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'''.., 1 4.A i eL'eltil.EP4— prOVeda very geed year i . for ,Mr.''',A'rehibald Lane.' ‘; Hid" business SteadilY i iarerised 'from tlie' fir'st•op.,Tantitt' - atiehigi profits were asiflife.•as 'they dir6Vel 4( libent: ' 'fleretofore;fbis, eipenses id t ' yeiit , 0 • ? closely side bY ; r sido wills' his fiiieoin'e; tis.'idleriVe' his:'iniiid oppressed iv;lflr 'Card,iind in some' doiiht .as to;ftiture• I:o66,es'il but during'lB±; ail' had .been.k, brisk* nittiteis or trii'de,' and So" easy in Matters or money; that "i f ins ' Mind !was nf . foimlYelicerfui, and' Soinetirnes elated.,.;,- ' Ho : - 0,1 that at last, het vrdOciitering'the ! Way to prosperity ;' away heblid So long been seeking earnbitly!tblfirid.:".' • As the year drew-towards its close, Mr. Lamie:exOcridnced4i feeling of self-satisfac ;ion '.unuori,tat such times. A ,doubt ns to Which . would overbalance the other, his • expenses or )iis profits, had usually made .the ; last week of the year one of great so. briar to Mr. Lane... In .18,-.--,, it was dill! ferent. , As: the year waned, ho, had none of the old feelings, for he was . well satisfi- ed that he would have several hundred I dollaro . .pnthe profit side of the account, abov and beyond all expenses, something' that had ,net occurred in former times.' ' . 1 : 4 `lll have 'made lielli ends meet, I will be, sat . t iofie4,": Was his . usual mental fleets ! I ration,: when he, proceeded to make lip his' .itccoluic, Cur the year.' It was different i , I now.., ”1(1:don't have, five or six hundred dol. jars over, 1 shall be much This' was the pleasant remark ofMr. Lane to himself, as he began the Work of aseer taining,flie result ofhis year's buSines— .o,cni4, out pretty much as he had ex voted. , There-was a balance in his . flivor j of.about..six hundred dollars, after a libel-- , .limhbeen . ,allowed for certain bad,- and, doubtful .aczetits,, ~..”.Thipgs, begin to look a little brighter,' Ar, Lane, as„ he sat alone with his N . Ow Year's eve. The. younger children W pre ifi Led, and the, tiro o ldest clatighter,..Kate and V.Milv; were out, • sp'auling the , everung with a friend. This paid after ,taking a. : cigar from his 11 19 1 4) MO: letting the'smOke curl lazily about ,hislheadi which was 'reclining on the back ' of cushioned reeking-chair. ,i./Jad,to hear y'au say repled 3.Vp: ; Lane, Ana she, spoke from her heart: Now Year's ,eve had not always been a cheerful:time.' ;, "I've been , i looking o . ye,r, my allirirS 4 #o..y,;7:ciiiitined the husband, "and fiiid pysalf better r Off : than, I. was at this time last year. byat least six hundred,dolla6?' (:)r- • and ) by 21. "ThaiLiencouraging." feel it so. I trust things are to be eas -- *ori, future, and' that, we will . get a.;lit -71. tleliefore-hand in the World. It N tulle ; eor I will scion .be in years, .atltl . 'les.s able ; to give active attention to bus-Mess.. " I'm pleased .on more. than one . ac count," _said Mrs. Lane, "to hair that, you gave' done, se well this year. l!i•e" been a itT good deal IvOrtied•te-day about a' bill that T Nut nOldea';wdeld, be half as large as it 1 was Sent" in this morning." • • '• "Whose bill is that?" asked Mr. Lane, with'an apparent change of fcclltig.. ;; ' ."21r..Mercer's bill for dry good's." "rdidnt - kno'w there - was a bill there." yes.. , iinoit't you remernlmrthat you told.lne• to . get : lv_hatever.the family want- Qd from ltim ?"1 .; : t , ,l i did'ntinean to run pp a Itill,though." ' It i waft .so, ;understood by me. . But ihAt Make' Stade, difeeteire,e. - If the money itild.becri paid doivn r the cash Would . 'not be "en hand . now." "•Hot roncli is the - bill?" : "I ' M Iriat"afraid'to'saY."' tiOfir . ' ' • ' Onehundred and 'thirty dollars."., "Nyhy; Anna ! Bless'iny heart ! How in the world'could you run up 'a, bill rilte that • . "I've bought 'very little for myself,"' - rs: ; , plied the rebuked wife, in a subdued and /choking voice. "Nearly ,all has been' ibi;363ititintrithe "A hundred and t thirty dollars ! Oh .dear! dear! delier-isitieulated Mr. Lane, thrbwirig his cigar into. the'grate r and . be ginning to rock himself violently. So muckOf my, si2t;:liundred;:dollars profit &tittered' to the Wi ,lroW t r }any; more eetni:4 •'~rluis'wu dbtvi~iriglit',eruc'l; and so Mrs. bowei,ei,„,pun rqti itim:' , ..for•the•• Itirigenerous 'remark with; tears, for she ; was not a woman diSpbied on all'oe,o4yOns to: give Iynyao -less.'Her '-None jkat, th2,wapte the family hayerrtg•eqtlikkilbei'liade." ' " II Bitif . viilie ' d Li'to l ' cash; 'Alf' Yoti,lrieW !January, wheni. e, ,elinO4t 'erriottered .~ e la, it will de vo doc- ' side.n. 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Modifying i his tome. t 4 . 4 13nt what. other bills aro there " There is a bill at Cheeseman7sfor:gro ceries." Its')htt‘eart't he much, for:,LhaVe bought Arlippst'evorything.in quantities," "No, I don't suppose it will amount to anything of Consequence." "Any other bills?" ':Np;;, hone, except the li►tclid' Gill." "" I tliOught yOU paid 'C6ol,l'l* bread?`' " WO: ,pcver diII that, Mr. 'Laue. The balter . r iL4Ves ps daily, markitig 'on his ttii 11Iy7Ptick thE. dinnber of loaves ;• 'and once in thee Or , six months sends 'Bic 'la ' whcd it is "'How long has his bill keit runidag ?" "Six months, I 'believe." , "And'tvill be forty or fi fty 'dollars." . " Not half of it," replied Mrs. Lane. " Well, what else is tl'ere P' " Nothing more, I believe." "I hope:not. here are about two hun dred dollars cut off' at a blow from thesup posed profits of the year. Confound these tillS! I wish there was no such thing as credit." Mr. Lane was, as a matter of course, unhappy from that moment. Ilad tins(' billP not existed, and the surpitrs of the year shott'h the pleasant aggregate of four hundred dollars, he would' have been quite as happy as wheh liq fifitired it up at six hundred. But, in imagination, he' bud been better off by two hundred dollars than the truth now discovered him to be, and the loss was felt as real. The remainder of the evening passed gloomily enough.- - - When Mr. Lane retired to bed, he Could nut sleep for 'thinking of the 'dry 'goods, grOeery, add* bread bills. While he thus lay ''awake, memory assisted him to the knowledge of two or three other little mat ters of the same kind. There was an .un settled tailor's bill that Might take tWenly five or thirty dollars to. balance ; and the boot-maker had something against Ten bushels of piotttti.ies'ata 'Three barrels of apples that he had ordered . sent hetine in October; verb yet to bo paid- for. , At least fifty 'dollars more of his ybar's profits vanished. MEM At last, Me. LaPc fa asleep, & dreunt ed all night of bills that canie ahnost in ) a slaikver around 'him.' ,On New; Year mor ning, he saiSilent'arid moody at the break fast-table, eating but little, and Idokin,(l no one in the face. All, were oppressed•by his state of mind, though none but 'his' Wile knew its nature and the cause from which it was produced: ' • . • , tIeWaS Orly - when ar c . Lap' Wentte place of business, en Pp nporaing of . the first of January ? , not: early; however, but that one or two pefsens, liad'preceded left behind them 'visible, tokens !of the filet. On his deSk . werecouph3 of scaled notes. He opened • them 'with a vague presentiment ofsomething diSagree able, and he was not disappointed. , The first contained a narrow slip of paper, lvid) a printed head; and certain written char acters and figures below, which plainly e nough expressed the fact that he was in debted ton certain dealer in groceries in , t he sum of seventy-six dollars. "Q, dear!" wfts thc f incutil, exclama tiett of pain bunt' followed the perusal of this bill. That a little piece of paper i thrqe -or four inches. wide six inclies 4 long, should have such power. over the,:feelings of a manl • , , The next billet was opened with. Honore, nervous Wine cif mind.: • -As be broke the seal and displaced the, envelopc,,ttnelher narrow piece of paper, folded over. Own the : ends, in. three' Seftieee,'' drOited "Pei' the clet4c, ; It,,lyasitheyhread„for,i;six mOrittis, land :Called. for forty-four •• "Is it poSsible? Too badl:too.:bad! , too. had 1 ,I itadata:idet