The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-09
THE FABLE OF CHARLIE
Moral: It Isn't Always Best
to Let Others Save Your
Money.

Gen-tle-read-er, this-is-the-story-of,t
Broken En-gag age-ment-of Char-iie-Went-
and.Lil-lie- Wen-diag. It-would-have-besn-
hard-hard- d-to-fnd-a-more- Af-fee-ton-ate-
pair-of-I Lowers rs-in-North-Hud-son three
years back than -Char-lie-and-Lil-lie Ihey
both-re-sided-in-U n-Union-Hill and-lheir-en-
ga age-ment-Was s-known-to-e to-every-res-l-dent-
Of that Progressive ham-let, Which l.
brags-of-a-yol-un-tee department, a.
local-news-paper, three-drug- stores-aIio-s
Pound -master OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
El-ec-tric-i-an. d-was-doing-nice
a-youth- just-out-of-school. He-was-tak-
urse-of-study- -by-Mail. and-eVery-
one-in-U -Union-H Hill-said-he-would one-day-
become-a-great-el-ec- He was
also-known-for- his thrift. In-stead-of-id-
ling-a-way- his time-and money-in : the-
dram-shop, he-spent his-time-at-h1s-Lii-
lie 's-home-and-tu -turned-over All-his SUR
Observation-Disclosures.
'sYou save it for-me," he-would7say
"and-when- we-have-enough-to- the
Furniture for our home-we-will-get-
Married"
Lille s-folks-thought- well-ofe Charlie
for-This.
1T could not be placed inIbet-ter-
hands" her mother said. "Just-you-
keep-right-on-giv-in iv-ing-it-All-in-each week
We will take good
-it's-spent-well
It-took-Ch three long years OF
Un-re-mit- ting -In-dus-tryto- 5O'eI
Then-he lost-his-j -job-and-h
-ed-u-cat-ed-b -by-Mail. -nlis-for-
unes-over-took-him Lil-lie's-love. which
had-aI-ways -been-ardent suddenly-waned
until-it-be-came-R Reminiscent of : the
Glacial-period. and 1ler-Relatives passed
him-on-the street ding
the-Glad-hand as had been-their-Wont-
Char-lie-b be-came-des-per-ate when : MS
own-fam-i-ly- OBJ jected-to him for NOT
turn-in-ing-in- -in-Board-not of-the-timber-
Variety, but of that-kind-made-of-th
root-of-evil, in-other- words-Money. Call
ing-at-the-We Wend-ing-dom-i-cile one-eyen-
ng-he-De-mand-ed-t d-to-see-Lil
"Give-me-s50 f-that-s25os7,' he said.
..If-I-don't-get another JOB soon the
only-way-we-can ever buy-our- -Furnzi-
t1re-will-be-on-the-I -In-stall-ment-plan. l.
must : have-some-o e-of-the-money- -noW-any-
way
sT-have-noth-ing- -to-do- ith-your-rnoney,
Nister-W Wendt," Lille replied. ''You-will-
have-to-see-Mamma -about-it. She-bought-
me-Three- dresses -with-it-already."
A-ouar-rel-be-tween Charlie and Lii
lie-fol-lowed-Th -This-in-f FORMATION. Lille s.
mother-came-i n-dur-ing-th -the-wrangle.
.sWhat-are You-using such-language-
to-my-daughter-for,' she : demanded-an-
ron H.
here-Bossing- s-you-young- Rascal
Charlie, dear-reader, says-he-Doesn't- t
real-ly-know hat-happened-next Ali-he-
has-is-a-Dim- m-Re-col-lec-tion of-a-Power-
ful-hand- grab-bing-his-collar, a-Push, the
front-Door opening without Visible
coax -ing-and- d-the-curb-stone rising-up-to-
pat-him- m-on-the-fore-head. He-picked-him-
self-up-and made Tracks at-once-for-
the-office-of Squire Georges e-Seymour-in-
Ho-bo-ken. -told-his-story-and-
Sat-ur- day Lil-lie-and-her-m Were
before-the-Judge.
"He-won' t-get-a cent of his money
back said1Mrs. .-Wending. ''He-said-ft-
was-to-be-used : for7nly daughter-and-we-
Bought-clothes- her-things-for-it. If
he-wanted-to-pe-h -held-in : the graces Of
-he-should-not-have lost-his-
Job. ht-to-know-Bet-ter. If-he-
wants-his- -Money-ba ck-he-will : have to-
sue-for-it."
Char-lie-says-h needs-the-money-and-
has-en- aged-the Squire to-get-it-baek-
for-hin The-case will-be-car-ried-into-
-Distriet-Court. And-that, Dear-Read-
er, is-fhe-story y-of-the Broken : Engage
ment-of- -Char-lie-Wendt : and-Lil-lie-Wen-
ding. They-are-each-twen three-years-
old