The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-26

cigars . week there's = dollar gone!
Doe Y.i re carry s9nes"
-4And he does6st need ONE any more
than dog needs his hind legs! Does
Sundays?''
Always a quarter
And clear waste of fifteen cents
each time for year,. No wonder peo-
pie are shaking their heads when they
mention You. II George wants q pair
OF gloves suppose he goes and buys
them without talking it over with
your
"The first know about it il when
he brings the gloves home"
II thought SOL thought so! If you
can't get George to put the money into
your hands. I see the finish Of this
family In q about q year,
When the subject was changed the
wife found herself thinking it would
be very nice to handle the money. but
was almost sure the husband would not
consent. but he came home with sur
prise for her. It happened he had
heard that Aunt Prue was at the house
that afternoon, and knowing her ideas
on finance he suspected that she might
seek to impress them upon his wife.
Therefore he had his little plan all
ready.
kitty, I've been thinking things
over today"
What things?"
Don't you think you could make my
salary go farther than I do?"
Yes. 1 do, but"
Then I'll turn it over to you for the
next three months
"You are SO good, George
You can run the house and every
thing"
why. I surely thought you would
object"
"But you see I don't. I have saved
$50 in the last six months. though
was keeping it secret. I guess, how
ever. you can beat my record and not
try very hard."s.
II shall surprise you, dearest"
She surprised him all right. As
there were only two of them, he had
been buying porterhouse steak. For
dinner they now had a round, and
seeing that she was a tenderfoot the
butcher had charged her the same
price. The grocer weighed her sugar
and butter short. and there was q
skimping of potatoes. In two weeks.
however, the wife had managed to
save $14, and then Aunt Prue came
again.
you don't want to put your money
in the bank" said the old lady. "You
send for one of those secondhand
sewing machines that are advertised
as good as new. You can surely save
"A man called at the house yester-
day with stock in a silver mine to sell.
1t is stock to be sold only to minis
tiers and widows, but after some coax
ing, and after promising never to tell.
he left me have fifty dollars worth
of stock for SIS. 1t will pay dividends
of so per cent"
But I shan't have any money after
paying for the sewing machine" said
the niece.
But I'll buy the stock for you now,
and in two weeks you can pay me for
it. Never miss a good thing if you
can help it. I would not say anything
to George about it il 1 were you"
The sewing machine came and was
held at Aunt Prue's house. The sill
Yer stock came. and some more was
promised. The money making fever
seized the wife. She cut her grocery
bills down another notch, and it made
her sigh to given up the rent each
month. She had learned how to spec
ulate, and without word to Aunt
Prue she invested in two seashore lots
During the last, month of the three
the husband looked SO starved and
anxious that the wife expected to hear
him say any day that he must turn
to barks and roots to get enough to
I'LL up on. but he carried the thing
through like patriot
Three days before her record was
to be compared. Aunt Prue put her