The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-08
She's Rich"

she's rich "
you must be mis.aken-she always
dresses so plainly. She would certainly
make more show if she were really rich
How do you know wr
l have been intimately acquainted with
her family from iufancy.'
, We'll who would ever take her TO he
reh! She goes to church in plain mer,.
no, and neither wears jeweIrv nor orino
''he DO you know how much she is
worth
NO, not exactly, Thomas but I know
she IS worth enough to be prize to any
OF You young fortune hunters, if Won were
worthy Of hers p
DO you suppose she is WORT. twenty
'More,:T
Fifty thousand 2
More than that
Yes, more than a miliion-thers is no
estimating her worth
Are you IN earnest Uncle John 2
Surely am
Uncle John, will you forgive me for
speaking so slightly of her. really be.
GIN TO think She is beautiful. Sha INNS.
be mine VIII Won assist
Stop stop. She will never be YOURS
why "ucIe, is she engaged? III
fight for her "
Don't take on 50. She is not engaged
that know Of; but she would not marry
you, II You had Millions
why, Uucle!
'lo be plain with you, Thomas, she LAS
too much sense. She Knows Won intend
to marry fortune, and she knows that
YOU are in the habit Of speaking lightly.
Il not contemptuoISly, Of virtue and reii
gion.'
But III amend and join the church.
NO, no; save yoHrself that trouble. il
you have no higher motive. You would
not succeed. Lest | NAV slightly deceive
you. Thomas, | will tell you partly in
what her wealth consists
DO, uncle; | am curious to know, il
she can't be mine
We'll, then, in the first place she has
health. That Of itself were fortune, in
this age Of grunting, pale, snuff dipping
wives, You make fun at ruddy cheeks,
you'll know better, by and by.
In the second. she is Ingenious, indus.
trlouS aud frugal. Here is another for
tune, for any worthy young man, rich or
poor. She Enows all about kitchen and
household matters, and is not too proud
to work. Gou are after a fortune, with
spending machine attached. She is the
fortune and its ornament
In the third place, she is intelligent
, and reiined-well educated in the best
rudIments OF our literature, eschews nov
els and all the Frenchv trash OF the dav,
reads her Bible, attends Sunday School
as a teacher and pupil. Is that enough &?
WIZ you not give it mp that she is rich
indeedY
Yes; but | thought she was rich in
money, or something estimated by dol
lars and cenlsr
We'll, estimate her worth in dollars
and cents, If you please and tell me the
sum-
i don't know that ! cam
No; see your order is quite abated,
since there is no money in her patrimonv
| But have not told YOU al, vet, nor the
most material item in this young Iady's
fortune. She is amiahle and sweet tenn
pered. This many poor man 10 the land
would think another great fortune, if be
! only had a morsel o. bread with it,
We'll. uncle, that is the extent Of this
strange fortune which
! No; the most material item, one which
gives special value and beauty to si
her possessions, is the pearl Of great price
That is guaranty of the genuineness and
safety Of everything else. That will cast
its Iustre upon hor own pathway, ant
that Of those around her, as long as she
lives