The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-12-22

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pretty thing, NHt saI 4 Fffilg
h9asr Il 4 pretty Thing lHl hang N
ohe muf hags 4 lllilt n llkH
Mafk Nefitieh a,sal N hla desk
giving lpsi IRA n hIi tmts. whlie
lleH sanfrd me- fsguish Me- mar
" lhe MhN singing the llen ~
NJ llrns, Wa ihua afplns m him me-
elalfna n . pfeIetled f,ofle ihat sven
Ing Nov len. sas tseei#Iy ihe
messenger iof snoh IN emlnasy there
.hs fpn N The iwihhle N his hlut
eyea, and wofld n waueey In ihe
turn n hi' head, and IN = paif N
fupnlsh dlmples that went merrily
kelglnr IN and om ~ his checks
every time he sI~ke. and hc had laid
hold n Mafkf arm ~ drag him
away,
lIut Mark shook IN HE hand, and
finished summing ~ a column n
figures put the blOlier into the hook
aud The book Into the place. wilpl
he pcn--all with an air II great
thoughtlllncss and, NJ last, turning
TO ben. said, ~ think ! won't 20 this
time"
"Now, why not2" said Ben, 20.
gefly.
"Bccausc bccausc2' said Mark
smiling; "bccausc ! have an old fancy
that ! should like Mrs. McridcnI.
company better this evening"
"llang Mrs. Mcridcn-beg par.
don, Mark--hang myself for saying
so--but one don't like TO see a I'm,
fellow buried alivel--come, take 1
real wake up with u.s.
"Thank you, lIen., but | haven
been asleep and don't need Il. So
will go home and see my wife," an,
thereat Mark turned resolute foot
step homeward, as a well trained
husband ought.
"Now," says one Of our readers
"who was Mark Meridenp Yo,
would not have asked, good reader
if you had lived in the town Of
where his name appeared on the out
side Of one of the most fashionabl
shops. Everything in the tasteft
establishment told Of well arrange
business, and in every article of COS
tune, quick, attentive, polite wa
every day to be seen there, winnin
golden opinions from all sorts {
people" Marks shop, became th
] resort Of a high tone of beauty an
t wealth, who came there to be Ell
{ lightened as to the ways and NEAR
of disposing of their surplus revent
I Ito see and to be seen.
s So attentive, polite and considera
e was Mark, SO profound his bows,
o bright his eyes, so unexceptionab
{ his whiskers, that it might ha,
( proved a dangerous resort for d
!. ladies, had not a neat tasteful hous
I going up in the neighborhood, bee
: reported as the future residence of O
b already elected Mrs. Meriden; ar
/ in few months, the house neat
: finished and tastefully furnishe
a received a very pretty lady wi
r called herself to that effect. She W
Il as truly refined and lovely a womi
/ as ever formed the center flower in
y domestic boquet, and Mark mig
d Justly be pardoned for having as go,
o again an opinion of himself for ha
n ing been fortunate enough to secu
n her.
n Mark had an extensive circle
business and pleasure acquaintanc
0. for he had been one of the soci
j: companionable sort, whose mon
10 generally found its way out Of J
'r pocket, in very fair proportion to I
lie rate it came in.
le In short, he was given to clul
a. oyster suppers, and now and ther
20 wine party, and various other SOC
privileges for elevating ones spir
and depressing ones cash, Il
ID abound among enlightened comm
Ii mites.
a But nevertheless, at the bottom
ny Marks head, there was a very 81
'e, stantial stratum of a certain quail
ee called common sense, n trait wbi'
y though it was never set down in a
OF chart of phrenology, may very jus
he be called a faculty, and one, :
y, which makes a very striking diff
d, ence among men as the world &c
mt In consequence of being thus conf
nd tuted, Mark, when he found him;
Ter in love with, and engaged to a VI
'e. pretty girl, began to reflect with m
ed than ordinary seriousness on his h
IT, its, ways and manners Of life.
its also took an accurate survey Of
er, business, formed an average estim
&c, of his future income on the sober
're probabilities, and determined to ]
las little even with that. lie also ?
lrs vided himself with a small aeco
me book, with which he intended to J
er- in habits Of very close acquaintar
in and in this book he designed to n
en-. down all savings consequent u
'ep the retrenching Of certain little
ell tras, before alluded to, in which
m had been in the habit Of pretty FRI
he indulging himself.
she Upon the present occasion, II
in cost him something of an effort
say "no," for Mark was one Of
easy "fellows," to whom the enun'
on ton Of this little syllable causes
en- much trouble as all the gutterals
led the German. However, when
ial- came in sight Of bis parlor windc
Did through which o bright FIRE
sh- shining, when he entered and 70
hee the clean glowing hearth, the ,
IL chair drawn up in front, and a
rye of embroidered slippers waiting