American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-07-27

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i sorry she is an heiress.'
Sorry that she is an heiress Well, now,
that is odd =
Not SO odd as you may think. But per-
haps 1 have already said too much
NO. Go on, old fellow. We were chums
at college, haye been fast friends ever since,
and it would be queer if l couldn't take a
little advice from you, even if it was un-
pleasant
1t is not exactly advice. But have you
ever thought, Harry, what marrying an
heiress really means p
TO be sure, I<have. 1t means being the
envy of all the other fellows. having a SPLEEN
did wedding, with dots of tin in prospect
! some day.
prospect some day. that does all the mis-
chief
How soy
Il will tell you. Take two girls, one
brought up as an heiress, and one with little
or no expectations. Of course, l suppose
that both are equally well bred and sensible.
/ The latter has been accustomed to help her
self; to assist in household duties, and to
weigh well every cent she spends. Such a
girl, when married, is help to a husband,
instead of being tax on him. She has no
absurd ideas of position to keep up. If she
has taste, she will look as well in chintz as
other do in silks. She will get up an enter
tainment, and you will be astonished how lit
tie 1T costs. Her servants will stay with her
for years, because she is just to them, and
not exacting. Everything in her house will
be neat and orderly, for she will overlook
every thing herself With such wife, a
man live on two-thirds of what he would
otherwise spend, and from these savings
alone be will grow comparatively well off in
time
Il know who sat for that picture, old fell
low. But Anna certainly IS treasure. Now
fire away at my Mary
1T is not of Miss Townsend, individually,
! shall speak it is of this class
'Well, go ahead no need for apologies
"a girl, brought up with the notion that
she IS to be rich must be almost more than
mortal not to imbibe notions Of her own i'm
portance. She has plenty of servants about
her. She never learns the value Of money.
What are luXuries to Others become through
long use, only necessaries to her. How is it
possible she should escape being selfish p
The worst Of it is, she is not conscious OF
this selfshness, and when married, if not
petted excessively, thinks herself neglected.
you don't fiatter.'
Look at the money question also. She is
one Of several children, and though her father
is rich, his fortune, when divided among them
all. will not be sufficient Of itself to keep her
and her husband in style, which she has been
accustomed to live
But her husband will have some income
and her fortune, when it comes, viii helf
that OUT
| There IS nothing like figures. Let re
put Suppose the father is worth a
hundred Thousand dollars, and has Eve chill
iress, which makes that portion of each TWEEN
ty thousand dollars
very WELL
Now when girl, with twenty thousand
III expectancy marries, she spends, generally
thousand a year more than if she had nc
fortune in prospect. If twenty years elapse
before her portion falls to her, the whole o.
it has been spent before it arrives, and TWEEN.
ty years is not, in the average, an excessive
time to have to wait. But, count, the TWEEN
Ity thousand and will have been expended
long before
But, you don't mean to say that we viii
spend thousand year more than you and
Annie p
Il don't mean to make any personal APP
plcation of my remarks, Harry. That
leave to YOURSELF
IF | wasn't the best natured fellow in th-
world, should get angry. But | know it
all nonsense, what you've been saying. Yol
only wish to croak little; you always woul,
croak, you know
The two friends married about the sam
time. Both moved into the same block, ant
paid the same amount If rent, and SCENE.
to start in life almost exactly alike. 1t wa
not long, however, before Courtney's pre-
, dictions began TO be realized. Mrs. Vernol
soon found that she could not do without Al
extra servant. Then she rarely went int
the kitchen, never having been taught any
thing about cooking. This made her tabl
cost more than Mrs. Courtney's. She had
false notiep, only too common, that drudger.
was not iady-Iike, and hence neglected
proper supervision of her house. Her IN
married sisters were very gay and, wer
constantly giving parties, and she could no
but give them, and Others, parties in return
At the end Of the year, when Vernon cas-
up his accounts, he found that bis expense
had greatly exceeded his expectations. II
thought ruefuily of what Courtney lad toll
E him and resolved to do better next year. Blu
the next year passed and things were eve
/ worse. Increased expenses had come, whic
were unavoidable. He was young Iawye
: and young lawyers are proverbially slow ]
]. getting practice; and he began to look foi