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sue IePciteu tue iaea oi theif purchase as t6u extravagant, she finally began ,o regard i, with less aversion. One day, however. her husband came home

 'My dear,' he sand, Il saw a sci of mahog. any chairs to-day at auction, and they sold very cheap, beiug hid otf for less than four dollars piece. almos. wished that you had been there, for if you had liked them we could have got them. btFgain.'

 What pilyn said his wife, heaving pro- found sigh.

 F m that day inc desire of possessing a SCI of mahogany chairs became an engross- ing oue with Mrs Howard Four dollars n piece was so very cheap If she conld only ohialn such a bargain! She attended all tue sales, and visited all the auction rooms, and al last found sai to suithcr On the day of sale she was there punc.naIly; bat another person seemed equally auNssds ic have the chairs. and SO Mrs. Howard was forced to pay five dollars piece!

 IL Is li,tie more than we thought of pay ing she said But they were very had soiue, and such bargain Several were quite disappointed when they came and found the chairs sold, am sure could have sold the purchase at profit, But don't regret the cost bit since they look so hcan;ful.'

 Harry. as the reader may have guessed, was an easy. good na,urcd husband. and will lingly yielded to his wife's opinions. IL he iels any misgivings at ihis depae;uFe from economy, they soon vanished like his wiie's. .,a-.

 Tue chairs were scarcely arranged n the parlor, before some visitors suggested how much new sofas would improve the rooms; and so finally new sofas were bough After this came mirrors and then pictures, for each new acquisition only made Mrs. Howard eager for more.

 The love O! display now became ruling passion with her. Hitherto she had been very well conieuied with her ola associates. who were people In her own -ank of life; but now, with the increased elegance of her house, she aspired after more fashionable ac- Gualntanees. Visiting a, their dwellings she saw furniture more elegant than hers, and to rival them was continually adding some new article 10 her rooms, so that al length her parlors, once so plainly furnished, blazed with candelahTas. mirrors, sofa tables, and gilded vases, in ,he mos, fashionable style

 Two years after the purchase of the new carpet. you would have scarcely known Iiarry'S house His own habits. and those oi his wife had changed also. Formerly his evenings lad been spent at hone. or m a sea- sonable visit to a neighbor. where there was neither ceremony nor expense; but now he and hls wife were nearly always abroad at some gay party, and when they remained at home II was to entertain a circle Of friends with considerable display The Towards had got quite out of ttie sphere they were brought up in. They had become involved la round of visiting, entertainments and balls. Every evening iitIie perty was pro- Jeeted al their house or another, or else seats were taken To the theatre for the whole com pany. Display and oxlravagance had alto geiher supplarted that love of oTder and economy which had once been the charac- teristlc oi both Harry and his wife

 It was mt without many q inIsgivings that the young couple continued this new career they had begun; bat the truth Is. habits of expense are more easily acquired than got rid eff; and iheir new friends were so ciarm- ing. or so fashionable, and their own vanity was secretly so much pleased with the notice taken of them, that both Harry and his wife found iheir fears daily less troublesome, aatl gave themselves up with more and more zesi 10 the pleasures of their new mode oi life.

 Among the warmes. friends Harry posses sed was MT Harvey, an old gentleman who had grown iich in a sma,lbusiness by slow economy. On Ilarry's stsr,ing out in life, NIT. Harvey had been active iu assisting him, not only with his experietce, but with his purse. Latierly however, inc intimacy be- tween the old gentleman aad his protegc had declined, not from the faul, of the former, however. But Mr. Harvey had veaturel some approximations with Harry on his new mode of life, which had no, been taken in good part.

 One day however, Harry came into NIT Iiarvey's store with an anxious brow. and in embarrassment asked for the loan of a thousand dollars

 T have nothing tn Iend,' said ,he'old man, wilh a shake of the hand. 'These are threatening times, and every man must look put for himselC.'

 Harry coIored and turned on his heel- When he had gone, the old gen.leman's i, wife who happened to be in the store RI the ! me, said,

 My dear, l thought you lad plenty of honey. am sure l saw you send two thousand dollars 10 bank since came in' {

 50 did,' replied her husband. Nor dn . say ] had so money, only refused 10 lend. . And Harry understood me too. lt must nave gailed proud nature ike his 10 ask me or loan, and !, galled hm sliIl more 10 nave refusal. Bu, could moi help ii. He 5 Tn full career 10 ruin, nor can assistance ave him. He would not take my advice

 'You astonish me' Harry on the brink 'f ruin thought him m excellent busi. . less.'

 So he is-so he Is. But his business . ant stand the wa he had been living these wo years past Unai now, though dfead- ! ully behind hand, he's managed to keep .is head above the water; bH, money is get