Year: 1872




my months wages to quite pay this bill
so | shall be utterly unable to enter upon
the cash principle at present"


"There need be no difficulty in that
direction" said Hattie. 81 have not
spent quite all my little capital. / had
already fixed it for bit of nest egg
and / don't know as it could be put to a
better use than the laying of founda'
lion for cash payments. AT any rate,
George, let US try it for while"


George kissed his wife. and said she
was a blessing; and he promised that he
would follow her advice in the future.
lie took the money which she had to give
aud held it as loan, which he was to
return at the earliest possible moment
and he felt an ambition, too, to see how
speedily he could do it


And on Monday morning the new rule
Of life went into operation. George paid
Mr.. Skidd's bill, and told him that
hereafter he should pay cash for every
thing he bought. The store-keeper pooh.
pooh'd, and said there was no need of it.


Bless you my boy, had as lief trust
You as moi"


g. do not doubt it, Mr.. SKidd; but !
prefer not TO be trusted. | would rather
consume my own groceries than to con-
sumo yours. A i'll is an evil at best,
and / don't choose TO have evils growing
on my hands if | can help it."


Mr.. Skidd saw very plainly that his
customers vision was clear, and he said
no more.


On the evening of that very Monday,
Mr.. Skidd exhibited to George some ex-
ira nice preserves, and the young man s
first impulse was to order pot of them
but the taking out of his wallet, and the
breaking of FIVE dollar bill, was pal
patable reminder; and he concluded he
could get along without them. Said he
to himself,


"These seemingly trivial sums, if
save them, will, at the end of the month,
add up as greatly in my favor as they
have heretofore added up against me.


And he found it SO. And he found
one thing more in his favor from cash
payments which he had not particularly
counted upon. As he had the money IL
hand to pay for the articles which he
had planned to purchase, he could buy il
where he could get it best and cheapest
Traders are not willing to lose cash Gus
toners; and they do only the fair ant
honest thing when they sell to such {
customer cheaper than they sell to 9th
ers. Not only is the interest of the mon
ey on account an important item in ths
aggregate of many accounts, but tn,
keeping of that account in day book ant
ledger is an expense. George very soor
learned all this; and he found that ever
Mr.. Skidd sold to him during thi
month of cash payments cheaper than h,
had sold during the previous month.


And as the months rolled on, Georg,
Brown opened no more accounts will
traders. He found that in paying casI
he was constantly reminded of the valu
of each separate sum as he counted
out, aud was hence not likely to purchas
what he did not need. And then he ha,
goal ahead which he had determine,
to reach as speedily as possible; and b.
his system of cash payments he could es
innate at the close of every day the gail
he was making toward the desired end
In two months he paid what he had boz
rowed of his wife, and she put it into tn
common fund and in FIVE years his hom
was his own, and he owed no man any
thing but love and good wilI.-Ledger.