The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-09

later, "t'm tired asking you Tor money with which Co buy my clothes. For a time tried to econOmize tn dress, but when you saw that my hats were out of fsshtOn and my jackets and dresses were shabby you didn't like it. so l ind myself between two fires. Isn't there some fund from whiOh l could draw a seated amOuntT'
 TO tell the truth, my dear we need Co economlEe mOra than over this year, aa my business is nOt so 6ourishing bul won't ask you to Go h. Tn do it myself. I'll figure up just what well draw monthly and turn it sl over to you. As I have clothes enough to last year you'll have the 6ss of ah the in- eome"
 The wife gladly accepted the terms, and on the beginning of the next nlonth ber husband turned ovcr to her the amount agreed upon.
 Don't you want any of t, dear" Bhs Rsked meeklg.
 "I have a 'QuaFter' in my pocket That n do for ear fare"
 But your iuncheonT
 'NOh. yes; wei, you might let me havP a quarter for that"
 The money was paid over, and Mfr Watsrh0use after giving bis wife tho marital kiss, started down town.
 Five cents Of his money went for car fare. 10 csntE for apples which be pro posed to eat for Ghe beneht of his liver while 10 cents morV was considered necessary for a cigar Al noon he went round to his down town lunch club.
 Hello, cid manr7 said Owen Carter, ooe Og his clients. Let's lunch to- gether"
 "Oh, I'm not gutng Co eat much tn day. Pm not hungry"
 Nevertheless they sat down togetRer
 -what do you say Co dividing a plnt of clsretY' asked Carter.
 Why. I've made it @ rule not to drink anything before dinner"
 "Slnce whenT asked Carter looking up. surprised.
 Now, Carter was an important factor ln Waterhouse's business, and the lat ter saw at once that any stinglness on hls part might lead to bad results, 90 be said.
 But that needn't stand in tAa way Walter a pint of POntet-CaDeA"
 By good luck Waterhouss sOt through the luncheon with only % eSnts over and above the amount given him by his wife for the purpose and returned Go his ofce. In the afternoon he received a note requiring a telephone reply. This cost him 10 cents, which Ae agreed to pay the next day. He had scarcely ro- turned to his of8ce when a young girl with a wan face entered and begged him tO help her by buying i've cent package of court plaster. He ground his teeth when hs remembered that hls money was gone-more than gone
 Then be found it necessary to zee man whose office was at the other end of tbe city. Not having money for car fare and no one being near from whom 10 borrow, he walked there and back, a distance of three miles. When 5 o'clock came. he locked bis desk and dragged himself over another two mlles oo ss home. He had at umes been diaap- pointed Co see a dissatisfied look on his vife's faca when be reached home. To day it was transferred to his own. Ills wife was serene.
 The next day hs got On famOusiy spending only 10 cents for car fara and 10 cents foE tobacco, for be gave up ci- gars. He went bono radiant The third dny he received a notice that each member of hfs class in college was fn- vited to pay a dollar toward the build Ina of new dormttory. It was simply impossible for him to refuse. Then came a lady acquaintance and sold him a ticket for 50 cents to a church fair. As soon as she had sone be looked in bis drawer for paper on which to reply to the college matter and found none. The stamp box also was empty. Seven ty cents was expended for the two arti- eles. He econonlized by buying SO cents worth of stamps Instead of a dol lars worth, as usual and was obliged to send again in two days. At luncheon he tried to dodge Carter. but Carter. who suspected that Ae was getting stn- gy, got hold of him and foCced him to divide a three dollar lunch. But tho most absurd infracion ot his ecOnOm- lcal effort was the purchase of a razor offered to him by a peddlef for 6 for which be satirically offered 9l.5O. On going home he became demoTaliEed iFuring that his expenditures for the day amounted to S510, and to drown remorse stopped for a cocktail and a ei- gar. His wife smelled bis breath and when be mentioned hls expenditures called him wastefuL This led Co their arst quarrel
 The next day the husband neassdmed tho excheQueF and the wife has sinoa been wearing her old clothes.
 ROGER T. HOWELL