The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-11
said Mr.. Gordon, handing him roll
of hills

said Mr.. Gordon, handing him a rol
of bills.
Mrs. Jones was working over hel
butter in the kitchen. She had but.
ter worker, and it was astonishing
how fast she made the butter into
cakes and stamped them, draining Out
every drop of the buttermilk without
hardly any exertion, while Mr.. Cor.
don watched her.
Got a butter-worker, 1 see."
"Yes; and I don't know how ]
ever lived with out one. 1t is so easy
working butter now compared to what
it used to be.
Here, wife, is twenty dollars you
wanted for cloak. Give Mr.. Cor.
don receipt for fifty dollars"
Mr.. Gordon stared. Twenty dol
lars for cloak When had he given
his wife that sum for anything? He
looked around the kitchen. Here
was a model range, and everything
convenient and handy with which the
farmers wife could do her work.
What consrast to Hannah's S kitchen
He we'll knew that he was better able
to afford such an outfit than his neigh
Dor was.
On returning, Mr.. Gordon stopped
at the barn. Here everything was in
order and everything convenient to
work with. Was it possible that he
had made Hannah do all the econo-
mizing? In one corner of the shed
was something that looked little like
a sled. His little boy had been try
ing to make one, and the words of
the child rang i'll his ears, II shan't
let my boys go without one when I'm
a man." He then went into the
house. "Where is Hannah 7" he in
quired of Uncle Moses.
She's gone over to see Stiles sick
child"
The farmer sat down and took his
paper, but his thoughts were too busy
to read. He had never looked so
mean in his own eyes before. He was
still angry with his wife for humbling
him so the night before, by giving the
minister and his wife such a supper.
Yet now as he thought 1t over, be
wondered how he could have bla med
her.
"Uncle Moses, how much do you
think it would cost to clothe woman
for year? p
Its never cost you much to clothe
your NJ said he, his black eyes snap
ping. Il never thought you could
be so mean and stingy with any one
as you have been with her. She S
too good for ye, and it time ye found
it out. You've got enough to keep
her like a lady, but instead Of that
she can't even have things to work
WITH. Yell never get cent from
me; what 1 have I'll settle on Han
nah and the boys
That's all right, but why did you
not tell me how selfish was before. "
Haven't I been telling We all the
yer stomach hadn't been pinched lit
tie yer never would have found our
how good it was to follow what yer
alters a preachin' to her. I'VE must
economize; we must economic y
"Well, did miss the goodies, but
that wasn't all the reason, and it's
never too late to mend"
After dinner Mrs. Gordon went
back to the dying child, and her hus-
band went to town. In about two
hours he returned with tinsmith, a
new stove, a new churn and butter
worker; new sled for Willie, and
two pairs of skates for the other boys.
When Mrs. Gordon came home she
found the children rejoicing over their
presents, and Uncle Moses and Mr..
Gordon busy getting tea.
"Why, where did that stove come
from ?" and as her ewes fell upon the
new churn and butter-worker, she
exclaimed: "W by what does it
mean 7"
cit means that we have done econ
omizing' for the present, and that you
are to have the money to yourself for
all the butter you make. This is
your capital to begin on" said her
husband as he handed her twenty-five
dollars.
After this Mr.. Gordon never told
his family again: 1--WE must econo-
pnize," and Hannah never gave him
any cause to Go so.