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

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excused W. added. heiunmstancf.
considered female Influence ha
we'll, Iisa hne antif. ihia marriage
"lietief ny u, Mf Sanford aaid
9 bright uucy gifl, Win, with hef
laughing companions, vac standing
by while llcn was speaking
"Ah, mndhmc the whetreilhal' "
mid Hen, rolling np his eyes with
tragic expression. "lf some clever
old fellow would bo ~ obliging m To
die nov, and leave me a few thous
ands -then, ladies sou would sec"
"lIut, speaking Of money!" aaid
Mark when he mw the ladies busy
over some laccs be- had just thrown
On the counter, "what did your 'glo-
rious fun cost your
"Phoohl nothing only n ten
dollar nothing in my purse,
you know"
Nothing In your pursc2"- m
uncommon incident alter these Occa-
sions," said Mark laughing
ooh, hang II ALI" said Ben, "too
truel can get no remedy for this
consumption of the purse, as old
Flagstaff says; however, the world
owes me living, and so good even
ing"
Ben. Sanford was just one of that
class of young men Of whom COM
mon report goes, that they can dc
anything they please, and who con.
slider this point as so well established
that they do not think il necessary tc
illustrate il by doing anything at all
He was a lawyer of talent, and woulC
have had an extensive run Of busi
meas had he not been one of the clas
of people never TO. be found wheI
wanted. His law books aud Law
Office saw far less of him than Ger
; tain fashionable places of resort
!. where his handsome person and va
rious social accomplishments Away
, secured to him welcome reception
Ben. had some little property lief
: him by his father-just enough, as h
used laughingly to quote, to "keel
him in gloves and cologne water,
and for the rest he seemed vastl
G contented with his old maxim, 18th
0 world owes me a living" forgettin
e that the world can sometimes prov
G as poor q paymaster as the mo:
c fashionable young gentleman going
}, But to return to Mark. When h
. had settled his accounts at night, h
! took from a pigeon hole in his desl
the little book aforenamed, and en-
Y tered as follows: "To one real wax
!, up, sl0," which being done, h
o locked his desk, and returned one
s more TO Mrs. Meriden.
= Days flew on, and the shop {
:. Mark became exceeding popular, an
= still from time to time he was al
= sailed by the kind of temptation "
:. have described. Now it was: "Marl
g my dear fellow, do join us in a tri
e to G-'s;" and now, "come, my ol
y = boy, let us have a spree at F-'s
= now il was the club, now an oyst,
:, supper; but Mark was invincible, an
2 as one and another gaily recountc
. . the history Of the scene, he silentl
'' committed the amount Of the e,
pense to the little book. Yet Mar
., was not cynical nor unsocial. II
= refusals, though firm, were invariab
~ =, good naturcd, and though hecouI
~ ~ not be drawn abroad, yet he was ul
~ questionably open handed and fr'
u in his own home. No house had
warm q welcome-no dinner tab
VI could be more bountiful or mo
= freely open for the behoof of all gel
y tlemen of the dining out ORDER
y, tea table presented more unexce
y tionable toast, and no evening lounI
y was more easy, home like and chee
W ful, than on the warm sofas in d
r = snug parlor of Mark Meriden. Tn
!: - also gave evening parties, where I
~ ir was brilliant, tasteful and well Q
=, dered; and, in fine, notwithstandii
y his shortcomings, Mark was ,
~ y down as a fine, open-handed fellc
y after all.
IA At the end Of the year, Mark C.
~ up his account in the little book, al
=, was nightly astonished at It,
90 with all his ideas Of the powers
~ numbers, he had no idea that {
N, two-, 6ves, tens and ones which
600 greater or smaller occasions, h
90 found their way into his column
,,s would amount up to a sum 50 cons
nm erable. Mark looked about him
~ the world was going well--his bu
ho ness machinery moving in exact tou
,Iv and time-his house, where was tn
= a prettier one2 where a place mt
al replete with every home drawi
10 comfort1 Had he lost everything
Ibo pleasure the past Year, Mark thouI
Ia not, and therefore, a. he wall
As homeward, he stepped into a books
a ler's and ordered some books Of
bs perb engravings for Mrs. Nerd
ws and spoke TO a gardener to -
Sas elegant towering e1otics, for VIII
nd he had heard her express an ADM
,sv ton some evenings before.
air The same evening came in r
for Sanford, as he expressed II, "in
All. very depths Of indigo;" for yo,