The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-06-05
TheE1eadof
The House
Q, LOUISE 3. CUMMINGS

In AOO0~
B, LOUISE 3. CUMMINGS
'susis," said Tom Anterior in q ~
rious tons Of. voice. "I've been doing .
fob Of thinking on our future"
r"Why, Tom. what have you been
thinking about3"
"Hell, when we're married there's
got to be q head to our partnership.
There's always q head to every busi-
ness nrm."
"Do tsur'
'"Now, what's marriage but q CO
partnership Thersll be- you and I.
and some day. ~
you'll b manager. Of course"
"What . sensible girl you are! Do
you know what 6rst attracted me 10
you3 It was your good sense. You
catch on to anything 10 quick. Well
be just a. happy ~ two doves. won't
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And he drew her to him and gave
her . couple Of dozen prematrimonial
kisses. He IL content with n now.
and sometimes when he's thinking on
other matters even that 10 perfume
tory.
Toms salary was not large. and the
couple had no income except what he
earned. The husband had not been an
expert on economy, but the wife was
a good manager. It'll just turn over
to you" he said. my salary check
each week. and you do all the plan
ming. 1 shall need very little for my
personal expenses. and l a take that
as l want 1t. That's the way they do
in business. One man attends to get
ting the business, another to doing it,
while a third looks out for the
finances"
1.-THE finance nan Of the company.
isn't he?"
"Well. yes. usually"
TN q a 8 you make the income
on which we live, and l attend to its
expenditure. In other words, you are
head of the firm. and I'm the Junior
partner"
II suppose that's the way to look at
it."
So Tom turned over the checks each
Saturday night to his wife. and, since
she was a splendid manager, all went
very well. There we're no outstand-
ing bills. nothing absolutely needful
that was not forthcoming. while a per.
centage of each weeks salary was put
away regularly for emergencies. such
as Doctors bills, and another amount
for a nest egg.
my DEAR" said the happy husband
when l run a big business Ill want
you for my financial manager. l. could
make money in any enterprise with
| you to handle the cash."
"And isn't it nice.' replied the wife,
that you can feel that you're the head
|saf the hOuse?"
"IIl admit" said Tom thoughtfully,
that It is. No man likes to feel that
he must be obedient to a woman"
1t was a few days after this remark
that Tom needed a pair Of gloves.
Susie told him to go to her box, where
| she kept the household moneys. and
get what he needed. There was moth.
ing smaller than q five dollar bill. He
took it. expecting to return the change.
Unfortunately. during the day an old
chum that he hadn't seen for years
came in to see, him. Tom took him out
to lunch and when he went home re.
turned s. to the cash box instead Of
81. The result was that when Tom
gave his wife the marital kiss she
smelled beer. She said nothing, but
after he had deposited the balance of
the cash she went to the drawer and
found 1t q dollar short.
'Tom." she said. "how much did you
take from the box this morning"
"A over. There was nothing small,
err" u ''
GLOW much did your gloves costa"
"a dollar"
.'That leaves "a to go back. Have
you put It all tnY"
"All. except a dollar"
"What became Of that1"
"Well. you see Pete Hathaway came
to town today. and !. took him out to
lunch With me-"
The look on Mrs. Atherton's face
was lowering. but she said nothing.
There was q silent dinner between
them, after which Tom said:
"susie, I wish you'd get that look
on 1your face. It's all because I spent
q dollar today-a miserable. single dol
lar-and that entertaining an old friend
I haven't seen for several years"
who authorized you to spend a
dollar; for such a purp0se?"
"Who authorized me? Am I account.
Iable3to you for the money I spendr.
.'I. thought I was to be the financial
member Of our firm." y
$50 you are. 20 You are. but Am I
not the head Of the concern?'
"Of course You are! But that dol
lar you spent today I intended for an.
other purpose"
Whist Ipnrposef'' y.
II had just enough with It to buy
our Sunday provisions Now we'll
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