The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-08
MUD LAND.
:" T MUST he distinctly understood re-
l. marked Mr.. Curtis, firmly. mind ]

say distinctly
certainly" said his wife
Beyond making IL sufficient allowance for
all ordinary hous ehold expcnccs will have
nothing to do with it,"
81 understand. | am 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
Jaynes' people, pack your trunks, hire your
servants and move in. | shall be absent ten
days or longer. l shall find you there on
my return?"
eyes; shall loose no time,
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis had been married FIVE
years During their first year of housekeep-
ing Mr.. Gun It's discovered that the drainage
OF the house in which they were living was
defective. He notified his landlord. He
waited q month. No notice was taken OF
his complaint. He promptly Cancelled his
lease. stored his furniture and took his wife
to boardine-house
Mrs. Curtis, after a year of two, found the
life wearisome one. Sic longed for the
comforts OF u home and the agreeable occu-
patti on OF home maker.
Mr.. curtis, on the contrary, preferred
boarding. He was man who disliked the
small responsibilities Of housekeeping. His
business, he urged, was sufficient to occupy
his mind. Yet now, to CRAFTY his wife, he
had assented to her de sire, STIMULATING, how
yer, that he was to he utterly free from all
tho daily cares. Mrs. Curtis gladly agreed
She dislIked interference and welcomed the
assurance that she was to have full charge
OF tine establishment.
year elapsed The contract was scrupul-
ously carried by both parties. Mr.. Curtis
provided ample means; Mrs Curtis gave
time and energy to the making of pleasant
home. At the end OF the year Mrs. Curtis
had balance OF two hundred dollars.
Do what you will with it. 1t is yours, y
her husband said. ''You have earned it,
She was planning the uses she would make
OF it when friend came in. She could not
resist the temtatfon OF telling her how well
she had managed
What shall | do with it?' she asked.
You know all about money, Aurelia Adj
Aurelia wore eyeglasses. She specialized
in stocks. Her friends and she made enor-
nous profits; her enemies declared her grand
iather would turn in his grave could he
know OF her losses. He had been a day
laborer in his youth, they added.
stocks. OF course" replied Aurelia.
'Stocks?' helplessly.
10 fxvif
hundred dollars, You soy. You shall buy
twenty shares OF the Mad Land company.
They are sure thing. It's bull market
now, yol know
Dear mel calculated her bewidered
"s'emer,
Nc peurS nave had it quiet too long,
continued Aurei'a. Everything is booming
"o". iu' On your bonnet at once. Delays
''e ih'"' WIZ 20 WIN you
w NO. '"'nA c''n spehu all the money
'nue way Aulelh'
why ho.' Sharply.
! oruereu new siiR yesterday from Mrs.
"re,''ne III VIII cost sixty dollars
maua.ne uret'ine must wait little
WINE LOT her pay.
on' no' snuuueilng' Il nave never had
plli unpaid.
lou II clear IL inst enough. Mud Land
e''n dc oought 'oany Tor nine and three
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her eyes sparRied as she 'ied on her bon
net she would huy larger dressing glass,
sue DECIDED, ana put her own IN the guest
chamber. She should still have her original
two hundred dollars.
Aureia broke IN upon her pleasant medita-
tons "Hnrryl she called from the foot
oil the stair. Mud Land may go up a
couple oi points while you daily
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score was ureek to Mrs curtis. She had