The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-03-24

AT supper Sam told his wife OF MS
conversation with Peter, She stared
at him in wide-eyed wonder, then ST.
lently prepared for the visit.
Now" said Peter, as both men filled
their pipes that evening, 81 suppose
you have come to have the bad teeth
in your financial system extracted
You know l told you, Sam, that l
should not give you any ether or any
of that sort Of thing. You will just
have to grin and bear what have 10
say, since you brought it on yourself
SO If YOU are ready for the ordeal, l
will get out my forceps and see what
can be done for you. To begin with,
] shall ask YOU few questions. Don't
you think that We have set as good a
liable as you have? Don't you think
we keep our house warm enough Tor
comfort? Have we not dressed as
well as you have? Have we not made
as fair Roadway generally as you
have?
81 can answer all those questions by
saying that you have outdone us in all
these things promptly replied Mrs
Brown.
You know we started in married
life at the same time. Now, at the
end Of five years, ] have laid aside
over twelve hundred dollars while you
have nothing. You want to know
where the trouble lies. Al ! can say
IS, that it is bad management
Brown WINGED
81 see, Doctor Johnson; you are go
ing to be like all the rest Of the dent
ists-haye about as much sympathy
as a meat AK"
johnson looked at him in hesitation,
then said,-
"Wen, it does make a difference
which end Of the forceps one has to
deal with. Shall / go on?'
yes, yes" quickly responded
Brown. when a fellows almost crazy
with the financial toothache, there's
no remedy but to submit to the dent
ist"
I'VE will just go back to the time
when you and Sam We're married.
| continued Peter addressing himself to
Mrs. Brown. My wife and | started
on the same footing that You and Sam
/ did. 1t is back there that the trouble
began. You did not start right You
commenced by spending every cent
| Of your income as fast as YOU received
| 1t. Even this did not satisfy your
| wants, SO you began to run into debt
/ When one begins to run into debt he
soon becomes accustomed to that con-
dition, and there is no ambition to rise
above it. Your first bunder was in
getting credit, You can always do
better with cash than you can that
way. l know the grocers and butchers
tell you this isn't so, but l know what
I'm talking about. When they once
get you in debt to them, they're in a
position to take all sorts of advantage
of you. They expect you to keep buy.
ing of them, because you are under
obligations TO them for trusting you.
Then there's your coal bill. notice
that for some time you've been buy.
ing coal by the basket. Did you ever
figure up how much you're paying for
coal when you buy it that way? Well
if you haven't, III tell you that it costs
you about nine dollars ton. ! buy
my coal in the summer, when the
price is lowest. The last bought, was
five'fifty per ton. By the way, Sam
how much coal do you use in year,
Since one year ago we've used
ebout four tons. But do you know as
much about Peters business as he
does about yours?" ask Sam, turning
with smile to Mrs. johnson.
ooh, yes! We plan everything to
gether!" she replied in a sprightly
way.
I'VE only used three tons" sale
Peter, land yet we had all the fire We
needed. l think We can give you {
hint on burning COAL We have Otter
noticed that you let your stove ge
red hot When you drive your firt
that way, your heat goes up the chin
ney instead of heating the room. 70,
can cook to no better advantage whei
your pot boils furiously than when i
boils gently. Water can't get NOR,
than boiling hot" And he node,
his head wisely. Nov, three tons o
coal at Ave dollars and a half cost
me siXteen-fifty. Four tons at MIN
dollars a ton costs you thirty-six dol
lars-more than double!"
But you know" interrupted Mrs
Brown, helplessly, Eve are behind OF
our coal bill, We have to pay some