58 TRUE RICHES; OR,

 

“The salary will be only four hundred dollars a

ear.” |

“‘T shall expect no more from you.”

“But can you live on that sum now? Remem-
ber, that you have been receiving five hundred dol-
lars, and that your wants have been graduated by
your rate of income. Let me ask—have you saved
any thing since you were married 2”

‘* Nothing.”

“So much the worse. You will find it difficult
to fall back upon a reduced salary. How far can
you rely on your wife’s co-operation ?”

‘To the fullest extent. Ihave already suggested
to her the change, and she desires, above all things,
that I make it.”

“Does she understand the ground of this pro-
posed change?” asked Mr. Melleville. *

** Clearly.” |

‘‘ And is willing to meet privation—to step down
into even a humbler sphere, so that her husband be
removed from the tempting influence of the god of
this world ?”

“She is, Mr. Melleville. Ah! I only wish that
I could look upon life as she does. That I could
see as clearly—that I could gather, as she is ga-
thering them in her daily walk, the riches that have
no wings.”

‘‘ Thank God for such a treasure, Edward! She
is worth more than the wealth of the Indies. With
such an angel to walk by your side, you need feel
no evil.”

“You will give me a situation, then, Mr. Melle-
ville?” —