butter " 25 " 3 1/8 " 1/2 " bacon " 25 " 12 1/2 " 1/16 pk.

potatoes at 60 cts.

per bush 15/16 " 1/2 pt.

hominy at 6 cts 3 " -- ------ 27 1/16 1/3 of total 09 1/48 cts.
To 1/3 one breakfast, July 12th (same as above, with exception of eggs instead of bacon, and with hominy omitted), -- ------ 24 1/6 1/3 total 08 1/48 " To rent of one room and furniture, for one night, in furnished house of fifteen rooms at $6.00 per week for whole house 05 3/8 " -- ---------- Amount due 22 17/24 cts.
The worthy artist burst out laughing when he read this bill, and so did I.
"You needn't laugh," said Euphemia, reddening a little.

"That is exactly what your entertainment cost, and we do not intend to take a cent more.
We get things here in such small quantities that I can tell quite easily what a meal costs us, and I have calculated that bill very carefully." "So I should think, madam," said the artist, "but it is not quite right.
You have charged nothing for your trouble and services." "No," said my wife, "for I took no additional trouble to get your meals.
What I did, I should have done if you had not come.