The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-06-09
| Heard on The Street

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That's all there's to it," said a
jolly, good humored looking man
up in the upper end of town was
saying. You see, it's this way"
and he began to chuckle; "when
payday comes around ] take what
| think is coming to me- and the
rest ] turn over to my wife.
Well, tor some reason or other,
I'm always getting hard up. 1t
used to he that ] could go to my
wife and she'd respond generous
ly to my appeals for help. But
you've heard of the pitcher that
went TO the the well once too
often? I'm in that plight.
"At first, when ] couldn t
make ends meet. ] would ask my
wife for loan and she'd make it
all right. ! paid up all right,
tool had to. But then by and
by the lady got tired Of turning
over her hoarded-up cash, and
when ] asked for loan she asked
for security on it. | gave her my
note aud she was satisfied. That
worked all right for II while, but
by the time | had given six or
seven dozen notes, more or less
oh, yes, ! paid 'em up every time
Mary thought she'd train me to
ways of thrift, and she said when
asked for another loan: NO,
sir; not one; you've simply got to
learn to keep some money your
self.
at seemed as if | was up
against it. ] coaXed. but she was
hard us flint Finally ] said: i
tell you what, Mary; you give me
the money and I'll give you "A
check on my bank account She
hesitated; then she gave in. She
handed over the money and !
gave the check.
AT the end of the month when
| looked over my cancelled checks,
| couldn't find the one I'd made
out to Mary, but didn't think
anything of it at first, and when,
as usual needed some ready cash
| went to Mary and told her how
hard up | was. She gave me the
money and ] gave her another
check. That sort of thing kept
for some months, and Mary was
always willing to hand out the
money when ! handed over 4
check. But in the Meanwhile
had caught on to the fact from
the absence of the cancelled checks
in my lot from the bank that
Mary was saving the checks--not
cashing them, you know, but say
ing the checks themselves.
ut was such II good joke that
told Jim Blank, my best friend
about it. lie kept it for about tive
hours and seven minutes anC
then he rushed home and told hit
wife. And that queered tn,
whole game, Of course. Jim
wife hardly waited until the las
word was out of Jim's mouth be
fore she had cIapped ON her bon
net and and rushed over to on
house to tell my Mary.
swell, you can just guess tina
the Jig was up then. When my
wife confronted me with II pack
age Of checks in her hand there
was nothing left for me to do bu
acknowledge my duplicity. Blu
the worst OF it was that Mary
wanted To 60 then and there anC
cash every check in the bundle
instantly, and if she had sh'
would have made my bank &C
count look like 30 cents. When
promised to reform she agreed t,
hold back II little-cash 'em on,
at time, or something gentl
like that. But at the same tim
she uses the whole bunch as al
instrument of torture. If sh
wants to 60 out in the evening t,
call on some plagued old peopl
that | don't care a hang for, Or i
she wants to go to card party o
to hear stupid old musicale an,
| don't and decline to go with her
'All right, I'm going to cash thes
tomorrow Then ! rush IL
stairs, fling myself into my gla
clothes and go with her and sh
puts the checks aside until mex
time. So you see there's nothin
for me to do but learn to econc
mice