The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-01-25
tn E"LATEsTw WILL.
NJ ANY RANDOLPH.

e I"My dear, what very foolish speech"
said he. sensible, old maid-consin, pick.
Ing up her crochet needle from the basket
Of spicy Glove pinks where it had fallen,
"WelI, but Dolly, can't bclp ~
J The dark-eyed, imperious little beauty
was packing w and dowu her boudoir,
with both her hands behind her, aud the
hluc.black curls pushed in silky confu-
zion bark Of her ears-onc Of those odd,
Lewitchmg, cappriccios of Dame Nature
that it is as impossible to describe us ii
would be to photograph the glitter o!
lightning, or the cvancsccnt glow of sun
SGT clouds. She was like spark of fire,
ora cleaning diamond, ORR lropie hum
ming-lirI, winged with fame and crested
with jewe!s---a creature borne to love and
be loved! Aud when you heard her de-
murely and deliberately asserting thar
she meant to avoid the popular dcIusion
Of matrimony, YOU cgul,!n't have helped
smiling ut the very absuTl!'y OF the
thing. r ..r~ gt
The fact is" said Genevievc, working
herself up into cetlusiasm until tue
dewy light turned her vclvct.browu eyes
to shady swells Of brilliance, aud the
fain, pink roses blossolned in her creamy
>cLceks our Gcnevicve was y brunette OF
the most decided s'amp-",hc fact is,
I've got little money
"a good deal, | should Link. " inter-
rupteL Miss Dolly pcnncycr.
well, then, good deal" went on
Gcncvicyc, 'aud consequently nm tor
men,ed to dcath By u hungry crowd Of
fortune-luutcrs. ! used to believe in llu-
nan na;urc--I don't know. | once
thought there was here and lhcrea grain
of pure metal in the dross Of this world,
2 but | am pretty thoroughly awakened
from the delus;on."
My dear! my dear" interposcd Miss
Dolly, reproviugly, lyon arc forming al
together too rash judgments"
II can only judge by experience, and
my experience has been that self-intcrcst
rules the world, with selisLuess, greed
and avarice in It's train
Viva
"Perhaps the faul. IS in me-" went on
the brunette. If had only been borr,
poor There's my scalnslress, poor little
thing, was married las, week to MASTER
carpenter. Ii Lved her for herself; aud
there's my mad, Syivic, engaged to the
coachman. lleigho. I've II great minl
to become nun, or catch the smallpox,
or turn all my Treasury Bonds into curl
papers. Would you, Dolly?'
"Id try to be sensible, my dear" said
the sage spinster, counting the crimson
stitches on her needle, and then deity
looping OF as many white ones
q f"Foui offers have | had this week ("
resumed Viva, numbering them on the
pink tips Of her pretty fingers, "and
there's not one Of them would have look.
ed twice at me if popular rumor l'adn't
set me down as an bcircss. Oh, Dolly.
how much happier used to be before
Cousin Dewbury left ne this sensecss
pile of gold. | don't feel particle
thankful for it. lnever saw the Grabbed
Oh ,,uiser, and didn't care two pins
whether he lived or died"
"My4e Viva
"Wcll, 10 more did There's Per-
civnl Floyd, with his Zig eyes, aud his
languislling manners, and his faul'lrs.
Frenchy toilette-do yon suppose he
would have made the sublime Offering OIL
his heart and hand to any sum les: thar,
hundred thousand dollars! There was
John licVer,c, who cares for nothing Oh
earth but his wines and his fast horses.
There was Dick Pomcroy, who ha. spent
all his own patrinony long nso, aud only
wants to bolster himself up with few Of
my deeds and mortgages. There is Guy
Ferrol---"
Viva
There is Guy Ferroll, l say" persist
ed the young lady, holding her head res
olu,ely. with his dreamy PHILOSOPHERS
and his lItopia, theories Of pertce, hu
man nature. condcsccnding, from the ia.
,niliar height. Of his sublimity, 10 accept
Inc us sort Of balance to my money.
bags, that he may have more leisure Il
contemplate the problem Of existence "
.a viva, won't bear you talk so = cried
indignant Miss Pcnnoyer, gathering u
her balls Of rainbow -colercd wors;el an0
preparing to leave the room. Guy Fer.
roll is too good, and true, and noble to b,
criticized thus. You needn't curl II,
your naughty lip; let me tell you, Viva
Harper. you made the greatest ms,nk,
IF your ltt-,ine when you repulseI tina
mans love y
Viva WINS silent n moment, while acros.
her face passed the peculiar impress .
some mental fecling-whctller Of doubt
remorse, or dissatisfaction Miss Doll,
Pennoyer was scarce physiognonis
enough TO discern. ..t
Moreover added Miss ptnnoycr
"you have no right to forget that he il
distant connexion Of yonr own, and tia
many think he has been wrongfully neg
lec,ed BY the provisions Of your eousll
Dewbnry's will
"All the more reason that this sourcd
disappointed Legacy -uuicr SHOULD ncvr
become any nearer relation to me-" sale
Viva, with audacious gnye,y. Come
Dolly. yoa needn't run away Oh aceoun
ri no Lnrusius nr,inSi q tluv Ala t.,