The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-01-09


lumor besides, with an addition in
he shape 4 n disappointment in Jor-
she Ind been trying for o long
10 stave of.
' he end Of q week he gave her
| told her that he could not
1ther cent.
aust remember, Susan Ann"
fsthat ! amt a millionaire.
If was, / wouldn't en-
ttravagance in woman. It's
en- anyway, and il they git
nee with money they never
n TO stop letting it 60"
lonths after this lecture from
70 got another when the me-
# the case drove her to him
air of shoes.
Susan Ann nat down to think
situation, and it is safe 10 say
ne did some very tall thinking.
women might have wept, but
i Ann was no weeper. If she had
8 to shed, she did not intend to
cd them in cause of this kind.
.omethlng harder than tears was the
'emedy, and Susan Ann was not long
n getting at IL.
That night at supper Joram didn't
like the coffee. II was moro like
beans, he said, but Susan Ann hadn't
much to say, and Joram thought she
was suilen because he had talked
1 judiciously to her on the subject of
extravaganza.
The bad coffee continued week and
then Joram noticed that the meat was
not as good nor was the bread, as it
had once been. BE complained, but
Susan Ann hadn't much to say.
On the following Sunday when they
started out to church Jorem tb
Susan Ann was q sight Z. ..Jru, out
he didn't say anything for fear she
might come back at him about the
dress and the shoes.
II was the first time since they had
been married that Joram had not felt
a pride in the appearance of Mrs.
Neilums and IL made him think just q
little. On the way home he spoke of
it and suggested that as he had made
a little something on wheat the week
before, maybe he could let her have
that moaey for q new dress.
'Indeed, no, Joram," she replied,
IT don't want it. only thought 1
did. ] can get along just as we'll with
what have at present and we can
save that. Every little counts, you
know, Joram. and we are too poor to
go TO needless expense"
He insisted mildly that she should
take the money, but it was not diff.
cult for her to convince him that it
was extravagant, and he said no more
about it.
The dark bread and the weak coffee
and the bad meat continued, and there
were added other things less attrac-
tive to the palate than formerly, and
one day when he wanted to know why
she did not use the meat in the smoke
house that he knew was as good as any
that had ever been cured, and he
prided himself on curing meat, she
surprised him by putting quite sum
of money down by his plate and tell
ing him she had sold it for q good
price because she thought it was more
economical to eat less expensive meat.
Joram began to talk, but she was 80
pleasant and practical in her argu-
ments that he hadn't the heart to
argue and gave up to her.
He also put the money in his poo
ket.
One day when he went into town on
his wagon some boys made rude re-
marks about the clothes he wore, and
when he told Susan Ann about it, and
said maybe he had ought get some
thing better. she few all to pieces and
gave the naughty boys such a raking
over that Joram was sorry he had said
anything about 1t, and went on wear
ing the same old clothes.
A dozen or more times during the
winter Joram sat shivering before a
miserable fire because Susan Ann in
sisted that fuel was too expensive and
that they must save until they had
plenty to indulge in luxuries on.
Day by day the table became poorer
and pooer; the good china was put
away and the old cracked kind brought
out the little silver things that had
been given them for wedding pres
ents we're locked up, and Susan Ann
was cutting down expenses in way
that nobody would have expected of
her.
| Several nights Joram almost froze
for lack of cover, but Susan Ann was
cheerful and told him that newspa-
pers were warmer than blankets if he
would only make up his mind TO think
so.
He kicked, however, on this and
was only pacifed when she gave him
$40 that she had received for the
fruit abe had put up and didn't care
to use. He thought it was extra stock
that she had, but later when he wanted
some and she told him she had sold il
all, and there wasn't anything for des-
sert now but dried apples, Joram be-
came rather demonstrative, and it was
all her good temper could do to keep
him from boiling over.
All this time Joram was doing some
thinking as well as Susan Aun was,
and between shivering at nights and
half starving during the day, he was
getting in c~TSition to go to a luna
tic asylum.
One day the final ~...44 arrived.
When Joram came in from work the
big easy chair he had paid S25 for in a
freak of ofextravagance just before he. was
married was gone, and with it all the
carpets.
'sWhat does this mean, Susan Ann ?"
he asked, trying to appear cool. "Are