The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04

Theodore" he said, you are running
me-"
She looked up wonderingly; not under
| standing him.
you have had seventeen hundred
| pounds from me since opened an account
for you, and none Of the big bills have been
paid"
"Oh! indeed Josiah. I have paid the
butcher, baker and grocer every Tuesday,
as you told me- And have paid the dairy
account, which is always HITCHCOCK uses
oceans OF cream-and l have paid the laun-
dress. and the htchen-book. and the fruit
/ erer."
you have spent seventeen hundred
rs it much?" she inquired naiyely
you always gave me money when l ask
ed you for more. [ thought you We're
\ rich"
80 did I, till this evening. You have
made me a pauper; or you would make me
one in a year or two, If you went on at
this rate"
1--WE had better go into cheap lodgings.
! like the rooms father and mother had"
| said the doll, with a slight pettishness.
You should have told me you were poor,
Josiah. The VOLTS said you were very
well off"
Il thought myself we'll off, my love, as
a bachelor ! lived in college, and saved
more than half my income, which is abou.
$500 year"
That sounds great DEAL" said the
doll lifting her penciled eyebrows with
the prettest surprise.
II thought it would be enough for both
of us: but you have spent Il, 100 in less than
year. and have paid no one"
"Oh, Josiah, how can you be so un-
kind? When l have paid butcher, baker,
laundress, grocer"-and the wires which
worked the lachrymal gland came into
play, and the doll was dissolved in tears.
They were the first tears that he had
made her shed, and for the moment he
was Indifferent to them.
He was not a man that loved money for
its own sake. He was beneficent, unset
fish, generous; but the idea of debt was
intolerable to him; and, as a student
wrapped up in the pleasures of the intel
lect, it was necessary to his happiness
that he should have a competence, and
know himself free from all care about
ways and means.
Il cannot imagine how you have spent
this money, my dear" he said in a voice
that indicated infinite distress. I'VE live
very simply when we are alone; but I
think there must have been great extrav-
agance in your kitchen"
1T is not my kitchen, Josiah cook calls
it her kitchen, and was very rude one
day because | went in to order an altera-
ton in the dinner, when she happened
to have some of her relations with her"
If that is so we must have a cook who
to look after her. 1t is the duty of the
mistress of the house to prevent waste"
The dolls tears ran faster at this, so
that the little batiste and valenciennes
handkerchief, with which she was dabbing
her ey IS, became a mere wet rag.
And your parties, Theodora-those
seem to have been very expensive. The
florists bill is $50; the cOnfectioner's near
ly $50. Only for ices and waters and light
refreshments. We had no sit-down sup
per. And there is bill from the college
kitchen for your luncheon parties"
Those were for your particular friends
Josiah; the dreadful dry-as-dust old crea~
lures who won't visit in the evening
THANK you, my dear. And your dress
makers bill-running ever since your mar
riage-a mountain Of clothes which I have
to pay for"
ooh, Josiah, it is too cruel to remind
me that l had no rousseau"
Theodore, God knows l have grudged
you nothing. l was prepared TO spend at
least half my income upon you-four hum
dred and fifty pounds a year-more than
your father ever had, all told But we
have been living at the rate of three
thousand a year; and 1 shall have to sell
stock to get out Of debt, which means a
| reduced income in the future. We can
not AFFORD to live in this house, my dear,
at this rate"
"Oh. please don't leave this house.
am so fond of It, We can live upon mu,-
ton chops, and dismiss the cook 1t is
all her fault that the bills are so high
| We Will give no more partes and l have,
| frocks enough to last me for years-even
| II they go out Of fashion. Mrs. Crompton
| Is horf1d woman, she was always per
| suading me to buy things, and when beg
| ged her to send in her bill she always said
she was in no hurry; she wished her other
customers were as anxious to pay her, and
that KIND OF thing; and now / have spent
700 much money and you are angry with
| me, ana sorry you ever married me-"
! And again the pretty pink and white
countenance disappeared behind a damp
! pocket handkerchief, and the graceful
girhsh figure was convulsed by sobs.
My darling, my dear little wife. don't
distress yourself. What does little Glrry
money matter when weighed against your
| happiness?"
The generous heart melted at her dis
tress. The good creature took his wife
| her.
MY dearest, the blame is mine. not
yours, he said, gently. Il ought to have
considered your want of experience
| you had never managed a house, and were
| hardly to be trusted with the writing of
! cheques. In future | will keep financial
matters in my own hands Don't be fright
ened, my loye-I shall not be stingy. but
we may have to pinch a little. and we must
keep out of debt"
"A week later DR.. Kirkdale and his wife
| We're at Lakeside and the change from
the dull grey streets of a university town
to a garden full of flowers, on the brink
| or Grasmere, was almost as delightful To
the dry-as-dust professor as to his shall
low-brained young wife; more delightful
| perhaps, for although Josiah Kirkdale had
no keen appreciation of natural beauty
ana hardly knew one flower from another,
there was in the depth of his quiet mind a
subtle sense of the peace which dwells in
natures fairest scenes
The house was old and gray and spacious
ana luxurious In its sober comfortable
ness. The garden had been the care Of
several generations, and was as beautiful
as a garden in poets dream.
Mr.. Tremaine otherwise Bill had deferr-
ed MS trip TO Norway for few DAYS in
order 10 welcome his old friend He had
even imported widowed sister from Edin-
burgh. to make things pleasant for his
friends WIFE lest she should feel empar-
raised at finding herself a bachelors
guest. He might have spared himself the