her table begins to grow
poor
But that is no way" ,gDN
Non don't understand, Her hus
band. is a, great eater. but rawfully
stingy. He complains; she says: Yes
dear, know, but fear we are living
beyond our means; the bills will De
coming in soon and we must econo
mize .. hl {a1-l us
What then?" usat
He flies into rage and says he pay!
the bills and he won starve to DEATH
"Well?"
"Well, when the bills do come in and
he complains she just says: Yes, dear
see we must economics on the table,
That settles it, .ifa 3OGug i
.''Of course OH look at those lovely
India silks. am dying, for one. ''ge.
And SO am but, really, my bill
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And mine, too. Still, we might try
Gwendolen's plan; lets go in and loof
at them anyway.r-Chicago Frfbune
Jefferson and the Patent Ofice.
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