The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-04-10


Aesseed ularose. vith tears n her
eyss. s~kod him k,v he felt: anA ifha
t6oueht II aem ~ hrokeaf
aye. miseyonp. I tRank NV am Il
broke"
II au tu1y sesry YEA IL hun, poor
Morris" ED H.. "a solksse tones Of
true leslins.
"Thaaky, mlstsess,s = said de srats.
ful slave: "sud n I wa On my dyine
bed, I would cay ihave the best mis-
treas end mastsr In tie worid.s
Whit shs was talking 70 Morris,
her husband and Dr.. Taylor entered.
"Iieixh! boy, hurs much9' said be
e1amine bic arm. All I zee, Har.
court how is 3; - b nakins . great
fuss about Q ,nssU sothing; only q
small bons broken. which I caa coon
put to rights"
"lndeed, I am Glad to hear Il.
feared from the ssassins paia he seem.
ed to BE- in--ss IL vseihsr y some.
what warm-that bic arm would pro.
baby have to b smputated."
"Pshaw! hs wss worse scared than
hurt" said the Doeter, - be procee.
ded to bind up ths broken member
After be had completed the operation,
they Joined the Ladies, who had LEFT
the cabin . the Doctor came in.
I had % well give q portrait Of the
Doctor here. - hs Il somewhat con.
nected with the remainder Of this ste-
ry. He was about ave feet, four In.
ches tall; neat slender figure; always
dressed in black in winter, and white
in summer. - neat q ifhe had just
emerged from the bandboy: his hair,
which be always kept well CLOSED
with highly perfamsd bears grease,
eurled In short esispy black eurls
around bic head. His nose was
smartly aquiline; his forehead broad,
but rather low: and q large, honest
looking mouth, which, when he laugh.
ed. displayed two beautiful rows Of
the whitest teeth you ever saw; eyes
q brilliant erey. overhung by full black
rather shaggy brow; but they did not,
as il otten he case, give him Q stern
look-far from it; be had rather 4 90.
cisble looking face. Ofcourse he was
intell ectuai; and Q well read Physician;
they are all that. Who ever saw one
who was not 1t least, in his own opin.
ion, something Of a superior orderf
The worthy Doctor remained con.
yersing with the younR ladies, as long
a. politeness would allow, and left
with very evident reluctance. The
fact is, he was something over thirty,
and having accumulated n pretty
handsome property. and owning a
beautiful residence in town. had come
to the wise conclusion IN the last wear
or twu, ~ greece his horne viii. sho
sunshine Of some pretty face. He
cared not il she were poor, 20 she
possessed beauty ofmind and person.
Up to this time he had found no ono to
suit his fastidious taste; or, what is
more probable, those he fancicd hap.
pened not to fancy him. At any rate,
his heart was in the right place now,
but no telling how long, for one Of hi.
little foibles. He was very suscept.
bic, and was always going into costa.
cies over some pretty face; and, to
have heard him talk, you would think
he was Just about to lead some fair
lady to the Altar. On this particular
night, a. hs proceeded up Maine
street, he thus thought
"rli be hanged Il they are not nice
girls; and that tall one has Q form and
air like q very Juno. ! have almost
fallen in love with her already. !
didn't think when I saw her, q little
curly head chap, ! should be . single
man now. Well, ! don't think look
so old; nv hair il as blac. - hers
The Oldest will suit me best; she IL q
sweet cair girl, with dove. like speak.
ing ewes. which seem to say to eye-y
bodv--do love me. No doubt she will
rn.Es the hest wife: more tractable
than the other. she 10 too proud, I
think. TO make . submissive wife"
As he was thus thinking, with eyes
gazing on the starry armament, his
fancy visions were suddenly dashed to
the 9round bv an unexpected collision