Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-07
THE BULLETIN DAILY STORY
SAME OLD STORY.


 Young Murchison sat at one side Of the library table looking grave. Young Mrs. Murchison sat at the other side of the table with the suggestion of a bout on her pretty face and between them lay the family account book. several sheets of paper covered with figures and the pencil Murchison had just laid down.
 Mildred" he said solemnly, "we might just as well look the facts in the face.''
 "Oh. whats the use,' she asked, 'swhen the facts are so disagreeable Let's talk about the New Years eve party"
 But. my dear child,'' began Murchi- son. firmly, "here we are at the be- ginning of new year. protested his wife. ''Pm just as old as you are-nearly," she added, hastily.
 Here we are at the beginning of a new year. repeated her husband, and by $ls0 as we had last New Years
 Well, if we haven't, we haven! Mrs. Murchison said lightly, and 1 don't see how we are going to get it back by paving over a lot of silly old figures"
 That isn't the idea,'' pursued Mur- chison, gently. I'm not worrying be- cause it's gone I'm simply trying to point out to you that we could do bet ter next year.
 Mrs Murchison faced about brightly and clasped her hands on the table. "All right!'' she exclaimed. What are we going to do"
 That's the girI' said her husband encouragingly, batting the folded hands. We've got to cut down our expenses next year"
 Mrs. Murchison. T simply can't go into a cheaper fiat. I've got all my electric cooking things fixed and all that"
 Murchison; there are other things we can drop. Let's begin by cutting out this New Years eve business down. town
 Mildred sat up straight and stared at him.
 sfWhy, Billyl" she exclaimed, Eve cant do that! We promised those peo- pie to go and they've got our seats re- We'll have to go.''
 Nothing of the sort!" rerorted Mur- chison. Don't worry about the seats. They'll get somebody else to take our places without any trouble. If we go down there it will simply mean spend ing s20 or $25 on supper and drinks and wine and tips for a lot of people we see about four times a year. Now whats the use of that? If we're going to economize, we must begin by cut tint; out the 1uxuries"
 well Will Murchisoni If you call the ordinary social occasions of our position-meeting our frinels and ex- changing greetings-f you call these 1uxuries,' we might as well move into a cheap tenement some place and hide away from everybody. Let me tell you that if you don't go to that party New Years eve I'll go without you and I'll just tell them all that you stayed at home to save the moneyi"
 Mrs. Murchison pretended herewith to read magazine.
 "Oh, very we'll" he said. humbly, "if you're set on going, I suppose we can postpone the economizing until the new year really starts"
 Mrs. Murchison was inctantly molli- fled. That's a dear boy" she said, ''and now we'll find some better way to save money. What else can you think of?"
 well, had been thinking" began Murchison rather timid1y, that it will be rather a needless expense for you to go down to St. Louis to visit your mother next spring"
 Well. of all things!' his wife burst out. "If that isn't just like g. man! Of course, if we must economize, it's got to be on some little thing I want to do. Naturally My lord mustn't give up anythingi He can keep right on smoking 25-cent cigars and-and ev- erything, while I can't even run down I had ever thought you were going to develop into a stingy old-old grouch," she walled. T would never have mar ried youi"
 AuECnlSOn SlOWlyz SdIASIeQ up I1S papers and the account book while Mildred buried her face on her arm and wepts copiously. Then he walked around and put a consoling hand on the heaving shoulders.
 Never mind. dear.'' he said, its all right. Don't cry. Wen go right along and spend the money in the same old way next year and if we have to go to the poorhouse we'll go in an automo- bile."-Chicago News.